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The Temptation of Baylor
Baylor University has one of the top football teams in the country. It's also the world's largest Baptist university. Can the two identities coexist without serious compromise?
Limiting Communication
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill releases new guidelines about how coaches and faculty members should interact. Will they help prevent further academic fraud?
Who Deserves a Second Chance?
As colleges enroll athletes found to have engaged in sexual misconduct, including athletes the colleges don't deem safe to live in their dormitories, some question institutions' motives.
An Exception to the Rule?
Critics say NCAA decision to allow football player to auction off his jersey for charity points to arbitrary nature of the association's stance on players making money from their own "name and likeness."
'Pick on Somebody Your Own Size'
Are the physical and emotional beatings that come with historically black colleges and universities competing against big-time football powers worth the financial incentive?
No Clear Winner
A federal appeals court backs ruling that NCAA violates antitrust laws with limits on athlete compensation, but rejects allowing athletes to receive up to $5,000 a year in pay.
The Incorrigible Institution
New penalties over academic fraud are only the most recent in Southern Methodist's history of breaking NCAA rules. Among the guilty: the university's renowned basketball coach, and a former official responsible for compliance with the rules.
Opinion
Where the Football Union Fight Goes Next
Unless several crucial issues are dealt with swiftly and appropriately, write Christine Helwick and Jeffrey Orleans, they have the potential of totally upending college sports.