Ben Portnoy has covered college sports for Sports Business Journal since 2023. He joined the publication following nearly five years in daily newspapers covering the SEC, including stints on the South Carolina and Mississippi State beats.  A native of Washington, D.C., he's a graduate of Indiana University.

Why the College Football Playoff is stuck in a stalemate

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Sandwiched between talks of new-look governance and rising basketball costs, SEC administrators met this week on the Florida Panhandle with the College Football Playoff’s future still hanging over the room.

College sports’ search for enforcement answers reaches Congress, SEC meetings

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Phones buzzed inside the Corral Ballroom of the Hilton Sandestin late Wednesday morning.

As CFP weighs 24-team field, Heisman leaders look to protect ceremony

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — College football’s most exclusive fraternity is angling to avoid a stiff-arm.

SEC weighs governance amid NIL turmoil at spring meetings

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. -- Greg Sankey brought the jokes on Monday. The usually stern SEC commissioner was lighthearted, even jovial with reporters during his opening address in the underbelly of the Hilton Sandestin ahead of this week’s spring meetings.

Million-Dollar Milestone: Coaches’ salaries flourish 20 years after Pat Summitt’s landmark deal

The headline didn’t exactly read like a doozy. The finer print? That caused its share of jaws to hit the floor.

SBJ College: The SCORE Act got benched. Now what?

While the SCORE Act appears to be DOA in the House, two senators are working on a bipartisan bill to address issues in college sports. Also in SBJ College: Heisman reshuffles leadership; ACC deepens ties with Allstate and Georgia Tech AD Ryan Alpert talks about $90 million training facility.

College Convo: Why Georgia Tech is investing in sport performance

Three athletic directors and $90 million later, Georgia Tech unveiled its swanky new sports performance building, the Thomas A. Fanning Center, on Thursday.

ACC bulks up sponsorship roster with Allstate deal

Lost in the chaos around College Football Playoff discourse and broader litigation around college sports, the ACC added another major sponsor during spring meetings last week.

Sources: Heisman leadership team getting a reshuffle

The Heisman is getting a new look to its senior leadership team, sources tell Sports Business Journal.

The aftermath of the SCORE Act’s benching

College sports leaders’ latest push for federal legislation has stalled.