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FILE - Northwestern football players gather during practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Kenosha, Wisc., in this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, file photo. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions. The nine-page NLRB memo revisited a case involving Northwestern University football players who were thwarted from forming a union when the board said that taking their side “would not promote stability in labor relations.”(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
EXPLAINER: NLRB memo says college athletes are employees

By Jimmy Golen Sep. 30, 2021 02:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
NLRB memo: College football players are employees

By Jimmy Golen Sep. 29, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

Father of boy who stole show at '13 Huskers spring game dies

Mar. 01, 2021 10:13 PM EST
ATKINSON, Neb. (AP) — Andy Hoffman, father of the young cancer patient who captured the hearts of college football fans when he ran for a touchdown in Nebraska...

Goal posts and other training equipment sit idle at the Seattle Seahawks' NFL football practice facility and headquarters Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Renton, Wash. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has instructed all 32 teams to close their facilities to all but a select few employees as a safeguard against the new coronavirus. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: Peyton Manning drops in on Tennessee class

By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2020 12:59 PM EDT

UCLA linebacker Krys Barnes intercepts a pass by Colorado quarterback Steven Montez during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)
Thompson-Robinson, Kelley lead UCLA to third straight win

By Joe Reedy Nov. 03, 2019 12:29 AM EDT

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany walks away from the podium at the Big Ten Conference NCAA college football media days Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Chicago. Delany will retire on Jan. 1, 2020, with Minnesota Vikings executive Kevin Warren succeeding him. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Big Ten's Delany says old mistakes to blame for college woes

By Keith Jenkins Jul. 18, 2019 11:59 AM EDT

United States women's soccer team member Megan Rapinoe holds the Women's World Cup trophy as she poses for the media after arriving with the rest of the team at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
US Women's World Cup champs arrive home ahead of parade

By Jake Seiner Jul. 09, 2019 01:47 PM EDT

Two members of the United States women's soccer team, winners of a fourth Women's World Cup, celebrate after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
US Women's World Cup champs arrive home ahead of parade

By Jake Seiner Jul. 09, 2019 09:49 AM EDT

President Donald Trump tosses the coin before the Army-Navy NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Army beats Navy for 3rd straight time and Trump at game

By Dan Gelston Dec. 08, 2018 06:46 PM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, then President-elect Donald Trump acknowledges spectators during the first half of the Army-Navy NCAA college football game in Baltimore. President Trump will attend the Army-Navy football game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
APNewsBreak: President Donald Trump to attend Army-Navy game

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 04, 2018 09:36 PM EST