There's one college football conference sitting out the reshuffling going on among its big-money brethren: The Ivy League will start the season with the same eight members it has had since it formed in 1956. Brown coach James Perry says what's going on in realignment is "lunacy." Coaches in the academic-oriented Ivies say they remain true to what college sports were all about. And that means putting schoolwork before sports.Â
The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs.
The Tigers are the third 15 seed to make it to the Sweet 16 in as many years. They'll look to upset the 6th-seeded Bluejays in the South Region semifinals on Friday night in Louisville.
In the wake of the college admissions bribery scandal, experts say there’s little evidence that it stirred significant change in the world of college admissions. Schools such as the University of Southern California tweaked rules to prevent misconduct, but critics say the outsize roles of wealth, class and race loom as large as ever.
Lia Thomas stood tall and smiled wide atop the championship podium, her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of the Ivy League's green photo backdrop.
