Coach Jim Harbaugh agrees to new 5-year contract with Michigan Wolverines Heather Dinich, ESPN
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has agreed to a new five-year contract that runs through the 2026 season, the school announced Wednesday. The deal gives Harbaugh a one-year extension with new terms from the contract he signed last January.
Dunkin' Signs Its First College Athletes to Endorsement Deals Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg
Deja Kelly, a sophomore who plays women's basketball at the University of North Carolina, and Matthew Boling, a sprinter and long jumper at the University of Georgia, will debut on Dunkin's roster. As part of the arrangement, they'll promote the coffee and doughnut brand on social channels and have their own co-branded meals in their college towns.
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PepsiCo Inc. reportedly plans to renew its corporate partnership with the NFL but will no longer serve as title sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. Agency sources said the NFL is seeking $40 million to $50 million annually for the halftime rights, depending on whether the brand is an incumbent league sponsor or not, and is pitching the entitlement as a tech/content play. (Sports Business Journal)
The Dallas Cowboys reportedly paid a confidential settlement of $2.4 million in 2016 after four members of their cheerleading team accused Richard Dalrymple, the team's longtime senior vice president for public relations and communications, of voyeurism in their locker room as they undressed during a 2015 event. The team said it found no evidence of wrongdoing by Dalrymple, who remained in the organization until earlier this month, when he retired after 32 years in the organization. (ESPN)
Negotiations between the MLB and MLB Players Association will resume today after the union notified MLB officials yesterday that it is ready to respond to the offer presented by the league last week. The two sides reportedly remain far apart on key issues, including luxury tax thresholds and rate, revenue-sharing and players' allegations of service time manipulation, making it unlikely that exhibition games will begin as scheduled on Feb. 26 and threatening opening day on March 31. (The Associated Press)
