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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Patrick Redford

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 29: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers is interviewed after defeating the Iowa State Cyclones in the Cheez-It Bowl Game at Camping World Stadium on December 29, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Cheez-It Bowl – Clemson v Iowa State

College Football

What Is Dabo Swinney So Scared Of?

Dave McKenna

at El Camino College on March 14, 2017 in Torrance, California.

2017 CIF State Boys Open Division Championship – Chino Hills v Bishop Montgomery

High School Sports

D.C. Considers Granting High School Athletes NIL Rights

Kalyn Kahler

NORMAN, OK - APRIL 24: Quarterback Spencer Rattler #7 of the Oklahoma Sooners pulls on his helmet before the team's spring game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on April 24, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Oklahoma Spring Game

NIL Is Transforming The NFL Agent Business, Too

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Laura Wagner

NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

Death To The NCAA

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes