The news so many Cal football fans longed for finally broke early Monday as athletic director Jim Knowlton announced his retirement, effective July 1. In many ways, Knowlton’s tenure ended…
Jon Wilner
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The Friday news dump to end all Friday news dumps came last week at roughly 6:15 p.m., when U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement terms of the landmark House…
Cast against their brown and beige office backdrops, the four horsemen of the settlement spoke as one. Tony Petitti, Jim Phillips, Greg Sankey and Brett Yormark — commissioners of the…
A few minutes after 6 p.m. on Friday, college sports changed forever and for the better. U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken dropped a 76-page guillotine on NCAA amateurism, approving…
There was no immediate reaction from Gonzaga following court approval of the landmark House vs. NCAA lawsuit settlement on Friday evening. No statement on the Bulldogs’ website. Nothing from athletic director Chris Standiford…
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True to form, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark moved quickly and decisively with his latest nod to public perception. Minutes after the conference’s spring meetings concluded late last week, Yormark met the…
As the College Football Playoff world debates proposed formats for 2026 and beyond, the architect of what many consider the nuclear option has remained deafeningly silent. Big Ten…
The offseason is definitely not the slow season as yet another week delivered news impacting both the Pac-12 legacy schools and other universities across the region. Here are five developments…