Athletics

The financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted athletics departments at Division I institutions to consider reducing numbers of sports programs.

Athletes and officials are wondering what the now-promised extension on spring sports players' careers will look like and who will pay for it.

The cancellation of college sports programs has left students deeply dismayed about being deprived of an important part of their college experience.

Binghamton University hopes to expand its national profile with a new baseball stadium paid for by an anonymous donor.

New businesses focused on the marketing rights to the name, image and likeness of college athletes are emerging in anticipation of an NCAA rule change, which has yet to be adopted. Some university officials are concerned bad actors in the market will take advantage of athletes.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's governing board votes to allow college athletes to be compensated in third-party sponsorship deals.

Days after California enacted a law allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals, lawmakers in other states and in Congress threaten legislation to advance player compensation.

Newly signed legislation allowing athletes to profit from their names and likenesses is a step in the right direction, but it's only a start, write Welch Suggs and Solomon Hughes.