Hooked up with real sportswriters last night, but in this town, bars close at 11, convenience stores quit selling beer at midnight and, as our friend Steve Bergum said, "How could George Bush have gotten a DUI in this place?" Thrilled to not be hung…
By Jess and Ralph Walter Correspondents CANTINA GRILL, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – This fall, my brother and I had a secret. We were in love. Uh … not with each other. Or at least no more than usual. No, we were in love with our…
COUGARS There's a reason we rarely tweet about upcoming radio interviews and the like. You just never know if it's going to work out. Take today for instance. We were supposed to be on a Seattle station at 7:30 a.m. If we had tweeted that…
Arrived in Frisco, Texas, last night about 11:15 and went straight to the hotel to check in. Big mistake. Huge! Because after dropping off our bags in our rooms we headed back out to find a burger and beer -- only to learn that every…
With Gonzaga a few days away from its conference opener against Portland, I put together a look at the WCC for the debut of the Four Corners page that will run every Thursday in the S-R. Gonzaga has won 10 straight WCC titles, tied for…
COUGARS OK, we have more on the Reggie Moore situation – bottom line, he hasn't been suspended for tomorrow's game with Oregon State – and a preview of the upcoming weekend. Both are on the link, so read on.
Charles Dillon, the former Washington State Cougar receiver who helped Spokane win the 2009 arenafootball2 title, is back with the Shock. Dillon was with the Green Bay Packers, registering eight receptions in preseason games, before being released. Dillon will be reunited with former WSU teammate,…
COUGARS We will have a story for tomorrow's S-R on the importance of this weekend, but we have one piece of news for you right now, so read on.
WE'RE OFF! We're just two cramped flights, two airports and a rental car away from Frisco, Texas! I'm decamped here at the airport bar while Ralph goes through the TSA line for his fourth pat down. Go Eags! Go hot TSA agent!
Had my first chance to see the University boys play Tuesday. Amazing the Titans still were in the game despite 27 turnovers. If they can curb some of those unforced errors in their run-and-gun attack, they could give some teams fits. Here's my game story.…
COUGARS It is less than a month until football's letter-of-intent day, so it's no wonder there were a couple recruiting questions on the blog yesterday. We don't have all the answers but we can add a few things, so read on.
Just a hunch, here, but I'm thinking Eastern Washington' s defense is going to have its hands full dealing with Delaware's Pat Devlin. Read more about the Blue Hens' 6-foot-4 quarterback, who transferred from Penn State two years ago here, and tell us what you…
Gonzaga, Eastern Washington and Idaho start conference play this week with tough games, the subject of our women's basketball notebook.
When it comes to Gonzaga women's basketball, recognition starts at point guard with Courtney Vandersloot leading the NCAA in assists again. But as Graham Hays of ESPN.com points out, it's the seamless transition that Katelan Redmon and Kayla Standish have made to convert those passes…
Former Eastern Washington University all-American Michael Roos didn't have to wait long for the $500,000 investment he made in his alma mater's Red Turf Project to pay off. You can read what Roos had to say about Eastern's magical run to Friday's championship game of…
Spokane native Tyler Johnson is the Western Hockey League Player of the Month for December. The Spokane Chiefs center, tied for second in the league in scoring, had 11 goals and 11 assists in 12 games.
COUGARS There is a lot to get to this morning, odd considering it is a Tuesday, which is usually the quiet day of the week. But there rarely is a Monday night in which a Pac-10 team looked as good as Stanford did last night.…
Gonzaga hammers Southern Utah 102-61, the Bulldogs' fourth century, with five players in double figures, led by Courtney Vandersloot with 20 points and 16 assists, her eighth double-double. Back shortly with a link to the story. Former Bulldog assistants J.R. Payne and Toriano Towns, Southern…
Spokane Chiefs captain Jared Cowen will play for a gold medal as Team Canada whipped Team USA 4-1 at World Junior Tournament in Buffalo. Team Canada plays Russia on Wednesday.
Getting ready for what we hope is a good game ... but won't bet on it because the Gonzaga women are so disappointing at home. OK, that's not fair. I'm being facetious The GU women are really good at home, many of the games are…
Well, it's been a while since we last checked in. To get the new year off right, I calculated Greater Spokane League scoring leaders this morning. Click the tab below to see. I would have guessed who the girls' leader was but wouldn't have pegged…
Here is the WHL release: The Western Hockey League announced today the date for the re-scheduled game between Spokane and Tri-City. The two Clubs met on Friday, December 31 in Tri-City, in a game that was postponed early in the 2nd period due to poor…
A shorter-than-usual day-after post from Gonzaga's 73-63 road victory over Wake Forest. First, the links: Game recaps in the S-R, Winston-Salem Journal and A.P. The latest rankings are out: GU picked up a couple more votes in each poll, but remain outside the Top 25.…
COUGARS As we begin a week with no school in Pullman and the first Pac-10 home games of the new year, we stop a while and look around. All we see is snow. A pile here, a mountain of it there. Snowboarding is great, but…
Quick weekend update ... Spokane Chiefs captain Jared Cowen and Team Canada face Team USA in the world junior semifinals on Monday ... The Chiefs got an impressive Western Hockey League win at Kelowna on New Year's Day, led by Levko Koper's hat trick ...…
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