The Charles Barkley-Dick Vitale Pairing Was Entertaining and Enjoyable A First Four game basically turned into a podcast with two sports broadcasting legends. Sports Illustrated · Mar 18
March Madness 2026 men’s predictions: who will cut down the nets in Indianapolis? Who are the players to watch? Which Cinderella team could break your bracket? Our contributors pick the winners, sleepers and upsets for this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament The Guardian - US · Mar 18
Mikayla Blakes, Shea Ralph Have Turned Vanderbilt From an Afterthought Into a Contender The revived Commodores have held their own in a tough SEC and are a legitimate threat for a No. 1 seed heading into March. Sports Illustrated · Mar 15
Bobby Hurley and John Pelphrey, Linked by History, Confront Coaching Uncertainty The Arizona State coach said after his team’s exit in the Big 12 tournament that he’s still in his prime and has at least 10 years left in his coaching career. Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
College Basketball International Series Plans Games in Croatia and Serbia The proposed event would stage early season college basketball games for teams with Balkan ties in two of Europe’s biggest hoops hotbeds. Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
Nebraska Football Players Preparing for Arbitration Fight Over Rejected NIL Deals A group of Cornhuskers is challenging an important college sports body. Sports Illustrated · Mar 10
St. Bonaventure Is About to Fully Enter the Adrian Wojnarowski Era Heading into his third season as the Bonnies’ general manager, Woj is set for his biggest decision yet. Sports Illustrated · Mar 7
Brian Kelly Addresses Whether or Not He Plans to Coach Again The 64-year-old hasn't shut the door on returning to coaching if the right situation comes about. Sports Illustrated · Mar 6
The Price of Winning: College Hoops GMs Talk Budgets, Superstar Costs Ahead of April Transfer Portal Three high-major general managers discussed budgets, star player compensation and roster management as they prepare for the opening of the transfer portal. Sports Illustrated · Mar 5
SEC’s NIL Arms Race Heats Up As Mississippi Passes New Tax Bill to Benefit Athletes Mississippi could become the second state to pass a bill eliminating income tax on NIL money. Sports Illustrated · Mar 2
What the 2026 NFL Combine Revealed About College Football’s Power Shift Penn State and Clemson proved talent wasn’t the issue, the Power 2 arms race intensified and NFL teams quietly turned their eyes toward the 2027 QB class. Sports Illustrated · Mar 2
Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs Microsoft-backed spreadsheet competitions are turning Gen Z college students into job-market standouts. Fortune · Feb 28
No end in sight for battles over eligibility and player contracts in college sports, experts say Athletes and college sports administrators continue to end up in court less than a year after the House vs The Independent UK · Feb 27
Men’s College Basketball’s Coaching Carousel: Names to Know As Jobs Open Josh Schertz, Jerrod Calhoun and Casey Alexander headline a deep candidate pool as high-major athletic directors prepare for an active hiring cycle. Sports Illustrated · Feb 27
Sports Illustrated · Feb 24 Men’s College Basketball Coaching Hot Seat Tracker: The High-Major Jobs to Watch As the carousel begins to spin, a look at the programs weighing change and the coaches fighting to survive.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 19 Meet the Mid-Major Power Paying Men’s College Basketball’s New Transfer Portal Tax Belmont built a winner on coaching stability and player development. In the NIL era, that success has made it a prime transfer target every spring.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 16 Ten Candidates for Kansas State Men’s Basketball Coaching Search After Jerome Tang’s Departure There is a wealth of mid-major coaches who would be a good fit to make the leap to a power-conference gig.
The Times of India · Feb 7 Could MrBeast’s $100 million gamble transform East Carolina into college football’s next powerhouse? MrBeast has hinted at a potential $100 million investment to help East Carolina chase a national championship. The idea gained traction after an AI image sparked online buzz. In today’s NIL-driven era, such funding could instantly elevate the program’s recruiting power and roster strength. While questions remain, the proposal could…
inkl · Jan 29 Datavault AI Just Added Sports Illustrated Into the Identity Economy Conversation The identity economy has been discussed for years, usually in fragments. Name, image, and likeness rules reshaped college sports. Creators monetized audiences on platforms they did not control.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 22 The Charles Bediako Case Threatens the Foundation—and Spirit—of College Hoops Allowing players to leave for the NBA and return at will would destabilize rosters, recruiting and the college basketball calendar.
The Independent UK · Jan 20 Duke sues its superstar QB to keep him on the team after he announced plans to transfer Darian Mensah’s rumored transfer compensation package from Miami allegedly includes an NIL offer to his sister, Grace, who plays soccer at the University of Oregon
The Independent UK · Jan 20 Bipartisan group of lawmakers push to get college sports under control and limit the financial free-for-all Criticism leveled at vast sums generated by championship teams that reportedly spent millions on ‘name, image, likeness’ deals
The Independent UK · Jan 18 College football's surprise: Miami and Indiana meet for a title in a matchup nobody saw coming. Indiana and Miami are playing for the national title Monday night, and if that has you scratching your head thinking “Who?”
The Independent UK · Jan 17 A champion will be crowned but college football chaos will linger beyond Indiana-Miami title game Eligibility lawsuits, the out-of-control transfer portal, bickering over congressional legislation and the decades-old dilemma over coaches and their salaries were the steady drumbeat behind a college football season where nothing felt quite settled
The Independent UK · Jan 15 United States Premier Hockey League unveils performance-based NIL system The United States Premier Hockey League unveiled a performance-based name, image and likeness compensation that is the first of its kind at the junior level in North America