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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 2010


Next stop: ArenaBowl

New league, same old Shock.Spokane will play in its fourth title game in its five-year existence after knocking off Milwaukee 60-57 Thursday to advance to the ArenaBowl. The Shock played for the arenafootball2 championship three times, winning two, before moving into the reconfigured Arena Football…

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WSU's Montgomery progressing

COUGARS After five practices we felt it was time to check in with James Montgomery and see how the man was recovering from his injuries. From the sidelines, it seemed like he was doing pretty well, but you never know. We also were curious on…

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Game day for Shock, Iron

Kickoff in about 5 1/2 hours for the Shock-Iron showdown at the Arena. Here's the S-R preview, one from Milwaukee and John Blanchette's column on Kurt Warner, who will be an analyst on NFL Network's broadcast.

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Lots on tap this morning 

COUGARS Wow. Talk about a full plate. There are so many Washington State – and Washington State opponent – items, it took forever this morning to get through them. But we did and now it's your turn. Read on.

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