Former Bulldogs' Austin Daye and Ronny Turiaf had mixed results in their NBA season-openers.Daye started and played 21 minutes, but only had four points (2 of 8 shooting) and three boards as Detroit blew a seven-point lead in the final two minutes and lost to…
Texas State and Texas-San Antonio appear on the verge of becoming football members of the Western Athletic Conference, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The two Texas schools, currently in the Football Championship Subdivision, would join by 2012. Montana is also a possibility to…
The AFL schedule was released Wednesday and Spokane learned that it will visit San Jose to open the 2011 season.More here and here. And more below.
COUGARS The pads were on today, at least the shoulder pads, so Washington State did a bit of hitting at practice. Not a lot, but enough to know the Cougars are ready for Saturday's game at Arizona State. Read on.
For years I've done All-North Idaho teams for football, boys and girls basketball, volleyball, soccer and wrestling. And we'll continue to do those. It's like a franchise that we've owned and the coaches have bought into it, too. It's a step above all-league but a…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1 P.M. You know, it's kind of funny. I never knew how many Giants fans lived around here until this week. It's World Series time, the Giants have pitched themselves into it and all of a sudden all these folks are rooting…
Working on women’s basketball preview for next week before heading off to a hockey game. No doubt we’ll stumble into a number of things to share with you on this post, so keep checking back.Swishappeal website looks at Gonzaga and star Courtney Vandersloot, who is…
In their last outing the Spokane Chiefs lost 4-2 to Red Deer and it wasn't their best effort. Coach Don Nachbaur let them know but that doesn't mean all is lost. We'll find out tonight if they learned anything when they face the Prince George…
COUGARS There is a line in the musical "Oklahoma" about the wind whistling down the plains. In the Palouse the only thing that the wind whistles down is your neck. OK, I wanted to say something a little more derogatory, but bit my tongue. Didn't…
Gonzaga is one of 16 sites the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee announced for the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.The Bulldogs are hosting the 2011 tournament in March and have already sold more than 2,100 all-session packages. Washington State is the host…
Click the tab below for a quick look at what's on tap this week in high school sports.
Former Spokane Chief and Spokane native Derek Ryan, a forward for the University of Alberta Golden Bears, scored eight points in two games at home against the Lethbridge Pronghorns last weekend, including three straight goals and six points in the first game, en route to…
The Spokane Chiefs have traded seldom used forward T.C. Cratsenberg to Chilliwack for a conditional eight-round pick in the 2012 Bantam Draft.Originally a sixth-round pick out of Federal Way, Wash., in 2007, Cratsenberg has appeared in just five of the Chiefs' 10 games this year…
Gonzaga is favored to win its 11th consecutive conference title, according to the WCC coaches' preseason poll released Tuesday. The Bulldogs received six first-place votes and 48 of 49 possible points. Loyola Marymount is picked to finish second, followed by Saint Mary's and Santa Clara.…
COUGARS Some times 6:30 in the morning arrives earlier than other times. This was one of those earlier times. But it's here, you're there and we have links and notes, so read on.
Here's a Then & Now feature I did on former Mead football standout Scott McGlocklin that will run in Tuesday's newspaper. You can read it here. McGlocklin is pictured above at his office at Bouten Construction where he's a project manager.
COUGARS For the first time this season, the Washington State Cougars took football practice into the bubble. Which, all of the assembled observers agreed, was a really good thing. Warmth, benches, a roof. What's not to like? We have notes, so read on.
It's the last week of regular season play in Idaho and the last week of regular season play in the Greater Spokane League, and the playoff picture is fairly clear.Click the tab below for more.
Idaho coach Robb Akey said this morning that linebacker JoJo Dickson, who fractured his leg and dislocated his ankle Saturday, had surgery Saturday night and is expected to be out of the hospital today. Dickson's injury was "a lot better than I expected," Akey said.…
Former Gonzaga forward Austin Daye has earned a starting spot, at power forward, for the Detroit Pistons. Daye, a second-year pro, had a solid preseason and has surprised some by performing well at power forward against bulkier players. More here.
It's not exactly breaking news, but Oklahoma City finally made it official that the franchise will no longer play in the AFL. There was some talk that OKC might drop into a lower league, but that doesn't sound like an option (they're refunding tickets) in…
I wrote this article a few days ago, but I forgot to post it because it was held until this morning. Anyway, the addition of BYU to the WCC, beginning next season, will create a nine-team league and a bit of a scheduling quandry. We…
COUGARS The wind is blowing, the leaves are whipping around like a frozen strawberry in a blender and we have a short Sunday night post for you. Read on.
COUGARS One of the harder parts of writing the morning-after post is getting out of bed. Really. It's Sunday morning, there's a chill in the air and the pillows are soft. Why not just stay under the covers and let you folks forage for your…
UPDATED: Sunday afternoonPREPSThe Post Falls volleyball team prevailed at the 5A Region I Tournament Saturday.Click the tab below to read our Idaho volleyball roundup with the pairings for the six state tourneys on the bottom of the roundup.
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