student athletes Student Athletes Are Finally Getting Paid. But Can They Make Their Money Last? College sports is a massive moneymaking machine. And until recent policy changes, college athletes weren’t able to make a dime from the system. That’s finally changing. New rules allow athletes to start profiting off their name, image or likeness — known as NIL. But with so little financial education in this country, will these college athletes fumble their finances? NBCLX...
overtime elite Why This New Basketball League is Paying Big Bucks to Attract Elite High Schoolers to Play Ball Paying high school stars to play basketball has been tried before and failed. Overtime Elite, with the backing of the NBA commissioner, believes it has the model in place for success.
overtime elite This Pro Sports League Wants to Pay High School Players Six Figures to Hoop Overtime Elite is a new pro basketball league aimed at elite high school players looking to forgo college hoops and instead cash in on their talents right away. But what does it mean for the NCAA?
NCAA The NCAA Athlete Compensation Case Before the Supreme Court, Explained What’s going on with the NCAA v. Alston case before the U.S. Supreme Court? Athletes want to remove caps on education-related benefits, while the NCAA says changes would violate the spirit of amateurism in college sports.
college sports NCAA Case in the Supreme Court: Can College Athletes Make Money? College athletes are prohibited from making money, including a cap on education-related benefits from their schools. The Supreme Court questioned NCAA officials about the benefit cap, after attorneys for athletes argued the rules use the idea of amateurism to violate antitrust laws. Jackson Thompson, sports fellow at Insider, breaks down the case with LX News.
women in sports Coach Says NCAA ‘Dropped the Ball' for Women Athletes at Tournament Decorated former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, now an analyst for ACC, said gender issues with the NCAA are deeper than what we’ve seen. The topic went viral during the March Madness tournament when women athletes showed they had lesser amenities like weight rooms and meals than male athletes.
stephen a smith Stephen A. Smith Breaks Down What He Does– and Doesn't–Know About His March Madness Picks With 68 teams competing in the NCAA men’s tournament, anyone who says they can predict the Final Four is a liar. So says ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who mixed it up with LX News host Ashley Holt about his March Madness favorites and his action figure, Mini Stephen A.
March Madness Sports Without Spectators: What It's Like In the Broadcast Booth During the Pandemic As challenging as the past year has been for college basketball players and fans, it’s been equally challenging for broadcasters, who have navigated empty stadiums, remote video feeds and, on occasion, iffy internet connections to call games this season. And while most of us have dealt with the annoying Zoom glitch here and there during the pandemic, a split second...
March Madness The Odds of a Perfect NCAA Bracket Are Even Worse Than You Think You have better odds of winning Powerball and Mega Millions in the same week than you do of filling out a perfect bracket
March Madness Your Odds of Picking a Perfect NCAA Bracket? Not Great Every year we predict our March Madness winners, hoping for the ultimate prize: a perfect NCAA bracket. We know the odds are slim, but how slim are they? We broke it down.
