Eastern Michigan athletic director Heather Lyke will be announced as Pitt’s new athletic director Monday, according to a source, taking the position that was left vacant when Scott Barnes agreed to …
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
The UGA Athletic Association consider student athletes an “investment,” said David Shipley, faculty athletics representative at UGAAA. The association supports their athletes through scholarships and …
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim and his alma mater, Syracuse University, have agreed on a new contract that will lengthen his successful head-coaching tenure beyond the 2017-18 season. The extension of …
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
A lucrative new media-rights deal is expected to grow revenue for Golden Gopher athletics by $17 million next year, but the University of Minnesota's academic side won't get a share of that windfall. …
SPORTS MEDIA
On the Monday after the Super Bowl, ESPN launched a new SportsCenter show in the 6 p.m. weekday time slot with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith. The move marked several trends at the Bristol-based sports …
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
When he's not at the Livingston Recreation Center mentoring his Rutgers gymnastics team, Louis Levine spends a lot of time at football and basketball games as a Scarlet Knights fan. The Rutgers …