- Reactions of college leaders at the NACDA Convention ranged from irritated and irate to despondent in the wake of the ruling permitting Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby to play next season despite his thousands of dollars of bets on sports, including his own team, reports SBJ’s Ben Portnoy. Even NCAA President Charlie Baker called it a “new low” during a Q&A session.
- The IOC’s executive board voted Wednesday to approve a new process to review disciplines in the Olympics and those which future hosts could add to the Games, writes SBJ’s Rachel Axon.
- Fox Sports plans to take full advantage YouTube’s ascendance over Netflix with a collaboration during the World Cup for an “Always On” livestream, writes SBJ’s Austin Karp.
- An invite-only crowd of nearly 300 congregated Tuesday night at Memorial Coliseum for the L.A. host committee’s official World Cup kickoff party, featuring celebrities such as soccer legend Mia Hamm, actor Will Ferrell, former NBA player Robert Horry and singer Melissa Etheridge, notes SBJ’s Chris Smith.
- WME Sports is expanding its events ambitions with the hire of veteran tennis and event executive Chris Jackman as its VP/sports events and experiences, notes SBJ’s Irving Mejia-Hilario.
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