Athletics

Lawmakers hear testimony from players, coaches and administrators as they consider establishing federal rules to govern college athletics.

A new memo from the National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney classifies college athletes as employees with the right to unionize.

Commercialism and college sports are on trial, yet, for the most part, higher education leaders have been conspicuously silent, argues John Thelin.

With its hands tied by NCAA's lack of rules governing athletes' sexual violence, infractions panel leaves Baylor barely punished for institutional student sexual assault scandal.

Justices unanimously rule the NCAA cannot bar compensation for education-related benefits. But the narrow ruling may not upend the NCAA amateurism model as much as some had hoped (and feared).

University, citing competition in football from Notre Dame and USC, will allow athletes to enroll early in a three-year experiment.

College athletics stakeholders want Congress to pass a federal law allowing student athletes to make money while they participate in college sports -- and they want it done by July 1.

A new report offers strategies and incentives for institutions and leagues to address long-standing inequities and barriers for Black athletes.