By Gary Brown The Division III Management Council during its meeting Monday and Tuesday supported the concept of a one-time allocation to help Division III schools defray the costs of sickle cell trait testing if a proposal to require such...
By David Pickle New Division II academic requirements are a long way from approval and even further from implementation, but a membership examination of the issue appears to be headed more in the direction of nuanced, rather than radical,...
By Gail Dent Individuals with an interest in the prevention of interpersonal campus violence recently addressed how athletics can further education and better inform student-athletes and administrators on the subject. The participants, who...
Elizabeth Phillips − a three-time NCAA Elite 89 Award winner, seven-time All-American and biomedical engineering graduate of Washington University in St. Louis −is the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year. Phillips was chosen from among nine...
The NCAA has been forced to relocate several championships from New Jersey because of a new state law now in effect allowing sports wagering on professional and collegiate games. The six championships, all scheduled in 2013, include the...
William C. Friday, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a forceful voice for maintaining intercollegiate athletics as a part of higher education, died early Friday in Chapel Hill. He was 92. “...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Like many young girls, Paige Kortman’s first “athletics” experience was in ballet. Obviously, though, from the photos on this page and on the cover of this magazine, Paige Kortman is not a ballerina. “I got kicked...
By David Pickle Terri Steeb-Gronau, NCAA director of Division II, was honored Tuesday as Josten’s Administrator of the Year for associations and organizations at the annual convention of the National Association of Collegiate Women...
By Greg Johnson College basketball season officially begins today, but college referees have been preparing for the season for weeks. NCAA National Coordinator of Officials John Adams and Secretary-Rules Editor Art Hyland have been...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Leadership Council supported in concept a women’s basketball recruiting model that would allow coaches to build a relationship with recruits and that provides the opportunity for better recruiting...
An NCAA educational column posted online that discussed the alteration of photos used for recruiting purposes has generated much discussion because of its inclusion of Instagram as an example. The educational column is being updated. The...
The Division I Committee on Infractions stands by its original decision that Boise State University must reduce the number of football scholarships by three for two more years. The decision was made after this penalty, which was appealed...
By Gary Brown The most recent NCAA financial data on spending patterns among Division I schools show that the median allocation from institutions to subsidize their athletics program – regardless of subdivision – is about $10 million...
Texas Southern University demonstrated a lack of institutional control and was responsible for booster involvement in recruiting, academic improprieties, ineligible student-athlete participation and exceeding scholarship limits, according...
By Erik Christianson A nationally respected neurologist and the top medical official of tennis’ governing body has been selected as the NCAA’s first chief medical officer (CMO). Dr. Brian Hainline will begin his new position in January...
Division III is in its second year of making its partnership with Special Olympics special. In the 12 months since the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee officially kicked off the community-outreach engagement, 39 Division III conferences...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Jackie Jamaleddine says her life wouldn’t be normal without chaos. “It’s practice, work, school, go home, change, go back, school, work, sports, people mad at me, apologizing. It’s the story of my life,” she says in...
By Donald Remy NCAA Executive Vice President and General Counsel In recent days, the selective release of misleading information in relation to a lawsuit has created much confusion. For background, a group of former student-athletes sued...
By Gail Dent The NCAA will host a Think Tank on campus violence prevention in Washington, D.C., Oct. 3-4, to discuss how the issue relates to higher education and intercollegiate athletics, and to develop best practices and possible...
In recent days, the selective release of misleading information in relation to a lawsuit has created much confusion. For background, a group of former student-athletes sued the NCAA because they claimed the Association prevented them from profiting from their likeness after they graduated, while at the same time supposedly selling their publicity rights.
