RALPH D. RUSSO

AP Top 25 Podcast: New coaches facing toughest challenges
By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 17, 2019 03:28 PM EDT
Not all new coaches face the same challenges in college football.
Who

To slow flow of grad transfers, NCAA could constrain schools
By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 16, 2019 03:21 PM EDT
Football and basketball coaches may be less likely to add graduate transfers to their

AP Top 25 Podcast: Big Ten talk and surprise team encores
By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 11, 2019 03:09 PM EDT
Ohio State is ready to unveil new quarterback Justin Fields at the Buckeyes' spring

New ESPN deal with Big 12 lands 3 football title games
By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 10, 2019 12:55 PM EDT
The Big 12 has agreed to a deal that gives ESPN the rights to all football

AP Top 25 Podcast: Hurts brings 'Bama process to Oklahoma
By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 04, 2019 01:18 PM EDT
Jalen Hurts is now at Oklahoma and apparently he is bringing a bit of Nick Saban's

What to make of Tate: Can Martell make Miami great again?
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 27, 2019 03:46 PM EDT
Quarterback Tate Martell has been ruled eligible to play for Miami this season and it
American touts ESPN deal as similar to conference network
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 27, 2019 01:57 PM EDT
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco says the league's new media

AP Top 25 Podcast: Overachievers and underachievers for 2019
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 21, 2019 05:38 PM EDT
Don't let the brackets fool you. College football is in full swing, too.

AP Top 25 Podcast: Talkin' basketball_ March Madness edition
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 13, 2019 01:25 PM EDT
The madness of March has already begun with conference tournaments in full swing and

NCAA can claim victory after losing federal antitrust case
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 08, 2019 09:28 PM EST
The NCAA was able to claim victory Friday night after a judge ruled against the

AP Top 25 Podcast: NFL combine winners, losers, takeaways
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 06, 2019 01:00 PM EST
Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is not so short and Mississippi State defensive end

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany will step down in June 2020
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 04, 2019 12:34 PM EST
Jim Delany helped the Big Ten grow to 14 schools, launched the first athletic

NCAA proposes replay tweak to targeting, 2-pt OT shootouts
By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 01, 2019 02:50 PM EST
The NCAA football rules committee announced several proposed changes Friday,

AP Top 25 Podcast: Major court case could upend NCAA
By Ralph D. Russo Feb. 27, 2019 02:21 PM EST
A federal judge is soon expected to hand down a decision that could lead to sweeping
AP Top 25 Podcast: Crunching numbers and projecting 2019
By Ralph D. Russo Feb. 13, 2019 12:32 PM EST
The 2019 college football season is seven and a half months away. Time to start

Wave of concussion lawsuits to test NCAA's liability
By Ralph D. Russo Feb. 07, 2019 02:20 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA is facing more than 300 lawsuits from former college

AP Top 25 Podcast: NCAA critics from Miami to Mizzou
By Ralph D. Russo Feb. 06, 2019 04:49 PM EST
The NCAA has handed down harsh penalties recently to two college basketball players

Florida State, Miami try to flip narrative on signing day
By Ralph D. Russo Feb. 06, 2019 02:17 AM EST
Florida State and Miami were hoping signing day could help put to the negativity of
AP Top 25 Podcast: 2019 recruiting wraps up with signing day
By Ralph D. Russo Jan. 30, 2019 01:13 PM EST
There are still blue-chippers to sign and holes to fill for some traditionally strong

2-point shootouts? NCAA looks to limit OT football games
By Ralph D. Russo Jan. 29, 2019 04:26 PM EST
Marathon overtime games in college football, such as the one LSU and Texas A&M