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Senate looks to stop NCAA from punishing old infractionsMarsha Blackburn and Cory Booker — now there’s two names you don’t expect to see co-authoring a Senate bill. But I guess if there’s one thing that can bridge the ever-widening political chasm in the United States, it’s the universal experience of being fed up with the NCAA....

Senators Murphy and Sanders introduce College Athlete Right to Organize ActFederal bills aimed at NCAA reform just keep coming. This time, on Thursday morning, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the first legislation specifically related to the collective bargaining rights of college athletes....

Mississippi will join Florida as first states to enact NIL legislation on July 1If the NCAA isn’t going to move on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), apparently states will. Mississippi is the latest example....

Is Overtime Elite the amateur sports game changer we’ve been waiting for?

It’s probably too soon to tell, but the new paid basketball league for 16- to 18-year-olds is certainly intriguing....

Cory Booker tells Deadspin there is a 'real window of opportunity' for the College Athletes Bill of Rights to pass

Over the summer, Cory Booker told Deadspin that he “would not be here today if it were not for college sports” and the lessons he learned from playing college football. The former tight end was a high school All-American and received a scholarship to play Division I ball at Stanford. But his experie...

Ex-Athlete U.S. Senators Tell Deadspin: College Bill of Rights Upends NCAA’s Imbalance of Power

When Senator Ron Wyden played basketball at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he got paid — just not on the court. ...

A Brief History of Athletes at the Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention starts tonight in a way reminiscent of televised live pro sports. There will be no crowd, cheers may be artificial, and personal bubbles — instead of congregating in Milwaukee — will be used to keep everyone safe....

Mayor Cory Booker And The New Jersey Devils Are Having The Most New Jersey Feud Ever

Chances are you have not been following the feud between the New Jersey Devils and Newark mayor Cory Booker, unless you are a Devils fan and a New Jersey political junkie, which is to say, unless you are Joe Piscopo. That's a shame. It's one of the more publicly bitter city vs. owner feuds we've see...