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The United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to profit while still maintaining rules...

The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money was shot over the heads of prospective recruits. Athletic director Jeff Long said Friday night “we expected a clean version of the show.” The Jayhawks instead got an...

Few things are powerful enough to bring people back to the scene of their greatest tragedy. For the community of Paradise, which was devastated by a wildfire, football is it.

Paradise Valley High School played its first football game since the devastating camp fire last year, winning 35-0. Most of the players on the team lost their homes in the fire last year, and with the students living in different areas, they said the sense of community was meaningful for them. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by the athletic director at her Catholic high school, who continued to work despite prior allegations of misconduct, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The San Jose State University track-and-field program’s plans for a new facility has been pushed back to make room for a parking structure.

The San Jose State University track-and-field program’s plans for a new facility has been pushed back to make room for a parking structure. Scott Budman reports.

The San Francisco Giants lent out their home field Saturday to the Paradise High School men’s baseball team who played in an effort to raise money for the athletic facilities that were destroyed by the fire.

The San Francisco Giants lent out their home field Saturday to the Paradise High School men’s baseball team who played in an effort to raise money for the athletic facilities that were destroyed by the fire. Sergio Quintana reports.

Tributes to Chris Hixon are everywhere in the house he shared with his wife for 28 years. The athletic director at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Hixon ran, unarmed, into the 1200 building during the rampage and never came out.

In the year since a gunman fatally shot 14 students and three school staffers, the state’s districts have reshaped the K-12 experience, adopting new rules for entering campus, hiring more police and holding frequent safety drills.

Grace Leonis, 14, says what started out as an innocent crush on her water polo coach at Presentation High School soon spiraled completely out of control, culminating in an unwanted sexual experience in the back of her coach’s car. Her story marks the most recent example of what more than a dozen former students allege is a pattern of covering...

Attorney Robert Allard says a confidentiality clause in a settlement agreement between the family of a former Presentation student and the school violated state law because the claim involved a potential sex crime against a child.

An independent investigation into the death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair has determined that trainers on the scene did not follow proper procedures after he collapsed on the field.

Parents and students got a chance to voice their concerns with the athletics department and leaders at the University of Maryland. The school is under fire, following the death of a football player and accusations the football program has a toxic culture. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A University of Maryland football player has died after he was hospitalized following an organized team workout in late May.

While safety concerns at Atlantic Coast Conference schools are being addressed ahead of Hurricane Florence, the storm’s significant impact on this week’s schedule will have a lingering effect on scheduling obstacles, monetary implications and bowl considerations once it passes. The list of canceled games include No. 13 Virginia Tech’s home game against East Carolina, No. 14 West Virginia’s trip to...

Ohio State will rely on an outside law firm to investigate what coach Urban Meyer knew and did about domestic abuse accusations against a former assistant, a process expected to be completed within two weeks, the university said Sunday night. Ohio State said in a release that a trustees’ committee formed to coordinate the investigation had an initial meeting and...