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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

Wake Forest head coach Dave Clawson answers a question at the NCAA college football Atlantic Coast Conference Media Days in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 20, 2022. “You used to talk about graduation rates and majors,” Clawson said about recuiting. “Now the first question is, ‘What are you guaranteeing me year one, two, three and four?’” Clawson isn't necessarily talking about playing time, either. Prospects are far more familiar with ways they can profit off their fame through endorsement deals and are looking hard at whether schools can help them do it. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

‘Arms race’: NIL compensation now a potent recruiting weapon

By Steve Megargee - Associated Press

Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan (15) and South Carolina forward A'ja Wilson (22) reach for the ball on the opening tipoff of the final of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament Final Four, Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Dallas. The NCAA women's basketball title game will be broadcast on ABC for the first time this season. The championship game, which usually airs in primetime, will be played at 3 p.m. ET. The Final Four is in Dallas this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

ABC to air NCAA women’s basketball title game for 1st time

By Doug Feinberg

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

University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new “gender inclusion policy” at the organization’s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Riley Gaines: Lia Thomas’ NCAA Woman of the Year nomination ‘insulting’ to female athletes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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

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)

Lia Thomas: Losing out to a transgender athlete is ‘no different’ than losing to a female

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Maryland attack Anthony DeMaio (16) celebrates his goal against Cornell during the first half of the NCAA college men's lacrosse championship game, Monday, May 30, 2022, in East Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Maryland lacrosse continues dominance thanks to backyard hotbed

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - 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

NCAA president Mark Emmert answers a question during a news conference at the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

NCAA President Mark Emmert stepping down no later than 2023

Associated Press

University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines tied for fifth in the 200-yard freestyle with University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas at the NCAA Division I women's swimming championships on March 18, 2022. Photo courtesy Riley Gaines.

Kentucky’s Riley Gaines makes splash by blasting ‘unfair’ rules after swimming against Lia Thomas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Emma Weyant, of United States, poses with her silver medal on the podium for the women's 400-meter Individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ** FILE **

Mike Pence declares ‘Emma Weyant won that race,’ not Lia Thomas

By Valerie Richardson - 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

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas gestures as she holds the trophy after winning the 500-meter freestyle at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas is the first known transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Virginia Tech swimmer bumped from finals chastises NCAA over transgender policy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas does a television interview after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas is the first known transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Thomas fuels backlash against male-born athletes in female sports with NCAA swim title

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times