NCAA

The Women's Final Four Tournament is taking place in Minneapolis Friday night. South Carolina and Louisville play at 7:30 p.m. ET. UConn and Stanford play second at 9:30 p.m. ET.

NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.

The ruling is the culmination of a five-year investigation undertaken by the NCAA following the eruption of the sexual assault scandal at the Christian university in Waco, Texas, in 2016.

Bobby Bowden won 377 games in his career, including two national titles, and took the Florida State University Seminoles to post-season bowl games in 27 consecutive years.

Laws take effect this week in seven states that allow college athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness. It opens the door for collegians to make money off endorsement deals.

Nearly 20 states will soon allow NCAA athletes to accept cash for the use of their image, name and likeness. Many say the result will be unfair advantages for some schools unless Congress acts.

The softball pitcher from the University of North Texas made NCAA Division I history on Sunday by throwing a perfect game in which she registered all 21 outs by strikeout.

When female athletes saw the workout room NCAA provided for the basketball tournament bubble - and compared it to the men's - they cried foul. NCAA officials belatedly acknowledge they blew it.

"Players ISOLATED entire year to help make this tournament happen," tweeted Rutgers senior Geo Baker. "NCAA: rewarded w/ $900 million. Players: rewarded w/ free deodorant and small boxed meals."

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.