Rosalyn Durant Named Vice President and General Manager of ESPNU

Rosalyn Durant has been named ESPNU vice president and general manager; it was announced today by David Berson, ESPN executive vice president, program planning and strategy. Durant, who previously served as ESPN vice president, programming and acquisitions for a variety of sport categories, including the NBA, will report to Berson.  She succeeds Burke Magnus, who was recently promoted to ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming.  Read more...

ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge -- featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner’s Cup on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU – will be highlighted by North Carolina vs. Michigan State at Ford Field in Detroit, site of the 2009 Final Four.  This year’s schedule will also include defending Big Ten regular-season and Conference Tournament Champion Wisconsin at Virginia Tech, Duke at Purdue and four other first-ever Challenge showdowns.  Read more...

ESPNU Launches New Student-Run Initiative: ESPNU Campus Connection

ESPNU, in collaboration with several colleges and universities from across the country, today formally launched a new student-run initiative called “ESPNU Campus Connection.”  Working with students, professors and athletic departments, the new ESPNU initiative incorporates student-generated content across multiple ESPN platforms.  Some examples include students announcing games (play-by-play announcer and analyst), sideline reporting and producing televised events on ESPNU involving their schools, as well as contributing special segments and feature stories for other ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN360.com, etc.) and writing articles for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com.

The list of schools participating thus far include Florida State University, Georgetown University, University of Georgia, University of Missouri, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Ohio University, Pepperdine University, Syracuse University, University of Tennessee, University of Texas (Austin) and Texas Southern University.