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College Athletics Has Two Distinct Types of Conference Commissioners Now

The Big East’s reported new boss isn’t a businessman—he’s a business, man.

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McLaughlin: Tension Lingering Between Big 12, Texas Tech?

Commissioner Brett Yormark took the stage at Big 12 media days and got a bit testy with a Texas Tech media figure.

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The Big 12 Prefers Not to Talk About the Brendan Sorsby Situation Anymore

As media days begin, commissioner Brett Yormark and Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire sidestepped questions about the former quarterback instead focusing on the upcoming season.

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Pat Forde: Brendan Sorsby’s College Career Is Over Because of the Big 12’s Mounting Pressure

The conference’s firm stance that the quarterback should not play this season could be a blueprint for future league activism.

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Pat Forde: The Big 12 Must Stop the Brendan Sorsby Scam Before It Engulfs College Football

With personal and institutional accountability failing, the conference may be the last entity capable of enforcing consequences.

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The College Football Playoff Must Take a Stand Against Texas Tech, Brendan Sorsby

The integrity of the postseason is at stake as the Red Raiders take any means possible to earn a coveted CFP berth.

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Colleges may pull out of games against Texas Tech after gambling QB is allowed to play

A Texas judge ruled Monday that Brendan Sorsby could play in the upcoming season, bypassing the NCAA’s lifetime ban

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Pat Forde: It’s Texas Tech vs. Everybody—Just How the Red Raiders Like It

Fueled by ambitious money and a willingness to challenge the status quo, Tech has become the epicenter of college sports’ storylines.

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Inside College Football’s 24-Team CFP Debate Over Expansion, Access and Money

While weighing concerns about regular-season game value and changing the sport’s calendar, commissioners are coalescing around the Big Ten’s push for 24 with the SEC representing the lone—and most important—holdout.

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Elle Duncan on Netflix’s Opening Night MLB Game: ‘This Was Not for Baseball Purists’

The host blasted critics of the streamer’s Yankees-Giants season opener, and made it clear sports fans aren’t a priority for the service.

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Jaden Bradley’s Buzzer Beater in Arizona–Iowa State Proved the Big 12 Didn’t Need a Gimmick

After ditching its light-up court, the conference produced the best game of the men’s basketball season and showcased its talent depth.

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Big 12’s ‘Slippery’ LED Glass Court Draws Mixed Reviews From Players: ‘Making Me Feel Dizzy’

An administrator said the court seemed more slick for smaller and lighter players. Bigger, heavier athletes seemed to have better footing.

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Big 12’s Brett Yormark: SCORE Act is the best path forward after Trump meeting at White House

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark says a new federal bill is the best way to fix college sports money problems

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‘Totally Out of Bounds’: Big 12’s Brett Yormark Blasts Notre Dame AD’s ‘Egregious’ Comments on CFP Snub

The Big 12 commissioner rebuked Pete Bevacqua for going after the ACC and Jim Phillips after the selection committee flipped the Fighting Irish with Miami in its final rankings.

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Big Ten’s Latest Bad Idea: Selling Its Future for Private Capital

Talks about a $2 billion capital deal have dragged for months and lacked unanimity, but Wednesday brought a new sign of progress.

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Big 12 Hopes Parity Will Result in Multiple Bids to College Football Playoff

Picked last in the 2024 preseason, Arizona State was the league’s only participant in the playoff as the conference chose not to rank its teams this year.

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College Athletes Are Getting Paid. Here’s What to Know.

The House settlement ushered in a new era of collegiate athletics, allowing universities to pay athletes with new guidelines on NIL and roster limits.

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SEC’s Sankey Wants to Reshape College Sports Without the Bad-Guy Blowback

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is working with the Big Ten to widen the gap between the haves and have-nots in college sports. He seems surprised that’s not being received well.

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Big 12 Board of Directors to Extend Contract of Commissioner Brett Yormark

Yorkmark's work during the latest era of conference realignment and a changing college sports landscape has earned the commissioner a contract extension.

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With NCAA settlement pending, Power Four conference stakeholders lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill

The commissioners of the NCAA's Power Four conferences and dozens of athletic directors from the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12, and coaches and players lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill for legislation to standardize name, image and likeness rules and other elements of the college sports landscape

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Big 12 Commissioner Releases Statement on West Virginia NCAA Tournament Snub

Brett Yormark is 'surprised and disappointed' that the Mountaineers were snubbed on Selection Sunday.

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Big 12 Commissioner Calls For Consistency In Targeting Penalties

Big 12 commissioner advocates for consistent targeting penalty enforcement after controversial no-call in Peach Bowl. Yormark emphasizes need for clarity a...

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Big 12 Commissioner Issues Statement on Controversial No-Call in ASU Loss to Texas

The officials opted against ruling a dangerous tackle as targeting in the fourth quarter of the Peach Bowl.

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Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out

There’s more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football’s first 12-team playoff

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Forde-Yard Dash: Each Conference’s Ad for the College Football Playoff

The first CFP rankings reveal will happen on election night, so The Dash created how the conferences might attempt to swing hearts and minds in their favor—or against the opposition.

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