COLLEGE BASKETBALLWith USC holding on for a win over Oregon, a Cougar victory over Arizona State will keep them into a second-place tie in the Pac-10, now only tied with the Trojans. And remember, WSU defeated USC earlier this season.The Trojans and the Cougars in…
BULLDOGS, 60-44The difference in these two teams, besides philosophical ones? Heytvelt.If you've ever seen old films of Wilt Chamberlain playing at Kansas, that's what Heytvelt looks like today. A giant playing a different game than the rest of the guys on the court.As long as…
BULLDOGS, 22-9A lot of people thought Josh Heytvelt had a great game against Stanford. I wasn't one of them. I thought he was slow defensively, took a long time to adjust to the Lopez's brothers height and took a long time getting started.But he's having…
PREPSWest Valley and Cheney have played an intense rivalry as long as I can remember – which isn't as long as I could when I was 40. No matter how good one team is or how poor the other, when these schools' basketball programs play,…
COUGARSIt's been called a trap game on television, but today's WSU game with Arizona State is not so much a trap but a test.A test of the Cougars' ability to come off a high and play well enough to win against an out-manned opponent. Can…
CHIEFS, WHLThe Chiefs were cruising along, up a couple of goals in the third period and ready to look forward to tonight's matchup with the team directly above them in the U.S. Division standings.Then the bottom fell out. And they lost, 4-3, to Calgary in…
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