College Sports
Auburn football hires Boise State's Bryan Harsin as replacement for Gus Malzahn
Dan Wolken, USA Today
Auburn football has hired Boise State coach Bryan Harsin to replace Gus Malzahn, the school announced Tuesday night. Harsin takes over one of the SEC's most high-pressure jobs where the previous coach was fired despite winning 66% of his games and being owed a $21.5 million buyout.
NCAA places Florida football program on probation over recruiting violations
Zach Abolverdi, Gainesville Sun
The NCAA handed down a one-year show-cause order Tuesday for Florida coach Dan Mullen as part of more than a dozen penalties for recruiting contact violations, according to a release by the Division I Committee on Infractions. Mullen and the unnamed assistant coach are on one-year probation and must pay a fine of $5,000.
South Carolina pulls out of Gasparilla Bowl, game canceled
The Associated Press
The Gasparilla Bowl was canceled Tuesday after South Carolina withdrew because of COVID-19 issues within the program. Gasparilla Bowl executive director Scott Glaser said organizers tried to find an opponent for UAB for Saturday's game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, but came up empty.
Court grants injunction in Title IX case, blocks University of Iowa from dropping women's swim team
William Morris and Hillary Ojeda, Des Moines Register
A federal judge announced Tuesday she will grant an injunction blocking the University of Iowa from dropping women's swimming for the 2021-2022 school year. The decision by District Judge Stephanie Rose came at the end of a two-day hearing on a Title IX complaint filed by four female Hawkeye athletes.
Ohio State self-imposes NCAA postseason bans for women's basketball, fencing and golf
Adam Jardy, Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State has self-imposed postseason bans for its women's basketball, women's golf and fencing programs for the 2020-21 season as the NCAA is investigating the programs for infractions, The Dispatch has learned through a public-records request. According to the documents, Ohio State initially began a human-resources investigation into former women's basketball assistant coach Patrick Klein, who resigned from the program in August 2019.
Big Ten football season helps bottom line but Purdue athletics still 'millions of dollars short'
Mike Carmin, Lafayette Journal & Courier
Athletic director Mike Bobinski called the financial situation "a moving target," knowing the school won't receive its projected full share of media rights from the conference office at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. The agreements were based on a 12-game season for all 14 schools in football in addition to a full allotment of bowl games but those regular-season schedules were cut to nine games and some bowls have been canceled.
U of L sanctions would lower Yum! Center naming rights deal, records show
Marcus Green, WDRB Louisville
The new naming rights agreement for the KFC Yum! Center could bring in more than $16 million for the building's debt payments over the next 11 years. It could also result in much less. The deal announced earlier this month lets Louisville-based Yum! Brands lower its annual payments - as much as 30 percent - if the University of Louisville men's basketball team is sanctioned by the NCAA.
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Auburn football hires Boise State's Bryan Harsin as replacement for Gus Malzahn
Dan Wolken, USA Today
Auburn football has hired Boise State coach Bryan Harsin to replace Gus Malzahn, the school announced Tuesday night. Harsin takes over one of the SEC's most high-pressure jobs where the previous coach was fired despite winning 66% of his games and being owed a $21.5 million buyout.
NCAA places Florida football program on probation over recruiting violations
Zach Abolverdi, Gainesville Sun
The NCAA handed down a one-year show-cause order Tuesday for Florida coach Dan Mullen as part of more than a dozen penalties for recruiting contact violations, according to a release by the Division I Committee on Infractions. Mullen and the unnamed assistant coach are on one-year probation and must pay a fine of $5,000.
South Carolina pulls out of Gasparilla Bowl, game canceled
The Associated Press
The Gasparilla Bowl was canceled Tuesday after South Carolina withdrew because of COVID-19 issues within the program. Gasparilla Bowl executive director Scott Glaser said organizers tried to find an opponent for UAB for Saturday's game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, but came up empty.
Court grants injunction in Title IX case, blocks University of Iowa from dropping women's swim team
William Morris and Hillary Ojeda, Des Moines Register
A federal judge announced Tuesday she will grant an injunction blocking the University of Iowa from dropping women's swimming for the 2021-2022 school year. The decision by District Judge Stephanie Rose came at the end of a two-day hearing on a Title IX complaint filed by four female Hawkeye athletes.
Ohio State self-imposes NCAA postseason bans for women's basketball, fencing and golf
Adam Jardy, Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State has self-imposed postseason bans for its women's basketball, women's golf and fencing programs for the 2020-21 season as the NCAA is investigating the programs for infractions, The Dispatch has learned through a public-records request. According to the documents, Ohio State initially began a human-resources investigation into former women's basketball assistant coach Patrick Klein, who resigned from the program in August 2019.
Big Ten football season helps bottom line but Purdue athletics still 'millions of dollars short'
Mike Carmin, Lafayette Journal & Courier
Athletic director Mike Bobinski called the financial situation "a moving target," knowing the school won't receive its projected full share of media rights from the conference office at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. The agreements were based on a 12-game season for all 14 schools in football in addition to a full allotment of bowl games but those regular-season schedules were cut to nine games and some bowls have been canceled.
U of L sanctions would lower Yum! Center naming rights deal, records show
Marcus Green, WDRB Louisville
The new naming rights agreement for the KFC Yum! Center could bring in more than $16 million for the building's debt payments over the next 11 years. It could also result in much less. The deal announced earlier this month lets Louisville-based Yum! Brands lower its annual payments - as much as 30 percent - if the University of Louisville men's basketball team is sanctioned by the NCAA.
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