Athletics

Our annual look at who would win the NCAA's Division I women's basketball tournament if academics trumped athletic skill.

Our annual look at who would win the NCAA's Division I men's basketball tournament if academics trumped athletic skill.

In December, an association representing the country's top athletics directors created a political action committee. It joins the National Collegiate Athletic Association's own lobbying efforts, which have more than doubled in the past five years.

A new book argues that the NCAA "has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate athletics" and that the association is incapable of achieving reform.

Baylor University’s former head football coach covered up his players’ sexual violence and other troubling behaviors for years, new court documents allege. But the university is not alone in protecting athletes from punishment.

At NCAA meeting, college sports leaders say institutions should support athletes' right to protest and urge colleges to communicate better with their players.

Big-time college football players at private institutions should be considered employees, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel says in new memo.

NCAA's Power Five conferences unanimously adopt new rules lessening time demands on college athletes, though some programs would like to see exemptions made for recruiting activities.