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USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn spoke to NBC LA Sports Anchor Fred Roggin about the return of the College Football season, the disappointment in the cancelling of the NCAA Tournament, and the new NCAA rule to pay student athletes.

The USC Trojans have announced that head coach Clay Helton will return to the football team for the 2020 season.

The United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to profit while still maintaining rules...

The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money was shot over the heads of prospective recruits. Athletic director Jeff Long said Friday night “we expected a clean version of the show.” The Jayhawks instead got an...

Dan Guerrero will retire as UCLA athletic director next July, ending a 17-year tenure that is the second-longest among current ADs in the Power Five.

Few things are powerful enough to bring people back to the scene of their greatest tragedy. For the community of Paradise, which was devastated by a wildfire, football is it.

The results of a $315 million renovation project will be unveiled Thursday at what is now known as United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. All of the seats have been replaced, handrails and new suites were added, and there are upgraded entryways and video screens. The two-year project at the site of some of LA’s most memorable...

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...

A former USC football senior defensive analyst filed court papers Monday seeking $2 million from the university, alleging he was fired after reporting multiple violations to school officials.

A Los Angeles judge dismissed part of a nuisance lawsuit alleging that Catholic clergy have concealed decades of child sexual abuse, court papers obtained Wednesday show.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by the athletic director at her Catholic high school, who continued to work despite prior allegations of misconduct, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Thirteen people with ties to Los Angeles, including UCLA and USC, were among more than 50 people charged Tuesday in a sweeping college entrance exam scheme investigation called Operation Varsity Blues.

Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are both charged along with nearly 50 other people. Prosecutors say it was a scheme where wealthy parents paid bribes to get their children into some of the country’s most elite universities. The master mind of the bust called “Operation Varsity Blues” is based in Orange County.

About a dozen people were arrested in LA in connection with a sweeping college entrance exam plot investigation. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Tuesday March 12, 2019.

Tributes to Chris Hixon are everywhere in the house he shared with his wife for 28 years. The athletic director at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Hixon ran, unarmed, into the 1200 building during the rampage and never came out.

In the year since a gunman fatally shot 14 students and three school staffers, the state’s districts have reshaped the K-12 experience, adopting new rules for entering campus, hiring more police and holding frequent safety drills.

Ian Book passed for 352 yards, Dexter Williams went 52 yards on a go-ahead touchdown run and No. 3 Notre Dame completed an unbeaten regular season and likely secured a spot in the College Football Playoff with a 24-17 over longtime rival Southern California on Saturday night.

An independent investigation into the death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair has determined that trainers on the scene did not follow proper procedures after he collapsed on the field.

Parents and students got a chance to voice their concerns with the athletics department and leaders at the University of Maryland. The school is under fire, following the death of a football player and accusations the football program has a toxic culture. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.