COUGARS • UPDATED: 2:50 P.M. There is plenty of Washington State news to pass on this morning, thought not all of, heck most of it, would never be considered positive. Of course, very little Ryan Leaf news has been, since he left the Palouse. Read…
Looks like the proposed Gonzaga-West Virginia game won't take place. More here.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 5:50 P.M. Not a lot of WSU football and basketball news, but there are a few things to pass on to you on this fine Tuesday morning. All you have to do is read on.
All's well that ends well. After suffering an ignominious loss to Lewis and Clark, seeded fifth in district, the top-seeded University Titans baseball completed a three-game run of loser-out games to return to state for the third straight year. U-Hi beat Southridge 6-2 in eight…
Jason Murrietta, who opened the 2008 season as Spokane's starting quarterback before losing the job to Nick Davila, won't lead Central Valley against the Shock on Saturday night. He's out with a shoulder injuury.Read more below, along with several other Shock notes.
Last week I wrote a column about the impending shot clock for high school basketball in Washington next year. I talked to a batch of coaches who were mainly in favor of it, but also offered reasons why the current ways are OK.Here's your chance…
You know you're getting old when you can remember standing in the middle of a track or along cross country courses watching the Weitz family run - not only last fall, but 35-plus years ago.Lynn Weitz was the first, a scrawny youngster who, you could…
(Memo to self: Never forget computer on four-day, out-of-town trip again.) Shock defensive back Aaron Williams (knee) didn't play against Florida, but he's optimistic that he'll return for Saturday's home game against Central Valley. I'll have more after I attend tomorrow's practice. UPDATE: Central Valley…
COUGARS As another workweek starts off with a near-perfect day, we have a couple of links for you. They run the gamut of sports, though we're focusing on the state of Oregon for some reason. Read on.
COUGARS There's not so much in the way of breaking news today, but there is some interesting items. One of which we'll even do some speculating about here with your morning dose of Washington State links. Read on.
The Spokane Shock this morning will catch a flight to Seattle, then it's on to Houston and finally into Florida late Friday night. Spokane takes on the Florida Firecats on Saturday night. You can read my unedited game preview below.
The state legislature has now become involved in high school sports by passing a law that puts the onus on teams whenever a concussion is involved. This Seattle Times article explains the law passed by the swish of Chris Gregoire's pen. The idea is admirable,…
COUGARS Haven't seen this many stories to link since the middle of the basketball season. Instead of wasting your time with inane chatter, let's get right to it. Read on.
I suppose there are two ways to look at things when it comes to state qualifying baseball playoffs. You figure as the league champion you're number two pitcher should be good enough to beat the No. 5 seeded upstart. Or you can play it safe,…
COUGARS Washington State University president Elson Floyd signed off on new basketball coach Ken Bone's contract Monday and the university released it today. Read on for the unedited version of our story for tomorrow's S-R.
COUGARS Just a quick post on a note that appeared last week on a Big East-oriented blog while I was out of contact. Seems this poster knows the list of players who will be trying out for the U19 World Championship team. His list includes…
Spokane has taken up residence in the top spot in the weekly af2 poll. For the eighth straight week, the Shock are at No. 1. The only surprise was that Spokane lost a couple of first-place votes (down from 24 of the 25 possible to…
Compiled a Shock notebook that may or may not run in Wednesday's S-R. Depends on space, meaning it could be pushed back to Thursday.You can take a look at the unedited version below.
COUGARS We talked with Washington State football coach Paul Wulff today concerning the injuries suffered by freshman Cory Mackay (No. 6 in photo above) in an automobile accident while headed home last week. The unedited version of the S-R story is on the link, so…
COUGARS A couple of football-related links to pass on, one of which is pretty funny. Read on.
Here are a couple of feature stories from Sunday's Handle Extra.Click here to read a story on Lakeland softball standout Alisha Watson.Click here to read a story on Timberlake softball standout Afton Allred, who is seen in the picture above.Here is our updated North Idaho…
COUGARS School's out, but sports teams still carry on. There's the WSU baseball team finishing up the Pac-10 season en route to its first NCAA berth in almost 20 years. And the track teams are competing in the conference championships. Read on.
COUGARS Where were we? Right. Going off the grid for a few days. Of course, when you do that, big things happen. Read on.
This one had a little of everything. Spokane outlasted Boise 64-62 and the only thing missing -- more time to write it up before deadline!Anyway, my unedited game story is below. A couple of injury notes: Andy Olson sat out much of the second half…
Back with the game preview for Saturday's showdown between Boise and Spokane at the Arena. Read on for an unedited version that will run in Saturday's paper.
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