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Thursday, November 6, 2014

College Basketball

Kentucky Tops A.P. Preseason Poll

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kentucky is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the second straight season.

UConn Women Atop Poll

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Connecticut was the unanimous choice atop the Associated Press women’s basketball poll. South Carolina was second, the university’s best ranking since Jan. 3, 1982.

Hawaii Fires Basketball Coach

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hawaii fired its basketball coach, Gib Arnold, a little more than two weeks before its first regular-season game.

Jim Delany, commissioner of the Big Ten, said giving athletes the security of four-year scholarships was “the right thing to do.”

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.

Judge Has Questions About Agreement on Head-Injury Care

By BEN STRAUSS

Lawyers involved in a class-action suit brought by former college athletes to reform N.C.A.A. head-injury policies said on Thursday they thought the agreement would be tweaked but ultimately accepted.

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Editors' Picks
Mark Emmert, the N.C.A.A.'s president, testifying before a Senate committee this month. Emmert generally defended the organization's current model but acknowledged several of the senators' concerns.
N.C.A.A. Players’ Winning Streak, Off the Field
By MARC TRACY

Several changes, including the N.C.A.A.'s decision not to ask student-athletes to sign statements allowing promotional use of their likenesses, come amid growing unrest over the amateur model of college sports.

Since Mark Emmert took the helm of the N.C.A.A. in 2010, the organization has faced a relentless barrage of criticism.
Face of the N.C.A.A., Battered Early and Often
By BEN STRAUSS and STEVE EDER

Mark Emmert, the president of the N.C.A.A., is an unapologetic target of detractors as his organization faces legal challenges to its amateurism model.

Kendrick Payne took a break from training on his own at Willard Park in Berkeley, Calif.
After the Game, Reality Sinks In for a Lineman
By BEN STRAUSS

Kendrick Payne, a former defensive lineman in college at California, watched the O’Bannon case unfold a few miles from where he works as a driver for a ride-sharing company.

Stanley Doughty sued the N.C.A.A. after his N.F.L. contract was canceled when his first physical revealed a cervical spine injury.
A Fight to Keep College Athletes From the Pain of Injury Costs
By BEN STRAUSS

A key front in the effort to reform the N.C.A.A. is medical coverage for college athletes, some of whom have become burdened with costs to treat their injuries.

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