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MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 2006

SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 2006

Answers to the morning's question

We received two comments after the Battle of the Palouse, and both made some decent points.Jimmy understands why both sides would want to take a hiatus in the rivalry. He's right, the games do to seem to be pretty similar, though I think that will…

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A day later

COUGARS, VANDALSSaturday, WSU put a whipping on the University of Idaho.There’s no way to deny it.You watched it, either in person or on TV. So did a large group of reporters. This morning, I’m going to go over how they saw it.Let’s start with the…

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2006

Battle of the Palouse - Final

FINAL UPDATE: 6:35 P.M.This was a rout. In every way.The Washington State Cougars showed there is a lot more than an 8-mile divide between themselves and their Palouse neighbors from the University of Idaho.A divide that no matter how long the Vandals left their starters…

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Battle of the Palouse - Quarterbacks

First-half version ...Alex Brink showed his performance at Auburn was an abberation. He hit 10 of his 12 passes for 192 yards, though some 65 of them can be attributed to Jason Hill's legs. Speaking of legs, Brink, taking up the slack with DeMaundray Woolridge…

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Game day in Pullman

BATTLE OF THE PALOUSEOK, enough with the preliminaries.It's time to play.Click here up to game time, and we will have news, notes and links to important aspects of today's Battle of the Palouse. And we'll try to answer any questions you may have – just…

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A typical night of prep football

PREPSThere were some great games last night, which isn't unusual. It seems like every week in high school football something spectacular happens.Think they were dancing in Garfield and Palouse last night? The Vikings ended LaCrosse-Washtucna's 49-game winning streak with a 46-18 victory in Washtucna. Gar-Pal…

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 2006

Don't ever forget the Super Bowl

SEAHAWKS, MARINERSI'm going to combine the Seattle-area pro teams today, because of time constraints.But I still have time enough to say, no, I'm not over it. The Hawks got hosed in the Super Bowl – and the Steelers are still getting every call, as witnessed…

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Eagle memories

EAGLESDave Trimmer needs help. OK, I know that's an open-ended statement.But actually Dave is asking for help from people who remember the last time Eastern Washington played a football game in Mountaineer Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.On his blog, Dave is asking anyone who has…

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High school games on TV

PREPS UPDATED 12:15 P.M.Comcast cable is broadcasting tapes of more than 50 high school football games around the state this fall, including one a week in the Greater Spokane League. To watch, you have to have the company's digital cable ON DEMAND service. For more…

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 2006

Don't close the door on transfers

PREPSI can remember driving to work a few years back, and being tailgated down Lincoln St. by an old pickup truck. The driver was a Shadle Park basketball player who lived up by Comstock Park. Every day he headed down Lincoln and basically passed Lewis…

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Willingham shows a softer side

HUSKIESI don't know how good a football coach UW got when it hired Tyrone Willingham, but I do know they got a quality human being. Sure, he's not the most open guy with the media, and that's too bad. Sure, he always a stern visage…

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Are we there yet?

EAGLES UPDATED 12:10 P.M.Saturday's order is a tall one. Travel to, compete with and stay healthy against West Virginia. The sixth-ranked Mountaineers will make all those things difficult for EWU, according to Dave Trimmer's story in today's paper.The travel part is covered a little deeper…

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 2006

The lessons of 2006

MARINERSAs another lost season rolls round and round before finally going down the drain, it's time to look at what the Mariners gained this year, despite losing another 90 games (when the season is finally over).On the rest of this blog entry, you'll find my…

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The Pac-10 is soft myth

HUSKIESThis is something I hate.The University of Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson wants everyone to believe the teams in the Big 12 are more physical than other conferences, including the Pac-10, home of the Sooners' opponent this Saturday, the University of Washington."We're more physical," Peterson was quoted…

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Injuries crippling the Cougs

COUGARS, VANDALSThe Cougars aren't going into this Saturday's Palouse Showdown with the University of Idaho at full strength. With the injuries suffered prior to the Auburn game still yet to heal (two defensive line starters and an offensive line starter out), their injury report Tuesday…

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 5, 2006


The polls

COLLEGE FOOTBALLThe newest polls are out and Ohio State is No. 1 and Texas No. 2 in both, so Saturday's meeting in Austin will be another 1 vs. 2 "Game of the Century." Here at SportsLink, we are just referring to it as the "Game…

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Keeping up with UW

HUSKIES UPDATED: 1 P.M.There are approximately 4,000 University of Washington alums in the Spokane area (according to the alumni association's website), and at least some of them must be interested in Husky football – despite the past few years.But getting news about their beloved Dawgs…

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The reasons we need high school athletics

PREP SPORTSWhy are high school sports important? Craig Smith of the Seattle Times gives 1.3 million answers (actually more like 15) to that question in his prep column today. Craig sees the sports world through the same prism I do, so I highly recommend this…

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MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 2006

Kick it deep

THE EVENING NEWSGlenn Kasses has posted his impressions of Saturday's game, so check his blog. There's a good note on the importance of the kickoff guy.In case you're wondering, Jim Meehan got his luggage back. That and more from Dennis Erickson on the Vandal blog.The…

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Thanks for the title Chris

SHOCKThis one is going on its own post.The Spokane Shock brought an exciting, vibrant brand of football to Spokane this past spring and summer. And the man most responsible for the excitement and vibrancy was coach Chris Siegfried.That's why Jim Meehan's story today about Siegfried…

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