Of all the numerous head-spinning Big Ten expansion scenarios that have been bandied about in the past six months, the most damaging to college basketball would be if the conference plucks Maryland from the ACC.

On the heels of the recruitment of Deborah Blum to ScienceBlogs, I am happy to welcome journalist Maryn McKenna to our neck of the ether.

Her inaugural post can be read here.

One97 Communications, a leading mobile value added services provider that recently filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DHRP) with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its equity shares, has inducted Deep Kalra, founder and CEO, MakeMyTrip.com; Kunal Bajaj, partner and director, India, Analysys Mason; PN Vijay, promoter and MD, PN Vijay Financial Services; and Rajesh Ghonasgi, CFO, Persistent Systems as independent directors on its board.