Colleges
Report: Iamaleava no-shows at UT amid NIL talks
Univ. of Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava “did not attend spring practice Friday” amid negotiations over a new NIL contract, which “came as a surprise to coaches and players,” according to sources. Iamaleava has “been in conversations with the Vols,” but the situation “has become a growing source of frus...
Univ. of Louisville sees big jump in MBB attendance during comeback season
The Univ. of Louisville saw a 29.2% jump in attendance for its men’s basketball team this year, made the NCAA tournament for the first time in six years, and “ended its season with an attendance buzz, drawing two of the program’s three largest crowds in the final eight days of the regular season,” a...
House Settlement at the ‘crux’ of Kris Jenkins’ legal action
The House v. NCAA settlement is “at the crux of why” former Villanova F Kris Jenkins is taking legal action against the NCAA and six major conferences, as the settlement puts him in an “‘additional sports class’ that would receive crumbs, compared to football players and men’s and women’s basketball...
In afterglow of Florida’s national title, Commissioner Greg Sankey finds SEC firmly entrenched atop men’s basketball ecosystem
Greg Sankey rummaged through his back pocket for a sheet of paper.
BU-Western Michigan set for Frozen Four title game
Boston Univ. defeated Penn State 3-1 in the NCAA Frozen Four in front of 16,814 at Enterprise Center. BU will face Western Michigan for the national championship at 7:30pm ET on Saturday (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 4/11). Western Michigan is making its first Frozen Four appearance having knocked off d...
Sports Media Podcast: ESPN’s John Buccigross talks Frozen Four, best venues in college hockey
Hockey makes a starring appearance on this week’s Sports Media Podcast, as co-hosts Austin Karp and Mollie Cahillane speak with ESPN’s John Buccigross about the Frozen Four, which is making its first visit to St. Louis since 2007 (SBJ’s Alex Silverman looks at the Blues’ yearslong effort to bring it...
College officials meet at Capitol Hill lobbying for antitrust protection of college athletics
A large group of college officials returned to Capitol Hill yesterday to “lobby lawmakers on legislation to land some antitrust protection” for some of the final vestiges of college athletics’ amateurism model, according to Stephen Whyno of the AP. Power Four conference commissioners, ADs, coaches a...
USF expects construction on new football stadium to start soon
Five months after the formal groundbreaking of USF’s on-campus football stadium, overseers of the project “finally appear set to supplant the ceremonial shovels with practical ones,” according to Joey Knight of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. USF AD Michael Kelly, speaking Tuesday on his regular “Bull Speed Ah...
NCAA March Madness social accounts see engagement declines from ‘24
Activity on the NCAA’s official men’s basketball March Madness X, Instagram and Facebook accounts from last month’s Selection Sunday through the championship game compared to the same period in 2023 combined for a 16% decline in the number of engagements (22.7 million) despite a 41% increase in the ...
Study shows most valuable men’s, women’s college basketball programs
A new study shows the Univ. of North Carolina men’s basketball team has the “highest valuation in the sport” at $378M, according to Andrew Beaton of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. The analysis from Indiana Univ. Columbus associate professor of finance Ryan Brewer places UNC at No.1 just ahead of “archriva...
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