Baseball junkies out there wanted to keep this blog alive so I have something for you to weigh in on.Since the Dodgers became Spokane’s select baseball benchmark a few years back, several teams have sprung up – the Monster Dogs, Rattlers, White Brothers Academy among…
COUGARSThe Olympic Track trials offered a plethora of WSU news this morning. Add to that an editorial from the Seattle Times about Cougar football, and the plate is surprisingly full for the end of June.
The Spokane Shock clinched their third straight Western Division title on Saturday night with a 56-54 victory over the Central Valley Coyotes.The victory wasn't an easy one. It took a last-second field goal from kicker Brian Jackson for the persistent Shock to earn the win…
Wide receiver Etu Molden, who played four seasons with the AFL’s Chicago Rush and was an Arena Bowl champion in 2006, was picked up by the Spokane Shock. There's more about Molden here in the press release.UPDATE: My game advance on tomorrow's game (5 p.m.…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 9:20 P.M.; 10 P.M.The Charlotte Bobcats picked former Washington State guard Kyle Weaver with the 38th pick in Thursday's NBA draft. Read on for an unedited version of my story that will appear in Friday's S-R.
COUGARSWas in Pullman yesterday looking for an apartment and spent some time in the athletic department, watching little kids run up and down the basketball court under the mostly watchful eyes of WSU basketball players. Talked with some of the coaches and players from football,…
They're powerful, they're fast, they're sleek. They're boats racing through ... wait, a grass field?That's right, they're sprint boats. And the track at Webb's Slough in St. John, Wash., is in its second year in the racing circuit. More than 3,000 people turned out June…
I stopped by the Arena this morning for the Spokane Shock's practice and chatted with Shock coach Adam Shackleford. You can read my unedited notebook below.Also, Shock receiver Mutsumi Takahashi - who hails from Japan - is the subject of this story on the league…
OK so high school football is still nearly two months away, but there's a State All-Star football game coming to Spokane next week and down in the Columbia Basin a 14-team camp in Kennewick that has the boys down there excited.For those who need a…
That seasonal rite of passage, the Washington newspaper media All-State high school baseball, softball and boys soccer teams have been announced by coordinator and Tri-City Herald prep writer Rene Ferran. More than 20 members of the media statewide ferreted out the winners from his exhaustive…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 6:10 P.M.A few links for a Tuesday morning. I spent last evening covering WCCBL baseball, with Spokane hosting Corvallis. One oddity of the game: both catchers (Spokane's Greg Lagreid and Corvallis' Alex Burg) play for WSU. They combined to go 1 for…
Andrico Hines and the South Georgia Wildcats didn't travel across the country to leave empty-handed. They came to leave the top-ranked Spokane Shock with their first arenafootball2 loss of the season.My unedited game story is below.
Spokane Chiefs coach Bill Peters will lead Canada’s national men’s summer Under-18 team, which will compete in the 2008 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka in Czech Republic and Slovakia from August 12-16.You can read more on the announcement, which was made Friday morning, in this press…
It's almost NHL Draft time. In about 24 hours the first selection in this year's draft class will be called.Spokane Chiefs forward Mitch Wahl is in Ottawa, Ontario for the event, which begins with the first round on Friday and continues Saturday with the remaining…
INDIANSIn their season opener Tuesday, the Spokane Indians smacked the ball all over the field and squashed the Everett AquaSox 15-3. In their next game Wednesday, Everett's pitching shut down the Indians' offense for a 4-1 Sox win.So what does this all mean?Well, at this…
Now that underclassmen have decided whether to stay in the draft or return to school, a new crop of preseason Top 25 rankings are out.The Zags are No. 5, according to Foxsports.com, and No. 9 (up from No. 11 on April 9th) in ESPN.com's poll.
Gonzaga's Jeremy Pargo is either en route to his hometown of Chicago or just arriving, so hopefully he'll be available to the media soon.Meanwhile, click below for some thoughts from head coach Mark Few and assistant coach Tommy Lloyd on Pargo's decision to return for…
It appears Mike Burns' tenure on the University of Idaho men's basketball coaching staff will be a short one. He's expected to become an assistant coach for Bill Grier at San Diego.
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