The legal saga featuring Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has already disrupted college sports, with a judge this week ruling the 22-year-old can play despite having bet on his team—heretofore a cardinal sin in sports, and one that can lead to a permanent ban in the NCAA just like in other sports associations. But the real fireworks […]
There’s not much more that sports personality Pat McAfee enjoys in life than buying drinks for people at a bar. Unfortunately for him, it does not sound like he had a good experience at one iconic establishment during the College World Series. During the most recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show, McAfee detailed his experience at…
Sports are governed by rules. Those rules separate a ball from a strike, a fumble from an incomplete pass, and foul balls from a fair. Without rules, sporting events are nothing more than random people getting some exercise. And without people to enforce those rules, there is no integrity, no fairness, and no genuine competition.
By those standards, college sports is currently the world’s most…
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is currently weighing Title IX challenges by objectors to the House v. NCAA settlement, has now been asked to review a lower-court ruling in a separate case raising Title IX claims over how a school provides NIL-related benefits to male and female athletes. On Thursday, a group […]
Stanford football player Charlie Mirer and USC football player Talanoa Ili sued the NCAA, CSC, power conferences and others on Tuesday over alleged violations of California and federal law in the way the House v. NCAA settlement restrains economic opportunities. They seek for their case to eventually be certified as a class action on behalf of […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its rules proposal for governing prediction markets Wednesday morning after the White House approved the document. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is the penultimate step before the suggested rule is enacted. It defines key terms the CFTC uses to classify bets—such as whether an event constitutes “gaming”—and […]
The ruling on Monday that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby can play NCAA football despite having bet on his own team is a sports law earthquake. It’s occurring at the intersection of a modern double whammy: one involving dozens of ineligible college athletes suing to extend their NCAA eligibility to profit from lucrative NIL and revenue-share opportunities, and the […]
After a judge granted an injunction allowing quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play despite betting on his own team, some athletic directors are reportedly threatening a nuclear option: refusing to play against Texas Tech. The reporting comes from Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. According to court documents, Sorsby admitted to placing bets on his own team…
With the 2026 Women’s College World Series complete, ESPN says Game 2 of the two-game championship series set a college softball viewership record. Game 2 of the championship series between Texas Tech and Texas averaged 2.48 million viewers on ESPN and ESPNU on June 4. According to ESPN, that marks the most-watched college softball game…
The bipartisan Senate bill aimed at reforming and saving college sports, got the most powerful endorsement it could get on Thursday: President Trump himself.
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A season marked by inconsistency and tough ACC competition concluded last Wednesday.
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Few people swear by superstitions more than athletes. We’ve heard countless stories about players who wear the same socks after wins or won’t leave the practice court until they’ve hit a certain shot. Every so often, however, you learn about a superstition that genuinely surprises and, for some, might gross you out. On Monday, ESPN’s…
Alyssa Jones, Juliette Whittaker and Mena Scatchard will represent Stanford in Eugene, Ore., with Jones entering as the world leader in the long jump.
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It’s go-time for women’s college softball as the Women’s College World Series is underway. Unfortunately, Saturday’s broadcast of the game between Texas Tech and Tennessee hit a snag due to technical difficulties. At the top of the second inning, ABC’s coverage of the game suddenly cut out. The issue took some time to fix, so…
UCLA superstar slugger Megan Grant made history on the brightest stage on Friday night as she broke the UCLA career home runs record to help lead her team to a blowout victory over Arkansas in the College World Series. Grant’s home run came in the second inning as part of a UCLA barrage that saw…
The 2026 Stanford athletics spring calendar is nearing its end.
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On the 556th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including some takeaways from the NBA Finals-bound New York Knicks, who are playing for a title for the first time since 1999. They haven’t won a championship since 1973. Soshnick, who covered that […]
The team must now face USC for the national title.
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When I graduated from Princeton University in 2010, there was a strong feeling on campus that the school’s once dominant men’s lacrosse program was being left behind. Hall of Fame coach Bill Tierney had unexpectedly left for upstart Denver, and it had been six years since the team’s last semifinals appearance. The next year the […]
Head impacts were linked to microbial shifts in college football players.
In the annals of bizarre hot mic moments, the ESPN broadcast of the Texas Longhorns and Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2026 NCAA softball tournament is definitely one of the strangest. It was the top of the seventh inning with the Sun Devils and Longhorns battling for a spot in the Women’s College World…
Stanford women’s rowing heads to Georgia for the championships this week, looking to defend its national title.
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Jason Williams, the man known to all basketball fans as “White Chocolate,” was involved in a bizarre incident at a softball game featuring his alma mater, the Florida Gators. It happened in Game 1 of the NCAA Super Regional championship series between Florida and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Williams’ daughter Mia transferred from UF…
If you ever screw up, hope that the announcers for Mercer Bears baseball don’t see you do it. They will be relentless. Ben Upton found that out the hard way on Thursday. The co-founder of the college baseball podcast 11Point7 was standing atop the Green Monster at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina, as the…
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP on Tuesday urged pushback against GOP-led redistricting efforts in Southern states via college sports, including a boycott of public universities by athletes and supporters. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow Congressional Black Caucus members blasted a bill that sets forth a national framework for college […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the NAACP is taking a stand, calling for a boycott that would impact several SEC teams. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais severely restricted the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as it effectively ruled that complying with the Voting…
Eight members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand next to each other at a press conference, with chair Rep. Yvette Clark standing at the lectern.
On the 553rd Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including MSG’s plans to separate the New York Knicks and New York Rangers into independent publicly-traded companies. MSG Sports on Monday filed a Form 10 Registration Statement with the SEC, the latest step […]
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby sued the NCAA in Lubbock County (Texas) District Court on Monday for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, as the self-described gambling addict seeks a court order to block the NCAA from denying his eligibility. Sorsby, who reportedly landed a $5 million […]
Tomoo Yamada, an athletic trainer here at The Farm, has been a beloved member of Stanford athletics for 25 years.
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