U.S. national governing bodies: Going for gold (Sports Business Journal)
Facing challenges in generating sponsorship revenue, NGBs are looking to donor giving to fund the movement.
Raider of the Lost Art (Princeton Alumni Weekly)
Edoardo Almagià trafficked looted Italian antiquities for decades, the Manhattan DA says. And now museums face scrutiny as they are forced to give them back.
Rather than helping women catch up to the men, they leave them behind in the name of equity.
While not the exclusive domain of shady intent, the approach is common by bad actors on Facebook often to spread falsehoods. Facebook has allowed this type of content to flourish on its platform.
For the first time in the nearly two decades since the IOC first took a position on the question, openly transgender athletes are competing in the Olympics.
Many accused in the Capitol attack placed their campaign cash on Trump, Republicans (USA TODAY)
Many of the same people charged in the Capitol riot sent their own money to Trump’s re-election campaign. Even after his loss in November, they threw their cash behind his efforts to challenge the election as he touted the lie that it had been stolen.
They rioted at the Capitol for Trump. Now, many of those arrested say it’s his fault. (USA TODAY)
As the cases against nearly 200 of the Capitol rioters begin to wind through federal court, many of the defendants blame the commander in chief they followed for the violence that left five dead during the insurrection Jan. 6.
New expense for college football programs: Looking good (USA TODAY)
Under pressure to recruit – both high school athletes and donor money – college athletics programs are spending big on large-scale graphics to brand their facilities.
Colleges under fire for their handling of sexual assaults (USA TODAY)
Under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, schools are required to address sexual assaults on their campuses. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has stepped up enforcement, starting with a memo — a “Dear Colleague” letter — issued to schools in April 2011.
Spatting creates dilemma for colleges (USA TODAY)
Spatting, or taping the ankle over a cleat, is common in football, but agreements between colleges and their apparel suppliers inhibit the taping of ankles, include financial penalties on multimillion-dollar contracts and illustrate what is seen as the ever-expanding influence of shoe companies in collegiate sports.