Colorado State athletic director Paul Kowalczyk said Tuesday the CSU athletic department will finish the fiscal year in the black.
Exact figures won’t be available until all the bills clear, but Kowalcyzk said the Rams’ $21.5 million budget would have ended with a profit even without the Bowl Championship Series money from Mountain West Conference member Texas Christian. Each MWC school draws an estimated $500,000 distribution when a member qualifies for a BCS game. Although CSU doesn’t fill up Hughes Stadium for football games or Moby Arena for basketball games, Kowalczyk said, “We manage our money here.”
CSU’s athletic director also said revenue from ticket sales is running about 5 percent ahead of last year. Unlike a year ago, CSU has the football game against Colorado in its 2010 ticket package.
Miami (Ohio) announced that the starting time for CSU’s Sept. 18 football game against the RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio, is 1:30 p.m. MDT. Natalie Meisler, The Denver Post
Rocky Mountain News alum passes away.
Jack William “Bud” Maloney, a longtime sportswriter and editor who worked at the Rocky Mountain News during his newspaper career, died June 1 of natural causes at his home in San Diego. He was 84.
Maloney graduated from the University of Denver in 1951 after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked 22 years for the Union and Tribune newspapers in San Diego, retiring in 1990 before they merged to become The San Diego Union-Tribune.
While working for the Rocky Mountain News, Maloney covered the Denver teams that played in the old National Industrial Basketball League.
Maloney’s son, Tom, was on the staff of the Denver Bears during the city’s minor-league baseball era.
Irv Moss, The Denver Post
Team USA has Denver-area ties.
Three Coloradans are among the estimated 5,000 athletes set to compete Aug. 14-26 in Singapore during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.
Parker’s Nicole Dalton will play for Team USA’s girls volleyball team as an outside hitter. Jordan Mattern of Centennial and Steve Schmuhl of Broomfield will swim for Team USA.
The Youth Olympic Games are for athletes ages 14 to 18. The girls and boys swimming competition starts Aug. 15, and the girls volleyball tournament begins Aug. 21. Shemar Woods, The Denver Post
Lee alive in Junior Match Play.
Somin Lee of Heather Ridge Golf Club advanced at the Colorado Women’s Golf Association Junior Match Play, defeating Sarah Moore of Cherry Hills 4 and 2 in the quarterfinals.
Also advancing at Thorncreek Golf Club in Thornton were Lindsay McGetrick of Colorado Golf Club, Gina Larson of Boulder Country Club and Loren Forney of Bookcliff Country Club.
