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A ball goes through a basket before a second-round college basketball game between Iowa and West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NCAA President Charlie Baker urges state lawmakers to ban prop betting on college athletes

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

An official game ball sits on the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Southern California and UCLA in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament Friday, March 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. NCAA President Charlie Baker on Wednesday, March 26, urged lawmakers in states with legal wagering on sporting events to ban betting on individual player performances.(AP Photo/David Becker, File)

NCAA President Charlie Baker urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

A Tennessee cheerleader runs with a flag before an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee has been in contact with NCAA investigators and a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, the inquiry is into potential rules violations related to name, image and likeness compensation for multiple athletes.(AP Photo/Wade Payne, File) **FILE**

After loss in court, the NCAA is pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals with athletes

By Mark Long - Associated Press

FILE - NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. Former Massachusetts governor and Harvard basketball player turned president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Baker has outlined a vision at the very top of college sports in an attempt to grapple with one of the diciest issues facing the NCAA — how best to compensate college athletes. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

NCAA President Charlie Baker drawing on lessons learned as GOP governor in Democratic Massachusetts

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

Incoming NCAA president Charlie Baker speaks during the NCAA Convention, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in San Antonio. Baker wants to create a new tier of Division I where athlete can be paid by schools. The new subdivision for schools with the most athletic resources could offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and compensate them through a trust fund (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File) **FILE**

NCAA president: Proposal to create new tier for big-money college sports just a start

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) center and the team holds up the championship trophy after the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game against Georgia in Atlanta, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

NCAA president calls for new tier of Division I where schools can pay athletes

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

NCAA fails female athletes illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

NCAA has failed female athletes

By Macy Petty

NCAA president Charlie Baker speaks during the NCAA Convention, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in San Antonio. Baker is expected to testify in front of a Senate committee next week during the 10th hearing on Capitol Hill over the last three years on college sports. (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File) **FILE**

NCAA president shifts focus to employment status of college athletes during Senate hearing

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Signage at the headquarters of the NCAA is viewed in Indianapolis, March 12, 2020. The NCAA has changed its reinstatement process for athletes involved in sports wagering. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

There have been 175 sports-betting violations since 2018, 17 active investigations, NCAA head says

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Incoming NCAA president Charlie Baker speaks during the NCAA Convention, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in San Antonio. NCAA President Charlie Baker wants a federal law to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for name, image and likeness that creates a registry of deals, agent certification and uniform contract standards. (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File) **FILE**

New president says NCAA made a ‘big mistake’ by not setting up framework for NIL compensation

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a Juneteenth commemoration in Boston's Nubian Square, June 18, 2021. Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, replacing Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to be next NCAA president

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Migrants wait to be processed by the Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The number of Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August as migrants from Mexico and traditional sending countries were stopped less frequently, authorities said Monday, Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants on the ballot in Massachusetts

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker faces reporters as Mass. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito (left) looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, Jan. 25, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Baker vetoes bill to grant illegal immigrants access to Mass. driver’s licenses

Associated Press

Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker faces reporters as Mass. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito (left) looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, Jan. 25, 2017, in Boston. Baker announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, that he won't seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker opts against reelection bid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a Juneteenth commemoration in Boston's Nubian Square on June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

GOP’s Baker won’t seek 3rd term as Massachusetts governor

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

In this April 6, 2021, file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks to reporters after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Gov. Baker is facing increasing criticism of his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, with calls mounting for a legislative response to the deaths, which claimed the lives of 76 veteran residents last spring. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)

Vaccine passport program could be coming soon to ‘15 or 20’ states, governor says

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker delivers his state of the state address in the House Chamber at the Statehouse in Boston. While governors across the country are ending all or most of their coronavirus restrictions, many of them are keeping their pandemic emergency orders in place. Those orders allow them to restrict public gatherings and businesses, mandate masks, sidestep normal purchasing rules, tap into federal money and deploy National Guard troops to administer vaccines. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Supreme Court won’t rule on governor’s pandemic authority

Associated Press

Final grants given in $687M COVID-19 business relief program

By STEVE LEBLANC - Associated Press

Gov. Baker said he felt aches, chills after 2nd vaccine shot

Associated Press

Democratic pro-abortion rights PAC hopes to oust Gov. Baker

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press