What to watch as March Madness heads into Elite 8

By the end of the night, the NCAA men's March Madness tournament will be down to just eight teams left. Nate Burleson has a preview.

• Mar 27
• 01:50

NCAA proposes plan to pay college athletes

The NCAA is proposing a revolutionary plan that could let schools pay their athletes. Billy Witz, national desk reporter for the New York Times, joins CBS News to explain the proposal.

• Dec 7, 2023
• 04:33

NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes, effective immediately

Rules on transgender athletes returned to the forefront when Penn swimmer Lia Thomas started smashing records this year.

• Jan 20, 2022

Olympic sprinter and NCAA champ killed in Texas crash

Deon Lendore, 29, was a bronze medal winner for Trinidad & Tobago and NCAA champion at Texas A&M. He was also volunteer assistant coach at the school.

• Jan 12, 2022

College football championship preview

The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs are set to kick off in the 2022 College Football National Championship tonight in Indianapolis. Scott Pioli, a CBS News sports analyst and a front-office analyst for the NFL Network who is also a former NFL executive and five-time Super Bowl champion, joins CBSN to preview the big game.

• Jan 10, 2022
• 05:19

Omicron continues to upend sports

As COVID-19 continues to surge across the U.S., the professional and college sports landscape is being thrown back into chaos. Games are being cancelled or postponed and players are testing positive. Johnathan Vigliotti reports.

• Jan 1, 2022
• 01:37

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from March 20, 2014

The search is intensifying for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 after a satellite captured images of two objects in the southern Indian Ocean. Four military search planes have been dispatched to the scene, but the weather has not been kind. Lee Cowan reports.; and, Baylor University's Isaiah Austin has averaged 12 points a game and blocked 114 shots this season -- the best in his conference -- and he's done it all with one distinct disadvantage.

• Mar 20, 2014
• 21:15

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 16, 2014.

Malaysian authorities have searched the homes of the pilot and co-pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. They've spoken to their families and are examining the pilot's personal flight simulator; and, Exit polls from Sunday's referendum in Crimea show overwhelming support for separating from Ukraine and for joining the Russian Federation, but many of those opposed to joining Russia boycotted the vote.

• Mar 16, 2014
• 21:06

The full episode from the March 17, 2014 edition of the CBS Evening News

Since the communications systems of Malaysia Airlines Flight 307 were silenced, experts can only estimate its final location is along one of two corridors. To the north, the plane would have flown mostly over land, while to the south, it would have flown mostly over water. The U.S. Navy is using the P-3 Orion, one of its high-tech aircraft, to assist with the search mission; and, in seven years, Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker has turned a program that had never won a title in the 60-year history of the Ivy League into perennial contenders, winning four straight conference championships. The team is now headed to its third straight NCAA tournament.

• Mar 17, 2014
• 20:59

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from March 26, 2014

Many are struck by how a distance of just a few feet determined who survived and who was swept away by the mudslide that destroyed the community in Oso, Wash.; and, seventy-four-year-old Mary Jones was released from prison after serving more than three decades behind bars for a crime committed by an abusive boyfriend.

• Mar 26, 2014
• 21:14

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the July 29, 2014 edition

Following a lawsuit filed on behalf of former collegiate athletes, the NCAA has agreed to pay for any college athlete from the last 50 years to undergo neurological testing; and, An influx of grey seals in the waters off Cape Cod has resulted in a severe decline in revenue for local fishermen.

• Jul 29, 2014
• 21:20

3/15: CBS Evening News

Witnesses describe harrowing Florida bridge collapse: "It's totally smashed to the ground"; Loyola University chaplain praying for a trip to the Sweet 16.

• Mar 15, 2018
• 20:14

NFL stars return to the field for Week 10

Some of the biggest names in the NFL were back on the field this weekend. Meanwhile, U.S. Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Suni Lee says she and her friends were pepper-sprayed in a racist attack. And South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is inspiring other Black female leaders in the NCAA. CBS News special correspondent and host of "The NFL Today" and "Inside the NFL" James Brown joins CBSN to discuss the latest headlines in sports.

• Nov 16, 2021
• 08:10

These college athletes could reap the most money from image deals

Gymnast Sunisa Lee and Shaquille O'Neal's two oldest sons are on a list of 30 athletes who experts say could rake in big bucks.

• Oct 13, 2021

The NCAA has put the Syracuse University basketball team on probation for five years for several violations

The NCAA has put the Syracuse University basketball team on probation for five years for several violations. And, long-time Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim has been suspended for nine conference games next year. Vinita Nair tells us more.

• Mar 7, 2015
• 00:26

College football set to begin amid COVID surge

College football season begins this weekend as COVID-19 case numbers are surging in parts of the U.S. Colleges across the country hope this year will be different after the pandemic led to a series of cancellations and postponements last year. CBS Sports national college football writer Dennis Dodd joined CBSN to discuss the upcoming season amid the pandemic.

• Aug 26, 2021
• 06:18

NCAA undervalues women's basketball by millions, report says

NCAA urged to funnel more money into women's basketball because it's a growing sport offering a bucket of revenue.

• Aug 3, 2021

College athlete endorsements usher new era of NIL consultants

As the NCAA allows student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, agents and consultants gear up to cash in.

• Jul 30, 2021

Student-athlete endorsement deals come charging out of the gate

A Tennessee college hoops star signs $2 million deal with tech company. Experts say the money game has just begun.

• Jul 29, 2021

Reggie Bush won't get Heisman Trophy back despite new NCAA rule

The NCAA said they will not re-evaluate or reconsider previous name, images and likenesses penalties.

• Jul 28, 2021

College athletes profiting off of NCAA policy

Student-athletes at colleges across the U.S. are cashing in on an NCAA policy that allows them to get paid for use of their name, image and likeness. Sandra Richards, the managing director of the Global Sports and Entertainment Division for Morgan Stanley, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with her analysis.

• Jul 16, 2021
• 05:00

NCAA decision clears athletes for endorsement deals

University of Arkansas football player Trey Knox became one of the first NCAA athletes to accept an endorsement deal after the NCAA said it would allow athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. He joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss. 

• Jul 4, 2021
• 03:37

Reggie Bush seeks reinstatement of Heisman trophy and college stats

"It is my strong belief that I won the Heisman trophy 'solely' due to my hard work and dedication on the football field and it is also my firm belief that my records should be reinstated," Bush said in a statement.

• Jul 1, 2021

NCAA rules college athletes can earn money from name, likeness

The new policy will go into effect on Thursday.

• Jul 1, 2021

What does NCAA vote mean for college sports?

CBS News special correspondent James Brown discusses the implications of the NCAA historic vote to allow college athletes to benefit financially from their own names and images.

• Jul 1, 2021
• 02:09

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