NCAA basketball

After the first weekend of games, the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is down to the Sweet 16 with the remaining teams hoping to win the March Madness Tournament. For 10 of the 16 teams, this would mark a first NCAA Basketball championship. What Happened: The odds of a perfect bracket in...

Over the last year, unions became a big topic nationally with three of the largest automotive companies striking due to contract negotiations involving the United Auto Workers union. Unions could quickly become a trending topic across another sector nationally. What Happened: When many sports fans...

Here's a look at some of the top bets and stories from the past week and for the week ahead in the world of sports betting. Major League Baseball: The 2023 Major League Baseball season may be over, but there are still bets available for baseball fans. One of the popular offseason bets is likely to...

A trading card company in talks to go public via SPAC is the latest to capitalize on the name, image and likeness deal that sees college athletes able to monetize themselves. What Happened: Panini reached a deal with OneTeam Partners to create trading cards and digital assets including...

NCAA athletes began signing deals on July 1 to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL) after a new NCAA ruling opened the door for endorsements. One of the many deals announced that day was Haley Cavinder and Hanna Cavinder, twin basketball players from Fresno State signed a deal with...

One of the most well-known names in college sports is set to retire. What Happened: Coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils will retire at the end of the 2021-2022 season, according to sources from ESPN. Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in Division I men’s basketball history with 1,...

The U.S. online sports betting market is booming, and the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament was a key catalyst for a 559% surge in sports betting app downloads in March. March Madness Bump: Bank of America analyst Shaun Kelley said March Madness coupled with easy year-over-year comps due to...

Turner Sports announced two sports betting content and advertising deals Thursday, monetizing its rights to NBA, MLB and NCAA content. The DraftKings Deal: Turner Sports announced a partnership with DraftKings Inc (NASDAQ: DKNG) as the exclusive sports betting and daily fantasy sports content...

NCAA President Mark Emmert would be open to a possible return of Electronic Arts Inc.'s (NASDAQ: EA) popular college sports video games, but laid out several conditions recently that effectively mean you won’t see it too soon. EA used to sell NCAA Basketball and NCAA football games, but...

The NCAA's governing board voted unanimously Tuesday to let college athletes make money off their names, images and likeness. The board said all three NCAA divisions will allow student athletes the opportunity to profit from their image — though not to be paid explicitly for their...

With the NCAA basketball tournament commencing, this could be a “big week” for both CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Inc’s (NYSE: TWX) Turner Networks, Loop Capital Markets’ David Miller said in a report. “Based on recent conversations within the media...