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Miami's Haley Cavinder (14) and Hanna Cavinder (15) celebrate after Miami defeated Indiana in a second-round college basketball game in the women's NCAA Tournament Monday, March 20, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Cavinder twins say they’re leaving Miami after one season

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Connecticut celebrates with the trophy after their win against San Diego State during the men's national championship college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

New antitrust lawsuit against NCAA seeks millions in damages

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

NCAA takes seat on bench in the political game

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates after beating UConn, 64-49, to win the championship game of the NCAA college basketball Final Four in Minneapolis, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Women’s college basketball believes it has the makings for a hit reality TV show. Those engaged in the sport hope to give network execs another glimpse this weekend of why they need to ante up during March Madness. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Women hope Sweet 16 next step to own March Madness TV deal

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Miami head coach Katie Meier yells during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami’s women’s basketball program has been placed on probation for one year, after the school and NCAA said coaches inadvertently helped arrange impermissible contact between a booster and two players before they signed with the Hurricanes. But coach Katie Meier — who already served a three-game suspension at the start of this season in anticipation of the NCAA’s decision — will not miss any more time. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise, File)

NCAA gives Miami 1-year probation for recruiting violation

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Grand Valley State quarterback Cullen Finnerty (16) holds off Northwest Missouri defender Ikechukwu Urum-Eke (22) during a Division II college football Championship game in Florence, Ala., Dec. 16, 2006. An Indiana jury has found the NCAA not liable in the death of former Grand Valley State quarterback whose widow accused the college sports governing body of failing to warn college athletes about the risks of head injuries while playing football. A Marion County jury agreed Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, with the NCAA’s arguments that Cullen Finnerty’s death did not result from a concussion he suffered while playing for the Michigan college or smaller blows to the head during his playing days, but from other health problems and addictions, ESPN reported. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Jury: NCAA not liable in ex-Grand Valley quarterback’s death

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NCAA asks U.S. appeals court to block pay for student-athletes

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

This is a March 12, 2020, file photo showing NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. The NCAA and many of its student-athletes are closely watching a court case in Pennsylvania that could determine whether Division I athletes should be paid for their time in the same way students are paid for work-study jobs. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) **FILE**

U.S. appeals court to hear NCAA case over pay for athletes

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, second from right, stands during a rally on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, outside of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate **FILE**

Demonstrators protest NCAA’s transgender athlete inclusion

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

Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 21, 2022. Attorneys asked a jury Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to award $55 million to Gee in the landmark case. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) **FILE**

Jury: NCAA not to blame in ex-USC football player’s death

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

Widow asks $55 million from NCAA for ex-USC football player’s death

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Louisville NCAA college basketball head coach Rick Pitino answers a question during the Atlantic Coast Conference men's media day in Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 26, 2016. An independent panel has fined Louisville $5,000 and placed the men’s basketball program on two years probation, but sparing the school major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation of corruption in college basketball. The Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) also declined to penalize former Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, whom the NCAA initially cited for failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)

Louisville escapes major sanctions in hoops bribery case

By Gary B. Graves - Associated Press

In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee plays in an NCAA college football game. A lawsuit alleging that the NCAA failed to protect a former Gee from repeated concussions is nearing trial in a Los Angeles court, with a jury seated Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in what could become a landmark case. The suit filed by Gee's widow says the former USC linebacker died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing for the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning team. (USC Athletics via AP)

NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2010, file photo, former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon Jr. sits in his office in Henderson, Nev. NIL's blossoming started with a seed: a 2009 class-action lawsuit filed by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon that argued the NCAA should not be allowed to use the likeness of football and men's basketball players — past and present — to make money. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

What is NIL? Name, image and licensing in college, high school sports explained

By Erica Hunzinger - Associated Press

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500-meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) **FILE**

Lia Thomas knocked out of the running for 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Delaware's Jasmine Dickey holds up the March Madness ticket following the second half of an NCAA college basketball championship game against Drexel in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Philadelphia. Delaware won 63-59. The NCAA has adequately addressed nine of 23 recommendations for creating comparable NCAA Tournament experiences for men's and women's basketball players, according to a progress report released Wednesday. July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File) **FILE**

Report: NCAA makes progress on gender inequality at tourneys

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas swims in the first leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships at Harvard, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

UPenn nominates Lia Thomas as 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Alabama head coach Nick Saban yells to the sideline during the first half of Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Nick Saban: Texas A&M ‘bought every player’ in top-ranked recruiting class

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas competes in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

University of Arizona swimming alums urge NCAA to ‘protect our women athletes’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times