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South Carolina head coach Frank Martin watches his team play Missouri during an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP)
NCAA hands South Carolina 2-year probation for ex-assistant

By Pete Iacobelli Feb. 25, 2021 01:04 PM EST

Hawaii, Bahamas bowls canceled by ESPN due to pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 02, 2020 06:12 PM EDT
The Hawaii and Bahamas bowls were canceled by ESPN Events on Friday because of the pandemic and related travel restrictions. The games are...

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma talks with Connecticut's Anna Makurat (24) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the American Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Auriemma is asking for help from Congress to get foreign students, including athletes, back to campus. The Huskies have three foreign players on their roster this year: Anna Makurat, a sophomore from Poland; Nika Muhl, a freshman from Croatia, and Aaliyah Edwards, a freshman from Ontario, Canada. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
College athletes from overseas might be stuck at home

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jul. 01, 2020 04:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2014, file photo, Western Michigan's Athletic Director Kathy Beauregard makes a speech to honor the men's basketball team's effort this season before Selection Sunday at Cityscape Events Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. The coronavirus pandemic didn't just wipe out the NCAA Tournament games when it hit college basketball. The coaching carousel is also on hold. Before long, WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard was dealing with restrictions on travel and external hires, and it was obvious this would not be a normal coaching search. (Junfu Han/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)
Coaching carousel slows down amid coronavirus concerns

By Noah Trister Apr. 15, 2020 02:32 AM EDT

Luis Rivera, left, sanitizes seats in Bridgestone Arena after the remaining NCAA college basketball games in the Southeastern Conference tournament were cancelled Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. The tournament was cancelled Thursday due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The Latest: First NHL player has coronavirus

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2020 08:43 PM EDT

Florida to start selling alcohol at men's basketball games

Nov. 04, 2019 05:20 PM EST
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will sell alcohol at men's basketball games beginning with the team's season opener against North Florida. ...

Utah's Both Gach speaks during the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day, in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Pac-12 players, coaches briefed on California likeness law

By Janie Mccauley Oct. 08, 2019 05:32 PM EDT

Indiana joins list of states legalizing sports betting

By Tom Davies May. 08, 2019 06:38 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sports betting will become legal in Indiana and construction of two new casinos will be allowed in the state under a bill signed by the governor...

PokerStars fined $10K for taking bets on NJ college teams

By Wayne Parry Apr. 22, 2019 03:23 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined PokerStars $10,000 for taking bets on New Jersey college basketball teams in violation of the...

Virginia's Mamadi Diakite answers a question after a practice session for the semifinals of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
NCAA Latest: 'Hot shot' Beard finally gets trophy at Tech

Apr. 04, 2019 01:20 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks during a news conference in San Antonio. Emmert says a judge’s recent ruling in a federal antitrust lawsuit again reinforced that college athletes should be treated as students not employees. Emmert spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 3, at U.S. Bank Stadium, the site of the men’s basketball Final Four, making his first public comments since last month’s decision. Judge Claudia Wilken ruled the NCAA did violate antitrust laws and cannot prohibit schools from providing more benefits to athletes as long as they are tethered to education. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Emmert: NCAA committed to prohibiting athletes from gambling

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 04, 2019 03:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 file photo, patrons visit the sports betting area of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I. The state lottery released figures on Friday, March 29, 2019, showing that casinos in Rhode Island lost nearly $900,000 on sports betting in February, after they paid out winning bets for the Super Bowl and other professional sports. ( AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Sports betting revenue projection was $11.5M. So far? $150K

By Jennifer Mcdermott Mar. 29, 2019 12:04 PM EDT

NCAA to appeal ruling in antitrust case about compensation

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2019 11:26 AM EDT
The NCAA and major college conferences will appeal a judge's ruling that the governing body violated antitrust laws by limiting education-related benefits to...

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2019, file photo, Vanderbilt head coach Bryce Drew cheers on his players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama in Nashville, Tenn. Drew was fired Friday, March 22 after the worst season in the history of Vanderbilt men's basketball. Vanderbilt went 9-23 and was the first team in 65 years to go winless in the Southeastern Conference. Drew went 40-59 record in three seasons with the Commodores. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Friday's Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2019 03:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, gamblers place bets in the temporary sports betting area at the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. About six in 10 Americans want betting on professional sports events to be legal in their state, but fewer feel that way about college athletics, according to a new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Wednesday, March 20, 2019. The poll finds 42 percent favor legal betting on college sports. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
AP-NORC Poll: US divided on college vs pro sports betting

By Wayne Parry And Emily Swanson Mar. 20, 2019 01:27 PM EDT

The exterior view of Capital One Arena is seen, Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Washington. As NCAA prepares to stage its first basketball championships since the Supreme Court allowed legal sports betting in any state that wants it, the organization remains opposed to gambling on its events. But it’s not denying reality, either. This year, at least one and likely two women’s games will be played in Mississippi, where people have been betting on college sports since last summer, and men’s games will be played in Washington at Capital One Arena, which could have a full-service onsite sports book this time next year. Future NCAA Tournament games are scheduled for Wells Fargo Center, an 11-mile drive from the sports book at Harrah’s Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
NCAA can't keep tournament games away from legal gambling

By Ben Nuckols Mar. 19, 2019 02:05 PM EDT

Gamblers like their odds at MIT sports analytics conference

By Jimmy Golen Mar. 02, 2019 05:43 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — In the early years of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, a couple hundred math whizzes gathered on the school's campus hoping for a...

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State lawmakers place their bets on sports gambling

By Geoff Mulvihill Feb. 21, 2019 01:49 PM EST

Allen steps up late, helps Florida beat Ole Miss 90-86 in OT

By Mark Long Jan. 30, 2019 09:12 PM EST
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Despite missing his first six 3-pointers, KeVaughn Allen remained confident. He even wanted the ball in crunch time. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2013 file photo, Republican Dan Seum speaks to the Kentucky Senate to nominate Robert Stivers as President of the Kentucky State Senate in Frankfort, Ky. Seum was one of a bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 who introduced a bill that would make marijuana legal in Kentucky for medical purposes only. The proposal comes weeks after the U.S. Congress, led by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, legalized hemp, a crop that comes from the same plant that produces marijuana. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Providence Louisville Basketball

Jan. 09, 2019 05:16 PM EST