Ga Tech signs hoops coaches Pastner, Fortner to extensions
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech has signed basketball coaches Josh Pastner and Nell Fortner to contract extensions.
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NHL’s Panthers offer deals to 200 FAU female athletes
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers were seeking a female athlete from Florida Atlantic University to be the next college student they sign to...
Big 12 quickly working to expand before Texas, OU departures
The Big 12 survived college football’s last significant conference realignment a decade ago because the league still had Texas and Oklahoma.
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Ivy League sports return as way they went out: cautiously
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League was the first conference to scuttle its basketball postseason when the pandemic broke out during March Madness a...
Will athletes’ new college cash flow impact team chemistry?
Ohio State freshman Jack Sawyer already has a new truck thanks to an endorsement deal under new rules that allow him to profit from...
Stern, Catchings, Cash inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — What David Stern did for the sport of basketball transcended any gender bias and opened a whole new world for women...
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Japan has its best Olympic medal haul: 27 gold, 58 overall
TOKYO — Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet spot for the Tokyo...
June Daugherty, former women’s basketball coach dies at 64
SPOKANE, Wash. — June Daugherty, the former Washington and Washington State women's basketball coach who led the Huskies to seven NCAA Tournaments, has died....
Women’s game leaders: NCAA can’t let report sit on a shelf
Eight years ago, in a report the NCAA asked Big East commissioner Val Ackerman to write, she recommended the men's and women's Final Fours...