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College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill

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Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in historic college football victory

Vanderbilt came in having lost all 60 games against AP Top Five teams.
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AP Top 25: Alabama overtakes Texas for No. 1 and UNLV earns its 1st ranking in program history

The Tide are No. 1 for the 141st time, most of any team since the AP rankings began in 1936.
NCAA

Longhorns throttle reigning national champion Michigan in Ann Arbor

The Longhorn offense exploded against one of the nation's top defenses, while the Longhorn defense didn't allow a touchdown until the fourth quarter.
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Some college athletes may qualify as employees, US appeals court rules

The ruling is a setback for the NCAA, which had hoped to have the case dismissed.
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Cannabis removed from NCAA's banned drug list for football athletes

Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said in a statement that cannabis products “do not provide a competitive advantage.”
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Reggie Bush gets his Heisman Trophy back

Bush forfeited the award after the University of Southern California was hit with NCAA sanctions over improper benefits he received during his playing career.
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Women's NCAA title game outdraws the men's championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers

The audience for the game between the number one seeds peaked at 24.1 million during the final 15 minutes.
March Madness

South Carolina finishes off perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75

The 38-0 Gamecocks became the 10th Division I team to go through a season without a loss.
March Madness

Iowa-UConn women's Final Four match was most-watched hoops game in ESPN history

The previous women’s hoops mark was 12.3 million for last Monday’s Iowa-LSU game in the Elite Eight.
Ncaab

Women's Final Four controversy: Late whistle on UConn's Aaliyah Edwards helps send Iowa to title game and the Huskies home

The offensive foul with 3.9 seconds left gave the ball back to the Hawkeyes. UConn never got it back in a 71-69 loss, and LeBron James was among those reacting.
Basketball

Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to second straight championship game. Dawn Staley's unbeaten South Carolina awaits.

The Iowa Hawkeyes will face off against the unbeaten South Carolina Gamecocks in the NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship at 2 p.m. Sunday on WFAA.

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Knoxville Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports | WBIR.com

College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill

Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in historic college football victory

AP Top 25: Alabama overtakes Texas for No. 1 and UNLV earns its 1st ranking in program history

Longhorns throttle reigning national champion Michigan in Ann Arbor

Some college athletes may qualify as employees, US appeals court rules

Cannabis removed from NCAA's banned drug list for football athletes

Reggie Bush gets his Heisman Trophy back

Women's NCAA title game outdraws the men's championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers

South Carolina finishes off perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75

Iowa-UConn women's Final Four match was most-watched hoops game in ESPN history

Women's Final Four controversy: Late whistle on UConn's Aaliyah Edwards helps send Iowa to title game and the Huskies home

Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to second straight championship game. Dawn Staley's unbeaten South Carolina awaits.

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