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Eric Montross (1971 – 2023) lived larger than life. At 7′ tall, he stood out in a crowd and will forever be remembered as one of the greatest and most genuine Tar Heels of all time. He delivered an NCAA championship to UNC in 1993 for Hall of Fame Men’s Basketball Coach Dean Smith and […]

Auburn Tigers football players are putting some of their NIL money back into the community. Kenneth Teape | Sep 2, 2024 Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze looks on from the sideline as Auburn Tigers takes on Alabama A&M Bulldogs at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Auburn Tigers defeated Alabama A&M

Brittany Zion  |  Mar 03, 2023 In June 2022, the Name Image and Likeness awards, hosted by the NIL Summit, honored its first-ever Male Athlete of the Year. The winner? UCLA Football quarterback and Texas high school standout Chase Griffin. The award recognizes the student-athletes who have exhibited the best use of their Name, Image,

Eli Henderson | Nov 1, 2024 Cal basketball star Mady Sissoko channels his NIL earnings to build a school, well, and medical clinic in his Mali village, reshaping lives through compassion. In a college sports landscape where Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals often mean personal luxuries or material perks for athletes, California Golden Bear’s Mady Sissoko has

The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social media, and hold platforms responsible for ensuring compliance. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3AHBvD3

October 21, 2024, By Laura Browne  Educators, elected officials, and other stakeholders gathered in Raleigh last week to discuss diverse viewpoints regarding the use of cellphones in schools.  The convening, hosted by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on Sept. 12, focused on making policies to regulate phone use rather than a total ban.  “When we ban

Social media. Many of us don’t feel very good when we’re on it, and yet we sometimes spend hours a day scrolling, eyeballs glued to our screens. Some experts say that social media is causing a mental health crisis, and governments are even talking about banning social media for kids. So what’s going on —

The question isn’t new. But seismic changes to college sports, embraced by Coach Deion Sanders and his University of Colorado Buffaloes, have made it more relevant than ever. By John Branch Photographs and Video by Mark Makela, published Oct. 4, 2024 Students poured onto the field. In the dry cocoon of the press box, cynicism washed away.

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff Writer, Oct 4, 2024 STILLWATER, Okla. — In the 60 years since Lou Watkins graduated from Oklahoma State, she has held various roles around the university, seen nearly all 250 games Mike Gundy has coached, and, at one time or another, held the fate of his professional future in her hands. Only