The Spokane Chiefs came up with a solid all-round effort to pick up a critical 5-2 over Kelowna Tuesday night to move within two points of the lead in the Western Division playoff chance with the end Western Hockey League season five days away. "Our…
Click the tab below for a feature on West Valley girls basketball coach Lorin Carlon and his Eagles that will be published in Wednesday's newspaper.Carlon is pictured above at practice.
Attention shifts away from Gonzaga, safely in the NCAA Tournament, to the hopes of Eastern Washington, Idaho and Washington State, who play in league tournaments this week.The Eagles have the best shot as Big Sky Conference champion and host for the league tournament, which begins…
We got an early start flying out of Las Vegas and a late start on the day-after post. But we're home, welcomed by some wind and snow, and here's a recap of Saint Mary's 81-62 win over the Zags in the WCC title game.Links: S-R…
Busy day for the Spokane Shock, who signed DB Jeremy Unertl, released WR Robert Redd and said goodbye to WR Charles Dillon (No. 5 pictured above), now a member of the Green Bay Packers.More on Dillon here. More on Unertl, who has over 300 tackles…
COUGARS The Washington State men's basketball team is in Southern California, getting ready for the Pac-10 Tournament that starts with its game tomorrow night at 8 on FSN. The women will follow the same route in about 24 hours (the Pac-10 women's tourney starts a…
Idaho basketball coach Don Verlin confirmed this afternoon that senior guard Kashif Watson will not travel with the team to the WAC tournament in Reno, Nev. Watson was suspended indefinitely Friday for making critical comments on Twitter directed toward Verlin. He missed his final home…
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