On July 1, 1989, Ohio Valley Conference commissioner Jim Delany took the helm as commissioner of the Big Ten Conference. The then-41-year-old Delany became the fifth commissioner in Big Ten history, succeeding the retiring Wayne Duke, who held the position for 18 years. Duke, now a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, […]
Jim Delany was in New York on Monday for the announcement of the conference's partnership with the New York Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Hours after the release of the news, the commissioner threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium, home of the Pinstripe Bowl. [ VIDEO: Good luck trying to top […]
In a 20-minute interview Sunday, BTN's Dave Revsine talks to Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany about the conference's new football division for 2014, an expanded nine-game conference football schedule, and the state of the BCS. Delany explains why and how geography came to be the driver for the seven-team East and West division.
How did Jim Delany get ready for the 2012-13 athletic year? The Big Ten commissioner climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in early August. Delany was part of a group of 10 people, led by 2003 Indiana grad Ben Jones, who reached the summit of the world's highest freestanding mountain Aug. 8. The group included Kevin Ash and […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany had every reason to smile late Saturday night. "This is everything we'd hoped it would be," Delany said, standing in the middle of a scene he helped make possible. Delany was talking about the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game, the instant-classic that saw Wisconsin rally for a […]