FILE – In this Oct. 7, 2010 file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert is shown during the Indiana Sports Corporation annual meeting in Indianapolis. The NCAA is telling the Justice Department that its questions about the lack of a playoff system for college football are best directed to another group _ the Bowl Championship Series. […]
FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2010, file photo, Georgia running back Washaun Ealey dives into the end zone with a Kentucky defender holding onto his leg during an NCAA college football game in Lexington, Ky. Ealey is leaving the Bulldogs. The school announced Monday, May 9, 2011, that it granted Ealey his unconditional release […]
NCAA College basketball could start looking more like the NBA next season. The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball rules committees said Wednesday they are recommending the use of a restricted area arc three feet from the basket and changing the terminology of intentional and flagrant fouls. The women’s committee also wants to extend the 3-point […]
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Justice Department wants to know why the NCAA doesn’t have a college football playoff system and says there are “serious questions” about whether the current format to determine a national champion […]
University of Miami Miami defensive tackle Jeffrey Brown is facing a charge of sexual battery and has been suspended indefinitely from the football team. Police in Coral Gables say Brown was charged Wednesday afternoon. The alleged incident occurred April 30. The 6-foot-3, 297-pound Brown forced sex on an intoxicated female in her dorm room, according […]
Chris Petersen Boise State football coach Chris Petersen, in the wake of a series of NCAA violations, will have fewer scholarships to hand out in the next two years and less time on the practice field to prepare for tough season openers against Georgia this fall and Michigan State in 2012. The sanctions already imposed […]
Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand doesn’t believe in feeling sorry for himself, getting angry or wondering “Why me?” It’s not his style. The 20-year-old said his injury while making a tackle on a kickoff return against Army on Oct. 16 at New Meadowlands Stadium, was a one-in-five-million longshot that happened because fate or God […]
Phil Sandlin/AP Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been charged with marijuana possession for the second time this year. A Gainesville police report says an officer spotted the 22-year-old sitting in a parked car, smoking what the officer later found to be a marijuana cigar. He was charged early Saturday with possession of marijuana less than […]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, Dodgers team owner, Frank McCourt, center, with Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, announce additional security measures preventing fan violence at Dodger stadium in Los Angeles, Friday, April, 8, 2011. Bryan Stow, a 42-year-old San Francisco Giants fan, was severely beaten after the Dodgers’ home opener last week. […]
Kemba Walker, left, and head coach Jim Calhoun of Connecticut’s 2011 national champion basketball team celebrate aboard a double-decker bus during a victory parade in Hartford, Conn., on Sunday, April 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham) Fans lined up four and five deep at spots Sunday to catch a glimpse of Connecticut’s basketball team as it […]
NCAA committee approves series of rules changes College football could have a very different look next fall. Teams will have the option of shaving 10 seconds off the clock for penalties called in the final minute of each half. They will contend with a more liberal definition of intentional grounding, and they could see points […]
