Colleges’ Shift on Four-Year Scholarships Reflects Players’ Growing Power
By BEN STRAUSS
The one-year scholarship has come to be viewed as similar to an employment contract, while four-year awards are seen as more in the spirit of amateurism.
Football games and seasons have been canceled over the dwindling number of healthy players before, but the flow of examples makes this year stand out.
The closers have been lightly used, five games have been decided by at least five runs and now everything will be on the line for the Royals and the Giants on Wednesday night in Game 7.
Phil Jackson has brought his famous triangle offense to New York, and the Knicks. Now everyone — including both players and fans — has to learn it.
Gurley acknowledged violating N.C.A.A. rules by accepting money for autographs, but those rules are under increased fire by critics who say athletes are being exploited. Georgia said it would appeal.
The one-year scholarship has come to be viewed as similar to an employment contract, while four-year awards are seen as more in the spirit of amateurism.
The 12-person selection committee, which met Monday and Tuesday to debate the merits of each team and determine its top 25, revealed a top 4 that differed from The Associated Press’s.
Recently discovered newsreels show action from the 1917 World Series, in which Chicago beat the New York Giants.
Rose, whose Bulls will face the Knicks on Wednesday, is coming back from two knee injuries, and whether he can still be a franchise player will be an intriguing subplot this season.
Stevens, the former Butler coach, will continue his attempt to return Boston to relevance as it opens its season Wednesday against the Nets.
Lionel Hollins, the Nets’ new coach, played under Jack Ramsay with the N.B.A. champion Trail Blazers in 1977 and talked basketball with him up until Ramsay’s death in April at age 89.
Thursday’s game could be Thierry Henry’s last for the Red Bulls, if the team loses and he decides not to extend his contract with Major League Soccer.
The All Blacks enter their game in Chicago on Saturday as an unknown quantity to most fans in the United States, an unusual situation for the top-ranked team in the world.
Bob Kennedy, 44, a two-time Olympian on the track, has again entered the New York City Marathon, with a twist on the usual trajectory of a runner.
A series of video vignettes captures the sights and sounds of the 2013 New York City Marathon. This year’s race takes place Sunday.
We calculate a new index — the Matty Score — to rank the top pitchers in World Series history. Madison Bumgarner joins Christy Mathewson, Sandy Koufax and others.
Colin Kaepernick, Nick Foles and Ronnie Hillman are among the recommended fantasy football players in Week 9.
Entering a stretch of the season with several bye weeks, the focus of fantasy owners should be to simply stay afloat until the fantasy playoffs.
As Major League Soccer begins its postseason, it is also readying for labor talks in which a key topic will be player salaries, which lag far behind those in the major professional sports leagues.
The recent ouster of Ted Bishop, the P.G.A. of America president, over comments labeling Ian Poulter a “little girl” revealed how deeply ingrained sexism remains in golf.
The top women competing in the New York City Marathon increasingly find ways to accommodate pregnancies and training in their busy schedules.
The white gravel roads in the vineyards and hills of Tuscany inspired L’Eroica, a vintage bicycle race that has grown to more than 5,000 participants.
Images of major league baseball in Kansas City, which included the Athletics, who moved to Oakland, and the expansion Royals, who won a World Series in 1985.
The chart compares Manning with his counterparts in league history, spanning more than 250 quarterbacks with at least 30 career touchdown passes since 1930.
We’ve published maps showing where fan support for one team begins and another ends for baseball and basketball. Now we’re pleased to offer another one: the United States according to college football fans.
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