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Staff writer Michael Smith covers colleges, golf and lacrosse.
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New bid format for NCAA sites05 / 20 / 13The NCAA has completed an overhaul of the bid process for 84 of its championships across all three divisions, including the Final Four, and will award close to 500 sites this year. It’s easily the largest bid process in the history of college sports’ governing body, and the selections... Tags: Colleges |
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Intersport plans 2nd Hockey City Classic
Intersport, the agency responsible for bringing college hockey to Chicago’s Soldier Field earlier this month, already is looking into a sequel for 2014. The college hockey doubleheader inside the Chicago Bears’ home — the first of its kind at Soldier Field — drew 52,000 pe ...
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Champions: Roy Kramer
T here’s a twinkle in the eye and a sly grin on Roy Kramer’s face as he reminisces about his days as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. The 1990s were a time of upheaval and change in college athletics. The BCS was taking shape, conference expansion was in its infancy and t ...
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Tour targets women through exec forums
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. A pharmaceutical company making its first sports-related investment will sponsor a series of “Women’s Day” forums across several PGA Tour events. The daylong executive events will typically be held on Tuesday o ...
Big East near new TV deals
After months of enduring defections and disappointment, the Big East plans to start rebuilding its brand this month with two new TV deals, albeit at a much lower value than the conference had hoped when it started negotiations more than a year ago. The Big East is close to finalizing deals with t ...
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‘A master puppeteer’ with networks
Former CBS executive Len DeLuca describes Dec. 13, 1993, as a day that lives in infamy. At least in his world. That’s the day Fox outbid CBS for the NFL’s NFC contract. “Fox bid $395 million and CBS bid $295 million,” DeLuca said. “Game, set, match to Rupert Murdoch ...
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PGA Tour event uses Living Social
Add the Wells Fargo Championship to the list of professional events trying to spur ticket sales through Living Social. The May 2-5 PGA Tour event launched a Living Social promotion last week, offering a new line of hospitality for $159 on weekdays and $189 on the weekend, per ticket. ...
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Shaw broadens TV deal with PGA Tour
Shaw Communications, one of the major distributors of television in Canada, has broadened its broadcast deal with the PGA Tour to include the 2015 and 2017 Presidents Cup, as well as coverage of the new PGA Tour Canada. Shaw is a distributor similar to a Time Warner Cable or Comcast in the U.S. I ...
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Rolex partners with golf hall of fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame has taken a “less is more” approach to sponsorship over its 15 years, with Shell serving as its only primary sponsor, but the hall has found a new partner in Rolex. The timekeeper already has endorsement deals with many of the World Golf Hall of Fame’ ...
Judelson joins IMG College
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. WWE sales chief Andrew Judelson will lead national sales at IMG College after a shake-up that led to a change in leadership. Judelson will serve as senior vice president at IMG, leading the sales team in the college division, whi ...
IMG lands WVU rights
IMG College will be the new multimedia rights holder at West Virginia University, one of the last remaining major schools that marketed and managed its rights in-house. IMG College won the bid over as many as nine contenders for W ...
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