There have been quite a few distractions lately, but we'll play catchup on the Western Hocke League now.The Chiefs return home Friday night after a strange sequence of eight games on the road. They finished their swing through the Central Division by winning two of…
I have about 10 minutes before I board my flight from SeaTac to Oakland on my way to Gonzaga's game against Santa Clara tonight. Love those 8 p.m. starts!On the S-R's Four Corners page, there's a couple of brief, Zag-related notes on Steven Gray and…
COUGARS Everyone in the Pac-10 has a game tonight, everyone except WSU and Washington, of course. Which means there are a lot of stories about everyone in the Pac-10, everyone except WSU and Washington, of course. Read on.
COUGARS One game this week. In Seattle. Against UW. A place Reggie Moore would have been happy to attend coming out of Rainier Beach High, when he didn't feel he wanted to leave home. But he had already committed to Fresno State, was stuck and…
COUGARS Wondering which game on the football schedule will be played in Seattle this fall? Well wonder no longer. There won't be one this season. Washington State athletic director Jim Sterk said Wednesday that the school couldn't work out the logistics for a Seattle game.…
COUGARS It's kind of funny, isn't it? We're still seven months from a football game, but there's only a week until most fans think the season – or seasons – will be a success or not. Yes, a week from today those all-important football letters…
COUGARS Washington State took the day off practice today, but that doesn't mean it was an empty few hours. Coach Ken Bone held his two teleconferences this morning, and we have a summary on the link. Read on.
The women's basketball notebook (below) takes a quick look at Washington State with the Huskies visiting Pullman for a televised game on Friday.Eastern's Kyla Evans is the Big Sky Player of the Week and Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot was recognized by the West Coast Conference.
COUGARS Like any Tuesday, this one will start slowly, with just a few links, then build momentum, what with WSU coach Ken Bone's presser this morning and the Pac-10 media call. But then it will stop completely, as the Cougars have the day off from…
According to the Idaho Stateman, Idaho AD Rob Spear has offered football coach Robb Akey a new deal and is waiting to hear back on the deal. Akey led the Vandals to an 8-5 season and an Humanitarian Bowl victory. He has been occupied by…
It was an unbelievable ending here in Cowan Spectrum, where Idaho failed to hold onto a nine-point lead late in the game after Boise State's Anthony Thomas stunned the crowd with a buzzer-beating 3 to send the game into OT. The Broncos wound up winning…
Boise State and Idaho spent most of the first half in terrible shooting droughts and chucking the ball to the wrong team, which led to a low-scoring 20 minutes of action. BSU leads 25-22 after trailing 12-5 inside the 9-minute mark. The Vandals shot just…
Before Idaho's biggest home game of the year starts, I wanted to check in and offer a few pregame observations. The student section is already packed and yelling obscenities at BSU, and it should be the biggest crowd of the year here at Cowan Spectrum.…
I touched on a variety of subjects -- the Super Bowl, GU's defense, a health update and how closely the Bulldogs follow the national rankings -- in a notebook i just filed for Tuesday's S-R. Read on for the unedited version.
Gonzaga's 2-0 WCC week propelled the Bulldogs up a couple spots in both polls -- to No. 8 in ESPN/USA Today and No. 13 in A.P.Saint Mary's received two votes in A.P. and 11 votes in ESPN/USA Today. Two of the three teams the Zags…
COUGARS An interesting Monday morning ... and not just because it's snowing/raining in Spokane. No, it's interesting on a couple of fronts, with basketball news from around the West Coast and football news out of Eugene. Read on.
After being a dad for most of the morning (and for the rest of the day), I've put together the day-after post from Gonzaga's 85-69 win over LMU on Saturday. Here's the S-R gamer and photos.Read on for more.
COUGARS Not only did Saturday's loss at UCLA – the Bruins first win on a Saturday this season – deny Washington State a rare sweep in Los Angeles, it also denied the Cougars a chance to ensure a winning record in the Pac-10 Conference's first…
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's 85-69 win over scrappy Loyola Marymount on Saturday. You can find the unedited version below and check back tomorrow for my day-after post.
The Idaho Vandals lost for the fifth straight time Saturday night, scoring just 18 points in the second half of a 60-48 loss to Utah State. But it wasn't so much about their off-kilter performance as it was Utah State's brilliant defense and precise execution.…
The big three of Elias Harris (22 points), Matt Bouldin (19) and Steven Gray (18) helped Gonzaga break away from a halftime tie and register an 85-69 WCC victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Gonzaga led by seven early and by…
The Vandals trailed by as many as 10 points early against Utah State but clawed back thanks to the stellar play of three players -- Marvin Jefferson, Kashif Watson and Steffan Johnson. The trio has 25 of Idaho's 30 points. Utah State has feasted on…
COUGARS Is it as goes Klay Thompson, so goes WSU? It was Saturday, as Thompson struggled mightily against a UCLA zone defense that was keyed to stop him (see the comment from Tyler Honeycutt in the game story) and only Reggie Moore came to his…
COUGARS Patience is never a strong suit of the young and it certainly wasn't Saturday afternoon for WSU. UCLA's matchup zone demanded patience and accurate shooting and the Cougars had neither, though the former may have led to the latter. Even when WSU showed patience…
COUGARS Well that was interesting. The pace of the first half was glacial at times, as both teams emphasized transition defense and retreated into zones – the entire half for UCLA, much of the middle for WSU. That pace made it hard for the Bruins…
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