San Diego State-Michigan Game Offers a Flashback to the Fab Five Days

By BY SCOTT MILLER from NYT Sports Brian Dutcher, the coach of San Diego State, will visit Michigan for the first time since leaving 23 years ago. He recruited Juwan Howard, now the Wolverines’ coach, to play for Michigan.https://nyti.ms/3ok5wQC

More Teams Are Contenders This Women’s College Basketball Season

By BY NATALIE WEINER from NYT Sports And some teams at the top have worked hard to get better ahead of the N.C.A.A. tournament in March.https://nyti.ms/3DcmR2G

The Return of Morehouse Football

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports Morehouse was one of the first colleges that grants football scholarships to shut down sports because of the pandemic.https://nyti.ms/3anCR5j

N.C.A.A. to Use ‘March Madness’ Slogan for Women’s Basketball, Too

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports The slogan has long applied only to the men’s college basketball tournament, drawing criticism that the women’s game has been left behind.https://nyti.ms/3ojKjXh

A 12-Team Playoff Isn’t a Done Deal. Math and History Suggest a ‘Yes’ Looms.

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports If the College Football Playoff field triples, the competition will most likely become more lucrative than the Division I men’s basketball tournament.https://nyti.ms/3F43drg

A Cog in the College Admissions Scandal Speaks Out

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports A former sailing coach who took a plea deal for shuffling bribes to Stanford’s athletic program says his colleagues knew where the money was coming from.https://nyti.ms/39UV3Df

This Season’s Vital College Football Statistic: Vaccination Rates

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports With forfeits possible this year, teams see vaccinations as competitive advantages, prompting locker room campaigns to drive rates higher.https://nyti.ms/3BDPaWv

A Lifeline to Let College Teams Play On

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The University of Alaska Anchorage set specific goals for targeted teams to survive. Millions of dollars poured in, suggesting a template for schools hoping to keep programs afloat.https://nyti.ms/3xsQ71y

Just by Playing, These Goalies Made Crucial Saves

By BY MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports Covid-19 protocols sometimes left teams without a traditional goaltender, meaning another player had to put on a lacrosse helmet or soccer gloves to keep the games going.https://nyti.ms/36zHxmH

College Athletes Cash In as Generations of Rules Fade Under Pressure

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Thursday brings a seismic shift for college sports: eased N.C.A.A. policies and new laws to let players make money off their fame.https://nyti.ms/3jDRzL4

College Athletes May Earn Money From Their Fame, N.C.A.A. Rules

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Here’s a breakdown of why the N.C.A.A. finally relented to pressure to allow athletes to make money beyond the cost of attending their universities.https://nyti.ms/3y8Ieip

College Players May Make Money Off Their Fame, Powerful N.C.A.A. Panel Recommends

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Pressured by a wave of state laws taking effect on July 1, the college sports industry is on the verge of letting players profit off their names, images and likenesses.https://nyti.ms/3y1OZ5J

N.C.A.A. Misses Target to Approve Rules to Let Players Profit Off Their Fame

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Top leaders will meet again on Monday, three days before several state laws challenging the college sports industry are expected to take effect.https://nyti.ms/35KJUmn

Buffalo Sabres Win N.H.L. Draft Lottery

By BY ANDREW KNOLL from NYT Sports The Sabres missed the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season and had the best odds for the No. 1 pick. Owen Power, from the University of Michigan, is most widely projected to be taken first.https://nyti.ms/3uJMcvV

Denied a Season, Some Ivy League Athletes Craft a Baseball Gap Year

By BY BILLY WITZ AND SAUL MARTINEZ from NYT Sports The Ivy League, unlike most Division I conferences, decided against spring sports. That has led some athletes, like baseball players at Brown, to find outside ways to train.https://nyti.ms/3eRy2TL

By Extending Emmert’s Deal, N.C.A.A. Shows Distance From College Sports’ Day-to-Day

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Mark Emmert’s extension stunned conference commissioners and university athletic directors and reflected some stubbornness as the N.C.A.A. faces legacy-shaping reckonings.https://nyti.ms/2Pzh4Rm

N.C.A.A. Extends President’s Contract Amid Turmoil in College Sports

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The decision to keep Mark Emmert until 2025 was unexpected, but Emmert had said for months that he had no interest in retiring.https://nyti.ms/3nwvRZt

Rule Change Prompts a Game of Musical Chairs in College Basketball

By BY ADAM ZAGORIA AND MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports Under a plan tentatively approved Wednesday, Division I players who transfer will not need to sit out a year before they can play.https://nyti.ms/3uS2sLI

A Softball Pitcher Struck Out Every Batter? She Hadn’t Noticed.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Hope Trautwein of North Texas threw a perfect game that outdid all the others, striking out 21 in seven flawless innings.https://nyti.ms/3wU9iSH

Her Killer Sidestep Is Clearing a Path to the W.N.B.A.

By BY MATT ELLENTUCK from NYT Sports Arella Guirantes, the star Rutgers guard, hopes to be drafted by her hometown team, the Liberty, this week. But no matter where she ends up, she said she’ll be ready.https://nyti.ms/3edglxF