Texas, Oklahoma SEC Move Would Concentrate College Sports Wealth
A tectonic shift of money and power may be underway in college sports. Big 12 powers Texas and Oklahoma, two of the richest and most popular athletic departments in the…
A tectonic shift of money and power may be underway in college sports. Big 12 powers Texas and Oklahoma, two of the richest and most popular athletic departments in the…
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Disney’s ESPN has finalized a deal to buy the rights to college football’s most-watched television package for $300 million per season—at least five times the $55…
A three-hour weather delay won’t necessarily put a damper on this year’s special autumnal edition Masters Tournament, but Augusta National’s Thursday morning soaking…
The return of the Big Ten continues to help boost college football’s seasonally-depressed ratings, as the conference’s second week of action served up the second…
If it didn’t quite live up to the pre-game hype, Saturday night’s showdown between the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs served as a reminder that…
The long-awaited return of SEC football has had an immediate impact on the college game’s TV deliveries, as fans flocked back to the tube to watch powerhouse programs…
Five weeks after suspending its fall season, the Pac-12, the last holdout among the Power 5 conferences to greenlight fall football, reversed course on Thursday and…
While it’s fair to say that at least some of the recent TV ratings declines may be chalked up to a sort of option paralysis in the face of an unprecedented array of live…
Since word began swirling that the Big Ten was on the brink of throwing in the towel on college football season, television executives have been forced to wrestle with a…
Reports have circulated about the fate of the fall football season for months, the uncertainty hanging thickest among the Power 5 conferences, many of which have made…
If the Walt Disney Co. is to bounce back from a pandemic-plagued third quarter, it’s going to need college football’s Power 5 conferences to stage a healthy and…