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Deadspin 25: Georgia Has Nick Chubb, So This Is Gonna Be Fun
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Surprise Scholarship Stunt Doesn't Go Quite As Smoothly As Planned
Western Michigan surprised walk-on junior RB/special teamer Trevor Sweeney with a scholarship during practice this week. The offer was strapped to a football that Sweeney was supposed to discover during an onside-kick drill. Except:...
Kain Colter's Union Battle Cost Him More Than He Ever Expected
At 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, lawyers from Northwestern University and the College Athletes Players Association received the call they’d been waiting for since March of last year. The National Labor Relations Board had decided whether or not football players at Northwestern can form a union. It was ...
NLRB Rules That Northwestern Football Players Can't Unionize
The Northwestern football team’s attempt to unionize has reached its end. Today, the National Labor Relations Board overruled a previous decision by NLRB’s Chicago district that gave the players the right to unionize. The national office’s ruling on the issue is final, and the Northwestern football ...
Deadspin 25: Holy Shit, Ole Miss Might Actually Do This Thing
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Deadspin 25: Arizona's Ready To Take The Pac-12
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Deadspin 25: Missouri's Fun Might Be Coming To An End
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now,...
Hakeem Olajuwon Was Something Else In College, Man
Today the NBA played the league’s first-ever game in Africa, pitting “Team World” against “Team Africa” in Johannesburg. The game—which managed to be largely boring, yet still a breath of fresh air in the final dog days of summer—was won by Team World, 101-97, and featured one nostalgic and genuinel...
Ole Miss Lineman, Stepfather Drop Mutual Domestic Violence Claims
Ole Miss All-SEC tackle Laremy Tunsil and his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, have decided to drop the charges of domestic violence the two had filed against one another....
NCAA: Donnie Tyndall Hired Assistants To Do Players' Homework
Men’s basketball coach Donnie Tyndall lasted one season at Tennessee before the school canned him, but his firing wasn’t due to the Volunteers’ 16-16 record. Allegations surfaced that Tyndall had been directly involved in multiple NCAA academic violations at his previous employer, Southern Mississip...
Judge Approves $60 Million Settlement For NCAA Athletes In Lawsuit
For the first time ever, NCAA athletes will be compensated for their name, image and likeness after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved a $60 million settlement for athletes who were featured in EA Sports’s NCAA Football video game series. ...
It Won't Matter Who Starts At Quarterback For Ohio State
With Braxton Miller announcing his to return to Ohio State, the Buckeyes now have three of college football’s best-available quarterbacks—Miller, J.T. Barrett, and Cardale Jones—all with big-game experience and all finally healthy. Now, the question that has been looming since their national champio...
Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Braxton Miller told The Columbus Dispatch that he will return to play for Ohio State in the 2015-16 season. After going down last season with a preseason shoulder injury, Miller was succeeded by J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones—who he will battle this pres...
Lawsuit: Illinois Women's Basketball Coach Is Incredibly Racist
Seven former Illinois women’s basketball players are suing the university, claiming that head coach Matt Bollant and former assistant coach Mike Divilbiss violated Title VI by creating a racially hostile environment. ...
Bo Ryan Is Retiring, And College Basketball Will Be Worse For It
With Wisconsin Badgers’ head coach Bo Ryan announcing his retirement following the end of the upcoming season, the college game is losing one of its best player-development coaches....
The LSU Tigers have suspended starting quarterback Anthony Jennings, defensive back Dwayne Thomas and defensive tackle Maquedius Bain after the trio was arrested by LSU police Thursday for unauthorized entry of a residence. This comes on the heels of the suspension of defensive lineman Trey Lealaima...
University Of Texas Investigating Allegations Of Academic Fraud
The University of Texas at Austin has hired an independent investigator following allegations of academic fraud within the men’s basketball program. The allegations were brought to light in an article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education last Wednesday. ...
<i>OTL</i> Report: How College Athletes Avoid Criminal Charges
College athletes at major schools across the country often avoid charges in criminal cases. They have access to high-profile lawyers; the athletic departments play major roles in the investigations; and witnesses are intimidated, indirectly or otherwise, according to an investigative report by ESPN’...
College Basketball's Last Independent Team Finally Has A Home
The NJIT Highlanders will replace Northern Kentucky—which is departing for the Horizon League—in the Atlantic Sun Conference for the upcoming season, meaning there are no independent Division I men’s basketball programs remaining....
NCAA Women's Basketball Officially Moves To Four 10-Minute Quarters
Women’s college basketball will look a lot different next year, as the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a number of changes to the sport. The biggest change is a move to four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves. This necessitates a change to the foul rules:...