Eric Olson

1 week ago | ncnewsonline.com | Eric Olson |Eric Olson

Kris Jenkins, who made the winning shot for Villanova in the 2016 college basketball championship game, is suing the NCAA and six conferences to recoup income he contends he would have earned if athletes at the time were not barred from making money from their name, image and likeness. Jenkins is among some 350 current and former athletes who have opted out of a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement with the NCAA that's on the cusp of final approval.

2 weeks ago | ncnewsonline.com | Eric Olson |Eric Olson

Ryland Zaborowski and Robbie Burnett have eased the minds of Georgia fans who may have worried that offensive production would drop off with the departures of Charlie Condon and Corey Collins. Zaborowski and Burnett lead a high-scoring Bulldogs team that's out to a program-record 28-2 start. Georgia's weekend home sweep of Auburn extended its win streak to eight games, longest in the nation.

1 month ago | ncnewsonline.com | Eric Olson |Eric Olson

The NCAA Football Rules Committee announced Friday it would propose that a team be charged with a timeout if one of its players falls to the ground on the field because of an apparent injury after the ball is spotted for the next play. Feigning injuries, sometimes at the coach’s instruction, has become a tactic defenses use to slow down tempo offenses or as a way for an offense to avoid a delay-of-game penalty or get an extra timeout.