Ryan NicolOctober 28, 2019
5min302
Legislation would also allow college athletes to hire agents, lawyers.
Tag: NCAA
Ryan NicolOctober 28, 2019
Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2019
6min469
Besides California, the idea is gaining steam in other states.
Ryan NicolSeptember 20, 2019
6min596
"This is the right thing to do.”
Jacob OglesMarch 31, 2019
4min432
FSU won the NCAA Women's Softball Championship in June.
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2018
3min330
Some NCAA men’s basketball programs are infamous for their “one and done” players, “diaper dandies” who spend a year in a collegiate apprenticeship before moving to the NBA. New legislation from U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a former college baller who spent some time in the pros and coaching ranks, would change that. HR 6749 would eliminate the […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2017
3min243
In a time of unprecedented chaos in the West Wing, with a new Chief of Staff shaking up the staff composition, and with questions continuing to mount regarding what Robert Mueller may uncover about the Trump Administration, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took to Twitter Tuesday to discuss college football. Specifically, Rubio opined on the suspension of a […]
Bob SparksJune 18, 2017
6min410
For those who have the stomach to read the NCAA’s report on what happened with the Louisville men’s basketball program between 2010 and 2014, put your head on a swivel. One’s head will instinctively shake. It is a detailed account of strippers, prostitutes and teenagers all in the name of luring them to play basketball […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2016
3min165
In yet another piece of news coming out of a Tuesday morning media availability involving Jacksonville sporting events, JAXSPORTS Council head Rick Catlett addressed a question regarding LGBT rights in the Northeast Florida city and recruitment of sports events being relocated from North Carolina in the wake of its statewide anti-LGBT “bathroom bill” legislation. Long story short: Catlett […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2016
6min213
In every crisis, there is an opportunity. And the City of Jacksonville seeks to exploit the crisis the state of North Carolina faces, after its legislature passed anti-LGBT legislation earlier this year. As First Coast News reports, the NCAA is prepared to move seven championship events — including NCAA basketball tournament action, as well as soccer, lacrosse, […]
Mitch PerryMarch 21, 2016
4min180
Good morning, and welcome to the first full day of spring 2016. While ESPN was being trashed via Twitter for hailing Fidel Castro‘s “love of sports,” American fans were absorbed in watching the college basketball playoffs, where we’re now down to the Sweet 16 in what is also known as “March Madness,” a/k/a “The Final Four,” […]