Will the Idaho Vandals finish third in the WAC? How about fourth … or fifth … or sixth? All those options are in playing heading into the final week of the regular season. We’ve got lots below on the seeding scenarios and comments from Don…
Spokane traded WR Charles Dillon, the former Washington State Cougar who helped the Shock win the 2009 ArenaCup, to Chicago for claim order position. More here on Dillion and a couple of other Shock transactions.
COUGARS I tweeted about this today during hoops practice, but I wanted to go into a little more in-depth about long snapper Zach Enyeart's trick-snap video. Read on.
Mac Engel has proven to be more than a fill-in. The Spokane Chiefs' backup goalie, pressed into service when James Reid was injured in January, has been named the Western Hockey League Goaltender of the Month for February. Not a bad replacement when the team's…
Ex-Zag Derek Raivio has been traded from the NBA Development League's Erie BayHawks to the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Mad Ants. Raivio averaged 4.9 points for the BayHawks. More here.
COUGARS As we said on the previous post, we spent a while today running down the particulars of linebacker Louis Bland's domestic violence arrest that occurred early Saturday morning. We have a story, so read on.
COUGARS While we wait for a return phone call – one of the major pastimes of journalists – we thought we would catch you up on basketball coach Ken Bone's press conferences today, so read on.
As mentioned in a previous post, Gonzaga had five players (Steven Gray, Rob Sacre, Elias Harris, Marquise Carter and Sam Dower) honored when the All-WCC teams/individual awards were announced Tuesday. Here's a link to my article that will run in Wednesday's S-R. (Carter and Dower…
Gonzaga's Steven Gray and Robert Sacre were selected to the All-West Coast Conference team and Marquise Carter was named newcomer of the year. Sam Dower made the All-WCC freshmen team. Sophomore Elias Harris was honorable mention. The All-WCC teams and individual awards, voted on by…
Courtney Vandersloot is the West Coast Conference Player of the Year for an unprecedented third-straight year. The senior point guard from Kent averaged a double-double in WCC play, leading the league in scoring at 20.7 while dishing off 10.1 assists. Vandersloot, who was the league's…
After a sluggish start, Gonzaga cruised past Cal State Bakersfield 96-49 Monday on Senior Night. Here's a link to my game story and to Dan Pelle's photo gallery. My day-after post is below. (Reminder: All-Conference teams will be announced in the noon hour).
Just talked with North Central boys coach Jay Webber. He directed me to a link on YouTube which shows the final minute of the Indians' 44-43 win over Kamiakin. Check it out here.
COUGARS It's a short week in Pullman, in the sense the USC game looms just a couple days away. With that in mind, we don't want to waste any of your time, so let's get right to it. Read on.
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