Rocking Royal

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.

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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.

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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' Royal," by Kody Epps and Malik Moore, CougConnect Studios. All rights reserved.

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 organization like Run Elite Program (REP) to the ASICS-backed athlete's career.

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?

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