Robert Gates Ran the Pentagon. Can He Help Save the N.C.A.A.?

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The former defense secretary now leads a committee that could remake college sports — or, as often happens with the N.C.A.A., that has little to show after many meetings.https://nyti.ms/2Xzvgh1

Will College Athletes Make Money? Here’s Where the Debate Stands.

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The financial realities for college athletes will dramatically change this summer. State governments, the N.C.A.A. and Congress all have a hand in shaping what that might look like.https://nyti.ms/3w9Lbid

N.C.A.A. Responds, Tentatively, to Transgender Athlete Bans

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports L.G.B.T.Q. advocates have pressed the N.C.A.A. to move events from states considering such laws, but so far the organization has stopped short.https://nyti.ms/32atsdi

How Blowing Up College Sports Became a Rallying Cry for Some in Washington

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The N.C.A.A. is under scrutiny on Capitol Hill and at the Supreme Court. The pressure for college sports to change is bound to intensify.https://nyti.ms/3u2zloL

What We Learned From the First Weekend of the N.C.A.A. Basketball Men’s Tournament

By BY ADAM ZAGORIA from NYT Sports The Big Ten’s teams have faltered, the Pac-12’s have excelled and the upsets have been steady.https://nyti.ms/3se4WTW

What We Learned From the First Weekend of the N.C.A.A. Basketball Men’s Tournament

By BY ADAM ZAGORIA from NYT Sports The Big Ten’s teams have faltered, the Pac-12’s have excelled and the upsets have been steady.https://nyti.ms/2PnAo3G

Anger Erupts Over Facilities for Women at N.C.A.A. Tournament

By BY JULIET MACUR AND ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Players and coaches posted images of a lavishly equipped men’s weight room alongside photos of a women’s training room with a single rack of dumbbells. N.C.A.A. officials issued an apology.https://nyti.ms/30ZcUV6

College Athletes Seek to Use March Stage to Pressure N.C.A.A.

By BY BILLY WITZ AND ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The #NotNCAAProperty movement is the latest iteration of long-held criticisms of how benefits for athletes have not kept up with the profits in college sports.https://nyti.ms/3eR6yzb

With Pac-12 Falling Behind, Schools Decide Larry Scott Won’t Dig Them Out

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports Scott will leave the Pac-12 as commissioner while the conference will be looking for a new television contract.https://nyti.ms/2Y0KkRJ

College Football Season Is Nearly Over. Then the Big TV Negotiations Begin.

By BY KEVIN DRAPER AND ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports ESPN and Fox didn’t get about 20 games from the Big Ten Conference this season. Those events were worth roughly $110 million, leaving college sports and TV executives with much to resolve.https://nyti.ms/2WtXvK5

The Heir to the Manning Quarterback Legacy Isn’t on TikTok

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Arch Manning, 16, nephew of Peyton and Eli, has a protective family to steer him from the perils of fame and expectation. And a grandfather, Archie, who texts him reminders to “have fun.”https://nyti.ms/3q0dcWR

Virus-Stricken Wisconsin Cancels Nebraska Game

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The Big Ten football schedule did not leave any room for rescheduling games upended by the coronavirus.https://nyti.ms/3jBYz7P

Colleges Are Cutting Varsity Sports. That Could Be a Good Thing.

By BY TOM FARREY from NYT Sports Few of the cut programs will perish, instead transitioning to club teams that allow athletes to continue playing more on their terms, without the strain of the N.C.A.A. rule book.https://nyti.ms/2SPfCbp

Pac-12 Will Play Football in 2020, Joining Other Top Leagues During the Pandemic

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The decision clears a path for programs like Oregon and Southern California, and means every Power 5 league intends to compete this fall.https://nyti.ms/3hYHMe7

Senators Say N.C.A.A. Needs Broad Reform

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports As the N.C.A.A. appealed for a federal policy for name, image and likeness rights, senators criticized the organization’s handling of amateurism rules and the return of sports amid the pandemic.https://nyti.ms/2OPoEmR

California Lawmakers Vote to Undo N.C.A.A. Amateurism

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports A bill passed by the State Assembly would allow college athletes to make endorsement deals. It is expected to reach the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom.https://nyti.ms/2HWzeFq

Players Can End N.C.A.A. Exploitation, if They Feel the Hunger

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports College athletes, who have had to settle for hollow victories in court, have the leverage to overhaul a system of sham amateurism and reap their share of the riches they bring.https://nyti.ms/2FXhSqg

Zion Williamson Will Be Fine, but His Teammates Might Not Be

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports His knee will recover, and the N.B.A. will be getting rid of its “one-and-done” rule, but student-athletes will still come up short.https://nyti.ms/2VgVjmC

As the Rose Bowl Arrives, the Pac-12 Struggles to Keep Up

By MARC TRACY and KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports Underperforming media deals have left the conference falling behind its peers off the field. That might be the root of its problems on it.https://nyti.ms/2QYSOHG

Notre Dame Tops Mississippi State and Wins an Improbable Title

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The Irish overcame a series of knee injuries this season and earned the program’s first title since 2001.https://nyti.ms/2Im3B6h