On Feb. 2, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff appeared on a sports business podcast and laid out, in blunt terms, his strategy for securing a media rights contract — specifically with…
The Pac-12’s pursuit of a media rights contract, which began more than eight months ago in the middle of a roiling summer, is “close to being resolved,’’ according to a…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe Utah blinked first in the duel with Stanford for first place, losing at 14th-ranked Arizona in the next-to-last week of the regular season. The Cardinal capitalized,…
Pac-12 executives visited SMU’s campus last week and are also considering San Diego State as an expansion candidate. The merits of both have been discussed and debated for months. Their…
Recapping the week in Pac-12 basketball … News of the week: The NCAA seed reveal As expected, Arizona and UCLA were included in the NCAA selection committee’s early reveal of…
Seven-and-a-half months into its existential crisis, the Pac-12 doesn’t have a media rights contract, hasn’t decided whether to expand and is offering public pronouncements of unity from the university presidents…
Quiet for more than seven months as their conference attempts to secure its future, the remaining Pac-12 presidents on Monday released a joint statement addressing the unresolved media negotiations: “The…
*** Please note: Several topics related to Pac-12 media rights and expansion will be answered separately in forthcoming articles. (Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.) I’m trying…
ecapping the week in Pac-12 basketball … Theme of the week I: The plot thins UCLA’s sweep on the Oregon Trail, combined with Arizona’s stumble at Stanford, gave the Bruins…
The Pac-12 is inching closer toward remaining a 12-school conference following the departures of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten in the summer of 2024. The university presidents discussed…