Former SEC chief Slive dies at 77

Mike Slive, the former Southeastern Conference commissioner who guided the league through a period of unprecedented success and prosperity, died Wednesday. He was 77. The Southeastern Conference said Slive died Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama, where he lived with his wife of 49 years, Liz. The conference didn't provide the cause of death. Slive retired in 2015 after 13 years as commissioner. He was battling prostate cancer at the time he stepped down.