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NCAA Seeking Modifications to New Scholarship Aid Plan
Bowing to dissent among its member institutions, NCAA Division I directors on Saturday defused objections to a new scholarship aid plan by agreeing to delay its implementation until the 2013-2014 academic year.
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More Financial Aid for College Athletes Sought
An advocacy group is pushing a “bill of rights” for student-athletes aimed at increasing financial assistance to college players.
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Coach Tubby Smith: ‘We’re Contenders, Not Pretenders’
The exuberant Tubby Smith is just the fifth coach in NCAA history to pull off the rare feat of leading four teams (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky and Minnesota) to the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
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Ohio State Gets Bowl Ban, Other Penalties
The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties on Tuesday for a scandal that involved eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia.
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Former Marshall University Player Recounts Impact of Plane Crash Tragedy in New Book
When Craig Greenlee went home from Marshall University to Jacksonville, Fla., for Thanksgiving break in 1970, some people thought they had seen a ghost. The hometown folks knew he had gone to MU to play football, so they assumed that he was on the plane that crashed barely two weeks before, killing 75 people, including 37 of his former teammates.
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