WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday morning in the nation’s capital, NCAA president Charlie Baker spoke to a few dozen members and guests of the National Press Club — an operation located in Washington’s downtown, just a short walk to the White House. Just hours later, the association’s years-long fight for federal intervention in college sports…
President Donald Trump officially issued his expected college sports executive order on Thursday. According to the White House, the executive order “prohibits third-party, pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes.” However the order “does not apply to legitimate, fair-market-value compensation that a third party provides to an athlete, such as for a brand endorsement.” Advertisement Additionally, the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday will attend the FIFA Club World Cup final, a match that will offer Trump a preview of the globe’s premier soccer tournament that North America will host next year. Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel from their golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to East…
The Trump administration’s move to bar international students from attending Harvard could have wide-ranging implications for the university’s eclectic athletics program. While a federal judge Friday issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s edict regarding international students at Harvard, the school’s athletes may not have much time to decide their…
Georgia baseball carried the nation’s second-longest winning streak into Friday night’s sold-out SEC opener with Kentucky at Foley Field. The fifth-ranked Bulldogs extended their streak in comeback fashion, 12-6, by blasting three homers after losing pitcher Kolten Smith to cramping and second baseman Ryan Black to a quad injury. “Everybody asks me what I thought…