The Indianapolis-based NCAA is preparing for its first basketball championships since the Supreme Court allowed legal sports betting to expand. Its board of governors will be considering new gambling policies at its next several meetings.
Former Indiana Pacers star Chuck Person will serve prison time after admitting to taking thousands of dollars in bribes to steer college basketball players to hire a financial adviser after they turned professional.
A federal judge said Friday that the NCAA’s rules regarding compensation violate federal antitrust law and athletes may be compensated for education-related expenses beyond current caps.
The men were convicted in October of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for funneling illegal payments to families of recruits to the University of Louisville, University of Kansas and North Carolina State University.
Among the study's positives: The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis received high marks for its hiring practices.
With a big assist from the Indiana Sports Corp., Indianapolis has had quite a run, hosting more than 450 sporting events over four decades, including a Super Bowl, seven NCAA men’s basketball Final Fours and dozens of amateur world championships.
NCAA President Mark Emmert sounded alarms Thursday on the potential impact of sports betting on college sports, along with how esports should be handled by schools.
A trio of jocks and computer geeks from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has produced computer software that has had a major impact on the top level of college baseball and softball. Now the small, self-funded firm is making a big play in the NFL with data analytics.
Special counsel Bill Forsyth released a report Friday that accuses the school of fighting the release of certain relevant documents and releasing others that were “irrelevant.”
The overall graduation rates for athletes on bowl-bound FBS football programs continues to climb, though the disparity in the rates between white and African-American players widened slightly, according to a study released Monday.
The spectators on hand for Ohio State’s 45-24 defeat of Northwestern at Lucas Oil Stadium inched past last year’s game attendance by about 500 people, but fell short of a complete sellout.
Tourism bureau Visit Indy has spent about $60,000 on advertising over the past two weeks targeting Ohio State and Northwestern fans in Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago.
It probably won’t be the last time the Boilermakers face such a battle for the services of 47-year-old Jeff Brohm, who is considered one of the bright young coaching minds in college football.
Since a series of academic reforms were passed by the NCAA from 2003-07, graduation rates for athletes have increased from 78 percent to 88 percent.
The NCAA, which has been sued dozens of times for its role in handling concussions, will help fund an expanded $22.5 million study to examine the impacts of head injuries.
A federal jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of fraud charges for channeling secret payments to the families of top-tier basketball recruits to influence their choices of schools, apparel companies and agents.
The court in a unanimous ruling rejected the claims of former players Akeem Daniels and Cameron Stingily of Northern Illinois University and Nick Stoner of Indiana University, who argued the companies violated their right of publicity.
Larry Bird plans to donate personal items and memorabilia from his career with the Boston Celtics, Indiana State University, the U.S. Olympic team and beyond.
The state interim Committee on Public Policy voted unanimously Friday afternoon to recommend the General Assembly consider legislation that allows sports gambling. But it left big details up to lawmakers.
The move follows recommendations released earlier this year by the NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball, a group that was chaired by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and tasked with reforming the college game.
