Start your morning with Buzzcast : Jim Delany talks about departing the Big Ten in '20, and the MLB Giants continue to deal with Larry Baer fallout.

Calgary Puts Flames Arena On Back Burner, Funds Other Projects

The Calgary City Council was "set to discuss a draft of negotiating terms" for a new Flames arena in Victoria Park that could cost up to C$600M, but it "ultimately voted on a strategy" yesterday to fund four major capital projects. Council voted 11-4 to approve funding projected to total more than C$1.5B. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said that the city will deploy a "combination of cash reserves" as well as "government grants and the community revitalization levy." City officials will release "further details about the financial strategy" at a March 18 Council meeting ( CALGARY HERALD, 3/5 ).

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A great run by @bigten Commissioner Jim Delany. Jim’s a Leader of the highest order and didn’t mind shaking things up. Today’s new breed appear bureaucratic and as a result status quo reigns. My introduction to Jim was thru his old roommate Eddie Fogler at UNC. His legacy strong!
— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) March 5, 2019

Jim Delany is undoubtedly one of the must influential figures in college sports history. He also once received a $20M bonus and said Big Ten might go to Division III model if O’Bannon case resulted in players receiving a share of TV money. There’s a lot to say about his career. https://t.co/p4aud4pKBT
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— Parker Duffey (@ParkerDuffey84) March 4, 2019

Patrick Beverly walked past the media assembled outside the #Lakers locker room and said “what are you all doing over here? The locker room is that way (pointing towards #LAClippers locker room) they’re ain’t nothing in there.”
— Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) March 5, 2019