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Barry Bolton

Pullman, United States

Sports Writer at 247Sports

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  • WSU athletics budget will remain unchanged in coming fiscal year

    3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Barry Bolton

    Here come the C-O-U-G-S! (Photo: Whittney Thornton/Cougfan.com)WASHINGTON STATE'S Board of Regents today is expected to approve the WSU athletic department's budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins this July 1, and the amount is  unchanged from the $74 million level of the current fiscal year.

  • The federal impact on Washington State's budget, and where WSU's 3 grads in U.S. House and Senate stand

    2 months ago | 247sports.com | Barry Bolton

    A UNIVERSITY ALREADY FACING formidable budgetary winds, not just in athletics but across the system, received an unexpected financial salvo shortly after Donald Trump took office with Elon Musk at his side. Washington State University has received stop-work orders, terminations, partial terminations, conditional terminations and fund freezes from the federal government on an array of projects.

  • WSU President Betsy Cantwell tells Regents athletics is 40% of current focus

    2 months ago | 247sports.com | Barry Bolton

    NEW WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY President Elizabeth "Betsy" Cantwell told WSU Regents at their April 18 meeting in Spokane that 40 percent of her time currently is devoted to athletics. "An enormous amount of my attention is focused on athletics," she said. She's met with athletic director Anne McCoy, all the head coaches and a host of others in the department, and toured all athletics facilities.

  • Washington State athletics expected to replace Learfield with Playfly as multimedia partner

    2 months ago | 247sports.com | Barry Bolton

    What would the change mean for Voice of the Cougars Chris King? WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY athletics is nearing a deal with Playfly Sports, aPhiladelphia-areamedia and marketing company that dubs itself "the leading revenue maximizer in the sports industry," to become the Cougars' multimedia rights partner, multiple sources independent of one another tell Cougfan.com.

  • What's the status of a new Pac-12 media rights deal?

    2 months ago | 247sports.com | Barry Bolton

    PUBLICLY, ALL IS QUIET as the reconstituted Pac-12 goes about securing a media rights deal that would start in July 2026 and run five years. Based on the calendar, though, something will be coming together soon because the conference has said it won't focus on landing a crucial eighth school — one that brings football and multiple-sports into the mix — until after a media rights agreement is pinned down.

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