Barry Bolton
Sports Writer at 247Sports
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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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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2 months ago |
247sports.com | Barry Bolton
THERE ARE PROVERBIAL miles to go — and millions in NIL largesse to be dispensed — before the whirling of the 2025 basketball transfer portal comes to a stop. But right now, some 36 hours into the opening of the portal, David Riley's Cougars are holding steady at just two departures. The phrase "just two" isn't a reflection of the fact Nate Calmese led the Cougars in scoring and assists and Isaiah Watts played solid defense.
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The @CougsFirst Show in Bellevue (Meydenbauer Center) kicks off today at 2 w new WSU President Cantwell. Show floor opens at 3 w 80 exhibitors. At 330 on the main stage CFC will be interviewing Jimmy Rogers, Kamie Ethridge & David Riley. Be there! It’s free and fun. https://t.co/pUoYMHxEfA
CougsFirst! Show in Bellevue is tomorrow (Friday). Jack Thompson wants to see you there for this crimson party #GoCougs https://t.co/ZPFNLOlchp
Pac-12 and UNLV? Las Vegas scribe says smoke could become raging fire #GoCougs #Wazzu @WSUCougarFB @WSUCougars CF.C story: https://t.co/gGlfh5vLqM
