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COUGARS It turns out Jeff Tuel was more banged up than previously revealed. His left clavicle is not fractured again – it's real sore though – but his right calf is pretty beat up. Read on.
COUGARS It turns out Jeff Tuel was more banged up than previously revealed. His left clavicle is not fractured again – it's real sore though – but his right calf is pretty beat up. Read on.
COUGARS Why wait? Let's get right to the morning post. Read on.
Robb Akey is looking for something positive to ignite Idaho's woebegone offense. It hasn't happened yet, but the Vandals coach is optimistic of course. As he said Monday after the Vandals' bye week, "We’re as cold as the damn ice cubes in a freezer the…
COUGARS Jeff Tuel was not at practice Monday night as he was undergoing an examination of his injured left shoulder and a sore right calf. Read on for more from Washington State's short practice.
COUGARS We tweeted the news last night (@vinceg55) about Jeff Tuel's injury and status for this week's game with Oregon – it's not good – but we have some more news on the link, so read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 10:30 A.M. OK, we've taken a bit more time, have tooled around the Web to gather Pac-12 information – any second thoughts Utah? – and pulled together some notes and quotes about last night. Read on.
COUGARS Really, that wasn't all that hard to explain. "What happened today is they outplayed us today," said linebacker Sekope Kaufusi. "Records don't matter, as you could clearly see tonight. Whoever comes out that day and plays the best, wins. Bottom line is, Oregon State…
Spokane fell behind for the fifth straight game but this time it didn’t take a last minute rally for the Chiefs to run their winning streak to six. The Chiefs, after allowing Everett the first two goals, stormed back to defeat the Silvertips 3-2, for…
Back home and storied filed a while back on GU's Kraziness in the Kennel. For what it's worth, the Red Team, stocked with newcomers, beat the more veteran Blue 37-33 behind Kevin Pangos' 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting. Here's a link to the article that…
COUGARS We're at beautiful CenturyLink Field – afraid of the news reports, we got here four hours early, and wasn't the first writer in the press box – and, after hearing the horror stories about the drive over, I want to say to all you…
COUGARS It's Saturday morning and I know the Washington State flag is being waved somewhere in sight of a TV camera. It's about all you can count on in this cockamamie world anymore. Heck, WSU's home game today isn't even in the 509 area code.…
The Mead and Ferris football teams secured play-in game berths while Lewis and Clark and Central Valley face off next week to decide a third berth. Here's our Mead/Gonzaga Prep game story. Ferris edged LC in a slugfest. And in North Idaho, Coeur d'Alene sped…
For the third straight game the Spokane Chiefs entered the third period trailing and came up with a win. Friday night they scored three goals in the third period - the second straight game they've done that - to defeat the Saskatoon Blades 5-3. Consider…
About ready to drop the puck at the Arena with the Saskatoon Blades, one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Division, taking on the Spokane Chiefs. The scratches are Hambling, King, Wedman and Nelson for the Chiefs. Mac Engel is in goal. Jared Spurgeon's…
The public gets its first look at the 2011-12 Bulldogs during Saturday's Kraziness in the Kennel. The event is open to the public and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Here's a schedule of events.
Shocking, I tell you, shocking. Swish Appeal's ranking of the top 100 women's basketball programs ends today with the top 10 and - can you believe this? - Geno is No. 1 and Pat Summitt is No. 2. Wait, I mean, UConn and Tennessee. No.…
COUGARS What an event down in Tucson last night. Note that I didn't write "game." The game itself wasn't great shakes, but the whole aura surrounding it, along with the blowout nature, which gave the ESPN guys plenty of time to talk about Rick Neuheisel's…
A visit with Liam Stewart (son of Rod) and his mother Rachel Hunter reveals nothing more than a passionate hockey player and a dedicated hockey mom. First impression:, good kid with a chance to make an impact during his career with the Spokane Chiefs and…
COUGARS Though the game Saturday is in CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, it is a Washington State home game, of course. That circumstance – a home game 280 miles away – led to a funny occurrence at the beginning of Thursday's practice. Read…
Click the tab below to see this week's menu. Pictured above is Nathan Weitz of Shadle Park at a cross country meet Wednesday.
Wins matter, but not as much as who they come against, so it's not surprising that after Gonzaga charged to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament the Bulldogs are considered one of the best women's basketball teams in the country. How good? Well, the…
Gonzaga is No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' preseason top 25 rankings released this morning. Here's an article and a list of the top 25. North Carolina is No. 1, followed by Kentucky and Ohio State. GU will face No. 15 Xavier and No.…
COUGARS Let's see. Where do we go today, besides a Paul Wulff press conference and to football practice, of course? Well, there's always that seat in front of the computer in the apartment. Seems like a good spot right now. Read on.
COUGARS It rained during practice. And that wasn't the lowlight of the afternoon. Read on.
Idaho has an open date on its schedule this week, but Robb Akey still met with the media to give his bye-week thoughts on the 1-6 Vandals. Read on.
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