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The NCAA academic scandal is continuing to gain ground in the news as a class-action lawsuit is filed in North Carolina. According to the plaintiffs, UNC and the NCAA failed to provide them with the education it promised. Want to fix the NCAA? Here's how.
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Former UNC athlete Michael McAdoo is suing the university for allegedly depriving him of a quality education, which it promised when he signed. This first big lawsuit coming out of the UNC scandal promises to raise some big questions for higher education.
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Second-ranked Florida State remained unbeaten and situated on the inside of the College Football Playoff with a double-digit come-from-behind victory Thursday against the Louisville Cardinals.
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The recent investigations of Todd Gurley and Jameis Winston have the potential to shake up the college football playoff picture. Both stars are being investigated for allegedly taking money for their autographs, but this violation will be hard to prove.
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Forget the image of college campuses as enclaves of instruction and research. Figures show rapidly increasing spending on athletic programs, along with swelling the ranks of administrators and their salaries.
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The same night the defending NCAA champions Louisville lost to Kentucky we caught a glimpse of the strong playoffs to come in the NBA western conference.
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The 2014 NCAA post-season "March Madness" is upon us, and this year's nearly three-week tournament will likely be the biggest yet in terms of advertising revenue.
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March Madness lived up to its name Sunday when Stanford (10) defeated Kansas (2) in a nail-biter that surely broke millions of NCAA basketball brackets across the world.
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President Barack Obama, a big basketball fan, tweeted his congratulations to the University of Dayton for its "huge upset win" over Syracuse University in the second round of the NCAA men's basketball college championship.
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U.S. President Barack Obama thinks Michigan State will win the NCAA men's basketball college championship. The problem?
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When entrepreneur Max Ivany founded the Texas D1 Ambassadors basketball team in March 2001, he had no idea that a little over a decade later it would become the D1 Nation organization with hundreds of Ambassador teams in about every corner of America.
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Many are calling the Lousiville Cardinals' guard, Kevin Ware a hero. Considering what Ware has been through the past few days, it is hard not to consider him anything but that.
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After igniting a firestorm on Twitter, a CBS sports analyst apologized Thursday night for saying he was bringing the “white man’s perspective” to the network’s NCAA pregame show coverage.
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Oklahoma State guard Markel Brown scored a last-minute lay-up to give his NCAA Big 12 team the overtime win against the Baylor Bears. The game-winner came moments after Oklahoma's Michael Cobbins blocked the Baylor dunk attempt.
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Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o admits he lied on national TV claiming his girlfriend had died. Te'o now says his 'girlfriend' was an online friend he had never met that he later learned was not dead. Te'o claims he's the victim of an internet scam.
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"Doomed," "foolhardy," "disgusting" — are just a few of the words being used to describe Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit asking the federal court to toss out NCAA penalties handed to Penn State for its role in protecting a pedophile.
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The 5-10 guard playing for Grinnell College in Iowa broke the NCAA record for points scored in a single college basketball game. Jack Taylor racked up an incredible 138 points in 36 minutes of action. His team beat Faith Baptist Bible 179-104.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has just announced major penalties against Penn State University's football program and institution. The school has been hit with a $60 million fine.
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Tucson -
Arizona’s Johnny Field accomplished what few baseball players ever do in a game on Sunday. Let alone in a NCAA Regional Championship, like he did.
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As college basketball gets ready to crown its champion Monday night, it seems that a team that got beat early on is the favorite team, according to recent Harris Poll.
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Truth be told, basketball lovers and those involved in pools do this. Even if the boss does not like it, they will do it anyway.
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In an effort to turn its football program around, the University of Arizona has hired former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez.
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In the latest twist and turn of the saga that seems to be playing out in Happy Valley, the son of former football coach Joe Paterno announced that his father is suffering from lung cancer.
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In the latest twist and turn of the saga that seems to be playing out in Happy Valley, the son of former football coach Joe Paterno announced that his father is suffering from lung cancer.
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Oklahoma State has issued a statement that Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna have been killed in a plane crash Thursday night. Budke serves as the head coach of the women's basketball team and Serna an assistant.
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Albuquerque -
Interested in getting a college athletic scholarship? There's a business for that. College Athletic Scholarship is an online athletic recruiting help center designed to give high school students an edge in the recruiting game.
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Have you noticed how many colleges are leaving the athletic conference they are in for a bigger conference. Big East powers, the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University are discussing joining the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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With the maneuvering of different colleges trying to get into better conferences so they can have a better chance at winning National Championships, it is time for a change. Teams have been moving for years, but nothing like these last few years.
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Amidst recent revelations of inappropriate behavior by former Fiesta Bowl president and CEO Jim Junker, the BCS might be in a position to break ties with the bowl.
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Notre Dame received word from the Indiana Occupational Health and Safety Health Administration that they were being fined as a result of the death of a student employee last year.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announces lawsuit against NCAA on sanctions imposed against Penn State. Twitter
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