Women's basketball
Ga Tech signs hoops coaches Pastner, Fortner to extensions

Sep. 10, 2021 04:16 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech has signed basketball coaches Josh Pastner and Nell Fortner to contract extensions. Pastner received a three...

BYU quarterback Jaren Hall looks to hand off the ball against Arizona during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Big 12 quickly working to expand before Texas, OU departures

By Stephen Hawkins Sep. 07, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Harvard players, students and fans celebrate the team's win over Yale in an NCAA college football game at Fenway Park in Boston. The Ivy League was the first Division I conference to suspend fall sports in 2020 because of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. All eight Ivies are requiring that their football teams be vaccinated for COVID-19 — just like the rest of the students on campus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Ivy League sports return as way they went out: cautiously

By Jimmy Golen Aug. 30, 2021 02:38 AM EDT

FILE - Connecticut forward Aaliyah Edwards (3) and Seton Hall guard Jasmine Smith (21) work for the rebound in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., in this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, file photo. A former women’s basketball player at Seton Hall University has been added to a lawsuit filed against the school by former men’s player Myles Powell over what they claim were misdiagnosed knee injuries. In an amended complaint to Powell's lawsuit filed Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, Jasmine Smith alleges team staff told her she’d suffered a bone bruise during practice in the fall of 2020. She alleged she was cleared to play and played the rest of the season despite suffering knee pain and swelling. (David Butler II/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)
Seton Hall Pirates at Connecticut Huskies 2/10/2021

Aug. 19, 2021 02:08 PM EDT

Va Tech extends AD Babcock's contract through June 2029

Aug. 09, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech has extended the contract of athletic director Whit Babcock for five years, keeping him with the school through June 2029....

FILE - This is a March 12, 2020, file photo showing NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. The NCAA Board of Governors called for a special constitutional convention in November to initiate dramatic reform in the governance of college sports that could be in place as soon as January. The NCAA said it wants to “reimagine" how to more effectively manage the needs of college athletes.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2021 03:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2014, file photo, Bruce Rasmussen, Creighton University's athletic director, speaks to reporters at the Athletic Performance Center in Omaha, Neb. Creighton University's athletic director who oversaw the rise of the school's men's basketball team and its transition to the Big East Conference during his tenure over the past 27 years will retire next month. Bruce Rasmussen, 70, announced his retirement plans Monday morning, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Creighton University AD retiring after 27 years on the job

By Josh Funk Jul. 19, 2021 03:36 PM EDT

Aztec Stadium topped-out less than 14 months before 1st game

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 14, 2021 06:41 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With the rubble of Qualcomm Stadium piled high about 150 yards away, the construction of San Diego State's new football stadium reached a...

Buffalo rewards AD Alnutt with 5-year contract extension

May. 28, 2021 12:40 PM EDT
AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — University at Buffalo athletic director Mark Alnutt has signed a five-year contract extension that runs through May 2026. ...

Duke promoting Nina King to be next athletic director

By Aaron Beard May. 19, 2021 05:30 PM EDT
Duke is promoting Nina King to become the school's next athletic director. The school's announcement Wednesday means King will become only...

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, the Pac-12 logo is displayed on the field at Sun Devil Stadium during an NCAA college football game between Arizona State and Kent State in Tempe, Ariz. The Pac-12 hired sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff to be the conference's next commissioner on Thursday, May 13, 2021, replacing Larry Scott with a person with a similar resume short on college sports experience. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)
Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner

By Ralph D. Russo May. 13, 2021 09:45 PM EDT

Ex-UNC athletes join program to profit from college careers

Apr. 13, 2021 05:23 PM EDT
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — More than 100 former North Carolina men's basketball and women's soccer players are joining a group-licensing program allowing them to...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 06, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
April 7 1940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters with a four-stroke triumph over Lloyd Mangrum. Mangrum shoots an opening round 64, a course...

Baylor and Houston warm up before a men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Arizona Wildcats at Stanford Cardinal 4/4/2021

Apr. 03, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo people view the Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington after portions of an outer perimeter of fencing were removed overnight to allow public access. A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Column: To pay or not pay college athletes is not the issue

By Paul Newberry Apr. 02, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 02, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
April 3 1930 — The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins. 1933 — Ken...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
April 7 1940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters with a four-stroke triumph over Lloyd Mangrum. Mangrum shoots an opening round 64, a course...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
April 3 1930 — The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins. 1933 — Ken...

FILE - Stanford's Kiana Williams passes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri State in the Sweet 16 round of the Women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, in this Sunday, March 28, 2021, file photo. Williams said it hurt to see “the same effort” did not go into organizing the women’s basketball tournament as the men’s tournament. A new AP survey of athletic directors and conversations with ADs and conference commissioners during March Madness show concern about what would happen to women's college sports under proposals that would put more money in the pockets of some athletes. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports

By Howard Fendrich And Eddie Pells Apr. 01, 2021 08:18 AM EDT

FILE - Stanford players, top, and a Utah Valley player warm up before their college basketball game in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, in this Sunday, March 21, 2021, file photo. Arena branding was among the differences people noticed between the NCAA's two biggest events, the women's and men's basketball tournaments. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Utah Valley Wolverines at Stanford Cardinal 3/21/2021

Apr. 01, 2021 08:18 AM EDT