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Byline: EDDIE PELLS-AP National Writer

12 Nov

Track to open LA Olympics, with women’s 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same day

published on November 12, 2025 - 2:29 PM

It will be a busy opening day of action at the Los Angeles Olympics for the fastest women in the

25 Aug

Democratic senator warns of ‘Power 2’ owning college sports if NCAA-backed SCORE Act becomes law

published on August 25, 2025 - 2:25 PM

A Democratic U.S. lawmaker sent a letter to leaders at the more than 350 Division I schools across the country

26 Jun

Funding of Olympic sports a bargaining chip as NCAA seeks antitrust help, AP sources say

published on June 26, 2025 - 3:01 PM

College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will

23 Jun

Rebuilding Pac-12 reaches deal with CBS for its football and men’s basketball games

published on June 23, 2025 - 2:24 PM

The Pac-12 struck a media-rights deal with CBS on Monday that sets up the network to broadcast a minimum of

13 Jun

Why thousands of NCAA athletes might wait over a year for share of $2.8 billion settlement

published on June 13, 2025 - 2:27 PM

The attorney who negotiated the $2.8 billion legal settlement for the NCAA said Friday that thousands of former athletes due

29 Jan

Objections flow in on NCAA settlement over ‘unnecessarily harsh’ impact of roster limits

published on January 29, 2025 - 2:19 PM

Most of the objections posted Wednesday to the lawsuit settlement set to alter the college-sports model concerned the impact roster

20 Jan

National championship game on tap as Notre Dame and Ohio State close a long, strange football season

published on January 20, 2025 - 1:50 PM

The curtain comes down Monday night on the longest, strangest college football season anyone has ever seen. About the only

19 Nov

Shaun White’s new halfpipe league to air on NBC, Peacock

published on November 19, 2024 - 2:27 PM

The new action-sports league being launched by Shaun White will air on NBC and stream on Peacock beginning next year.

07 Oct

NCAA’s $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval

published on October 7, 2024 - 2:26 PM

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools

22 Jul

Olympic marketing deal hopes to meet young fans where they are – on Roblox

published on July 22, 2024 - 2:30 PM

The Olympic world’s ever-expanding quest to draw in young fans is meeting them where they are — on Roblox. The

BLOG: For the Central Valley, policy must work in practice — not just on paper

Posted: February 18, 2026 at 2:41 pm

For the Central Valley, Sacramento is not abstract. State policy
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BLOG: Hobby Lobby called California “off limits” — then Visalia broke sales records

Posted: February 17, 2026 at 8:22 am

When Hobby Lobby decided to open its first store in
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