Issuing what it called a clarification of its position on blogs, the NCAA said updates may include the score and time remaining in a competition.

The issue arose June 10 when a Courier-Journal sports reporter had his media credential revoked and was ordered to leave the press box during a baseball super-regional game because of what the NCAA alleged was a violation of its policies.

The NCAA initially said in a memo to reporters that "no blog entries are permitted between the first pitch and the final out of each game."

A spokesman said a few days later that reporters covering championships "may blog about the atmosphere, crowd and other details during a game but may not mention anything about game action."

In an interview today, Bob Williams, the NCAA's managing director of public and media relations, said bloggers may say that "the score is 3-0 in the bottom of the third" as long as they don't offer play-by-play accounts.

In a statement, Williams said incorrect information on the policy had been given to reporters after the eviction of Courier-Journal reporter Brian Bennett.

"We apologize for any confusion that may have resulted from the incorrect information," the statement said.

Williams said the NCAA would evaluate the content of blogs in the future based on how closely they detail what happens on the field.

"Representing exactly what happened ... is prohibited," he said.

However, he said the NCAA is going to "review all this, and if something needs to be adjusted, based on changes in technology, we will look at that."

Williams said today that the NCAA hasn't changed its policy and that it still believes Bennett was in violation because some of his reports included play-by-play description.

But Aaron Fitt, associate editor and college baseball writer for Baseball America, a biweekly baseball newspaper and Web site, said he believes the NCAA has backed down from its initial stance.

The NCAA has said it cracked down on in-game blogging to protect media companies that pay for Internet and broadcast rights to games.

Bennett was thrown out in the bottom of the fifth inning in the U of L-Oklahoma State game at the University of Louisville's Jim Patterson Stadium.

The newspaper condemned the NCAA's action as a violation of the First Amendment and said it was considering a lawsuit.