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Wilner: Kliavkoff’s risky strategy, an alternate Pac-12 universe (with ESPN), the MLS on Apple, unequal revenue shares and more
Jon Wilner, whose nationally syndicated content on the Pac-12 is carried here on Sports360az.com, won Top 10 honors this week in the nation’s most prestigious sports writing contest. Wilner, competing…
We gained a few crumbs of clarity this week on the state of Pac-12 media rights negotiations. Here’s a recap, in five parts … 1. The Ides of March await…
*** 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.) Could one…
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…
