College Station, Texas ? Texas A&M basketball recruit Tobi Oyedeji has died from injuries he suffered in a car accident.
The school says the 6-foot-9 Oyedeji was a power forward from Houston Bellaire who had signed to play with the Aggies this fall. Oyedeji died in Houston after the crash early Sunday.
Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon said “the world lost a great kid.” He expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents, who lost their only child.
College Athletics
ACC nears TV deal with ESPN
The Atlantic Coast Conference appears to be nearing completion of a multi-year television deal with ESPN that will provide the conference with a substantial upgrade in its revenue in 2011-12.
Citing unnamed sources, the Sports Business Journal reported Monday that ESPN will pay the ACC $1.86 billion over 12 years. That’s $155 million a year, more than double the approximately $75 million the ACC was making under its current agreements with ESPN and Raycom Sports.
