Athletics

A Democratic state senator has watered down his legislation aimed at improving the treatment of student athletes at four California universities.

America's institutions of higher learning face a daunting multitude of problems. Rapidly rising costs.

College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.

Missouri has unveiled its long-promised plans to upgrade athletic facilities as it moves to the Southeastern Conference.

Ten weeks before the debut of Bill O'Brien as Penn State's head football coach, the sun shone brilliantly Saturday on Beaver Stadium.

As part of logo deal, company will help fund anti-binge-drinking programs.

If 30,000 people attend a football game at Tulane University's proposed on-campus stadium, 70 percent of them are likely to travel by private cars, meaning more than 8,000 parking spaces would be needed to accommodate them, consultants working for Tulane said at a public forum this week.

It's still a terror, and is still green, but it's a new look for McDaniel College.

Four California universities with big-time sports programs are fighting a legislative effort that could radically change the way schools recruit, educate and retain student athletes.

Notre Dame and Butler ranked among the nation's top 5 percent for academic achievement in figures released today by the NCAA.