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Big Ten Network's Big Tenth Anniversary: How A Conference Schooled Colleges In How To Cash In
Friday, September 1, 2017 - 11:46am | 839The big idea that made big-time college sports even richer began with a risky, some thought ridiculous concept. An entire television network devoted to a single athletic conference? Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany hatched the plan back in 2004, when he tried to get a more-lucrative extension from...
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Big 10 Signs Billion-Dollar Deal With ESPN
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 5:58pm | 230The Big 10 has signed a $1.14 billion deal with Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN to acquire half of the conferences media rights. The new deal continues an incredible 50-year relationship between the company and the Big 10. Currently, Fox Sports owns the other have of the Big 10's...