Notes: NCAA&#39;s Brand wants fiscal responsibility
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With a package of academic reforms in place, the NCAA&#39;s next crusade will address what its president calls a dangerous drift toward professionalism and sports entertainment.
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In the span of a week, Michigan played three games against NCAA Tournament-hopeful teams on national television. In that span, it has struggled to prove that it is a tournament-worthy team itself.
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NCAA PRESIDENT Myles Brand brags that the 77 percent graduation rate of all major college athletes will soon be 80 percent. He would get there faster if he bans basketball teams from the NCAA tournament that have 80-percent graduation gaps .
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The coach told ESPN&#39;s Chris Mortenson that he had reconsidered after originially withdrawing his name from consideration last week and would return to his alma mater.
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New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced a settlement yesterday with a student loan consolidation company that had been paying universities to use their logos, team names and mascots to generate business.
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The Florida Gators are being sized up for another run at a national championship, although they would rather focus on their S.E.C. title game.
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In a sport in which tradition and recent success are among the most important springboards for recruiting, Old Dominion is trying to establish its program without benefit of either.
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With the addition of the powerhouses Miami and Virginia Tech this year, there is little doubt that football has become the new money sport that drives the Atlantic Coast Conference. But the sport of champions in the A.C.C., for now, remains men's basketball.
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It&#39;s a conflict between personal faith and modern-day, big-money sports, a matter of private belief open to public scrutiny. And it poses a question: Where does an athlete&#39;s allegiance lie when religion collides with sport?
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Many menâs basketball programs are moving to Division I in the hope of gaining exposure, money and a bit of glory.
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Despite facing the possibility of missing the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive season, the Terps are playing loose and free-spirited.
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March could be more maddening than usual for teams on the NCAA tournament bubble this year.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- An overall increase of 1 percentage point in graduation rates might not seem significant. NCAA president Myles Brand disagrees.
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The game came about because both sides had wants and needs. Boston College wanted a fifth home game; the University of Massachusetts needed to pump revenue into its cash-strapped football program.
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams&#39; success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package of academic reforms in place, the NCAA&#39;s next crusade will address what its president calls a dangerous drift toward professionalism and sports entertainment.
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FARGO, N.D. -- State officials filed a lawsuit Friday against the NCAA to challenge its restrictions on the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the lawsuit, filed in Northeast Central District Court in Grand Forks, alleges a breach of contract...