Latest Money Stories

• U. Penn Football Players Tackle Cancer

  U. Penn (April 15) — Football coach Al Bagnoli paced the Palestra floor just after noon on Sunday and told members of his team to rouse classmates from their collective hangover.

• U. Minnesota Continues Partnership With Marketing Firm Learfield Sports

  U. Minnesota (April 14) — The University of Minnesota Athletics Department has agreed to a 15-year, $114 million contract extension with marketing firm Learfield Sports that gives the company exclusive rights to sell remaining signs and corporate sponsorships at TCF Bank Stadium.

• Dallas Cowboy Owner Jerry Jones Donates To Texas Tech Scholarship Endowment

  Texas Tech (April 11) — Texas Tech's College of Mass Communications alumni in the Dallas area saw firsthand what it takes to keep up with the Joneses.

• COMMENTARY: Oklahoma State Sugar Daddy Proves Greed Conquers All

  Georgetown (April 11) — The New York Yankees. The Dallas Cowboys. The Los Angeles Lakers. Behold the sports world's axis of evil. Rooting for them to lose has become as much fun as pulling for your team to win.

• LSU Football Smashes Merchandise Royalties Record

  LSU (April 10) — The LSU football team smashed offensive records this season, averaging 38.1 points per game and totaling 6,152 yards of offense en route to its second Bowl Championship Series title in five years.

• U. Rhode Island Could Eliminate Teams To Meet Athletics Budget Cut

  U. Rhode Island (April 9) — The Athletic Department could announce as early as today which varsity sports will be eliminated next year after an $840,000 budget cut.

• Fresno State School Logo Taken As Gang Symbol

  California State U.-Fresno (April 7) — As the Fresno State football team gained national recognition in the 1980s, a new street gang took notice and adopted the color red and the Bulldog logo as their own.

• New USC Basketball Coach's Contract Includes Ticket Sales, Championship Bonuses

  U. South Carolina (April 2) — University of South Carolina Athletic Director Eric Hyman said that it was standard, but, there is no doubt that new USC coach Darrin Horn has plenty of motivation to succeed during his tenure as a Gamecock.

• Penn State Football Ticket Plan Suggested

  Penn State (April 1) — In an attempt to restructure the system of student football ticket sales at Penn State, UPUA passed an opinion last week outlining ways to distribute tickets and combat scalping.

• Steve Smith Gives Back To U. Utah

  U. Utah (March 27) — The University of Utah athletic budget just got a little bigger.

• Athletics May Propose Late Fee Increase

  Colorado State U. (March 25) — Struggling with poor teams and expensive coach buy-outs, the CSU Athletics Department is planning to submit a proposal for a student fee increase two months after the deadline set for university departments, student leaders found Monday.

• Donation To Florida State U. Athletics Will Make Its Way To Students

  Florida State U. (March 21) — With budget cuts looming over the state university system, Florida State University's Athletic Department recently donated $200,000 to four of the university's academic programs.

• U. Central Florida Loans $7.4M To Athletics Without Repayment Schedule

  U. Central Florida (March 19) — Over the course of several years, UCF has loaned $7.4 million of university revenue to the UCF Athletics Association Inc. and has yet to begin repayment, despite missed deadlines. The loan, according to the Office of the Auditor General, violates Florida Statutes and cannot be accounted for.

• COMMENTARY: Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar?

  U. Central Florida (March 19) — It appears that UCF has learned its lesson after getting called out on the illegal practice of loaning money to the Athletics Association.

• Dakich's Salary Increases With Interim Title, Revised Contract

  Indiana U. (March 19) — Both interim head coach Dan Dakich and assistant head coach Ray McCallum are guaranteed payment from the University through the 2008-2009 season, according to their revised contracts signed after the resignation of former coach Kelvin Sampson.