Ruston, LA (Sports Network) – Louisiana Tech athletic director Bruce Van De Velde announced Thursday he will step down from his position, effective July 1. Van De Velde, who joined the Louisiana Tech athletics department in 2008 as deputy director […]
New York, NY (Sports Network) – The Big East has named Val Ackerman its new commissioner. Ackerman, a 2011 inductee into the women’s basketball Hall of Fame, will serve as the first commissioner of the newly reconstituted league. The 10-member […]
Denver, CO (Sports Network) – The Western Athletic Conference announced Jeff Hurd as its commissioner on Friday. Hurd, who becomes the sixth commissioner in the WAC’s 51-year history, was appointed following the summer meeting of the 2013-14 board of directors […]
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) – University of Pittsburgh athletic director Steve Pederson has been signed to a new five-year contract that will keep him at Pitt through at least 2018. Pederson served as the athletic director for the University of […]
Towson, MD (Sports Network) – Mike Waddell is leaving Towson University as its athletics director to become a senior associate athletics director at the University of Arkansas. Waddell had served as AD at Towson since October 2010. Prior to that, […]
Greenville, NC (Sports Network) – East Carolina has accepted an invitation to join the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference in all sports, beginning July 1, 2014. ECU had already accepted a bid late last year to join the Big East as […]
Nome, AK (Sports Network) – Former champion Mitch Seavey became the oldest person to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 53-year-old Seavey, who first won the Iditarod in 2004, and 10 dogs finished the trek in nine days, […]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – I need a jolt of excitement from the sports world. Right now, quite frankly, stinks. So, what is one to do in dire times such as these? Well, that’s easy. Think of better times to […]
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) – The NCAA announced on Wednesday that it has lifted a ban that stated a New Jersey-based member school could not host tournament or championship games. The previous ruling by the NCAA in October stated the […]