Anticipating $102.7 million athletics deficit by 2022, Washington State braces for uncertainty
UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020
The deficit Washington State’s athletic department has grappled with for years is expected to reach $93.5 million by the end of the current fiscal year before rising in 2021 and 2022 and finally leveling out by 2023.
Former USC signee, 2020 recruit Jaylen Watson commits to Washington State
UPDATED: 3:58 p.m.
Washington State receives 10th commitment from California speedster Elisha Lloyd
UPDATED: 12:47 p.m.
Washington State, Mississippi State agree to future home-and-home series
UPDATED: 10:15 p.m.
Texas safety Adrian Shepherd becomes ninth Washington State commit
UPDATED: 10:25 p.m.
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Anticipating $102.7 million athletics deficit by 2022, Washington State braces for uncertainty
UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020
The deficit Washington State’s athletic department has grappled with for years is expected to reach $93.5 million by the end of the current fiscal year before rising in 2021 and 2022 and finally leveling out by 2023.
Cornerback Daniel Isom, who started 7 games in 2019, returning to Washington State
UPDATED: Mon., June 29, 2020
In addition to the issues the group encountered on the field, Washington State’s defensive secondary took a few sizable hits off the field last season, diminishing in numbers when two players – most notably starting defensive back Daniel Isom – were dismissed from the team for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
Former USC signee, 2020 recruit Jaylen Watson commits to Washington State
UPDATED: Fri., June 26, 2020
Most of the high school prospects who've committed to Washington State in the current recruiting cycle won't arrive on campus until next summer, and not until January at the earliest.
Washington State receives 10th commitment from California speedster Elisha Lloyd
UPDATED: Fri., June 26, 2020
Washington State continues to build its secondary of the future, adding a defensive back to the 2021 recruiting class for the second time in eight days.
Texas safety Adrian Shepherd becomes ninth Washington State commit
UPDATED: Fri., June 19, 2020
Nick Rolovich and Washington State hit a variety of different position groups with the first eight members of their 2021 recruiting class: quarterback, wide receiver, offensive guard, offensive tackle, linebacker, defensive end and punter.
Washington State, Mississippi State agree to future home-and-home series
UPDATED: Wed., June 17, 2020
Mike Leach hasn’t coached a game at Mississippi State yet, but already his new school and his former school have agreed on a future home-and-home series that could conceivably reunite Washington State and the third-winningest coach in program history.
Action over words: How Washington State’s A.J. Cooper is leading change during a time of unrest
UPDATED: Sat., June 13, 2020
Lamonte McDougle had grown frustrated with the written statements flooding his social media timeline – many of them packed with overused catchphrases, Martin Luther King Jr. quotes and unfulfilled promises from college football coaches who’d crafted well-meaning responses to the social issues engulfing America, but without initiating any real change.
Washington State to begin voluntary workouts June 15; no positive COVID-19 tests recorded yet
UPDATED: Thu., June 11, 2020
Certain student-athletes at Washington State will be allowed to start participating in voluntary workouts on Monday as the school initiates a phased-in return to college athletics since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the sports world in March.
‘(Washington State) checks all the boxes.’ Cougars land 2021 QB commit in 3-star Xavier Ward
UPDATED: Thu., June 11, 2020
Nick Rolovich and the Cougars will spend a good portion of the next eight months piecing together the rest of their 2021 recruiting class, all the way through the early signing period in December leading up to the traditional signing day in February.
For Washington State, virtual learning has taken precedent in an unprecedented manner
UPDATED: Wed., June 10, 2020
Since Armani Marsh was a freshman, Blackboard Learn has been a staple of the academic curriculum at WSU and something that’s as much of everyday life in Pullman as the sloping, concrete hills that turn routine walks to class into grueling, sweaty hikes. But just like those hills, Marsh has grown more comfortable with the popular virtual educational tool, and recently has found a more unconventional way of using it.
Pac-12 athletes will be tested weekly for COVID-19, commissioner tells college football website
UPDATED: Tue., June 2, 2020
Nearly one week after the Pac-12 Conference gave student-athletes the green light to return to their respective campuses for voluntary workouts on June 15, its commissioner spoke for the first time about what type of testing procedures would be required over the next two months in order to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.
‘I will not be silenced.’ Coaches, players from local colleges speak out in the wake of George Floyd’s death
UPDATED: Mon., June 1, 2020
Dozens of Washington State, Gonzaga and Eastern Washington student-athletes and coaches have used, and continue to use, social media to express their thoughts about Floyd’s death and the conversations that have resulted from it.