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The Women's Tennis Association agreed to a multiyear title sponsorship deal with medical technology company Hologic Inc. after going more than a decade without an entitlement partner. The deal, which is reportedly worth much more on an annual basis than the $14.7 million the tour earned under its previous Sony Ericsson sponsorship, comes at a critical time for the tour following its recent suspension of all tournaments in China in response to Peng Shuai's disappearance from public life. (The New York Times) The NFL became the first major American sports league to "suspend all aspects" of its COVID-19 protocols, including mandatory testing of players, coaches and team staffers for the virus and mask mandates in team facilities, according to a memo to teams. The league, which cited encouraging trends regarding the spread of the virus and evolving guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the move, is also lifting restrictions on access to team facilities and nixing capacity limits within weight rooms. (The Washington Post) The University of Oregon launched the first school-licensed name, image and likeness marketplace in college sports, which will allow third parties to contact, book, pitch and pay any Oregon student-athlete for activities related to the use of their name, image and likeness. The school, which developed the marketplace through its partnership with Opendorse, will be able to provide compliance, content and education tools to student-athletes through the platform. (The Eugene Register-Guard)

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If UH wants to be in Big 12 in 2023, AAC wants another $35 million Joseph Duarte, The Houston Chronicle The American Athletic Conference asked Houston, Central Florida and Cincinnati to each pay an additional $35 million to leave early for the Big 12, a person with knowledge of the discussions said. That's on top of the $10 million exit fee. Mountain America Signs Naming Rights For AZ Iceplex Don Muret, VenuesNow Mountain America Credit Union has signed a naming rights deal for a community iceplex next to the new Arizona State University hockey arena under construction in Tempe. The agreement is a 10-year term valued in the low seven figures annually, sources said.

---Morning Consult

LSU denies knowledge of Frank Wilson exposing himself to former administrator

LSU responded to a report that a Tigers football staff member exposed himself to a former athletics administrator at the university.

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LSU denies knowledge of football coach exposing himself to former administrator​

Tim Buckley, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Thu, March 3, 2022, 5:58 PM

LSU is denying any knowledge that a member of the Tigers football staff "exposed himself" to a former associate athletics director several years ago during a previous stint with the program, an athletics department spokesperson said Thursday.

LSU responded to claims made by Larry English, the attorney of former LSU associate AD Sharon Lewis, during a radio interview with WRKF-FM 89.3 last month. English said the incident took place in 2013.

The Advocate, a news organization based in Baton Rouge, identified the LSU staff member as Frank Wilson on Thursday, though Wilson's name was not mentioned by English during the radio interview.

“We are unaware of any prior allegations against Frank Wilson, and there is no evidence that any such allegations were ever reported to LSU officials," LSU said in a statement. "Further, none of these allegations were shared during the highly visible, independent Title IX review that LSU initiated last year.”

Efforts by The Advertiser to reach English at his Shreveport office on Thursday were not immediately successful. Wilson did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through LSU's athletics department.


Wilson coached LSU running backs and was LSU's recruiting coordinator from 2010-15. He left to become coach at Texas San Antonio from 2016-19. He spent 2020-21 at McNeese State before rejoining the LSU staff in December to coach running backs under first-year Tigers coach Brian Kelly.

Lewis filed a $50 million lawsuit against LSU's board of supervisors, athletics committee, several university administrators and former LSU football coach Les Miles, among others, last April. Lewis has accused LSU of retaliating against her for reporting allegations of Title IX misconduct and sexual harassment.
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