After taking two on the road, the Spokane Chiefs return home in command of their best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series with Portland.They remain cautious, however, knowing they can be better. The unedited story is below.
COUGARS After getting done with our stint in Buffalo – hey, at the S-R, we're a team too, so when a teammate needs a hand, we pick each other up – it's time to turn our attention back to WSU sports and college baseball. Read…
The Gonzaga women's basketball team is going whether no other has gone, the Sweet 16. The true talent of this team was on display in a 72-71 win over Texas A&M because they did it with the best player not at her best. S-R columnist…
Vivian Frieson just couldn't contain herself."How sweet it is," she said, warning everyone before she said it that the cliche was about to come. Why not, did a little bit of everything, including hitting the game winning shot, in a 72-71 decision over Texas A&M…
It's pretty hard to give you any hockey news while still in Seattle watching basketball, but that doesn't mean we have forgotten about you. Tomorrow's Then and Now is a hockey feature, check it out by reading the extended entry.
The other angle - from The Oregonian - on the Spokane Chiefs taking a 2-0 lead on the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Hockey League playoffs.
A little morning surfing before the Gonzaga women face Texas A&M tonight in the second round of the NCAA women's tournament. The game is n ESPN2 and 1510 AM radio. Tip-off is about 6:40, after the 4 p.m. games that includes Tennessee. Keep reading for…
We're trying to shuffle out of Buffalo this morning, but before we get out of this incredibly beautiful city, cough, we have a link to Chris Anderson's photo report from last night's game. You can find his pictures here. Jim will be back at some…
Sorry for the delay - life gets in the way. Unfortunately I can't be in two places at once, but it sounds like it would be enjoyable to be in Portland covering the Chiefs. They took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Hockey League…
Gonzaga women basketball players get a chance to erase the memory of their lowest point of the season with what would be the high point of their athletic lives, not to mention the high point in program history.The Bulldogs play Texas A&M in the second…
Back with the last post from Buffalo. It's a unedited notebook. Take a look below.
OK, change of plans. Vince Grippi's unedited column is posted below and we'll have notes up in about an hour. Read on.
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's season ending 87-65 loss to Syracuse. Read on for the unedited version and check back in about 90 minutes for notes and column.
Gonzaga's shooting woes continued in the second half. Syracuse's deadeye shooting continued, too. Just like the first half, it was a bad combination for the Bulldogs.Andy Rautins scored 11 points in a two-minute flurry early in the second half to blow open the game. Syracuse…
Gonzaga got off to a quick start offensively, hitting its first three shots (all coming on Matt Bouldin passes), but the Bulldogs paid for a 4:20 offensive dry spell midway through the half and during a big spurt by Syracuse in the closing 4 minutes.The…
There were indications Saturday that Syracuse's Arinze Onuaku wasn't going to play against Gonzaga because of a leg injury. The senior forward watched warm-ups in his sweats and headphones, so it definitely looks like he'll miss today's game, unless he's majoring in theater.More at halftime...
Old friend, colleague and Chiefs beat writer Jeff Bunch now lives in Portland and is covering the Western Hockey League playoffs for us at the moment. Sounds like he had a dandy opener at the Chiefs rallied for a 5-4 win over the Winterhawks to…
At times it appeared the Gonzaga women's basketball team was playing against the jersey, which shouldn't be surprising since the first round oppenent in the NCAA Tournament game was at North Carolina.And there were moments it appeared the Bulldogs might be over-whelmed by the big,…
And here's a couple more items for your reading pleasure: Vince Grippi's column and a side bar on the charitable efforts of the Boeheims and Fews.Read on.
Just about to wrap up a busy day in Buffalo. A couple of posts tonight: First up, here is my unedited game preview and notebook. Read on for those. Come back in a few minutes for more.
Back with the final post of the night. My NCAA-issued wireless connection is operating about at the same efficiency as Florida State made shots Friday -- roughly 35.6 percent.So I'll post quickly while it's working. Read on for an unedited notebook.
Gonzaga's impressive first half was enough to stave off Florida State on Friday. Gonzaga (27-6) will face No. 1-seeded and fourth-ranked Syracuse on Sunday at 9:10 a.m. PDT. Syracuse (29-4) cruised over Vermont 79-56 in Friday’s nightcap in front of an Orange-clad crowd of 18,948.Click…
Win and move on. The Gonzaga Bulldogs accomplished that crucial NCAA tournament task Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y., entertaining the 16,000 or so in the HSBC Arena with their first-half built first-round victory. The Zags played superbly in the first half and not so well in…
Picked up a few notes from practices for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament doubleheader at UW.It includes an adverse reaction to the color purple, a presidential brush-off and Kobe. Keep reading, there are probably too many note to make Saturday's paper.
If you were looking for Jim's halftime post, this will have to suffice – his Internet connection keeps breaking down. Sort of like Florida State's defense early in this one. ... The Zags broke it down with ball movement and unselfish play. They broke out…
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