Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff wants collegiality in college sports. That notion is woefully out of place in today’s dog-eat-dog environment.

Tom Mars, attorney who helped end draconian restrictions on athlete transfers, now sees danger in NCAA expanding it to an unlimited, unchecked right.

Ben Shelton, whose father Bryan is a former top-100 player, made his ATP Tour debut on Tuesday. The Florida junior may turn pro sooner than planned.

Maybe near-universal adoration is too comfortable for Charles Barkley, whose defiance of expectations, distaste of decorum are key to his existence.

For all the excitement around Tiger Woods at this year’s Masters, his 78 Thursday at St. Andrews was a reminder of what his career is at this point.

It doesn’t seem there will be a rush for one or two mega-conferences to swallow what we’ve come to know as the Power Five. It may happen eventually.

If Nick Kyrgios is ever going to do something in tennis that transcends the money, controversy and unrealized expectations, it’s got to be now.

With USC and UCLA abandoning their West Coast roots for the Big Ten, college athletics is headed for a future as an entity existing purely for profit.

Nobody’s interests are served thinking Serena Williams can win seven consecutive matches against the world’s best players to get a 24th Grand Slam.

It will be difficult for Djokovic to maintain his status as one of the sport’s leading figures in tennis if he doesn’t change his vaccine stance.