Pac-12 tax returns show nation-high revenues, executive pay
USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz and the San Jose Mercury News’ Jon Wilner got their hands on the Pac-12’s tax returns for the 2014 fiscal year on Thursday (Update: So did we — see above), and the upshot...
View ArticlePac-12: Utes' Bonam stars in Australia
Devoted fans of the University of Utah and Pac-12 basketball can watch Ute guard Lorenzo Bonam and a conference all-star team play against Australia's national team at 3:30 a.m. MDT Tuesday on the...
View ArticlePac-12: Joe Ingles' Aussies top Lorenzo Bonam's All-Stars
The Jazz's Joe Ingles and the University of Utah's Lorenzo Bonam each produced some nice numbers Tuesday, when the Australian national team defeated the Pac-12 All-Stars 92-83 in the opener of a...
View ArticlePac-12 extends Larry Scott's contract through 2017-18 school year
The Pac-12's presidents and commissioner Larry Scott have agreed to a contract extension that will keep him on the job through the 2017-18 school year, the conference announced Monday. Since he took...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Cal moving past the Jared Goff era
Cal offensive tackle Steven Moore’s old roommate used to wake him up in the middle of the night. “He’d be watching film and he’d be like, “Hey, look at this play,’” Moore said. “It’s like, ‘Dude, come...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Oregon's Freeman avoiding Heisman hopeful hype
Oregon’s Royce Freeman was the best running back in the conference not named Christian McCaffrey, but he says he’s not making the Heisman trophy a goal this season. “No. Not really, honestly. It’s an...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Whittingham sets sights on Pac-12 title for Utah
For the first time since he’s been coming to Pac-12 media day, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham can look every other coach eye-to-eye and tell himself he’s beaten all of them. In a Pac-12 Networks...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Revamped Arizona defense preparing for BYU
Arizona had a tough time stopping opposing offenses last season — finishing 10th in overall defense in conference play — a problem that led to head coach Rich Rodriguez doing what he called “the most...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Jack-of-all-trades Jackson to specialize on defense for USC
There aren’t many guys in the Pac-12 faster than USC’s Adoree’ Jackson, who was at the conference’s media day Thursday after finishing 10th in Olympic track and field qualifying. That’s why Utah...
View ArticleLive blog: Pac-12 Media Days (Day 2)
The Pac-12 Media Days continue at 10 a.m. MT Friday with an address from Pac-12 Vice President of Officiating, followed by appearances from Arizona State, Oregon State, UCLA, Washington, Stanford and...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Days: Graham not shying away from high expectations for ASU...
Arizona State head coach Todd Graham rode into last year’s media day brimming with confidence. The Sun Devils were coming off back-to-back 10-win seasons, and Graham was thinking — and talking often —...
View ArticlePac-12 football preview: Cal gets early start vs. Hawaii in Australia
California’s 2015 football season was never the same after a “GameDay” buildup in Salt Lake City. The biggest question for 2016 is how Cal will perform after Jared Goff’s departure to the NFL, and the...
View ArticlePac-12 pick: Cal over Hawaii
The Pac-12 football season begins Friday night – in America, anyway. California gets an early start, playing Hawaii in Sydney, Australia, where it will be Saturday. Enough international dateline...
View ArticlePac-12: Cal QB makes great first impression
California quarterback Davis Webb got a head start, opening the 2016 season Friday in Australia. It may take a while until any Pac-12 quarterback tops his statistics. In a 51-31 win over Hawaii, Webb...
View ArticlePac-12 picks: Utes over SUU; Minnesota over Oregon State
California is off, having opened the season in Australia last week, but otherwise this is the opening weekend for Pac-12 football teams with two games Thursday, two Friday and seven Saturday....
View ArticlePac-12 picks: Colorado over CSU; Stanford over Kansas State
Thursday's games went pretty much as I expected for Pac-12 teams, with Utah beating Southern Utah by 24 points (I said 31) and Oregon State losing at Minnesota by seven (I said 10), although the Utes...
View ArticlePac-12 picks: UCLA over Texas A&M, BYU over Arizona
Pac-12 teams are 4-1, with seven more teams making their first appearances Saturday. My picks are 5-0, which is another way of saying there haven't been any upsets. Saturday's games Rutgers at...
View ArticlePac-12 picks: USC over Utah State; Utah over BYU
Utah State, BYU and Bronco Mendenhall are all facing Pac-12 football teams Saturday. The schedule is skewed toward the 8 p.m. MDT (or later) television window, but the opportunity exists for fans in...
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