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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, jumps for a basket during the first half against the LSU Tigers during the Elite Eight round of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament held at MVP Arena on Monday in Albany, New York. Scott Taetsch/NCAA Photos/Getty ImagesCNN —  Monday night’s Elite Eight showdown between Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes […]

Story by Matt Audilet D.J. Burns has endeared himself to the college basketball world — both for his talent on the court and his joyous attitude off of it. On Sunday evening, Burns led his No. 11 seed NC State Wolfpack to a 76-64 victory over the No. 4 seed Duke Blue Devils. The 6-foot-9,

CHANTAL ALLAM, March 31, 2024 The Cinderella fairy tale continues for N.C. State. Extending a nine-game winning streak, Wolfpack fans tasted victory yet again Sunday when No. 11 seed N.C. State men’s basketball beat rival No. 4 Duke, 76-64. Just a few hours earlier, N.C. State’s women’s team upset No. 1 Texas, 76-66 to make

By Daniel Kaplan May 12, 2023 “I haven’t seen an online sports betting ad in almost 7 minutes. Am I dead?” — Conan O’Brien, 2022 tweet. Five years ago this weekend, the Supreme Court overturned the ban on sports betting that had stood for decades in most of the country. It would take a few years for states

By Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, March 20, 2024 Edited By Paula Cohen Unhappy news for Americans: The United States is no longer among the 20 happiest countries in the world, according to new data from Gallup and its partners. In the newly released 2024 World Happiness Report, the U.S. dropped out of the top 20 on the list

Ryan Bunnell/Cronkite News A sports fan checks odds at FanDuel Sportsbook in downtown Phoenix, highlighting the widespread accessibility of legal sports gambling in the U.S. (File photo by James Franks/Cronkite News) PHOENIX – At this very moment, sports fans are a few seconds and a few clicks away from turning $10 into $200 on any

Thomas Baker, writes about legal issues in sports and sport brand management On January 28, 2008, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did what at the time was unthinkable, it settled an antitrust class action lawsuit filed by college athletes in White v. NCAA that challenged an NCAA amateurism rule. After all, the NCAA had successfully defended each and every

By Clare Duffy, CNN If you’re a TikTok fanatic worried about how you’re going to stay connected to the world after a bill that could ban the app passed the House of Representatives Wednesday … don’t panic just yet. For those just catching up: US lawmakers have renewed efforts to crack down on TikTok over national security concerns related

Ex-Alabama head coach Nick Saban has endorsed the idea of sharing revenue directly with college football players and other NCAA athletes when speaking to a panel that included U.S. Senators focused on NIL issues in Washington, D.C. “If we had some sort of revenue sharing proposition that did not make student-athletes employees… I think that may be the long-term solution,” Saban