Personal finance
Ex-NFL players hold mentoring sessions with prospects

By John Zenor Jan. 27, 2021 01:14 PM EST
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Senior Bowl players are spending their days this week meeting with NFL teams and getting practice instructions from NFL coaches. They get a...

FILE - In this Wednesday April 24, 2019 file photo, Rep. Kionne McGhee, D-Miami, debates the felon voting rights bill during session in Tallahassee, Fla. Following California's lead, Florida lawmakers are tackling NCAA rules that prohibit college athletes from reaping financial benefits from their prowess in the arena of big-money sports. A proposal by state House Democratic Leader Kionne McGhee is modeled after one signed into law last month by California Gov. Gavin Newsom that allows college athletes in the Golden State to sign endorsement deals and hire agents without endangering scholarships and their eligibility to participate in NCAA-sanctioned sports. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
Florida considers allowing college athletes to earn money

By Bobby Caina Calvan Oct. 24, 2019 03:06 PM EDT

Witness at NCAA trial says he paid football recruits

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 24, 2019 01:59 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness at a trial highlighting corruption in college basketball testified for a second day Wednesday about money he paid to...

This July 14, 2018 file photo shows workers at the FanDuel sports book at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J., preparing to take bets moments before it opened. FanDuel on Nov. 30 paid off on bets customers made on Alabama to win the national college football championship a month before the game is played. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
FanDuel pays out bets on Alabama to win title ahead of game

By Wayne Parry Nov. 30, 2018 07:44 PM EST

FILE--In this Oct. 6, 2018, file photo, Syracuse offensive lineman Koda Martin, right, blocks Pittsburgh defensive lineman Amir Watts (34) during an NCAA football game in Pittsburgh. Martin and Pittsburgh safety Dennis Briggs didn't want to wait until after college to get married. So they didn't. One of the factors that helped them take the plunge: the financial buffer provided by the NCAA's "cost of attendance" provision. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Love & Marriage; ACC players balance football, married life

By Will Graves Oct. 24, 2018 12:14 PM EDT