By: Ronald J. Hansen, The Republic Grand Canyon University said today it was renaming its business college after Jerry Colangelo, the Valley’s sports and real estate magnate who already was working with the for-profit Christian school. The Colangelo College of Business, as it will be known, is intended to provide “real-world relevance” to future generations

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azcentral.com By Dan Bickley Jerry Colangelo never won a NBA championship. But he never compromised his feelings toward domestic violence. It’s a lesson that some NFL franchises better learn fast. Colangelo not only shipped off a mediocre relief pitcher (Bobby Chouinard) for domestic violence, he traded away the face of his basketball franchise (Jason Kidd)

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Sporting News By Sean Deveney It was just a little more than six weeks ago that disaster appeared to be all around for USA Basketball. The team was preparing for this summer’s World Cup in Spain, and already, two of the top big men slated to participate — Kevin Love and Blake Griffin — pulled out.

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