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Wisconsin AD McIntosh to take new position at Big Ten
Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh is slated to resign from his position immediately and join the Big Ten as its newly created deputy commissioner for strategy, Sports Business Journal has learned. McIntosh will report directly to Commissioner Tony Petitti, while his role will focus on shaping the broad st...
Cal laying off up to 25 people in ‘redefinition’ of athletic department
The Univ. of California on Friday in an email announced that all members of the athletic department’s “marketing, athletic communications and creative services units -- possibly as many as 25 people -- will be laid off, effective early June.” The move is part of a “complete redefinition” of how the ...
Big 12 plans slate of Friday football in 2026, adds Thanksgiving game
The Big 12 and its TV partners ESPN and Fox on Friday unveiled a slate of nine football games to be played on Fridays and select weekdays during the 2026 season. The slate includes eight Friday games and a Thanksgiving matchup, though specific network designations and kickoff times will be announced...
UNLV AD: Non-Power 4 schools won’t approach $20.5M rev-sharing cap
UNLV AD Erick Harper does not “think any school outside of a Power 4 conference will get near” the $20.5M total that NCAA schools are capped for revenue sharing, according to Mick Akers of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. UNLV -- a member of the Mountain West -- “expects” to have $10.75M in revenue sha...
Univ. of Memphis to add FedEx jersey patches in 2026-27
The Univ. of Memphis will start “wearing FedEx sponsorship jersey patches on uniforms of all 19 men’s and women’s teams,” starting with the 2026-27 seasons, as part of a multi-year agreement announced last August, according to Frank Bonner II of the DAILY MEMPHIAN. The football team will have the “p...
Five years after that viral weight rack: Progress, if not equity, for women’s basketball since Kaplan report revealed NCAA issues
Before the women’s basketball players took the court in Phoenix at the Final Four, they took a private tour of Tourney Town. The women rode buses through a city taken over by their event, with everything from a multi-story bracket on the side of a building to sponsor activations that provided entert...
Big Ten leads NCAA payouts for hoops tourneys at nearly $70M
The Big Ten amassed nearly $70M from NCAA distributions for team appearances and performances in the 2026 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, which is “by far the most among conferences.” Nine men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from the Big Ten combined to make at least $69.4M, with $63M “coming...
SBJ College Football On-Field Logos Directory
Athletic departments at FBS schools have signed more than 60 deals since the NCAA in 2024 ended the ban on commercial sponsor advertisements on football fields for regular-season games. The rule permits a single advertisement centered on the 50-yard line in addition to no more than two smaller logos...
UGA’s Morehead emerges as key college sports reformer
Univ. of Georgia President Jere Morehead is “embracing the purpose of serving collegiate athletics as a whole” and is “making a case as UGA’s most important” figure where college sports’ future is concerned, according to Mike Griffith of the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. Morehead was recently appoin...
College Notes: Auburn plans seven-story north end zone addition
In Birmingham, Peter Rauterkus noted Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium renovation project will “add a multi-purpose event center to the north endzone” of the stadium, with a vote on final approval by the school’s Board of Trustees set for April 17. It is the “second major project” to that side of the sta...
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With the Pope Hat, we’re seeing people show up with their own, so we thought it would be a nice play for our fans -- dare I say a tip of the cap, if I can say cap, to the Pope -- as he does his great work.-- White Sox EVP/Chief Revenue & Marking Officer Brooks Boyer, on the team's upcoming “Pope Hat” giveaway on Aug. 11.
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