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Athletes' Lawsuit Clears Hurdle

Judge grants class action status for former and current players in challenging NCAA amateurism policies -- but rejects broadening of pool of athletes eligible for potential damages. Outcome appears to increase odds of a settlement.

Coaches Make More Than You

Major college football coach salaries rose 10 percent in 2013, topping out at more than $5.5 million.

Culture, Confusion and Concussions

National Academy of Sciences report urges NCAA to help take the lead in conducting research and addressing the "cultural problem" that makes concussions prevalent.

Luring Students With a Stadium

As Colorado State continues to explore plans to finance a football stadium it hopes would make up for declining state funding, faculty and economists warn it's a risky proposition.

Athlete Grad Rates Back Up

After dipping last year, Division I graduation rates are back up, but black athletes, football and men's basketball players still lag.
Opinion

Facing Reality

The Grambling athletes' boycott is just the latest sign that it's time for historically black colleges to move to Division II, and to spend more of their limited dollars on education, not athletics, writes Aaron N. Taylor.

At Last, Storm Settles at Miami

Citing the university's cooperation -- not the investigators' flouting of procedures -- the NCAA finally ends its years-long investigation at Miami with damning allegations, but few new penalties.
Opinion

Fixing Big-Time College Football

Universities won't get rid of football, but must find a better solution to the vexing financial issues the commercial enterprise creates, writes John V. Lombardi. His solution: the University Football Corp.