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Chip Kelly is gone, but Oregon will still pay for violations committed during his tenure. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Oregon and the NCAA agree that the school committed “major” violations within its recruiting practices, which have been the subject of an ongoing NCAA investigation. In a draft of the summary disposition report [...]
Story Highlights At least a dozen members of Auburn’s 2010 championship team failed drug tests, ESPN reports The report also states that the university decided to keep the failed tests confidential One player failed a test for synthetic marijuana seven weeks in a row, according to the report (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — At least [...]
Coral Gables (AP) — One of the investigators who worked the NCAA’s inquiry of Miami athletics wrote a letter on former booster and convicted felon Nevin Shapiro’s behalf just days before he was sentenced two years ago. In the same letter, dated June 3, 2011, Ameen Najjar even suggested that the NCAA could eventually hire [...]
(PhatzRadio / AP) — North Carolina is investigating how what appears to be a transcript for former football star Julius Peppers surfaced on the university’s website. In a statement Monday, the school said it has removed the link and that it couldn’t discuss confidential student information covered by federal privacy laws. The school didn’t confirm [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — The conference commissioners who have been working on a four-team playoff to determine college football’s national champion plan to present the BCS presidential oversight committee multiple formats from which to choose. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said the university presidents will “have options – plural” to consider when they meet in two weeks. [...]
(AP) — The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff. In fact, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive all but said [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Looking for those charming underdog stories? Go find the DVD from last year. This year’s Final Four brings together an ensemble of big-name schools, all saddled with their typically big-time issues — a reminder that everything in college sports is not as pure as the NCAA and its “student-athletes” would like [...]
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving involving in at least two games this season, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday. The report cited anonymous sources and said the FBI began an investigation in late February centering on losses to Alabama on Feb. 7 and Arkansas [...]
Head coach Jim Boeheim of the Syracuse Orange talks with (in uniform L-R) Scoop Jardine #11, Brandon Triche #20, C.J. Fair #5, Baye Moussa Keita #12 and Kris Joseph #32 during a timeout against the Villanova Wildcats at the Wells Fargo Center on January 11, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (January 10, 2012 – Photo by [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The NCAA has turned down a request by Connecticut for waiver that would allow the men’s basketball program to avoid a postseason ban in the 2012-13 season. UConn will not qualify for the NCAA tournament because of its poor performance in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR). New rules approved [...]
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