LOS ANGELES — It took commissioner George Kliavkoff exactly six minutes and 45 seconds to acknowledge the woolly mammoth in the room Friday during his state-of-the-conference address at the Pac-12’s…
Kliavkoff says Big 12 “scared,” UCLA in tough spot with Big Ten move, Pac-12 exploring expansion and big tech interested in media rights
As if realignment isn’t nuanced enough, the current wave features a Shakespearian element. It took centerstage the moment the drama began June 30, when the Pac-12’s former “alliance” partner…
Two things have been equally true about the Pac-12 Networks since their launch a decade ago: The business model was all wrong, but the production quality was all right. The…
The Pac-12 has lost more this summer than the Los Angeles schools to the Big Ten. It also has lost the PR duel with the Big 12 — and in…
Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. I’ve inferred from your recent columns that schools the Pac-12 previously passed over, like Houston, are off the table…
The Pac-12 lost its marquee football and basketball programs, its biggest media market and the links to its main recruiting pipeline three frenetic weeks ago. Since USC and UCLA made…
The array of lifeboats available for the Pac-12 seemingly has been reduced by one. The conference is no longer discussing a merger or alliance with the Big 12, according to…
The Pac-12 presidents got the conference into this mess. Can they light the path to salvation? Years of neglect at the highest levels of power created the circumstances that led…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to extraordinary volume of questions this week, I selected one for…