Struggles Continue for Athletes on the Fringes of Academics
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Would-be student athletes who enrolled at Miami prep school to boost grades in order to earn college scholarships struggle after school closed following a New York Times report.
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Graduation rates for athletes remained the same this year, but most of Florida&#39;s major colleges fall below the national average.
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March could be more maddening than usual for teams on the NCAA tournament bubble this year.
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Americaâs already stratified system of higher education is becoming ever more so, and the chasm is creating all sorts of tensions as the less wealthy colleges try to compete.
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This is only February, and six months remain before the Beijing Olympics, but many elite track and field athletes are already establishing their Olympic credentials or trying and not succeeding.
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The athletic shoe and apparel retailer continues its struggles.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.
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The story of Mandrell Dean, a high school football star whose gang life got in the way of an athletic career, is a reminder of how perilous the transition to college can be.
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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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Critics of college rankings say universities aren't like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ.
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Aware of athletes exploiting fast and easy grades offered by dubious schools to earn college scholarships, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has changed its rules in recent months.
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The stratospheric salaries of some college football coaches prompt a debate over the role of athletics at colleges.
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Sports doctors under pressure from pushy  managers and the media could be cutting corners and risking the  health of athletes, researchers said Thursday.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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The best athletes  can sense every  play before it even  happens. Coaches  have long assumed  that this magical  "field sense" was  unteachable. Maybe  they were wrong.
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For players, any trip is a lesson in unintended consequences. Ivy League trips, with back-to-back games scheduled on Friday and Saturday so players donât miss as much class, are even more so.
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The status-seekers in menÂs college basketball juggle national exposure, money and the disadvantage of playing top-ranked opponents on the road.