In an era of billion-dollar TV deals and million-dollar payments to players, the tax code continues to treat university athletic departments as organizations that promote education and amateur sports.
Articles on March Madness
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Elite athletes miss plenty of shots during March Madness and the NBA playoffs. Training both brain and body can help even beginners and novices get more net.
Finding ways to communicate effectively with men about vasectomies is key to persuading them to have the procedure.
Assuming that sex is the key factor defining physical ability may undersell what many athletes are capable of.
Sports face a sustainability challenge: They’re under pressure to grow, but more travel means more emissions that add to rising global temperatures. The NCAA is also weighing expanding March Madness.
Sports media has typically operated under a ‘one and done’ model: focus on women’s sports during high-profile events, before returning to routine coverage of men.
The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
When the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting, states were quick to get in on the action. But as lawmakers grow reliant on taxes from betting, what do they owe problem gamblers?
March Madness might look very different if not for the Supreme Court.
All those Cinderella stories, buzzer-beating finishes and wild cheering sections have a high price tag – for the climate.
As sports betting becomes more prevalent, so do the risks to college athletes, gaming experts argue.
States and universities have passed many rules governing what types of name, image and likeness deals athletes can sign. Most are innocuous, but three may violate their First Amendment rights.
A recent study found that an unexpected run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament can boost enrollment.
A study shows that a select group of NBA players really do go on hot streaks by making more shots in a row than statistics suggest they should.
Watching the chances of victory change injects life into sports, both real and fantasy.
Why are three-pointer shots from the corner more efficient than the ones above the break? The answer: More than 90 percent of corner three-point shots are assisted.
About 47 million adults in the US are expected to gamble on March Madness this year. A growing share of the bets will actually be legal.
Taking part in the NCAA tournament tends to make a bigger difference for public universities that garner relatively few donations.
In the 1950s, NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers coined the term ‘student-athlete,’ which laid the groundwork for the organization to reap the windfall from its annual basketball tournament.
Binge drinking rises during March Madness among male college students who attend schools that made it to the men’s basketball tournament. Researchers take a deeper look at the reasons why.
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