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Former Major League Baseball exec Tim Brosnan chosen to be new Big East commissioner

The new commissioner of the Big East is something of a curveball. The league announced on Monday the hiring of former Major League Baseball executive Tim Brosnan, a 68-year-old Georgetown graduate who will replace outgoing commissioner Val Ackerman on September 1. Replacing Ackerman will be a huge task. (CBS Sports)

ESPN analyst Bill Connelly's 2026 FBS college football conference previews

While top to bottom, the SEC remains the strongest conference in the land, the league is in the unfamiliar position of not having played for the national championship for three years running. Will this phenomenon change in 2026? With how loaded the Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks and potentially Indiana will be again, it's hard to say yes. (ESPN)

Amid Roster Mayhem, Judge Refuses to Stay Nationwide NCAA Injunction

United States District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney late Monday denied the NCAA’s motion to stay her nationwide injunction permitting thousands of Division I college athletes who began college play in 2022–2023 and completed four years of eligibility by this past spring to play another season. Sweeney’s order at times struck a defensive tone. (Sportico)

Pac-12, Mountain West reach settlement: Realignment legal battle resolved ahead of 2026 season

The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have reached a settlement in their lengthy legal dispute over exit fees and so-called poaching penalties, ending a court fight that reshaped the future of both leagues. The settlement was announced with a joint statement, about a month before the league's newcomers officially kick off the football season. (CBS Sports)

Dabo Swinney says no starters, no depth chart as Clemson opens fall practice

Dabo Swinney didn’t unveil a depth chart Thursday. “I don’t have any starters,” Swinney said. “There ain’t nobody starting. Somebody’s going to run out there today because you’ve got to go practice, but we’re going to evaluate them every day. Clemson entered the summer with returning players, newcomers and transfers competing throughout the roster. (TigerNet)

The NCAA begged Congress to fix its problems. It's paying the price as Washington politics take over

The week began with legitimate hope that the Protect College Sports Act would be on a glide path toward becoming law, with a supermajority of support in the Senate and momentum to land on Donald Trump's desk. It ended in a place college sports has found itself time and time again with Congress: mired in the nuts and bolts of American politics. (Yahoo! Sports)

Don Nelson, second-winningest coach in NBA history, dies at 86

Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, a five-time NBA champion as a player, and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. "On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather, and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family," Nelson's family said. (ESPN)

NC State Family Remembers Cozell McQueen

The greatest thing about Cozell McQueen was that he believed he was invincible. What other word would you use to describe someone who challenged the greatest players of his generation and thought they should be just as scared of him as everyone thought he was of them? McQueen, who died after a battle with brain cancer, wasn't scared of anyone or anything. (GoPack.com)

Kentucky men's basketball has three years left to try to salvage the 2020s

As the 2020s move toward their ending, Kentucky men's basketball has only three years remaining to avert producing the worst decade in the storied history of the program. If you wonder why the Big Blue Nation has been so grumpy, Cats backers are living through the leanest period for the program since the NCAA Tournament began in 1939. (MSN.com)

Senate punts on Protect College Sports Act vote until September; what's next?

The Protect College Sports Act couldn't beat the clock. And now uncertainty lingers around the bill's future. The U.S. Senate adjourned for its annual five-week August recess early in the morning on Saturday without voting on legislation that intends to regulate college athletics, stiff-arming the bill for more crucial matters and kicking any possible vote to September. (Yahoo! Sports)

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