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Northwestern unveils plans for new football stadium

Sep. 29, 2022 12:02 AM EDT
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern unveiled plans Wednesday to build a new Ryan Field and replace the current 97-year-old football stadium with a state-of-the-art...

FILE - Gov. Phil Bryant speaks about his legacy following a life of public service, Jan. 8, 2020, in his office at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Newly revealed text messages show how deeply involved the former Mississippi governor was in directing more than $1 million in welfare money to retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The texts were in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in state court by an attorney for the nonprofit known as the Mississippi Community Education Center. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility

By Emily Wagster Pettus Sep. 25, 2022 04:55 PM EDT

Florida head coach Billy Napier speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
New coach, new facility have Florida eyeing better results

By Mark Long Aug. 16, 2022 04:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, University of Akron infielder Sydney Jascoe runs during an NCAA college softball game in Madeira Beach, Fla. Akron is dropping men’s golf and cross country and women’s tennis in cost-cutting moves due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school said the reduction will take effect at the end of the 2019-20 academic year.(AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio, File)
LSU plan, Akron cuts, highlight divergent pandemic effects

By Tom Withers And Brett Martel May. 14, 2020 05:22 PM EDT

Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos speaks during an NCAA college football news conference, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, in Lincoln, Neb., announcing a new planned $150 million football training facility adjacent to Memorial Stadium. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Nebraska unveils plans for $155M athletic training facility

By Grant Schulte Sep. 27, 2019 04:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2019, file photo, Iowa State's Jack Trice Stadium is shown before an NCAA college football game against Northern Iowa, in Ames. Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen has transferred oversight of the Iowa State Center, a series of buildings near Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium, to the athletic department. It has also tabbed athletic director Jamie Pollard to be the head of a process to redesign the area as an “arts, culture, and community district.” The school announced the plan on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, saying that Pollard and Iowa State Research Park President Rick Sanders will lead a feasibility study to build a multi-use development district between Hilton and Jack Trice _ which is now largely just parking lots. The proposed plan would also look into relocating commuter and football game day parking to a new paved parking area east of the stadium. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)
Iowa St to explore redesign near Hilton, Jack Trice Stadium

By Luke Meredith Sep. 17, 2019 01:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters before the team's first scheduled NCAA college football practice Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs shouldn't have to worry about too much crowd noise, even in a rare road opener. Their fans are combining the Labor Day holiday weekend with a popular trip to Nashville, so No. 3 Georgia should have plenty of fans in red Saturday night when they play Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Georgia approves new $80 million facility for football

Sep. 06, 2019 04:27 PM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, Jones Angell, right, play by play announcer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, prepares for a session in the production studio at the University of North Carolina's ACC Network broadcast facility in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Atlantic Coast Conference finally has its TV channel airing hundreds of league sporting events each year thanks in no small measure to its schools. Administrations around the ACC played a critical role in getting the channel up and running, spending millions to ensure campus broadcast and production facilities were capable of handling telecasts. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
New ACC Network leaning on campus-built broadcast facilities

By Aaron Beard Aug. 28, 2019 11:46 AM EDT

Workers instal the protective glass as they stand upon the ice covered by an insulated tarp ahead of the NHL Winter Classic hockey game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Innovations allow NHL to stage outdoor games almost anywhere

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 22, 2019 02:29 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald watches his team during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Illinois in Evanston, Ill. No. 21 Northwestern set to face No. 6 Ohio State in the Wildcats’ first Big Ten championship game appearance on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in what could be a signature moment for a consistent winner trying to earn its spot among the conference’s elite. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
For Northwestern, Big Ten title game presents big chance

By Andrew Seligman Nov. 26, 2018 07:28 PM EST