College basketball rankings: Purdue, Indiana on opposite trajectories ahead of rivalry showdown

Adrienne Adams, N.Y.C. Council Speaker, Attacks Trump Ahead of Potential Mayoral Bid

In her final State of the City address, Speaker Adrienne Adams, who is considering a run for mayor, proposed ideas that she said could be “scaled for greater impact.”

The New York Times - 2d

New Hunger Games Deluxe Book Box Set Is 50% Off Ahead Of Fifth Novel's Release

Hunger Games Deluxe Box Set (Paperback) $36.76 (was ...

GameSpot - 1d

No. 22 Texas A&M stuns No. 1 Auburn in historic upset ahead of SEC tournament

The Aggies entered Tuesday's contest on a four-game losing skid and seemed well out of reach of the top group in the SEC.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Australians in some east coast areas urged to evacuate ahead of ‘very rare’ cyclone

Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.

NBC News - 1d

Foot Locker results show the sneaker industry — and Nike — still have more pain ahead

Foot Locker is expecting profits to be under pressure in fiscal 2025, indicating steep discounts are still present across the industry, especially at Nike.

CNBC - 1d

Abercrombie & Fitch shares plunge 15% after star retailer posts weak guidance for year ahead

Abercrombie & Fitch's business may be leveling out after two years of explosive growth.

CNBC - 1d

Justin Gaethje says he's been fighting too safely ahead of return at UFC 313: 'That's not the answer'

Gaethje, arguably UFC's most violent fighter, thinks composure is holding him back

CBS Sports - 1d

Browns restructure Deshaun Watson contract ahead of NFL free agency, create $35.8M in cap space, per report

Cleveland frees up much-needed cap room

CBS Sports - 6h

Javon Hargrave landing spots: 49ers reportedly releasing two-time Pro Bowl DT ahead of free agency

Hargrave wil surely get attention on the open market

CBS Sports - 2h

At the Forum, rockers Deftones show why they've stayed ahead of their time, 30 years and counting

The Sacramento-raised metal band has never been bigger, or more definitional for what young people want out of heavy music.

Los Angeles Times - 38m

SEC, Big Ten to push for seeding changes to 2025 College Football Playoff

The two leagues will push CFP executives to alter the seeding of the upcoming postseason, aligning the seeds based directly on the selection committee’s rankings.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 19

12 college students killed when bus and truck collide in Brazil

Local television stations broadcast images from the crash scene showing the bus, its left side completely destroyed in the collision.

CBS News - Feb. 21

Why College Athletics Leaders Seem to Be Ignoring a Core Issue

Not addressing the unlimited transfer problem is delaying the inevitable, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - Feb. 21

The College Football Playoff Could Get the Change That Everybody Wants

The subjectivity baked into the process of determining a national champion is both maddening and alluring, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - Feb. 22

College student groups based on race, ethnicity could be in jeopardy under Trump

The future of college student groups based on race or ethnicity could be in jeopardy. As the Trump administration ramps up its efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the ...

The Hill - Feb. 23

College football coaches weigh in on if new enforcement arm will work

The new entity is poised to implement penalties for those breaching the rules around rev-sharing with players, including fines, suspensions and more.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 24

Want a Top Quarterback Recruit? They Cost Colleges More Than $1 Million.

Elite student-athletes are cashing in and quarterbacks aren’t the only coveted players capable of earning nine figures.

The New York Times - Feb. 26

The Department of Education’s D.E.I. Letter Just Threatened the Existence of Many Colleges

The government offers an implausible interpretation of the law.

The New York Times - Feb. 26

With Caitlin Clark in the W.N.B.A., Who’s the Top Women’s College Player?

U.S.C.’s JuJu Watkins, Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, and U.C.L.A.’s Lauren Betts all have a case to earn the sport’s top award.

The New York Times - Feb. 27

A College Football Video Game Was a Smash Hit. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The success of CFB 25 places increased pressure on EA Sports’s encore.

The New York Times - Feb. 27

The Wall Street C.E.O. Who Made a Triumphant Return to College Football

Joe Moglia’s process of finding “spiritual soundness” has led him on a journey like no other.

The New York Times - Feb. 27

Pro-Palestinian students stage sit-in at Barnard College to protest expulsions

Group storms building with dean’s office over expulsion of two students last month who interrupted a class on Israel. A group of pro-Palestinian student protesters stormed a Barnard College ...

The Guardian - Feb. 27

Students chant support for Palestinians at Barnard College protest in New York

Dozens of anti-war protesters gathered to demand the reinstatement of two students expelled for disrupting a class on Israel. Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download ...

The Guardian - 6d

Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism visiting 10 college campuses

The Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced Friday it would be visiting 10 university campuses that experienced antisemitic incidents since October 2023. The Department of Justice ...

The Hill - 6d

Men charged in 2023 murder of college student hit by stray bullet

Brianna Long, 21, was killed by a stray bullet as she was ending her shift at a bar called at The Pier, in Remerton, Georgia, authorities said.

CBS News - 3d

How Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is affecting college admissions

It's been nearly two years since the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the use of race in college admissions, ending affirmative action in higher education. Rose Horowitch, writer for The Atlantic, ...

CBS News - 2d

Trump threatens to stop funding for any colleges allowing 'illegal protests'

President Trump said Tuesday that he will seek to block the federal funding for colleges and universities “that allow illegal protests” on their campuses. “All Federal Funding will STOP for any ...

The Hill - 2d

Every College Football Coach Recruits the Same Way, Except for Deion Sanders

Of 136 F.B.S. coaches, Sanders is believed to be the only one who doesn’t make off-campus contact with recruits.

The New York Times - 2d

College hopefuls have a new ultimate dream school — and it’s not Harvard

After unseating Harvard, MIT is this year’s dream school, according to a new survey of college-bound students.

CNBC - 2d

Colleges of further education in England will get less funding than promised

Reduction to two-thirds of budgeted top-up payments for additional students a sign of looming government squeezes

Financial Times - 1d

2025 NFL Draft scouting report: Donovan Ezeiruaku, edge, Boston College

Ezeiruaku can get smothered by larger offensive tackles, especially in the run game. While this might limit his every down projection at the next level, everyone loves pass rushers

Yahoo Sports - 1d

'No threat to the public,' NYPD says after responding to Barnard College bomb scare

The NYPD responded to a bomb threat at Barnard College following a disruption at the Milstein Center on Wednesday.

ABC News - 20h

Cutting FE college funding is not how you tackle the skills shortage

Also in this week’s newsletter, a glimmer of hope for the higher education sector

Financial Times - 4h

Louisiana college student's death investigated as possible hazing incident

Baton Rouge police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old Louisiana student as a possible fraternity hazing incident, a school spokesperson said.

NBC News - 48m

College protests flare up over the Israel-Hamas war

President Trump is threatening to pull federal funding over "illegal protests" on college campuses. This comes as more demonstrations emerge on the Israel-Hamas war and the rights of Palestinians. ...

CBS News - 1h

Zelenskyy insists on guarantees ahead of Trump meeting after US president says Ukraine can ‘forget about’ joining Nato – live

Ukrainian president says ‘guarantees of peace and security’ were vital ahead of expected talks in Washington on Friday. The Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the US and ...

The Guardian - Feb. 26

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