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Hollis officially named MSU’s next athletic director

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Michigan State officially named Mark Hollis as its next athletic director on Wednesday. He’s certainly earned it with his years of service to MSU, unique marketing concepts, fund raising, and negotiation skills. We’re hoping that the day to day administrative tasks of running the athletic department won’t interfere with the cutting edge ideas […]

MSU launches Spartan Sports Podcast

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Michigan State has been podcasting for several years over at the Spartan Podcast, which is dedicated to “communications, new media, and technology from a Spartan Perspective.” Occasionally they cover MSU sports topics and we’ve posted those podcasts in the past.
Now MSU’s Athletic Department has launched a podcast of its own called the Spartan Sports […]

Comcast gives its side of the BTN negotiations

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

The Big Ten Network and Comcast seem to be at an impasse in their negotiations to get the new network in fans’ living rooms. Just yesterday Michigan State University president Lou Anna K. Simon emailed MSU fans to explain the conference’s point of view and urged fans to call 1-866-WANT-B10 if their cable or […]

FCC may force the Big Ten Network’s hand

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

EchoStar, the parent company of Dish Network, is asking the Federal Communications Commission to declare the Big Ten Network a regional sports network. That would allow EchoStar to request arbitration for its negotiations with the network so that it can carry the network under what it calls “reasonable terms.”
If the FCC rules in favor […]