As the story goes, one night in 1954, 12-year-old Cassius Clay was attending an event in a building that housed the Columbia Gym in his Louisville, Kentucky, hometown.
Retention rates of football players and African-American student-athletes in Division III have lagged behind those of their counterparts for eight consecutive years.
The number of women's teams in Division I lacrosse has nearly tripled since 1981-82, and the number of men's teams has grown by 40 percent in the same time period.
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved altering football’s kickoff rules to allow the receiving team to fair catch the kick inside the 25-yard line and have it result in a touchback.
The NCAA inclusion group extended its arms to the local communities at the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours, honoring four individuals who have impacted the culture of inclusiveness within society and athletics in San Antonio and Columbus, Ohio.
Student-athletes at the University of Miami (Florida), Georgian Court and Alma have earned the 2018 NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition award for their community outreach efforts.
Soccer referees could keep game time on the field beginning with the 2018 season. The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee recommended this change at its annual meeting last week in Indianapolis.
St. Thomas (Minnesota) has received a public reprimand after misconduct by student-athletes in the sectional final competition of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship in Chicago.
Lycoming has received a public reprimand and additional penalties after misconduct by a student-athlete during the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.
The NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday proposed altering the game's kickoff rules to allow the receiving team to fair catch the kick inside the 25-yard line and have it result in a touchback.
The NCAA Football Rules Committee will discuss health and safety issues regarding targeting, blocking below the waist and possible modifications to kickoff plays when it convenes today through Friday.
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a change that combines in/out and touch calls into one reviewable challenge effective for the 2018 season.
