The key isn’t to add more games to the best teams; it’s to reshuffle the schedule to maximize regular-season matchups.

There is strong support for a 16-team College Football Playoff format to begin as soon as 2026 if Big Ten commissioner Tony ...

The Big Ten is willing to consider a 16-team CFP field in 2026 if the SEC will commit to a 24-team field two or three years later, multiple sources told ESPN. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has no ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Speaking publicly for the first time since ESPN reported his conference is considering a potential private-equity partnership to infuse capital into its member athletic departments, ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Last week, news broke the Big Ten was in talks about a potential private capital deal. Such an agreement would infuse upward of $2 billion and extend the league’s grant of rights.

Another college football regular season marches toward a close while changes across the sport continue to be debated at the highest level. As of late November, the Big Ten is in dire straits, ...

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has lost track of what really should matter in his job. / Talia Sprague-Imagn Images When the Big Ten championship game kicks off next month, commissioner Tony ...

The Big Ten doesn't know what it is getting into. That's basically the conclusion that's been drawn from those who know Tony Petitti best. That's also a good thing. If past is prologue, the veteran TV ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Big Ten Conference pushed back Tuesday on a claim by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened to punish the school if it refuses to support a ...

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot once told us that selling out Chicago’s future parking meter revenue to investors far from the city was perhaps the worst decision of municipal governance in the history of ...

Another college football regular season marches toward a close while changes across the sport continue to be debated at the highest level. As of late November, the Big Ten is in dire straits, ...