UConn is back in a familiar spot — No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Huskies moved up to the top position in the poll Monday after previous No. 1 Stanford lost at Texas on Sunday. UConn has spent more time at No. 1 than any other team in the history of the sport. This is the…

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy released the third of three reports on Monday on problems he says exist in college sports. Murphy’s reports have examined how much money big time division one sports generate for schools, and how many student-athletes don’t get a proper education. His latest report examined poor medical care for many of the athletes, noting how little...

A woman was charged with attempted homicide in a Pittsburgh stabbing that critically injured former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is also facing a charge, police said. Pryor was taken to the hospital just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday following a dispute with “mutual combatants” in an apartment on the city’s North Side, police said. Allegheny County prosecutors and police...

UConn says senior forward Batouly Camara will have knee surgery Monday and will miss the start of the season for the fifth-ranked Huskies.

Student-athletes, including at Trinity College, are applauding a major move that could allow them to cash in on endorsement deals.

The United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to profit while still maintaining rules...

Harold Sparrow, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, shared the details of the event on October 17.

A state senator says it’s time to let college athletes make money off their abilities.

Twenty people, including members of the Colombo crime family, have been charged with a litany of crimes, including racketeering, extortion and loansharking, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Two-time NCAA champion Abrahm DeVine is accusing his former team at Stanford of homophobia and claiming that he was kicked off the team because he is gay, NBC News reported. “Plain and simple: There are surface-level reasons I was kicked off the Stanford swim team, but I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that...

In defiance of the NCAA, the new California law will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements.

Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers and other sponsors, just like the pros.

For roughly two decades, the Greater Hartford Pro-Am has given local high school, college, and pro basketball players opportunities to play in summer tournaments. However, NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned that financial woes have kept the tournament out of the city of Hartford this year.

The NCAA finds multiple compliance issues with the UConn’s men’s basketball program under former coach Kevin Ollie and levies punishment against the school, including probation and a scholarship limitation.

More than one-third of college athletic trainers say coaches influence the hiring and firing of their schools’ sports-medicine staffs, a finding that counters an NCAA-recommended protocol urging medical staff to make decisions about athlete health independent of coaches and administrators. Among the 1,796 athletic trainers who answered a recent survey, more than 48 percent said their school was not following...

As if local sports fans needed more to cheer about, Boston has been named the best city for hockey in the United States. According to a study by WalletHub, Boston topped all other U.S. cities when it came to the hockey experience. The online finance site took into consideration stadium capacity, ticket prices and team performance, among other factors.

Former UConn basketball coach Kevin Ollie has filed a lawsuit against former assistant Glenn Miller, contending Miller slandered him in comments to the NCAA.

The Virginia Cavaliers, winners of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, won’t be going to the White House to celebrate with President Donald Trump. Head coach Tony Bennett tweeted Friday that the team has “received inquiries about a visit to the White House” but “would have to respectfully decline an invitation.”

Hall of Fame basketball player John Havlicek died Thursday at the age of 79. Havlicek won eight NBA titles with the Celtics and an NCAA title with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

A college gymnast is asking social media to stop sharing the video of her devastating leg injuries because “my pain is not your entertainment.” Auburn senior Samantha Cerio wrote on Twitter Wednesday that seeing her “knees bent unnaturally in real life was horrible enough,” but she says continuing to see the video and photos because people feel entitled to repost...