Colorado State Univ. yesterday announced that it would be "providing cost-of-attendance stipends for student-athletes on scholarship beginning in the fall." The school is "coming up with this extra funding" from the $7M buyout paid by the Univ. of Florida over the next six years for hiring away football coach JIM MCELWAIN back in December. CSU AD JOE PARKER said that he "expects McElwain's buyout to cover cost of attendance at CSU for the next three to five years" (Ft. Collins COLORADOAN, 5/14).
AWARDS & HONORS: Former NBC Sports Chair DICK EBERSOL on May 6 at an annual Players Championship dinner for industry leaders received a lifetime-achievement honor from the PGA Tour. Former NBC Sports President KEN SCHANZER also was honored (GOLFWEEK.com, 5/13)....Canada's Sports Business Awards named the following people as "5 To Watch" winners: Canadian Olympic Committee Games Dir ANDREW BAKER, CFL Business Development Senior Dir TYLER MAZEREEUW, adidas Group Canada President MICHAEL ROSSI, BMO Financial Group CMO & Head of Strategy JOANNA ROTENBERG and MLSE Global Partnerships Senior Dir CHRIS SHEWFELT. The group, in association with George Brown College also named TSN VP/Sales & Brand Partnerships NATHALIE COOK its Sport & Event Alumni Achievement Award winner (5TOWATCH.ca).
NAMES: Univ. of Michigan Dir of Football Operations JIM MINICK “has been suspended indefinitely after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving” last weekend (DETROITNEWS.com, 5/13)....Univ. of Oregon football coach MARK HELFRICH “will be the featured speaker” at Southern Oregon Univ.’s graduation ceremony June 13 (OREGONLIVE.com, 5/13)...."WOODLAWN," a new film featuring JON VOIGHT and SEAN ASTIN, tells the story of former NFLer TONY NATHAN’s “role in healing the simmering racial emotions” in Birmingham in the early ‘70s. The film is set for an October release (SUN-SENTINEL.com, 5/13)....Reality TV personality DRAYA MICHELE yesterday announced the “end of her relationship” with Cowboys CB ORLANDO SCANDRICK via Instagram (DALLASNEWS.com, 5/13).
