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Paul Zeise: Nick Saban is a whiner and hypocrite, but his point about NIL is not wrong

PITTSBURGH — Nick Saban went off the deep end over the past few days decrying NIL deals and how the idea of programs being able to pay players is bad for college football. He singled out Jackson State — yes, Jackson State — and Texas A&M as two programs that…

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

Gusting winds leave scorecards bruised with black and blue aplenty after first round of women’s NCAA Championship

Only two schools finished the first round without making double bogey (or worse) in the field of 24 teams.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 21, 2022

Q&A with Kansas coach Bill Self: What will Big 12 basketball look like without Texas, Oklahoma?

Bill Self seemed to be in a great mood for the three days of the recent Big 12 meetings in Arizona — and with good reason.

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

Teen hoops players are paid $100K salaries. The goal? A new path to the NBA.

LOS ANGELES — The most interesting basketball game in Atlanta on a Friday night in March wasn't the one played in the city's downtown NBA arena. It was happening three miles north, between six-figure-earning teenagers in a gym that opened only seven months earlier as part of a league that…

Los Angeles Times · May 20, 2022

Kevin Sherrington: Jimbo Fisher-Nick Saban beef will make for must-see TV come Texas A&M-Alabama in October

DALLAS — A major problem of realignment is the loss of old rivalries and the time it takes to build new ones, as Texas A&M has found since bolting the Big 12, though its tradition with Texas presumably resumes once the Longhorns join the SEC in a year or three.

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022

Mike Jensen: Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher in a prime-time mud fight

They must be scripting this stuff, right?

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 19, 2022

Mark Bradley: Saban rips Jimbo’s team. Jimbo likens Saban to God.

What hath NIL wrought? Only the SEC’s goofiest impromptu offseason news conference since Steve Spurrier stepped forward on a July afternoon in 2015 to label an Atlanta newspaper weasel the “enemy.” As amusing as that was – even to yours truly, Mr. Weasel – it pales in comparison with current…

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher fires back at Nick Saban’s NIL accusations

While speaking at an event in Birmingham, Alabama, Crimson Tide coach Saban said some schools, including Texas A&M, were spending “tons of money to get players.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2022

Texas A&M AD: Saban’s ‘Personal Attacks’ Violate SEC Bylaws

The Aggies’ athletic director has his own pointed reaction to what’s transpired in the SEC.

Sports Illustrated · May 19, 2022

Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher and An All-Out SEC War

The coaches’ blunt comments have taken this public feud to a level maybe never seen in college football.

Sports Illustrated · May 19, 2022