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Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top woman athlete

Virginia star swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the prestigious Honda Cup as the top Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.,The other two finalists were UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and Texas Tech softball player NiJaree Canady.,Walsh joins basketball legend Dawn Staley (1991) as the only Cavaliers ...

NCAA rule change would permit direct payment to athletes

In a major move that would allow schools to start directly paying their athletes, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors proposed deleting 153 rules from its handbook as part of nine potential legislative changes at a Monday meeting.,The proposals are pending approval of the $2.8 billion House settl...

Report: NFL warns players of burglary rings targeting pro athletes

The NFL's security division is warning players to be aware of professional burglars targeting the homes of pro athletes.,The Athletic reported Thursday that the NFL sent a memo to teams that outlines the threat.,"The homes of professional athletes across multiple sports leagues have become increasin...

Financial costs become greater strain on US Olympians

PARIS -- Being an Olympic athlete in the U.S. is not only physically arduous, but financially costly.,A recent report revealed 26.5 percent of high-performance American athletes earn less than $15,000 a year, according to "Passing the Torch" by the Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics & Para...

Reports: Big 12 first to agree to House v. NCAA settlement

The presidents and chancellors of the Big 12 Conference voted unanimously to authorize the settlement of House v. NCAA, Yahoo Sports and ESPN reported Tuesday.,The Big 12 is the first power conference to take that step, with the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC expected to join it in the coming days.,If...

Rand Paul’s thoughts on Black athletes reflects the GOP’s company line

It’s not exactly a revelation to discover that white conservatives identify more with the PGA Tour than the NBA. It’s become part of their doctrine to attack the largely black National Basketball Association for just about anything. So we shouldn’t be shocked that one of their most prominent members...

The Senior Bowl ceased public weigh-ins that resemble slave auctions the same week Brian Flores filed his lawsuit against the NFL

Back in the era of slavery — which wasn’t as long ago as racists, conservatives, and the GOP would like you to believe — Black bodies would be stripped naked, or close to it, and put on the auction block where they were sold to the highest white bidders. Their height, weight, skin color, sexual orga...

Why I won’t watch the 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Count me out on the Olympics....

FEAST MODE! Marshawn Lynch gives out turkeys in Hawaii

Sorry, not sorry — we had to say it....

Who knew these athletes had such second careers

When most professional athletes retire from sports, it’s almost a lock that they will go into something else in the world of athletics, most often media. Their expertise is used as commentators, analysts, and sometimes hosts. A match made in heaven, right?...

It Took Until 2020 Before the NCAA Gave Athletes Election Day Off. This Is What Voter Suppression Looks Like

It Isn’t LeBron’s Job to Help L.A. Police Find a Criminal

It seems wild that a department benefiting from nearly $3 billion in funding is asking civilians for financial help to do its job. ...

If Triston McKenzie Weren’t Black, He’d Be The Talk of Baseball

What if I told you that over the weekend, Cleveland’s baseball team defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 off the strength of its rookie pitcher that only allowed two hits and struck out 10 batters in six innings of work....

School is Not Safe for Students - But of Course, It’s Safe for Athletes [UPDATED]

The pandemic continues to expose the glaring dysfunction in our society. This time in college sports....

Deion Sanders Doesn't Get It (Evergreen)

In 2020, athletes are speaking up like never before....

UConn Listens to Its Players - Announces It Will Call Off 2020 Football Season

This morning, the University of Connecticut announced it would cancel the 2020 football season. The decision makes UConn the first FBS school to cancel football....

Pac-12 Players Demand Safety and Equality - So WSU Sent Them Home

UPDATE: According to Spokesman Review’s Theo Lawson, multiple Washington State players who shared the #WeAreUnited hashtag in response to today’s Players’ Tribune article have been released for the season....

Trump Lies About Bubba Wallace, NASCAR Has Yet to Denounce Tweet [UPDATED]

Trump loves to criticize Black athletes. Scratch that. He needs to criticize Black athletes....

Practicing Players On College Campuses Reveal Hypocrisy of NCAA's 'Student' Athlete BS

Last Thursday, University of Arizona President Robert Robbins answered a hypothetical question. Because of the state’s dramatic COVID caseload, Robbins said he would not open on-campus classes for students if the semester started now. ...

Do HIPAA Laws Apply to Athletes?

Privacy has rarely been a luxury afforded to some of the best professional athletes in the world....