Photo: Bates sends women’s basketball team to tournament

Back from knee surgery, Mackenzie Holmes leads Indiana into NCAA tourney

The former Gorham High star missed eight games this season, but has returned to give the Hoosiers a much-needed inside presence.

Maine high school talent plays key role in UMaine field hockey success

Five former Maine high school players start for the Black Bears, who will make their first NCAA tournament appearance in an opening round game on Wednesday at Miami of Ohio.

Why college athletes should be considered employees, according to a federal agency

College athletes who make millions for their schools have moved one step closer to gaining the rights afforded private sector workers

College athletes starting to get down to business under new NCAA rules

For the first time, student-athletes such as Maine native Mackenzie Holmes can market their name, image and likeness.

Supreme Court ruling gives college athletes a win in compensation case

Schools recruiting top athletes could now offer tens of thousands of dollars in education-related benefits.

Supreme Court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA compensation dispute

Still, if the athletes were to win their court case, there would be pressure on schools to offer additional benefits, and that could create bidding wars for the best players.

Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports

A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars.

As athletes return to campus, what are they signing up for?

“I worry that in some situations athletes are being used sort of guinea pigs to demonstrate what we can and can’t do as we bring regular students back to campus,” said Karen Weaver, associate professor of sports management at Drexel University.

Colleges thrown for big losses in sports budget crunch

The end of this virus-disrupted school year has produced a predictably bleak financial outlook for major college sports.