For every yard gained by both teams in the Raycom Southeastern Conference Game of the Week, Regions Bank will donate a new tree to the Arbor Day Foundation’s work to reforest areas within the southeastern United States.

As part of the “Yards for Trees” project, the bank will also plant a tree in the home team’s community in conjunction with the Raycom SEC game of the week.

“We know that there are small steps that each of us can take to make our world greener,” said Scott Peters, Regions chief marketing officer. “We see this effort as an extension of what we’re attempting to accomplish with our new LifeGreen Checking and Savings account, which – like Yards for Trees – is a way of saving some green and being a bit greener.”

The first Raycom SEC game of the week was Florida vs. Hawaii on August 30.

ACC makes streaming agreement

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a deal that makes CBS College Sports Network the exclusive broadband streaming partner for the ACC. The CBS College Sports Network will unveil a new version of ACC Select, the conference’s broadband player, for the 2008-09 academic year.

ACC Select is a free subscription service available at www.theACC.com offering live and on-demand streaming of ACC competition and features. CBS College sports also renewed its agreement with Raycom Sports to operate the ACC Web site.

DeBartolo Jr. donates to hometown

Youngstown native Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, announced he will donate $750,000 to Youngstown State for its new indoor athletics training facility, the Watson and Tressel Training Site. In honor of his donation, the school will name the field for DeBartolo.

The facility will be used by the baseball, football, women’s soccer and softball, and men’s and women’s track teams and will also accommodate intramural sports, campus-wide activities and special events. Location and a timeline have not been set.

Jim Tressel, Ohio State head football coach and former head coach at Youngstown State, his wife Ellen and her parents gave $1 million to the project.

Miscellaneous

The Big Ten Conference unveiled public service announcements encouraging members of the Big Ten community to “find their voice.” It highlights the extensiveness of Big Ten alumni accomplishments. The spots will also include customized campaigns for each member institution and a series called “Faces of the Big Ten.” Spots began airing August 30 during conference athletic events on ABC, CBS, ESPN and the Big Ten Network … North Florida announced plans for a $30 million Varsity Village, which will upgrade current facilities and add a student wellness and sports education center. The UNF Arena and swimming and diving facility will receive improvements … Student-athletes at Charlotte will sponsor the seventh September 11th Memorial Blood Drive today. The 49ers hope to collect 140 units of blood, and student-athletes are actively recruiting donors. All donors will be entered into a drawing to win one of three $1,000 gas cards … The Western Athletic Conference and ESPN agreed to a seven-year contract extension, giving the network rights to many of the conference’s athletics events through 2016-17.