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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh heads up one of the most storied football programs in the country, but he still needs to recruit. Still, the NCAA took exception to his actions in buying cheeseburgers for players at a burger joint in Ann Arbor, which violated...
Realignments have become increasingly common in college sports, especially since 2010. It was expected since teams no longer needed to travel regionally to compete. Still, it is also about schools wanting a larger slice of the massive revenue involved in D1 football...
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has been a subject of significant interest and debate within the horse racing community. Established to oversee the integrity and safety of the sport, HISA aims to set new standards for anti-doping and medication...
As a college athlete you are only too aware of how much money some other college athletes are making thanks to changes to the law that permit you to sign name, image and likeness deals (NILs). Naturally, you might want to join in and get some money for yourself. Even...
The occasional feel-good Cinderella story is one of the best parts about following sports. We wrote about how career minor leaguer Drew Maggi was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates a few months back. The latest example is American tennis player Christopher Eubanks....
There is no doubt that the tentative agreement announced on June 6 between PGA Tour and the rich upstart LIV Golf circuit shocked the golf world. On the one hand, you have a tradition-bound golf establishment. On the other, you have bottomless wealth underwritten by...
Elite-level athletes become public figures when they compete in front of thousands of fans and perhaps millions more on a broadcast. These may be baseball players with nine-figure contracts, college quarterbacks with NIL deals, Olympic curling medalists, or others....
When he made it to the big leagues, utility infielder Drew Maggi caught the imagination of baseball fans and players alike. After 13 seasons and 1,155 games in the minor leagues as a lifetime .254 hitter with a .349 on-base percentage, Maggi was called up from...
Wage inequity is a common issue in professional sports, particularly when comparing pay at the elite level versus development and lower-level leagues. In minor league baseball, for example, rookie ball players earn $4,800 per season, and AAA players max at $45,800 per...
It’s become an annual rite this time of year to discuss the state of women's college basketball on this blog. Two years ago, we highlighted the woeful treatment given to women players at their tournament compared to the men. Last year, we highlighted the positive...
