Players from the Dartmouth men’s basketball team filed a petition on Wednesday to unionize. The petition, which lists 15 players as the number of employees and the college as the employer, was filed with the National Labor Relations Board in Boston, Mass.
This is the second time a college team has attempted to unionize in the last decade, following Northwestern football, which tried to do so in 2014. That attempt ended in 2015, as the NLRB National Board denied Northwestern’s request, fearing it would’ve created a competitive imbalance.
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When it comes to transfer portal roster turnovers in Year 1, Colorado has gotten all the headlines. It was Deion Sanders who said he was bringing Louis Vuitton luggage with him to Boulder and that he couldn’t put new furniture in his house without removing the old stuff in regards to a roster restock. It’s worked for CU, which has started the season 2–0.
But the second-most dramatic transfer portal overhaul this season is in San Marcos, Texas, halfway between Austin and San Antonio, where Texas State and first-year head coach G.J.
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Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins is suing football coach Lane Kiffin and the University of Mississippi for failure to provide equal protection, racial and sexual discrimination, and other allegations.
Rollins said he recently was kicked off the team for missing practices and team meetings due to what he described as a “mental health crisis,” according to the lawsuit obtained by ESPN’s Heather Dinich. However, in a statement released Thursday night to ESPN, Ole Miss said “DeSanto was never removed from the football team and remains on scholarship.
The NBA knows how to market its stars as well as, if not better than, any other sports league. Now, it wants to start promoting them before they even get there.
This story is part of Sports Illustrated’s exploration of the ways sports and finance intertwine—from the NIL revolution to online betting, business-minded athletes and more. For more on sports and money, see SI’s October 2023 Money Issue.
Molipur, a village of 5,200 in India’s northwestern state of Gujarat, is not the kind of place where sporting dreams are made. Its knot of white-walled homes sits on scorching lowlands where, in summer, the sun burns the sky cobalt gray and presses livestock down onto their haunches.
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We are now living in a world where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce could actually be an item. It’s the celebrity couple the sports world was missing, and it’s sure to end badly.
I don’t mean to be glib, because I love love — but there’s a track record here for both people and it’s not great. Taylor has a tendency to be unlucky in love, and so does Travis. I mean, you don’t get a dating show named after you when you’re having success finding someone on your own.
Alabama football coach Nick Saban continues to prove his wisdom extends far past just the field.
The Crimson Tide are 1-1 entering Saturday against USF, and the loss to Texas last weekend was absolutely crushing for the program and fans.
Losing is never fun in college football. It’s definitely not fun at home as a significant favorite against a non-conference team.
Yet, Saban isn’t expecting any pity from anyone, and expects his players to learn and move on.
Nick Saban shares important advice about moving forward after Texas loss. He discussed the issue with Pat McAfee.