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Wednesday, March 26, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- As part of NCAA Women’s Final Four activities in Tampa, the NCAA is sponsoring a Women in College Sports Forum on Sunday, April 6.

Sessions will begin at 9 a.m. at the Tampa Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballrooms I-III. Leaders in women’s intercollegiate athletics will discuss the portrayal of female athletes in the media; lessons learned from successful women in athletics and life/work balance, among other topics. A University of South Florida local organizing committee helped organize the event.    » read more »

Wednesday, March 19, 2008, BATON ROUGE, La. -- During the first- and second- rounds of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, the NCAA, Lowe’s, Habitat for Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge will team up to build a home in partnership with a hard-working, low-income family that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

Louisiana State University student-athletes, local community and Lowe’s volunteers will construct a Habitat for Humanity house frame on Saturday, March 22 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. The build will take place near the university’s track and field complex.    » read more »

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March 19, 2008 -- DES MOINES –(Des Moines) Today, Iowa Governor Chet Culver praised the results of an independent study that found the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) had the lowest administration costs among government pension plan organizations of similar size. IPERS also ranked lowest in costs the previous year.    » read more »

Friday, March 14, 2008 -- Despite recent media reports to the contrary, the NCAA has not ruled on a potential secondary violation involving University of Connecticut freshman Maya Moore. While the NCAA has worked cooperatively with the university, the institution has not yet filed the appropriate documents necessary for the Association to process this case.

The university has acknowledged that a member of the coaching staff impermissibly arranged for Moore to be granted a tour of ESPN studios and that such an arrangement is not available to the general public.

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Friday, March 14, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA is awarding approximately $750,000 in women’s basketball grants to 12 Division I institutions and five conferences as part of the newly established NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Grant Program.

The grant program is designed to foster the growth of women’s basketball on NCAA member campuses and within NCAA member conferences.    » read more »

Tuesday, March 11, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized Brigham Young University for major and secondary violations in its men's volleyball program. This case primarily involves violations of NCAA recruiting rules, including impermissible transportation, housing, meals, employment, cash and clothing, among other impermissible benefits. These impermissible benefits were provided by representatives of the institution's athletics interests (boosters). The case also includes a failure to monitor by the institution and the former head coach.    » read more »

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Thursday, February 28, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized Texas Christian University for major and secondary violations in its men's tennis program. This case involves impermissible phone contacts and a failure to monitor by the institution and the former head coach.

The violations include 105 impermissible phone calls made by members of the men's tennis coaching staff to 24 prospective student-athletes during the four years from summer of 2002 through the spring of 2006. More than 70 calls were made by the former head coach.    » read more »

Tuesday, February 26, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- CBS Sports has partnered with IMG College, a division of IMG Worldwide, as exclusive sales representative to work in conjunction with the CBS Sports Properties Group in the licensing of NCAA Corporate Marketing Rights on the Champion and Partner levels, it was announced today by Sean McManus, President CBS News and Sports.    » read more »

Tuesday, Feburary 26, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes who participated in fall sports, which included men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo.    » read more »

Wednesday, February 20, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions has penalized the University of Central Oklahoma for a number of major and secondary violations in the football program. This case involved failure to monitor and unethical conduct violations against the former head coach, as well as a lack of institutional control for the university.    » read more »

Monday, February 18, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Bobinski, director of athletics at Xavier University, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. The appointment is effective September 1, 2008 and is a five-year term.    » read more »

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Football Rules Committee proposed changes intended to enhance and more strictly enforce rules related to student-athlete safety. The committee, which met February 11-13, addressed helmet contact, players that target a defenseless opponent, horse collar tackling, and enhanced rules dealing with dangerous chop blocks. Additionally, after a year of consideration, the committee proposed a 40/25 second play clock system to encourage a consistent pace of play.    » read more »

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS — Dave Yeast, the NCAA national coordinator of baseball umpires since 1996, has resigned his position with the Association, effective immediately. Yeast has decided to pursue other interests, which includes a return to umpiring.    » read more »

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