The NCAA is stepping up its lobbying efforts as Congress considers allowing endorsement money for college athletes

The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies.

The Division I Council adopted the legislation Wednesday at the NCAA convention and it is effective immediately.

The Stanford women’s soccer team defeated North Carolina on penalty kicks Sunday night to capture the national championship at Avaya Stadium in San Jose. The Cardinal won the Women’s College Cup for the third time since 2011, outlasting the Tar Heels 5-4 in penalty kicks after the two teams finished regulation time in a scoreless tie. Kiki Pickett scored...

A woman was charged with attempted homicide in a Pittsburgh stabbing that critically injured former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is also facing a charge, police said. Pryor was taken to the hospital just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday following a dispute with “mutual combatants” in an apartment on the city’s North Side, police said. Allegheny County prosecutors and police...

The 103rd edition of the annual Rose Bowl game, affectionately called, “The Grandaddy of Them All” kicks off on Monday afternoon and features two of College Football’s most historic programs.

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...

Twenty people, including members of the Colombo crime family, have been charged with a litany of crimes, including racketeering, extortion and loansharking, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Two-time NCAA champion Abrahm DeVine is accusing his former team at Stanford of homophobia and claiming that he was kicked off the team because he is gay, NBC News reported. “Plain and simple: There are surface-level reasons I was kicked off the Stanford swim team, but I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that...

Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers and other sponsors, just like the pros.

California is the first state to pass a law allowing college athletes to hire agents and get paid for use of their name, image or likeness. Some things to know about the new legislation:

In defiance of the NCAA, the new California law will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements.

Every week is a referendum on Helton, the fourth-year coach who has brought peace and professionalism to a program that has been lacking in those areas for about a decade.

Former Heisman Trophy winner, Reggie Bush, received a hero’s welcome during his highly anticipated return to the Coliseum on Friday night.

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.

If the governor decides to sign a bill allowing student athletes to hire agents and get paid for the use of their names, images or likenesses, the NCAA may exclude California schools from national tournaments. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, 2019.

Athletes at California colleges could hire agents and sign endorsement deals under a bill the state Legislature sent to the governor Wednesday, setting up a potential confrontation with the NCAA that could jeopardize the athletic futures of powerhouse programs like USC, UCLA and Stanford.

After an increase in lung illnesses and deaths due to E-Cigarettes was reported, the FDA as well as Trump is proposing to possibly ban E-Cigarettes. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2019.

California state lawmakers have just two weeks remaining in their session to sort through hundreds of bills, some addressing volatile topics such as vaccinating children and shootings by police. The session that began in January will end Sept. 13 after lawmakers pile bills on the desk of freshman Gov. Gavin Newsom. He’ll have until mid-October to approve or veto the...

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.

More than one-third of college athletic trainers say coaches influence the hiring and firing of their schools’ sports-medicine staffs, a finding that counters an NCAA-recommended protocol urging medical staff to make decisions about athlete health independent of coaches and administrators. Among the 1,796 athletic trainers who answered a recent survey, more than 48 percent said their school was not following...