The NCAA wants to put an end to college prop betting, NCAA president Charlie Baker said in a statement Wednesday. Pointing to the betting-related issues that have popped up in sports in recent days, Baker said the NCAA is drawing a line “to protect student-athletes and the integrity of the game.” To do that, he said, the organization will be contacting state officials where college props are still offered and asking them to remove those markets. Though the latest bad press on betting has followed Major League Baseball and Shohei Ohtani, as well as the NBA, the NCAA has faced its own issues in ..read more

Deion Sanders is putting the NFL on notice. He has an idea of where he wants Travis Hunter and son Shedeur Sanders to be drafted in 2025, and if the wrong teams take them, “it’s going to be an Eli,” he said. Sanders was a guest on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast when he predicted Sanders and Hunter would both be top-four overall draft picks, with one going No. 1. But he cautioned about the possibility of that changing based on the teams picking. He has destinations in mind for them and his other son, Shiloh. “I know where I want them to go. So, it’s certain cities that it ain’t going ..read more

Nick Saban was critical of the current state of college athletics Tuesday during a Capitol Hill roundtable discussion about name, image and likeness (NIL), blaming what he called a “free-agency” transfer system and “pay-to-play” model for impacting the development of student-athletes. Saban said that while he’s not against athletes having an opportunity to create a brand for themselves, the system in place is part of why he decided to retire from college football in January. “All the things I believed in for all these years, 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics. It always ..read more

The Iowa State gambling probe might have finally reached a conclusion last Friday after a Story County prosecutor filed a motion to dismiss charges against the four athletes still under scrutiny. The dismissal came after defense attorneys for the athletes presented an email that showed the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation may have obtained its evidence for the charges unconstitutionally. The motion may ultimately end what Iowa State wrestling coach Kevin Dresser called a witch hunt last May after the school self-reported the violations. It validates his opinion by demonstrating the unre ..read more

There’s been debate over the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game — particularly on whether athletes should allow EA to use their name, image and likeness. The company began getting athlete approval at the end of February. EA offered the student-athletes a one-time payment of $600 and a free copy of the game in exchange for their likeness. That’s where the debate came in. People questioned whether that was enough. A one-time payment isn’t very much considering that this game will use the players’ likenesses in perpetuity — at least for this iteration. Related Why college football ..read more

The UFL is about to kick off its inaugural season, as the XFL and USFL merged together to form one superleague for the 2024 season. Training camp is underway for all eight UFL teams, and there are plenty of notable names that are competing for roster spots for the upcoming season. Notable players include former first-round NFL draft picks, a former NFL sack leader, a beloved punter, a couple of siblings to NFL stars, college stars who are trying to make it in the big leagues and plenty more. Let’s take a look at all eight teams and see who some of these names are ..read more

After former head coach Chip Kelly left UCLA to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State, the Bruins have already found his replacement. The athletic department has hired DeShaun Foster, a former UCLA running back who attended the university between 1998 and 2001. He was selected in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played in the pros until 2008. Here is more from UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond: “While undergoing a comprehensive search for our new head coach, DeShaun resonated from the start and throughout the whole process,” said Jarmond. “We are looking for a coach wit ..read more

The San Francisco 49ers scored the first touchdown of Super Bowl 58 on a nifty trick play that featured wide receiver Jauan Jennings throwing a pass to running back Christian McCaffrey for the score. However, it sure looked like 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan took some inspiration from Jennings’ days at Tennessee. The SEC’s Twitter (X) account shared an old play from Jennings’ days as a Tennessee Volunteer in which he nailed a very similar version of that play for a touchdown to quarterback Josh Dobbs. Talk about a … throwback! San Francisco fans will remember this play for a long time regardless o ..read more

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is one of the most notable athletes in any sport, thanks in large part to his sustained excellence on the field. As his Chiefs prepare to play in their fourth Super Bowl in five seasons and try to win a third Lombardi in that span, let’s look back on the prolific quarterback’s college days at Texas Tech. Before he was a superstar quarterback, Mahomes was a budding talent down in Lubbock, Texas, who was working his way to being a starting NFL signal caller and also played baseball for a brief time. Let’s take a look at a few interesting facts about ..read more

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been one of the latest sensations in professional football. After taking over as San Francisco’s starter well into the 2022 season, Purdy won plenty of games for the 49ers and now led the team to Super Bowl 58 against the Kansas City Chiefs. However, it wasn’t long ago that Purdy was playing college football for the Iowa State Cyclones. He spent four years etching a legacy as one of the school’s best-ever quarterbacks. Let’s look back on Purdy’s college days, which gave Iowa State one of the programs’ best runs in its history ..read more