SHOCKSpokane will hire Adam Shackleford as the Shock's head coach, according to general manager Adam Nebeker. According to Jim Meehan's story in Thursday's paper, the hire becomes official after approval from the arenafootball2 office, an approval that shouldn't be too long in coming, according to…
COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WHL UPDATED 3:35 P.M.There is a good story from USA Today on a coach's responsibility relative to their scholarship athletes following NCAA rules. To a man, the coaches interviewed in this piece felt it was nearly impossible to police everything.It seems like the…
VANDALSIt was expected, looking at the UI schedule before the season started, that two non-conference games would stand out.The Washington State and Oregon State games. Sure, the other non-conference matchups had their cachet – Michigan State is coached by former Idaho coach John L. Smith…
HUSKIESThe reasons behind freshman defensive end Daniel Te'o-Nesheim deciding to become a Husky are a little different than most.As Molly Yanity's story in the P-I relates, Te'o-Nesheim lost his father when he was 14 to a aortic aneurysm. His dad had been a painter, and…
PREPS UPDATED 1 P.M.Once again it is Prep Day in The Spokesman-Review.On the Washington side, the lead piece concerned slowpitch softball's expansion in the Greater Spokane League.We also featured a Mike Vlahovich column and a feature on Davenport quarterback Kyle Nelson. There was also roundup.But,…
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