One of the world's most influential governing bodies for inter-collegiate sports was founded in America when President Theodore Roosevelt set out to find a way to regulate football, with its dangerous, sometimes fatal, formation called the...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" or "N-C-Two-A" ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges...

The Bush administration and the Defense Department are among the winners of the 2007 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given Tuesday by a free-speech group to those it considers the most egregious First Amendment violators in the past year.The Bush administration appears on the list, compiled by...

CBS is becoming a veteran player in the game of online video. For the second straight year the TV network won't ask people to pay a fee to watch live games from the National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's Division 1 basketball tournament on the Internet....

Yahoo will again try to squeeze some bucks from pigskin. For the second year in a row, the Web portal will team up with the National Football League to Webcast live games this season. But the games are available only to fans living in most...

Pete Maravich knew no compromises in pursuit of his goal. He wanted to be the best basketball player he could be.The seed was planted in his mind by his basketball-coach father, Press, and embraced by young Pete."I fervently believed that an athlete or any young...

Discusses the pros and cons of intercollegiate sports. Considers how profitable the NCAA is each year. Debates if colleges care more about profit than the athletes.