After decades of exploiting college football players, the NCAA is finally worried. But not about the players. The reason? The NLRB ruled that Northwestern University football players can be considered employees. And employees can form unions

Connecticut captured its second NCAA men's basketball title in four years, toppling Kentucky 60-54 in the championship game Monday night at AT&T Stadium. Shabazz Napier scored 22 points

Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette preview the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and the UConn Huskies

Seth Davis makes his prediction for Monday's National Championship. Does Seth like the youth of the Wildcats or the red-hot Huskies? Click on the video to find out

We know all about the heroics of the Harrison twins, but as Campus Insiders' Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette point out, Alex Poythress could be the the reason the Wildcats win a ninth national championship

Florida has not been to the Final Four since 2007. Wisconsin had never been with coach Bo Ryan. Connecticut wasn't allowed to play in the NCAA tournament a year ago, and Kentucky supposedly had no shot at getting here

Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn breaks down the top storylines of the four teams leading into the Final Four

Northwestern Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald says he's happy to move the conversation toward football and away from the ruling of the NLRB that the players are employees

SI's Ted Keith and David Gardner discuss how the Florida Gators are the final #1 seed standing in the NCAA tournament thanks to the play of their 4 seniors

Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis breaks down the matchup in the Final Four between the Connecticut Huskies and the Florida Gators.

Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette preview the NCAA Final Four matchup between the Connecticut Huskies and the Florida Gators

Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette preview the NCAA Final Four matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Wisconsin Badgers

All season long Doug McDermott has been the frontrunner for the player of the year, but Campus Insiders' Jordan Cornette says Shabazz Napier, who just led UConn to the Final Four, is more deserving

Aaron Harrison hit the winning 3-pointer to lift the Kentucky Wildcats over the Michigan Wolverines, 75-72 Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium for a trip to the Final Four

With a loss to UConn in the Elite 8, this senior class becomes Tom Izzo's first to fail to reach the Final Four. Our Michigan State insider talks about the agonizing end to senior Keith Appling's career

Bo Ryan has been the NCAA Tournament in each of his first 13 years in Madison but this his first time in the Final Four. Hear from Campus Insiders' Jordan Cornette on why Ryan is college basketball's most underrated coach

Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette preview the Elite 8 matchup in the Midwest Region between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Michigan Wolverines

Shae Peppler and Jordan Cornette of Campus Insiders preview the Elite 8 matchup in the East Region between the UConn Huskies and the Michigan State Spartans

Branden Dawson had 24 points and 10 rebounds to help the Michigan State Spartans top the Virginia Cavaliers, 61-59 at Madison Square Garden. Adreian Payne added 16 points for the win

Jordan Morgan had 15 points and seven boards as the Michigan Wolverines outlasted the Tennessee Volunteers, 73-71 for a second straight trip to a tourney regional final

Louisville and Kentucky are the last two teams to win an NCAA Tournament, and this Friday they'll battle it out for bragging rights in the state of Kentucky

B.J. Schecter, Ted Keith and David Gardner discuss the match-ups in the Sweet 16 east regional. Who will be the X-factor for each team, and which teams will advance?

Steve Masiello's lack of a college degree served as a deal breaker for a head coaching job with the University of South Florida. USF had reached an agreement for five years at more than $1 million per season with Masiello

The University of Florida has signed its head basketball coach Billy Donovan to a three-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2018-2019 season

With Round 4 of the NCAA tourney set, Sport Illustrated's lens captured the madness of March that whittled the 64 teams down to the remaining sixteen

Sports Illustrated's B.J. Schecter, Ted Keith and David Gardner discuss the match-ups in the Sweet 16 south regional. Who will be the X-factor for each team, and which teams will advance?

Sports Illustrated's B.J. Schecter, Ted Keith and David Gardner discuss the match-ups in the Sweet 16 west regional. Who will be the X-factor for each team, and which teams will advance?

Campus Insiders previews the West Region Sweet 16 matchup between the San Diego State Aztecs and the Arizona Wildcats

Campus Insiders previews the South Region Sweet 16 matchup between the UCLA Bruins vs the Florida Gators

Campus Insiders previews the West Region Sweet 16 matchup between the Baylor Bears and the Wisconsin Badgers

Campus Insiders previews the South Region Sweet 16 matchup between the Dayton Flyers and the Stanford Cardinal

Northwestern University football players have started the process to be recognized by a labor union, submitting a petition with the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board

Penn State Professor Michelle Rodino-Colocino believes that newly hired head coach James Franklin is not the right man. Franklin, who coached Vanderbilt, comes from a team affected by a sexual assault scandal

Miami Heat superstar LeBron James said he's looking forward to working with Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy winning-quarterback who recently decided to join this year's NFL Draft

Jameis Winston's 2 yard TD pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds remaining lifted Florida State over Auburn 34-31 in the BCS national title game. Florida State won despite trailing by 18 points in the game

Blake Bortles accounted for four TDs to lead the No. 15 Central Florida Knights in a 52-42 upset over the No. 6 Baylor Bears at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Bortles threw three TDs on 20-of-31 passing and rushed 15 yards for another TD

The Ohio State Buckeyes will lose junior linebacker Ryan Shazier to the NFL but gets to keep two-time defending Big Ten offensive player of the year Braxton Miller

Vanderbilt scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter en route to a 41-24 win over Houston in the 2014 Compass Bowl. With the victory, Vanderbilt now has four bowl titles to their credit

Senior quarterback Connor Shaw capped his career in outstanding fashion, accounting for five touchdowns as No. 9 South Carolina won the 2014 Capital One Bowl with their 34-24 win over No. 19 Wisconsin

TJ Jones and Tarean Folston ran for a touchdown each while Kyle Brindza buried five field goals as Notre Dame defeated Rutgers, 29-16, to win the Pinstripe Bowl

Rakeem Cato threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Marshall Thundering Herd past the Maryland Terrapins 31-20 in the 2013 Military Bowl at Navy Memorial Stadium

Washington Huskies defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi is in hot water after it was reported that he allegedly paid $4,500 cash for recruit Andrew Basham's tutoring and online classes

It's the end of an era in college football as the post-season will go through a major overhaul next year.

SI.com's Andy Staples and Pete Thamel break down the Rose Bowl match-up between the Michigan State Spartans and Stanford Cardinal

SI.com's Andy Staples and Pete Thamel break down the Fiesta Bowl match-up between the Baylor Bears and UCF Knights.

Penn State will play its first international game in its 127-year history against the University of Central Florida in Dublin. The game opens the 2014 season for both teams

Marquee programs in the Big Ten will play each other outside of division play as often as possible in 2016 and 2017 as confirmed by its newly-released football schedules

Former Florida State offensive lineman Menelik Watson celebrated when he finally received his ACC championship ring until he discovered that the ring had one major mistake

University of Florida Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel said he remains primarily a football player despite signing a professional baseball contract with the Boston Red Sox

Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Everett Golson announced that he will return to the Fighting Irish this spring. Golson started 11 games for the Fighting Irish last season as a redshirt freshman

According to Nick Saban, the expansion to 14 schools makes a 9-game schedule imperative to retain conference identity. He also noted SEC matchups are important to maintain fan interest

The Oregon University Ducks were slapped with a relatively light penalty for recruiting violations committed during the Chip Kelly era. The team will lose one scholarship per year over the next two years and serve three years probation

Howard's Rock, one of the iconic symbols in college football, has been vandalized, according to a report obtained from the Clemson University Police Department

Rutgers has postponed several on-campus meetings that will be attended by incoming athletic director Julie Hermann. Hermann was expected to meet with athletic administrators and several coaches

Controversies keep piling up on incoming Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann after it was revealed that she was the focus of another lawsuit during her time at Louisville in 2008

For doing a 'tremendous job in the face of great adversity', Penn State has given football coach Bill O'Brien a $935,000 raise, raising his annual income to about $3.3 million

The NCAA has declared UConn men's basketball eligible for postseason play in the 2014 season after scoring 947 in its annual academic progress rating (APR) in 2011-12, well above the required 930

Frank Cignetti has been elected to the College Football Divisional Hall of Fame for his two decades at Indiana University of Pennsylvania with six others

Josh Dionne and Jordan Wolf scored three goals apiece to carry Duke to its second national lacrosse trophy with a 16-10 victory over Syracuse in the title game at Lincoln Financial Field

Rutgers' incoming athletic director Julie Hermann had to address questions about her supposedly abusive past. She was asked in a press conference about a 1997 jury verdict

Freshman guard Nik Stauskas scored 19 of his 22 points, including five triples, in the first half as Michigan made it to the Final Four via an easy 79-59 victory over Florida

Starting quarterback Everett Golson is no longer enrolled at Notre Dame due to academic-related issues. Notre Dame refuses to discuss specifics as it is against federal law and the school's polices

The ACC has expressed interest in playing its men's basketball conference championship tournaments at Madison Square Garden and The Barclays Center

Referees can now review shot-clock violation or out-of-bounds calls in the last two minutes of regulation and OT. The NCAA also adjusted the elbow-clearing rule and block/charge clarification

Miami Hurricanes great and 1986 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Vinny Testaverde will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2013

Duke has named its former All-America Jon Scheyer as a special assistant for the 2013-14 college basketball season. This was announced by head coach Mike Krzyzewski

The commissioners of the Bowl Championship Series announced that the four-team playoff will be known as College Football Playoff and have determined the national championship venues and the bowl rotation

Rutgers University has agreed to pay dismissed basketball head coach Mike Rice $475,000 as settlement for the remaining two years of his contract. The settlement for Rice is far less than he was due

In a 515-page summary deposition, Oregon admitted committing several NCAA recruiting rules infractions, some of which are major in nature

After undergoing successful surgery to repair a broken right leg, Louisville's Kevin Ware can now move around on crutches in his hospital room. Ware suffered the injury in the first half against Duke

Faculty members are calling for the resignation of Rutgers president Robert L. Barchi for his failure to immediately act regarding the actions taken by former basketball coach Mike Rice

Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points while Cleanthony Early and Fred Van Vleet each chipped in with 12 points as Wichita State danced onto the Final Four with a 70-66 stunner over Ohio State

Syracuse shut down Big East rival Marquette 55-39 in the East Regional final to earn Jim Boeheim his first trip to the national semis since Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA title

UCLA has hired coach Steve Alford away from New Mexico to replace Ben Howland after making a run at VCU's Shaka Smart and Butler's Brad Stevens

LaQuinton Ross buried a three-pointer with two seconds left to carry second seed Ohio State to a 73-70 triumph over sixth seed Arizona, securing a spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament

After sweating through a pair of edge-of-your-seat comebacks, the Golden Eagles figured out how to put one away early, earning Marquette a trip to the Elite Eight with a 71-61 win over Miami

Wichita State went from sweet to elite, beating La Salle 72-58 on Thursday night to reach the final eight of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 32 years

Will Florida Gulf Coast be able to keep the dream alive when the Eagles battle the University of Florida? The key is staying loose, positive and focused

The Florida Gators face the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman and Gary Parrish give their scouting reports and expert picks for Florida vs. FGCU

The Michigan State Spartans face the Duke Blue Devils in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman and Gary Parrish give their scouting reports and expert picks for Michigan State and Duke

Northwestern is reportedly close to signing Duke assistant coach Chris Collins as its new coach, according to a source close to the situation. The two sides are still ironing out some details

Michael Carter-Williams fired a career-high 24 points as fourth seed Syracuse's zone defense limited top-ranked Indiana to its lowest output this season en route to a 61-50 upset victory in the Sweet 16

Cowboys Stadium is expected to be selected as host of the first championship game in college football's new four-team playoff on Jan. 12, 2015, according to sources

Mike Rosario scored 15 points and Scottie Wilbekin added 13 as the defensive-minded Florida Gators put an end on the Florida Gulf Coast's Cinderella run, 62-50

The Florida Gators made a 16-0 run late in the first half versus the FGCU Eagles on the way to a 62-50 victory in a Sweet 16 tourney game Friday

Russ Smith scored 16 of his 31 points in the first half to help top seed Louisville beat 12th seed Oregon, 77-69, and book a spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament

The fourth-seeded Michigan Wolverines wiped out a 10-point Kansas lead in the last 3 minutes of regulation to beat the Jayhawks 87-85 in overtime to advance to the Elite Eight

Shaka Smart will continue to coach Virginia Commonwealth University's basketball team through 2023, with changes in his contract already being finalized

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish suffered another big blow after sophomore wideouts Davonte' Neal and Justin Ferguson decided to leave the program, head coach Brian Kelly confirmed

University of Minnesota has fired basketball coach Tubby Smith, saying it's time for a 'fresh set of eyes' to its program. Smith compiled a 124-81 record and led the program to five postseason berths

Derrick Nix scored nine of his 23 points in a 24-4 first-half run to help No. 3 Michigan State pull away en route to a 65-54 win over Valparaiso Thursday in the NCAA Tournament

For a second straight year, a cloud of controversy hangs over the Syracuse University basketball team as it begins play in the NCAA Tournament

The Florida Gold Coast Eagles went on a 21-2 run in the second half to pull away from the Georgetown Hoyas and then held on in the final minute to win, 78-68

La Salle's Jerrell Wright made 3 foul shots in the final 30 seconds, as the No. 13 Explorers upset Kansas State, 63-61, on Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament

Deshaun Thomas scored 23 points while Sam Thompson had a career game as second seed Ohio State opened the first half with a 27-8 run en route to a 95-70 victory over Iona in the second round of the NCAA Tournament

Allen Crabbe had 19 points and nine rebounds, reserve Robert Thurman scored all 12 of his points on dunks and 12th-seeded California held off fifth-seeded UNLV 64-61 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Thursday

Kelly Olynyk racked up 21 points and 10 rebounds and Kevin Pangos added 16 as the top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs staved off an upset bid from No.16 seed Southern University Jaguars, 64-58.

The Kentucky Wildcats received a commitment from Julius Randle, the nation's No. 1 power forward and No. 2 overall recruit in the Class of 2013

Two-time defending BCS champion Alabama has announced that it will open its 2015 season against Wisconsin. The Crimson Tide and the Badgers will meet at the 'Cowboys Stadium Classic' on Sept. 5, 2015

Yogi Ferrell recorded 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists as the Indiana Hoosiers advanced to the third round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament with an 83-62 blowout against James Madison

The Duke Blue Devils relied on Seth Curry's perimeter shooting and Mason Plumlee's inside game to beat Albany 73-61 in the second round of the Midwest Regional. Curry scored 26 points; Plumlee tallied 23

After a miserable first half, Marshall Henderson scored 17 points in the second as No. 12 Ole Miss outscored No. 5 Wisconsin en route to a 57-46 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament

Brandon Triche tallied 20 points and CJ Fair had 13 as fourth-seeded Syracuse cruised to an easy 81-34 triumph over No. 13 Montana in the second round of the NCAA Tournament

Damyean Dotson scored 17 points and Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points to help 12th-seeded Oregon defeat the fifth-seeded Cowboys 68-55 in the second round on Thursday

Michigan has announced that junior linebacker Jake Ryan, the school's leading tackler last season, will be out indefinitely after suffering a torn ACL during practice

The new Big East, composed of seven Catholic schools that bolted the old conference, has added Butler, Xavier and Creighton to its roster before it officially starts operation July 1

President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. ESPN revealed that he predicted Louisville, Ohio State and Florida would round out the Final Four

College basketball commentator Dick Vitale talks about the upcoming basketball tournament and a contest surrounding March Madness

Grab your brackets folks! HuffPost Sports Columnist, Jordan Schultz joins Mike to break down the NCAA tournament games

March Madness is here. Who better to break down the bracket before the games begin than WSJ College Sports Reporter Rachel Bachman?

Texas A&M redshirt sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel's family will secure an insurance policy for possible injuries that could prevent him from playing pro football

The ACC will open its door for Notre Dame this summer if the Fighting Irish leave the Big East Conference early. Last year, Notre Dame announced it was joining the ACC in all sports, except football

University of Texas El Paso basketball coach Tim Floyd has met with USC Athletic Director Pat Haden to discuss a possible return to his former job

Alabama has booted four freshmen football players who were recently arrested and charged with either second-degree robbery or credit card fraud, according to coach Nick Saban

The Big 12 Conference has admitted that game officials blew two crucial calls between Kansas and Iowa State. Game officials missed a potential charging violation in the closing seconds of regulation

Football-playing members of the Big East will continue without the seven basketball schools and are looking to keep the conference name.This was announced by Big East commissioner Mike Aresco

Head football coach Les Miles has agreed to a two-year extension with LSU that will increase his salary by $549,000, raising his yearly income to $4.3 million until 2019

Diane O'Meara, whose pictures unknowingly went viral as the face of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fictitious girlfriend, said she was shocked that her private photos had been used

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has broken his silence on the girlfriend hoax, claiming he was the victim

Nike co-founder Phil Knight now believes that the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno's reputation has been tarnished by the 'unjustified and unsubstantiated' findings of the Freeh report

Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te'o vehemently denied that he played a part in a hoax involving a person whom he considered a girlfriend, but admitted modifying his stories

For leading Texas A&M to an 11-2 record and a Cotton Bowl title in his first season, the Aggies have rewarded head coach Kevin Sumlin with a pay increase and contract extension through 2017

Oregon has promoted offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich to fill the head coaching vacancy left by Chip Kelly, who surprised everyone by leaving the Ducks for the Philadelphia Eagles

For the first time since 2006, Virginia Tech underwent a major overhaul in its coaching staff, taking in three new coaches to boost its offense. The Hokies hired Scot Loeffler, Jeff Grimes and Aaron Moorehead

Mississippi prep football star Laquon Treadwell chose Ole Miss over Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Ole Miss now has 21 commitments, 11 of whom are four-star prospects

Alabama will defend its BCS National Title next year without several key players as three juniors opted to skip their final season and join the upcoming NFL draft

Head football coach Jim Mora and UCLA have agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2017 season, quashing rumors that he would leave for another coaching gig with another school or the NFL

It's good to be AJ McCarron. He's coming off a national championship and he's dating Katherine Webb, aka Miss Alabama who definately stole a little of his thunder during ESPN's broadcast

AJ McCarron threw four TD passes while running back Eddie Lacy accounted for two scores to carry No. 2 Alabama to a 42-14 victory over No. 1 Notre Dame for their 15th national football title

Chip Kelly has decided to stay with Oregon, skipping another chance to coach in the NFL. Kelly looked ready make a jump to the NFL but later changed his mind after long meetings with the Eagles and Browns

The seven Catholic schools that are planning to leave the Big East are expected to double their income from television revenues after Fox has offered them north of $500 million for a 12-year television deal

Sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace tossed three touchdown passes to lead Ole Miss to a 38-17 victory over Pittsburgh in the BBVA Compass Bowl

The man who has been publicly identified to be behind the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax admitted to a friend in early December that he duped the Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman finalist

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has now agreed to coach the Philadelphia Eagles. He previously turned down the Eagles after a nine-hour meeting Jan. 5 in Arizona

After starting the season with a 7-10 mark, USC has dismissed basketball coach Kevin O'Neill and assigned associate head coach Bob Cantu to replace him on an interim basis

Despite being the only unbeaten team in the nation, Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer admitted that there's work to be done before the Buckeyes can match with national champion Alabama

Syracuse University has reportedly promoted defensive coordinator Scott Shafer to head football coach, replacing Doug Marrone, who earlier agreed to coach the Buffalo Bills in the NFL

The Cotton Bowl has emerged as the favorite to host the national championship game in 2015 when the four-team playoff system takes effect. The Rose and Sugar bowls will host college football's first national semifinals

Max Redfield has committed to Notre Dame, propelling the school to the top of the ESPN class rankings. His commitment is the 23rd for Notre Dame, which counts 10 members of the ESPN 150 in its Class of 2013

Declaring he's not a "one-and-done guy", Bill O'Brien has decided to remain as Penn State head coach after he was interviewed by the Cleveland Browns

For leading Stanford to an 11-2 record and a Rose Bowl appearance this season, football coach David Shaw has been rewarded with a long-term contract extension

LSU's Les Miles has the most Twitter followers among college football coaches, according to a study by USA Today

Dylan Thompson connected on a 32-yard TD pass to Bruce Ellington with 11 seconds left to carry No. 11 South Carolina to a 33-28 victory over No. 19 Michigan in the Outback Bowl

Aaron Murray threw for 428 yards and five touchdowns as No. 7 Georgia overwhelmed No. 16 Nebraska with a Capital One Bowl record 589 yards en route to a 45-31 triumph

Driphus Jackson stepped up in the absence of starter Taylor McHargue, throwing two TD passes to lead Rice to a 33-14 victory over Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl

Beau Blankenship rushed for a bowl-record four scores and Tyler Tettleton added two touchdown heaves to lead Ohio to a 45-14 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in the Independence Bowl

Brett Baer made two crucial field goals and Alonzo Harris rushed for two TDs as Louisiana-Lafayette defeated East Carolina, 43-34, to win the 2012 New Orleans Bowl

Sophomore QB Blake Bortles threw a career-high three TD passes and ran for another as UCF clinched its second straight bowl win, routing Ball State, 38-17, in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

Utah State Aggies football coach Gary Andersen will take over the coaching job at Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Journal, citing sources, said Andersen was athletic director Barry Alvarez's top choice

Instead of taking their chances in next year's NFL Draft, tackles Zach Martin and Louis Nix have decided to stay with Notre Dame, the nation's No. 1 team, for another year