Athletics

A new report offers strategies and incentives for institutions and leagues to address long-standing inequities and barriers for Black athletes.

A landmark settlement between Clemson University and men's track and field and cross-country athletes got the team reinstated. A separate agreement promises women athletes equitable financial aid and other benefits.

A debate over a middle school mascot has spilled onto the Tennessee Tech campus, forcing big questions about what free speech and racism really mean.

NCAA imposes modest fine on Southern California in latest outgrowth of 2017 bribery case that threatened to upend big-time college basketball.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association says it will move championship events out of states that discriminate against LGBTQ people. The warning was directed at lawmakers considering bans on transgender athlete participation in college sports.

John Thelin describes why history matters in the NCAA v. Alston case now before the U.S. Supreme Court and suggests a different approach.

However the Supreme Court rules, compensation of college athletes is inevitable -- and will force universities to give a truthful accounting of their athletics financials, writes Nicholas S. Zeppos.

An advocacy group for LGBTQ equality in sports that grades Division I athletic departments' policies and practices is raising awareness about inclusion of transgender athletes and pushing colleges to do better.