by Mike Lowe | Jul 7, 2017 | College Football
It was recently reported that the Big Ten is projecting to distribute $51.1 million to its full-member schools in the 2017-18 academic year (Noobs Maryland and Rutgers are still three years from receiving full shares). By far the biggest chunk of that money comes from...
by Milton Kent | Jul 4, 2017 | Sports Media
Typically, summer holidays are not the time for big news to be made in any industry, let alone the sports media business.Yet, within the span of a few hours Monday, two seismic, but unrelated events made their own fireworks ahead of Tuesday’s fireworks.Of the two,...
by Milton Kent | May 19, 2017 | Sports Media
The time was April, 1985.The sports world was still reeling from Villanova’s stunning upset over mighty Georgetown in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game.The Orioles were just a full season removed from their last World Series win, but roughly a month...
by Milton Kent | Apr 26, 2017 | Sports Media
For months now, the only things that have swirled more strongly about the ESPN campus than NFL free agent and draft rumors were rumors of impending layoffs from the Worldwide Leader in Sports.But when the severance list of employees leaked out Wednesday, the force was...
by Zack Kiesel | Dec 2, 2015 | Terps Football
After nearly two months of searching that saw many names pop up in the rumor mill, the University of Maryland has completed a deal with their preferred choice – D.J. Durkin – to take over the reigns of the program. Durkin, most recently the Michigan...
