NCAA legal fees: $68 million

The NCAA spent nearly $68 million on legal services during the 2019-20 fiscal year even as it lost hundreds of millions in revenue in the pandemic, according to tax documents released Monday.

Revenue was down more than 50% over the previous year, from more than $1.1 billion to just over $520 million, mostly because the lucrative college basketball tournaments were canceled as the coronavirus hit the United State hard early in 2020.

The media rights loss for the men’s tournament alone was $702 million, the NCAA said.

More college

Bruce Rasmussen, 70, the Creighton athletic director who oversaw the rise of the men’s basketball team and the school’s transition to the Big East Conference during his tenure over the past 27 years, will retire next month.

Pro football

Arlette Snyder, mother of Washington owner Daniel Snyder, died, the team announced Monday. The cause of death was not revealed.

• Las Vegas Raiders team president Marc Badain resigned just before the start of camp after helping orchestrate the team’s move to Las Vegas.

Soccer

The English Football Association commissioned an independent review to investigate the “disgraceful scenes” which marred the national team’s shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final July 11 at Wembley.

Auto racing

Mercedes, Formula One and its governing body the FIA issued a joint statement condemning the online racist abuse aimed at Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was targeted following the Mercedes driver’s crash with rival Max Verstappen on the opening lap of Sunday’s British Grand Prix that sent the championship leader hurtling out of the race. Hamilton was handed a 10-second penalty after the crash but the seven-time world champion delivered a superb comeback drive to record his eighth win on home soil.