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Should college athletes be paid?
The stunning resignation of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has raised a lot of questions about college athletics, with some people suggesting that it may be time to overhaul the entire system.
This morning, ESPN senior writer and CNN columnist LZ Granderson discusses the pros and cons of paying college athletes and the various options for reform of the NCAA.
Indy 500 celebrates it's 100th anniversary
After a tough qualifying round, drivers Helio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti and Danica Patrick look forward to this year's Indy 500 and discuss what it would mean to them to win this race.
They talk strategy, sportsmanship and the history of the Indy 500 in their sit-down with CNN's American Morning.
Justice department questioning college football's no-playoff system
The U.S. Justice Department is now asking the NCAA the same question fans have been asking for years: Why doesn't college football have a playoff system?
Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney has written a letter to the President of the NCAA. In it, Varney writes "serious questions continue to arise suggesting that the current BCS system may not be conducted consistent with the competition principles expressed in federal anti-trust laws."
CNN's Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans speak with "Sports Illustrated" senior writer Stewart Mandel about the inquiry.
Should college athletes get paid?
You’ll see it tonight in the stands at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Thousands of fans spending money to watch college athletes play ball and wearing t-shirts with the athletes’ numbers and names on their backs. With so much money to be made in college sports should the stars of the programs, the actual student athletes, get paid for their success?
“Absolutely,” they should get paid, CNN education contributor Steve Perry tells AM’s Christine Romans on today’s American Morning. College athletes earn about $120,000 a year if you factor in training, medical help and tutoring, but Perry says that is not enough. He explains why athletes should at least be able to earn money off their own images through endorsements.
Remember the Ohio State football players suspended in December for selling memorabilia from their winning games? What do you think, should colleges pay their athletes?
MLB contest winner to live in 'Fan Cave,' watch over 2,400 baseball games
Mike O'Hara's new job is the envy of most baseball fans. O'Hara is the winner of an MLB contest to live in the MLB "Fan Cave" and watch every single baseball game of the 2011 season– more than 2,400 games in total. O'Hara talks to American Morning about his new gig.
Follow Mike O'Hara on Twitter at @mikeyoh21 and second place winner Ryan Wagner at @rwags614. You can also follow MLB for the latest from the Fan Cave at @MLBFanCave and at Mlbfancave.com.
Helio Castroneves talks racing, dancing and parenting
Helio Castroneves has won the Indy 500 three times and will soon be racing for his fourth win.
Castroneves talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about new Indy car racing season, dancing and parenting.
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