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LSU’s Kim Mulkey Courts Controversy in Style

By Vanessa Friedman April 1, 2024Basketball, Coaches and Managers, College Athletics, Fashion, Fashion and Apparel, Louisiana State University, Mulkey, Kim, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Women and Girls, your-feed-fashion

Inside the coach’s winning fashion playbook.

LSU’s Kim Mulkey Courts Controversy in Style

Inside the coach’s winning fashion playbook.

Norby Walters, 91, Dies; Music and Sports Agent Who Ran Afoul of the Law

By Richard Sandomir January 7, 2024Agents (Business), Bars and Nightclubs, College Athletics, Deaths (Obituaries), Music, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Racketeering and Racketeers, Rhythm and Blues (Music), Walters, Norby (1932-2023)

He ran a highly successful booking agency, but his secret contacts with college athletes led to convictions (later reversed) for racketeering and fraud.

Union Push by Dartmouth Athletes Is Distinct From Previous Failed Efforts

By Santul Nerkar September 15, 2023Basketball, College Athletics, Colleges and Universities, Colter, Theodis Kain, Dartmouth College, Ivy League, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Organized Labor, Service Employees International Union

A bid to unionize by the Dartmouth men’s basketball team raises questions that earlier unsuccessful campaigns in college sports have not addressed.

A Record Crowd Shows Buildup of Nebraska Volleyball and Women’s Sports

By Santul Nerkar August 31, 2023Big Ten Conference, College Athletics, Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Volleyball, Women and Girls

Nebraska garnered more than 92,000 fans for a regular-season match held in its football stadium.

The Unusual Legal Agreement Behind ‘The Blind Side’

By Santul Nerkar August 24, 2023Football, Football (College), National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Oher, Michael, Suits and Litigation (Civil), The Blind Side (Movie), Tuohy, Leigh Anne, Tuohy, Sean, University of Mississippi

Michael Oher says Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy used their relationship with him to unfairly profit from his story. They have denied it.

Long-Distance Runner Alicia Monson Finds Time to Stand Still

By Scott Cacciola August 22, 2023Budapest (Hungary), Content Type: Personal Profile, Hassan, Sifan (1993- ), Hoare, Olli, Monson, Alicia (1998- ), National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Obiri, Hellen, Ritzenhein, Dathan, Running, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The American runner enters the preliminaries on Wednesday in the 5,000 meters at the world championships in Budapest amid a remarkable year.

University of Tennessee Fined Millions for Cash Payments to Athletes

By Santul Nerkar July 14, 2023Coaches and Managers, College Athletics, Colleges and Universities, Fines (Penalties), Football (College), National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Pruitt, Jeremy (1974- ), University of Tennessee

The N.C.A.A. said Tennessee had a culture of wrongful payments to athletes, including cash for hotels, meals and car payments, among other things. The university was fined $8 million but avoided a postseason ban.

Former L.S.U. Men’s Basketball Coach Will Wade Suspended 10 Games

By Billy Witz June 22, 2023Basketball (College), Coaches and Managers, Louisiana State University, McNeese State University, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Wade, Will (1982- )

Wade, who was hired this year to coach at McNeese State, was not cited for the most notorious charge against him: that he lured recruits with illicit payments.