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Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark reacts to court criticism: ‘That court isn’t about me, it’s about the student-athletes’
"Every student-athlete that walked on that court last week came up to me and said 'Brett, it's fantastic.'"
Tony Kornheiser claims CFP voters ‘don’t want any Big 12 teams in the Playoff’
"The Big 12 stinks. It's a terrible conference."
Utah AD Mark Harlan publicly reprimanded, fined by Big 12 for critical comments
"Mark's comments irresponsibly challenged the professionalism of our officials and the integrity of the Big 12 conference."
LIV Golf reportedly set to replace Greg Norman as CEO
Norman is expected to stay on in a senior leadership role at LIV.
Fox reportedly opposes UConn joining Big 12
Fox and the Big East recently reached a new TV deal and UConn men's and women's basketball is a huge part of that package's value.
Brett Yormark: Big 12 looking at ‘new TV windows’ & splitting basketball and football media rights
"We have to kick the tires & figure out other (TV) windows that make sense."
Conference commissioners reportedly lobbying for NCAA Tournament expansion
NCAA Tournament expansion? It's been something that's long been discussed and feared, but new details suggest it might be a closer reality.
Big 12’s Brett Yormark, whose conference took 4 Pac-12 teams, is ‘not happy about the ultimate outcome to the Pac-12’
Yormark played quite the role in what happened to the Pac-12.
Big 12 commissioner says conference ‘lucky’ to land ‘last big media deal’
“Sometimes in life you gotta get lucky."
Future Big 12 expansion focused on ‘value creation’
The Big 12 doesn't seem to be interested in expanding for the sake of it.
Big 12 plans for expanded access could see football coaches and players mic’d up
"We want to bring our fans closer to what we do, and give them a peek under the hood."
Big 12 signs deals with ESPN and Fox through 2030-31, with a 90 percent average annual value jump
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
Big 12 to start media rights talks with Fox and ESPN 18 months early
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
Pac-12’s George Kliavkoff says on Big 12 “We haven’t decided if we’re going shopping there yet or not.”
"That remark was a reflection of the fact that I've been spending four weeks trying to defend against grenades lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12, trying to destabilize our remaining conference."
Brett Yormark just got the Big 12 commissioner job, but ESPN headlines are already forgetting he’s there
There is no "Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks."