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UNDATED (AP) — Joanne P. McCallie won’t return for a 14th season as Duke’s women’s basketball coach. McCallie announced her departure in a 6-minute video posted on the program’s Twitter account. She said she was “choosing to step away” as coach, saying she wanted to bring “clarity” instead of uncertainty as she entered the final year of her contract. McCallie was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year. She led the Blue Devils to three ACC Tournament titles. She also led Duke to 10 NCAA Tournaments, including four straight trips to the regional finals from 2010-13.
UNDATED (AP) — Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that there needs to be a uniform federal law to regulate the compensation of college athletes instead of a series of state-level versions with different requirements. Sankey was part of a panel discussing the potential impact of allowing athletes to profit from the use of their name, image and likenesses. The hearing came as three states have signed athlete-compensation bills into law, with Florida’s set to take effect next summer. Sankey said there's a risk of states "one-upping each other" with their own versions without a federal law.
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