Robert Kuwada

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Robert Kuwada

Fresno State quarterback Joshua Wood entered the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday, a significant hit to an offense that was developing nicely toward the end of the Bulldogs’ spring practices. Wood, in a competition with Rice transfer E.J. Warner and redshirt freshman Jayden Mandal, is the most dynamic of the three, a dual-threat quarterback who appeared fully recovered from an arm injury that kept him out of the 2023 season.

2 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Robert Kuwada

Fresno State is looking to add a sponsor’s logo to the field at Valley Children’s Stadium, a revenue-generating opportunity that was approved by the NCAA across all of its divisions last summer for regular-season college football games. A brand new field may or may not help those sales efforts, but the athletics department has announced a partnership with AstroTurf to replace the artificial playing surface at the stadium, a deal that was in the works for close to a year.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Robert Kuwada

Fresno State is looking to add a sponsor’s logo to the field at Valley Children’s Stadium, a revenue-generating opportunity that was approved by the NCAA across all of its divisions last summer for regular-season college football games. A brand new field may or may not help those sales efforts, but the athletics department has announced a partnership with AstroTurf to replace the artificial playing surface at the stadium, a deal that was in the works for close to a year.

1 month ago | fresnobee.com | Robert Kuwada

A senior U.S. District Court judge has granted a motion for class certification by the plaintiffs in a Title IX lawsuit brought against Fresno State by members of its former women’s lacrosse program, while denying the university’s latest motion to dismiss a case that started in 2021. “I think this is an important victory for the women athletes at Fresno State,” said the plaintiff’s attorney Arthur Bryant, with the Malibu-based Clarkson Law Firm.

1 month ago | fresnobee.com | Robert Kuwada

Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. Inside the Save Mart Center there is a row of static advertising signs along the facade of the upper level of seating that could generate revenue to cut arena debt and operating losses, perhaps upgrade and modernize the aging venue or give a break to a revenue-challenged athletics department that is charged for using the building.