Athletics

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.

Future football games between the University of Iowa and Iowa State are debated after altercations between fans and the visiting marching band.

State's politicians approve legislation to allow athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image and likeness for marketing purposes. The NCAA fiercely opposes the measure.

NCAA refuses to adopt rules that would have let it punish colleges for major academic misconduct. The decision reinforces the perception of the association as overly lenient toward institutions with major sports programs.