Talks over college athletes, earnings

NCAA President Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with a group of basketball players who used a social media campaign at the start of the men’s NCAA Tournament to protest rules banning college athletes from earning money from their names, images and likenesses.

Ramogi Huma, executive director of the National College Players Association, said that Emmert is scheduled to hold a video conference call with Michigan’s Isaiah Livers, Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon and Rutgers’ Geo Baker on Thursday.

The NCAA is in the process of trying to change its rules to permit athletes to be compensated for things such as sponsorship deals and personal appearances, but attempts to reform have bogged down.

⏩ In coaching moves, UT Martin hired former Ryan Ridder, 36, from BethuneCookman to be the Skyhawks’ new men’s basketball coach . ... Jason Shay resigned after one season as head coach of the men’s team at East Tennessee State . ... Fordham hired longtime Villanova assistant Kyle Neptune to take over a men’s program that has had two winning seasons since joining the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995.

Tennis: Sebastian Korda became the last American man standing at the Miami Open, defeating Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, ranked fifth, 63, 46, 75. John Isner, the 2018 Miami Open winner, lost 63, 46, 76 (97) to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut. Taylor Fritz was ousted by Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 67 (75), 64, 64, and Frances Tiafoe, who needed a medical timeout to deal with an upset stomach and racing heart, lost to top seed Daniil Medvedev 64, 63.