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NCAA closer to letting Division I athletes bet on pro sports

The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee adopted a proposal to allow student-athletes and athletic department staff to bet on pro sports, a shift in a long-held policy that had become difficult to enforce with the spread of legal sports betting in the United States. NCAA officials emphasized that the rule change is not an endorsement of sports betting. (ESPN.com)

Penn State fires football coach James Franklin

Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after a 22-21 loss to Northwestern, the third loss in a row for the Nittany Lions. He went 104-45 in his 11-plus years leading the program, but he fell well short of expectations this season. Despite being voted the nation’s No. 2 team in the preseason AP top 25, the Nittany Lions currently stand at 3-3. (Centre Daily Times)

Mariners-Tigers Game 5 by the numbers: 8 wild stats that defined 15-inning ALDS epic

It was exhausting and exhilarating, maddening and delirious and by the end of it, Game 5 of the American League Division Series between Seattle and Detroit was the longest, by innings, winner-take-all game in MLB history. Such drama comes with no shortage of statistical absurdities. Let’s explore nine of the most important and absurd numbers. (USA Today)

Takeaways from Week 7 of College Football: Indiana earns defining win, James Franklin on hot seat

Indiana just had its biggest win in program history. I have seen all sorts of stats celebrating the Hoosiers’ win over then-No. 3 Oregon. Probably the most notable one is that it’s the first road win over an AP top-five opponent in Indiana football history. But let’s be real for a second. We don’t need qualifiers. This is the best and biggest win in program history. (NBC Sports)

Big Ten Basketball Media Days news, nuggets and takeaways

Minnesota was picked 16th in the Big Ten's media poll, which is a different neck of the woods for new coach Niko Medved, who led Colorado State to the NCAAs in three of the past four seasons. Medved needs to revive UNC transfer Cade Tyson if Minnesota wants to sniff a Big Dance appearance. Tyson was a stud at Belmont and a no-show at UNC. (CBS Sports)

Stanford football receives $50 million gift from former player

Stanford football has received the largest non-facilities gift in its history, a $50 million gift from former player and longtime supporter Bradford Freeman ’64. The contribution reflects both Freeman’s deep connection to the program and his belief in its potential at a time of transition. The donation comes at a pivotal moment for the football program. (Stanford Daily)

Fed-Up NIL Collectives Are Bypassing NIL Deal Approval Process

Multiple major power conference collectives are giving up on trying to work through the NIL Go clearinghouse and within the bounds of the new rules set up by the House v. NCAA settlement. At least two collectives have begun to pay players before the submitted deals have been approved, and are aware of instances where players haven’t logged deals at all. (Front Office Sports)

College football Week 7 schedule: What to watch, TV channels, streaming, Saturday kickoff times

Few games are bigger than No. 7 Indiana's road trip to No. 3 Oregon. Elsewhere in the Big Ten, No. 17 Illinois hosts top-ranked Ohio State. The SEC is also home to a top-25 clash as the No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide has to pack its bags to play at the No. 14 Missouri Tigers. There's plenty beyond those headline acts for college football fans to keep an eye on. (CBS Sports)

Sister Jean, beloved Loyola-Chicago chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved, longtime chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago men's basketball team who became a folk hero during its Cinderella run to the Final Four in 2018, died Thursday, the school said. She was 106. Sister Jean, born Aug. 21, 1919, joined the staff at Loyola-Chicago in 1991. Three years later, she became part of the basketball team. (ESPN.com)

ACC basketball issues have reached critical mass. There's only one way out

In the end, there's only so much the league office can do. There's only one answer, one solution to the ACC's basketball problem. Win more games. It has been four years since the ACC got more than five teams into the NCAA tournament, and only four made it last March, with UNC narrowly the last team into the field to keep it from being even worse. (MSN.com)

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