Winter 2023
From the president
WSU President Kirk Schulz addresses the rapidly changing landscape of Cougar athletics and the conference. » More ...
Collegiate sports
Fall 2023
Spreading the crimson gospel online
Cougfan.com turns 25. » More ...
Fall 2023
NIL and the business of college sports
A Q&A with Washington State University Professor Thabiti Lewis » More ...
Summer 2023
WSU stories by and about Dick Fry on his 100th birthday
Richard B. “Dick” Fry devoted 70 years of his life, good humor, and storytelling skills to Washington State University. The Coug legend turned 100 on February 12, 2023.
Fry was WSU’s sports information director from 1957 to 1970, the university’s director of news and information services until 1985, and author of the definitive book on Cougar sports, The Crimson and the Gray: 100 Years with the WSU Cougars. He continued to write stories for Cougar football game-day programs well into the 2000s.
Here are some stories about Fry and a few of the stories he wrote about WSU sports.
Spring 2022
Turnaround year
15 years ago it was a T.A.Y. for Washington State University men’s basketball » More ...
Spring 2019
Athlete, coach, winner
Legendary Washington State University track coach and alumnus John Chaplin led the most successful athletics program in school history, with multiple Olympians and an NCAA championship, but never lost his priority of students' education. » More ...
Fall 2015
Briefly noted
New media by WSU alumni and faculty noted in the Fall 2015 issue. » More ...
Winter 2011
Collegiate Athletics in the 21st Century
“Just Win, Baby!” was the motto made famous by legendary Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis. His philosophy was that simple. Along the way the Raiders gained a reputation as one of the dirtiest, most penalized, but successful teams in professional football. Collegiate athletics seems to have adopted Davis’s philosophy as compliance and education are threatened by the very big business of college sports.
In Ballers of the New School: Race and Sports in America, I contend that the system of college athletics no longer works for the realities of the 21st century. There is simply too much media exposure and money at stake. For example, … » More …