Big 12 To Announce Media Rights Deals

The Big 12 will announce its new media rights deals today, six months after they reached an  agreement on the broad terms of the deals . ESPN and Fox Sports agreed to pay $2.6B over 13 years ($200M per year) for a broad swath of media rights. Each Big 12 school will average around $20M a year. ...

ACC Debuting New Brand Campaign

The ACC Friday will unveil a brand campaign during North Carolina State’s season-opener against Tennessee on ESPNU. Two 30-second spots called “Where Leaders are Born” will run during ACC football broadcasts on ESPN’s platforms, as well as the syndicated games on Raycom ...

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Lowe's Agrees To Deal With Nearly 80 Colleges

Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s has agreed to a multiyear deal to sponsor nearly 80 universities in one of the largest college sponsorship deals ever signed, industry sources say. IMG College brokered the deal with Lowe’s, which will become the official home improvement store for all of ...

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Lowe's To Sponsor Almost 80 Schools

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s has agreed to a multiyear deal to sponsor nearly 80 universities in one of the largest college sponsorship deals ever signed, industry sources say. IMG College brokered the deal with Lowe’s, which will become the official home improvement store for all of ...

IMG Re-Signs Golfer Sean O'Hair

Golfer Sean O’Hair, who temporarily left IMG in May, is back. IMG issued a release today saying that O’Hair, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, has returned and will be represented by the team of IMG Golf Senior VP & Managing Dir of the Americas Clarke Jones in Cleveland and IMG Gol ...

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Wagner Agrees Not To Sign IMG Clients

Jon Wagner, who abruptly left IMG Golf in May, has agreed not to sign any IMG golfers for two years and not to hire former IMG agents Jeff Stacy and Kevin Lynch for one year. Wagner, who had been jointly responsible for IMG Golf’s North America business with Clarke Jones, was an agent and even ...

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Mercedes Capitalizing On PGA Deal

As fans enter the PGA Championship, the first thing they see is not a golfer or the beach at Kiawah Island. It is the 6,000-square-foot teaching center sponsored by PGA of America corporate patron, Mercedes-Benz. The PGA Performance Center is on the left as fans enter The Ocean Course, next to the s ...

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PGA.com Intros Mobile Streaming At Kiawah

PGA.com, a Turner Sports website, introduced mobile streaming this week for the PGA Championship. Streaming had been available on the PGA Championship app for iPhone or iPad, as well as the online website, but this week, for the first time, PGA.com’s live streaming could be accessed through an ...

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PGA Of America's Steranka Reflects On Tenure

The PGA Championship that teed off this morning will be JOE STERANKA 's last as CEO of the PGA of America. In seven years in the CEO post, Steranka oversaw a golf industry that experienced significant travails as it rode in and out of the recession. More and more, he found himself in the role of sp ...

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Emirates Airline Makes First Golf Play In U.S.

Emirates Airline, a major sponsor of golf on the European Tour and in Asia, is making its first spend in the U.S. with a sponsorship of the Boeing Classic, a Champions Tour Event in the Seattle area. Emirates, which launched a non-stop service from Seattle to Dubai earlier this year, is the largest ...

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