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At Princeton, a turnaround one man saw coming“I was born delusional,” said Chris Ayres, Princeton’s head wrestling coach, earlier this year. “But I think — I really do — that delusion is a good thing.” He just proved his point. At Tulsa, Oklahoma’s NCAA wrestling tournament last month, Ayres pulled off one of the least likely turnarounds colle...

What the Cavinder twins’ infraction means for the future of college sports and NILLast week, we saw the NCAA hand out its first-ever NIL ruling — the result of an infraction between twins on the University of Miami’s women’s basketball team — Haley and Hanna Cavinder — super-rich donor Canes donor John Ruiz....

NIL turns 1It’s been one year since the NCAA adopted a name, image and likeness (NIL) policy, allowing its “amateur” athletes to monetize and benefit off their own personal brands and make money over the table. This is all while attending one of their institutions and donating endless time to their athletic pr...

Slow your roll on the $9.5M in NIL money

If you’re at all involved in college football news, you’ve likely seen a big ol’ number floating around the rumor mill this week: $9.5 million. ...

The NCAA is trying to crack down on an NIL booster who’s paying college athletes because they still refuse to

The following is a story about supply, demand, and how the NCAA is a bunch of haters....

Canelo Alvarez appears to be open to a heavyweight fight, but he probably shouldn’t

Canelo Álvarez has always been up for a challenge throughout his career. By the time he took on Floyd Mayweather in 2013, he had 43 fights under his belt at just 23-years-old. He has won titles at light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight. On Saturday, Álvarez will ...

History should remember Isaiah Wong as a hero, not a villain

Last week, a worker “allegedly” had intentions of finding another job if his current employer didn’t give him a raise he’d proven he earned. The worker knew his value and “allegedly” felt like he should be paid more after outperforming his deal. You would think that something like this would be appl...

Not sure that’s how NIL is supposed to be used

OK, we have our first villain of the NIL era....