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Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany (left) shares a laugh with Maryland football coach Randy Edsall after a news conference to announce the school’s decision to leave the ACC for the Big Ten. | Patrick Semansky~AP

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3-9-07 Staff mug shot of Herb Gould. photo by Jean Lachat/Sun-Times

Big Ten adds Maryland, Rutgers likely next, giving league more markets, money

We might think it’s sports, but in another reminder that college sports is big business, the Big Ten annexed Maryland as its 13th member Monday. Rutgers is expected to make the math even fuzzier Tuesday, when it becomes the conference’s 14th team. The league has … Read More

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