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NCAA gender equity probe calls for combined women's, men's Final Four By Ralph D. Russo NCAA adopts interim name, image, likeness policy | NewsNOW from FOX Rich 'BD' Salgado talks about the NCAA's temporary name, image, likeness policy for student athletes with NewsNOW's Pilar Arias. The NCAA approved the interim 'NIL' policy, which means athletes will have the opportunity to earn money from endorsements, sponsorships, social media, and more as soon as July 1. All three NCAA divisions agreed to adopt the policy, the NCAA announced on Wednesday. The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commi...

Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four Business Related Swimming/Diving Other The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity by prioritizing its cash cow Division I men’s basketball tournament “over everything else,” according a scathing review released Tuesday after an uproar over how the association conducts its championship events. A law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate equity issues released a 113-page report that includes a series of recommendations, including holding the men’s and women’s Final Fours at the same site and offe...

Women's game leaders: NCAA can't let report sit on a shelf by Eric Olson, The Associated Press Posted Aug 4, 2021 3:27 am EDT Last Updated Aug 4, 2021 at 3:41 am EDT Players get set for the opening tipoff of the championship game between Stanford and Arizona in the women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Eight years ago, in a report the NCAA asked Big East commissioner Val Ackerman to write, she recommended the men’s and women’s Final Fours be played at the same venue on the same weekend. She also...

WEATHER The warm up will happen quickly. Expect plenty of sunshine as we head to the Spirit of 76 this afternoon. - Advertisement - NEWS What would happen if a vehicle crashed into a train -- in downtown Lansdale? Numerous Montgomery County first responders literally got a "crash" course Sunday as part of a training exercise staged by SEPTA and area municipalities. “It represents something we have to be prepared for,” said RJ Snyder, assistant chief of the Lansdale Fairmount Fire Company. “Hopefully it won’t be a terrorist event, but there could be other train accidents or...

Virginia Union star Ben Wallace voted into Basketball Hall of Fame By: The Associated Press and last updated 2021-05-17 14:06:10-04 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter while playing community college basketball. For all of them, those days are long gone. Basketball’s highest honor has come their way. Wright, Wallace and Grif...