GONZAGAWith more than 8 minutes left on the game clock in Louisville's rout of Connecticut, there is no way the GU game will start on time on ESPN, unless the network switches to the basketball game.Especially not with UConn on. It's ESPN's home team. We'll…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLThe Cougars and the Vandals men also play today, with WSU trying to build on the best November (7-0) in school history when they travel to the University of Utah this evening (6; 920-AM).The Vandals host Southern Utah tonight (7; 1080-AM), a team they…
PREPSThere is a reason why the Greater Spokane League is unquestionably the best girls high school basketball league in the state.Games like Friday night's U-Hi at Lewis and Clark overtime battle. That's what it was. A battle between two talented teams that finally went to…
SEATTLE PRO SPORTSAs the Seahawks prepare for the Broncos and their new quarterback on Sunday night in Denver, one area the Seattle team has shored up recently is the special teams.The News Tribune's Mike Sando looks at the improvement over the course of the season,…
HUSKIESA couple of big pieces of news about our friends in Western Washington.Athletic director Todd Turner unveiled the Husky Stadium renovation plans Thursday. Instead of going into what those plans entail (because you can find out at the Times' link above and here at the…
PREPSIt's almost time for the St. John-Endicott Eagles to take the big stage.The Eagles will take a 12-1 record into Saturday's 1B State title game against 11-1 Lummi. And, as Mike Vlahovich's story relates, they'll take the pride of two Whitman County communities into the…
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