Rocking Royal

Allie Fryer scored a first-half goal, and Lynette Hernaez made six saves including stopping a penalty kick to help BYU hold off No. 19 Wisconsin, 1-0 at South Field in the 2024 season opener for both teams . Sean Walker from KSL.com and Carla Swensen-Haslem from ESPN+ break it down after the match, as well as post-match interviews with Fryer, Hernaez and head coach Jennifer Rockwood. Subscribe to...

Sean Walker from KSL.com and former BYU women's soccer player and BYUtv analyst Carla Swensen-Haslam are back to break down the unofficial start to the 2024 season for the Cougars. Should BYU fans be concerned about a pair of exhibition losses, 2-0 to crosstown rival Utah Valley and 1-0 at home to Wyoming. What's up with BYU's offense? Are there underlying concerns, or is this just the natural pro...

Sean Walker breaks down BYU's first three games of the 2024 football season including the Aug. 29 home opener against FCS Southern Illinois and road trips to SMU and Wyoming, then welcomes in 2024 grayshirt defensive line commit Boyd Sorensen, a 6-4, 250-pound pass rusher out of Sugar City, Idaho, who will likely join the team in January ahead of the 2025 season. Subscribe to the Rocking Royal pod...

Rocking Royal is proud to introduce the Rocking Royal Soccer Show, a weekly podcast dedicated exclusively to BYU women's soccer. Former BYU women's soccer player and current BYUtv analyst Carla Swensen-Haslam will join KSL.com's Sean Walker every week to break down coach Jennifer Rockwood's side through the 2024 season and beyond. For the inaugural episode, Carla and Sean break down the transition...

The Rocking Royal Football Show is back with disappointing news on the Cougars' first day of 2024 training camp. BYU linebacker Ben Bywater has announces his medical retirement from college football, leaving a gaping hole in the Cougars' defense to be filled by Harrison Taggart, Siale Esera, Sione Moa, Jack Kelly and others in the linebacker room. Taggart joins the show to break down Bywater's leg...

BYU rising junior and Team USA Olympian James Corrigan joins the show to discuss his path to Paris, his goals for the biggest international race of his career to date, and his unearthly rise in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at "Steeplechase U." and Brigham Young University. The Cougar Beat podcast is now Rocking Royal, the podcast for fans who rock the Y. in football, men's and women's basketball,...

BYU football unofficially kicked off the 2024 preseason Monday with its now-annual media and corporate partners golf scramble at Cedar Hills Golf Club, where head coach Kalani Sitake, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and others spent time with the media after playing 18 holes in the second year of the event. The coaches talked about the on-going starting quarterback competition between Jake Re...

Longtime BYU communications directors, sports information directors and spokespeople Duff Tittle and Brett Pyne visit the Cougar Beat podcast to discuss their new book, "100 Years of BYU Football," available now at Deseret Book , the BYU Store, Amazon.com and other places you purchase pages. Buy it now, just in time for Fathers' Day. *Cover art by Rebeca Fuentes, BYU Photo.

BYU assistant men's basketball coach John Linehan caught up with the KSL.com Cougar Beat podcast to talk about his arrival in Provo to join Kevin Young's staff at BYU, the defensive focus of the former NCAA all-time steals leader (and three-time French league defensive player of the year), and how often he has been confused with former BYU rugby star/punter Jonny Linehan. Subscribe to the Cougar B...

BYU basketball coach Kevin Young and point guard Dallin Hall speak with the media after practice about the new assistant coaches, Hall's run through the transfer portal before returning to BYU, and what's next for the first-time collegiate head coach.

New BYU men's basketball signee and four-star point guard Elijah Crawford joins Ben Criddle and Sean Walker on ESPN 960 radio to talk about his path to BYU, the role of assistant coach Brandon Dunson in his recruiting, and what Cougar fans can expect fro the 6-foot-2 ESPN Top 100 prospect from Augusta, Georgia, by way of Brewster Academy (N.H.).

BYU women's basketball added sharpshooting Cal transfer Kemery Martín to the 2024-25 roster, head coach Amber Whiting announced Friday. “Kemery is a three-level scorer that will add depth and experience to our young roster,” Whiting said. “She has the ability to shoot it from deep, put it on the deck, get to the rim and she has a high basketball IQ which helps her create for her teammates as well....

Kevin Young’s time as associate head coach of the Phoenix Suns came to a close Monday night with a 122-116 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, eliminating the Suns from the NBA playoffs. Now he only has one job: BYU men’s basketball coach. But the first-time college head coach has been wearing multiple hats for the past two weeks, since he was introduced as the Cougars’ 19th head coach in program...

Jake Hatch from the Locked on Cougars podcast and Ron Weaver III from ESPN 960 stop by to react to Mark Pope's stunning move from BYU to the head coaching position at the University of Kentucky, Thursday, April 11, 2024. The guys talk about Pope's new job, whether UK got it right, and where BYU goes from here — including several head coaching candidates for the Cougars to consider. Subscribe to th...

BYU reliever Stone Cushing joins the podcast after earning his seventh save of the season — tied for the fifth most in the country — to help BYU to a 7-5 win over Texas that clinched a series win over the Longhorns in Austin, Texas. Listen to the Cougar Beat podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to pods.

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and defensive coordinator Jay Hill speak with the media after the Cougars' final spring practice, Saturday, March 30, 2024 in the Indoor Practice Facility in Provo, Utah.

KSL.com's Sean Walker catches up with BYU defensive end Tyler Batty after spring practice to talk about the senior's decision to push back the NFL Draft for one more year and return to Provo, what motivates him after the Cougars ended their first season in the Big 12 at 5-7, and the potential of the 2024 campaign at BYU. Subscribe to The Cougar Beat podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where ever...

BYU's Spencer Johnson, Jaxson Robinson and Dallin Hall meet with the media, followed by head coach Mark Pope, before the sixth-seeded Cougars' tip against 11th-seeded Duquesne in the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska.

BYU women's basketball coach Amber Whiting and point guard Amari Whiting speak with the media after the Cougars were selected to play in the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT), with a first-round game Thursday at former West Coast Conference foe and fourth-seeded Santa Clara. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or where ever else you listen to pods.

BYU men's basketball coach Mark Pope and point guard Dallin Hall address the media before tipping off the 2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament against UCF, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo.

BYU wide receiver Darius Lassiter speaks with the host after spring football ahead of his sixth season of college football, where he discusses the NCAA waiver appeal he received to get back a season of eligibility, his preparation to follow the footsteps of his late father Kwamie and two older brothers towards the NFL Draft, and the veteran BYU wide receiver room in 2024. Podcast intro: "Rockin' R...

BYU guard Arielle Mackey-Williams joins the podcast to discuss how a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her knee led to her desire to find God, and eventual baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BYU signee Daniel Simmons, the American Fork harrier and the No. 1-rated distance runner in the Class of 2024, joins the show to talk about winning back-to-back Gatorade national runner of the year awards, hanging out with Olympian Grant Fisher, and why he chose Ed Eyestone and the powerhouse cross country program at BYU.

Former BYU track and field national champion and cross country standout Clayton Young joins The Cougar Beat podcast moments after finishing second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Orlando, Florida, to discuss qualifying for a berth in the Summer Games in Paris, crossing the finish line with teammate, training partner and longtime friend Conner Mantz, and the value of a professional orga...

BYU women's basketball coach Amber Whiting talks about the team's near-upset of then-No. 4 Kansas State before falling, 67-65 on the road over the weekend. Can the youth-filled Cougars use that game as momentum ahead of Wednesday's game against Kansas? Subscribe to The Cougar Beat podcast everywhere you listen, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. And don't forget to leave a rating...