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USC's Hayes Pullard tackles Xavier Grimble during the 2011 Spring game. The NCAA's new safety guidelines recommends less contact in football practices.

New NCAA safety guidelines call for less contact in football practices

August 18, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

After six months of consulting with medical organizations, coaches and school administrators, the NCAA has released safety guidelines that, among other things, suggest limiting contact in football practices. The recommendations,...

Olympic champion to start rehab after severing spine in ATV accident

August 19, 2019 at 6:44 a.m.

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, the Olympic swimming champion who severed her spine in an accident last week, will be transported to a Colorado hospital for rehabilitation. Van Dyken-Rouen was hurt in...

UCLA's Ed O'Bannon during practice for the Final Four in 1995.

Lawsuit could give college athletes cut of NCAA deals

August 19, 2019 at 6:43 a.m.

The NCAA and its member schools have preached a vision of amateurism whereby young men and women play for the love of the game, not money. That concept will be...

Rory McIlroy catches a ball during the pro-am round prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Rory McIlroy back to golf amid lingering personal questions

August 19, 2019 at 6:42 a.m.

In the often taciturn realm of professional athletes, Rory McIlroy always has been markedly patient and candid with the media. But it seems the golfer from Northern Ireland has reached...

NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks during a news conference at the NCAA Headquarters to announce corrective and punitive measures against Penn State in July of 2012

NCAA and military launch concussion research

June 17, 2018 at 2:15 p.m.

The NCAA and the Defense Department have launched what officials are calling the most comprehensive study of concussion and head-impact exposure ever conducted. Researchers plan to follow an estimated 37,000...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks in Harlem to help with the launch of Harlem EatUp! on May 20, 2014 in New York City.

New York City mayor not interested in 2024 Olympic bid

June 17, 2018 at 2:32 p.m.

Yet another city has turned its back on the Olympics. Just a few days after residents of Krakow, Poland, voted not to try for the 2022 Winter Games, the mayor...

NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks at a news conference before the national championship game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies.

NCAA reports overall improvement in athletes’ academic performance

June 17, 2018 at 2:31 p.m.

A decade after the NCAA created a new measure of college athletes' classroom success, officials announced Wednesday that the latest scores show overall academic performance edging up. The average "academic...

Tiger Woods grimaces as he follows through on his tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Doral, Fla.

PGA Commissioner Finchem: TPC will be fine without Tiger

May 12, 2019 at 1:52 p.m.

The Players Championship begins on Thursday without a recuperating Tiger Woods, and that's just fine with PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem. Speaking to reporters before the tournament in Ponte Vedra...

Shaun White reacts after failing to medal in the men's halfpipe at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Shaun White shows up at teen’s prom

June 17, 2018 at 2:45 p.m.

It was almost two months ago that a Pennsylvania high school student posted a self-made music video asking snowboard star Shaun White to escort her to the prom. Carly Monzo...

Olympic official backs off criticism of Rio de Janeiro preparations

August 19, 2019 at 6:41 a.m.

The Australian Olympic official who earlier this week slammed Rio de Janeiro's preparations for the 2016 Summer Games has backed off on his harsh comments. "I want to underline that...

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