It seemed a shame on the day of Wulff’s ordination to spend so much energy on the doubts rather than on a devoted soldier getting something he deserves, but such is the current culture of athletics in which not only does everybody have opinions but they’re also instant, widely broadcast, loud and uncompromising. But then, even WSU athletic director Jim Sterk admitted it. “Going in,” Sterk said of Wulff, “he was the dark horse”/John Blanchette, Spokesman-Review. More here.
Related: A dream, a chance, a deal: Initially a dark horse, Wulff was unanimous choice to be WSU coach/Vince Grippi, Spokesman-Review; Spokesman-Review.com provides complete coverage of the Wulff hiring here.
Question: On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10, how interested are you in WSU sports? Should Huckleberries Online bring you updates on important WSU sports news via in-house sources?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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