Rules

The proposal addresses player safety and tactics by the kicking team that attempts to pin the receiving team close to its goal line.

The member institutions of the Southeastern Conference will adopt recent practice recommendations set forth by the NCAA Sports Science Institute in the sport of football, the SEC office announced on Friday.  The recommendations outline parameters specific to practices conducted during the preseason, in-season, post-season and spring segments...

Golf's two governing bodies released a draft of modern rules Wednesday aimed at bringing common sense to what can be a complicated sport. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association spent more than five years trying to simplify the Rules of Golf without stripping the centuries-old game of its traditions and fundamentals of fair play. Th...

The players' association has agreed to Major League Baseball's proposal to have intentional walks without pitches this year. While the union has resisted many of MLB's proposed innovations, players are willing to accept the intentional walk change...

The Southeastern Conference will have an extra person monitoring games for possible head and neck trauma.

After a season that saw team scoring drop below 68 points per game for the first time in more than 60 years, college basketball will begin taking steps to improve the sport's offense in the upcoming season.

NASCAR has added a new rule telling drivers to not approach the track or moving vehicles after accidents. The rule comes less than a week after a driver was struck and killed during a dirt-track race at a small New York track.

The NCAA's board of directors endorsed a proposal Thursday giving schools in the five largest football conferences more autonomy and more voting power in changing rules within the organization.

Student-athletes who seek transfers due to "difficult life circumstances" might have to sit out a season but gain an extra year of eligibility starting in 2015-16.

The NFL will experiment with extra-point kicks from the 20-yard line for two weeks in the preseason this summer, but implementing longer PATs for the regular season has been tabled.