College basketball

Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff speaks during the Pac-12 Conference NCAA college football Media Day Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

New Pac-12 boss Kliavkoff doesn't see expansion as a must

By Joe Reedy Jul. 27, 2021 08:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2019, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers questions at a news conference at the Final Four college basketball tournament in Minneapolis. Emmert told the organization's more than 1,200 member schools Friday, June 18, 2021, that he will seek temporary rules as early as July to ensure all athletes can be compensated for their celebrity with a host of state laws looming and congressional efforts seemingly stalled. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Column: No need for the NCAA in new world of college sports

By Tim Dahlberg Jul. 17, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2019, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers questions during a news conference at the Final Four college basketball tournament in Minneapolis. The NCAA Board of Directors is expected to greenlight one of the biggest changes in the history of college athletics when it clears the way for athletes to start earning money based on their fame and celebrity without fear of endangering their eligibility or putting their school in jeopardy of violating amateurism rules that have stood for decades.(AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Colo Colo vs CD Universidad Catolica 4/2/2019

Jul. 15, 2021 07:51 PM EDT

Aztec Stadium topped-out less than 14 months before 1st game

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 14, 2021 06:41 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With the rubble of Qualcomm Stadium piled high about 150 yards away, the construction of San Diego State's new football stadium reached a...

Weiberg takes over as Oklahoma State athletic director

Jul. 01, 2021 05:51 PM EDT
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Chad Weiberg officially is Oklahoma State’s athletic director. Weiberg had been deputy athletic director under...

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2019, file photo, Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos speaks during an NCAA college football news conference in Lincoln, Neb. Moos abruptly announced his retirement Friday, June 25, 2021, saying he will step down next week.The announcement came as a surprise because the 70-year-old Moos has said publicly he wanted to stay in the job until he was comfortable the Cornhuskers football program had been turned around. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos retiring after 3 years

By Eric Olson Jun. 25, 2021 11:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2019, file photo, Fairleigh Dickinson's Kaleb Bishop (12) and Prairie View A&M's Iwin Ellis (13) leap for the opening tip-off in the first half of a First Four game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Dayton, Ohio. NCAA President Mark Emmert told the organization's more than 1,200 member schools Friday, June 18, 2021, that he will seek temporary rules as early as July to ensure all athletes can be compensated for their celebrity with a host of state laws looming and congressional efforts seemingly stalled. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights at Prairie View A&M Panthers 3/19/2019

Jun. 22, 2021 04:55 PM EDT

NCAA could seek once-radical solutions after high court loss

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 22, 2021 04:54 PM EDT

FILE - This June 8, 2021, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FIle)

Supreme Court win for college athletes in compensation case

By Jessica Gresko Jun. 21, 2021 10:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo, Big East commissioner John Marinatto speaks at a news conference in New York. Marinatto, who was commissioner of the Big East during a tumultuous period of conference realignment across college sports, had died. He was 64. Providence College, Marinatto's alma mater and the school where he began a long career in college sports, said he died Saturday, June 12, 2021. A cause of death was not immediately released. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

John Marinatto, ran Big East in time of tumult, dies at 64

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 14, 2021 05:01 PM EDT

Marshall AD Mike Hamrick moving into new role at school

Jun. 04, 2021 04:50 PM EDT
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick is stepping down at the end of the month to take on a new role at the school. ...

Duke associate head coach Jon Scheyer listens as head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in the history of Division I men's college basketball announced that next season will be his last with the Blue Devils program he has built into one of college basketball’s bluebloods. The school named former Duke player and associate head coach Jon Scheyer as his successor for the 2022-23 season. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

Analysis: Coach K's legacy built on ability to reach players

By Aaron Beard Jun. 04, 2021 02:54 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
June 4 1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher. 1927 — The...

NC State AD Corrigan gets 2-year extension into April 2026

May. 14, 2021 04:38 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State athletics director Boo Corrigan has received a two-year contract extension through April 2026. ...

Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner

By Ralph D. Russo May. 13, 2021 01:46 PM EDT

FILE - Nebraska wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (1) is chased down by Purdue defensive tackle Anthony Watts (8) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in West Lafayette, Ind., in this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, file photo. The NCAA made it official Thursday, April 15, 2021, announcing the Division I Council had voted to approve a proposal that would permit all college athletes to transfer one time as an undergraduate without having to sit out a season. Among the notable transferring football players who will now be eligible next season at their new schools are Wan'Dale Robinson, who switched from Nebraska to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

College sports already adapting to new NCAA transfer rules

By Ralph D, Russo Apr. 15, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez speaks during a press conference following an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Wisconsin hopes to hire new AD 'within a few months'

Apr. 07, 2021 04:39 PM EDT

Baylor guard Jared Butler (12) drives up court past Gonzaga guard Aaron Cook (4) during the second half of the championship game in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga

By David Bauder Apr. 06, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

Kansas hires Northwestern administrator Goff as next AD

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 05, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
Kansas has hired Northwestern administrator Travis Goff, a Sunflower State native who graduated from the school, to be its next athletic director during a...