COUGARS • UPDATED 3 P.M. The sun will be settling toward the horizon today when Washington State finally takes the field for the day's workout. And that's not the only thing that will be different on this Thursday. Read on.
COUGARS To paraphrase the Jackson 5, one bad practice didn't spoil the whole week. After drawing coach Paul Wulff's ire about the focus on Tuesday, Washington State had a much better practice this afternoon. For more, read on.
Spokane has interviewed three candidates for its head coaching position: current offensive coordinator Andy Olson, former offensive coordinator Matt Sauk and veteran arena football coach Chris MacKeown, according to majority owner Brady Nelson. The team also plans on visiting with Chicago offensive coordinator Sherdrick Bonner.…
Loads of info on all nine (that still sounds strange) WCC basketball teams in the summer prospectus.
COUGARS It's less than a dozen days until the season-opening football game next Saturday at home vs. Idaho State, which means it's probably time to get moving on our season previews before the boss kicks my behind. But before we get those stories done, we…
COUGARS It's the first week of school. Tuesday was the first practice since school started. So how did it go? "It wasn't very good," an obviously perturbed Washington State coach Paul Wulff said after it ended. Why was Wulff so upset? Read on to find…
COUGARS We're quite a bit later than usual today but life has a strange way of intervening occasionally. But we have a chance to sit and cover the day's news and note, so read on.
The WCC on Monday released the broadcast schedule with ESPN, a 21-game conference slate highlighted by Gonzaga's two games against Saint Mary's and BYU as well as the WCC Tournament. Gonzaga will appear on ESPN's family of networks a WCC-leading seven times. Saint Mary's and…
COUGARS As we say, oh, about 52 times a year, Monday mornings are "The Walking Dead" of links days. There is just very little out there. But what we can find, we pass along, so read on.
COUGARS It's Sunday morning and we're still not back at practice, so we're going to delve into a couple important areas, eligibility and progress. If such things sound interesting to you, read on.
COUGARS Everything is going so well here, we have time to sit down and write a blog post. It's either that or read "The Help" while the wife sleeps. Read on.
A small crowd had gathered at the Kibbie Dome. Boosters were on hand to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $27 million renovation. Even officials showed up. But mounting injuries prompted Idaho coach Robb Akey to call off the Vandals' third scrimmage of fall camp.…
Gonzaga will open WCC play in December for the first time ever, entertaining Portland on Dec. 28. With the addition of BYU, the conference will go to a 16-game slate, prompting an early start to the WCC schedule. The highly anticipated GU-BYU matchups will take…
The Spokane Shock were back in the news Thursday with yet another controversial move. The Shock sacked head coach Rob Keefe after two seasons, the first ending in an ArenaBowl championship and the second ending in a playoff loss to Arizona. You can read about…
COUGARS The afternoon practice is over and I'm not exaggerating by saying it certainly lacked the intensity of the morning workout. I don't know if it was because the players were in shells (helmets, shoulder pads and shorts) or if it was because coach Paul…
Rob Keefe is out as head coach of the Spokane Shock. Keefe, who has been part of arena football championships as a Shock player, assistant coach and head coach, will not return for a third season as the head coach. Keefe led Spokane to the…
Washington high school football teams began practicing Wednesday. Defending 4A state champ Ferris will have a new quarterback after returning starter Ben Goodwin suffered an elbow injury. Click here to read a story about Goodwin (pictured above).
COUGARS Just a quick post after Washington State's morning workout. Title the first practice of the day "When The Defense Attacked." Probably the best workout of camp for that side of the ball, especially in the back seven, where there were, seemingly, more pass deflections…
COUGARS Another Thursday, another two practices for the Washington State football team. We've got to be on the field by 8:30 this morning, so a quick blog post is in order. Except quick isn't easy when there is a this much to cover. Read on.
I spoke with Robb Akey after the Vandals' practice this afternoon to get an update on injuries. I have some new information below, as well as my guess at the depth chart.
COUGARS Do we have a lot for you. Washington State held its first Martin Stadium scrimmage of camp – with officials – and we have some notes from that. And we have our position preview on the linebackers for tomorrow's S-R and we have some…
COUGARS The Washington State basketball schedule for 2011-12 is available, and though the Pac-12 part of it has been known a long time, there are some interesting games. You can access the entire schedule here, but before you do, let's look at some key dates.…
COUGARS Washington State will head to Martin Stadium this afternoon for a scrimmage that will have more game-like elements than the first live hitting the Cougars did last week. But before we can look forward toward that, we have to look back to yesterday, so…
COUGARS Washington State's players had a day off Monday but the coaches didn't After examining film of the first week of practices, some changes were made. Read on for more.
COUGARS Today was scheduled to be the third of Washington State's five allowed two-a-day practices. But yesterday the news came out the Cougars would practice in the morning as planned, but not in the afternoon. You know that feeling you get when you find a…
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