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Washington Athletics announces expanded cost-saving measures and major gifts from Jen Cohen, Jimmy Lake and Mike Hopkins

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2020

Washington is reducing its overall athletic department operating budget by 15% for the 2020-21 fiscal year and all the school’s head coaches have agreed to minimum 5% pay reductions.

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Matt Calkins: Adding QB Kevin Thomson is big for Huskies, but let’s not anoint him the starter just yet

UPDATED: Fri., June 19, 2020

SEATTLE – Wednesday was a big deal, but this isn’t a done deal. The Huskies’ quarterback competition should still be fierce.

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Washington adds graduate transfer QB Kevin Thomson

UPDATED: Wed., June 17, 2020

Washington may have found its quarterback for the upcoming season after Kevin Thomson, the 2019 Big Sky Conference offensive player of the year, joined the Huskies as a graduate transfer.

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Washington football coach Jimmy Lake plans to organize meetings between his players and police for ‘uncomfortable conversations’

UPDATED: Thu., June 11, 2020

Jimmy Lake wants to set the path for progress. Those are the words he said. And, though it’s an undeniably difficult topic to discuss, the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minnesota may have helped to pave that path.

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The year of the decommit?

UPDATED: Sun., May 31, 2020

Recruits are increasingly committing to schools without stepping foot on campus. They’re committing to coaches they’ve conversed with on Zoom or FaceTime but haven’t physically met. They’re committing to relationships without going on a date.

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Larry Stone: Coronavirus shutdown adds to degree of difficulty for first-year Huskies football coach Jimmy Lake

UPDATED: Mon., May 25, 2020

When Jimmy Lake was hired as Washington’s football coach in December to replace Chris Petersen, athletic director Jen Cohen referred to him as “the right guy at the right time.”

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UW AD Jen Cohen says potential financial impact from coronavirus ranges from ‘kind of manageable to devastating’

Thu., May 14, 2020

It’s entirely possible that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, UW sporting events could be played this fall without fans in attendance, pushed to the winter or spring – or, in the most painful projections, they might not be played at all.

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Just two Washington Huskies selected in uncharacteristically disappointing NFL draft

UPDATED: Sat., April 25, 2020

For the University of Washington, the 2020 NFL draft – all three days, 16 hours and 255 picks of it – can be conveniently condensed into a four-word tweet.

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Can Jacob Eason snap the streak of underperforming Washington quarterbacks in the NFL?

UPDATED: Wed., April 22, 2020

On social media, Washington’s football program uses the same hashtag – #ProDawgs – to reference its many players who have succeeded in the NFL.

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Former Washington QB Jacob Eason to participate virtually in 2020 NFL draft

UPDATED: Fri., April 10, 2020

Washington football fans will get to see former Husky quarterback Jacob Eason during this month’s NFL draft.

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Analysis: Five Washington Huskies football story lines fans won’t get to see this spring

UPDATED: Sat., April 4, 2020

There was supposed to be news conferences and footwork drills and playbook installations. There was supposed to be quarterback competitions and depth-chart updates and new assistant coaches’ practice debuts.

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Ice carvings and lavish dinners: A look at the cost of football recruiting at Washington

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 7, 2020

Records obtained from a December 2018 UW visit by nine football players offer a glimpse of what a recruiting trip can look like for touted high-school athletes. Nationwide, recruiting budgets have swelled around college football. Under then-coach Chris Petersen, the Huskies were an exception.