COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Our senior spotlight series concludes with a cool story about a guy whose name may not be known by many of you. But he's been an essential part of the WSU program the last five years. He's Neil Stover, the team's…
The Vandals couldn't have asked for a more promising start Friday at Utah State. The last 25 minutes of game action, though, couldn't have been worse. Idaho's 15-point lead melted quickly on Senior Night in Logan, and the Vandals were manhandled in the second half…
Any later and this would have been the first day after day-after post, or something like that. But we're back with a day-after BYU post and a quick look at Saturday's game against surprising San Diego. It's a shorter-than-usual day-after post following Gonzaga’s 74-63 win…
TOURNAMENT FISHING -- Brandon Palaniuk, 24, of Rathdrum, Idaho, had a horrible start among the 50 select anglers who roared off this morning to start the 2012 Bassmaster Classic on the Red River near Shreveport-Bossier City, La. The weigh-in has just been completed, and Palaniuk…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Our senior spotlight series continues with a look at the careers of close friends and roommates Abe Lodwick and Charlie Enquist.
With a huge road win last night, Eastern Washington clinched a spot in the Big Sky Conference tournament. We told you that much in this morning's paper, but not the reason, which are losses the same night by Northern Colorado and Sacramento State.
Here's a poll for every high school basketball fan in every classification in our region. Which area boys and girls basketball teams will win regional games and advance to state this weekend? Please vote for teams you seriously believe will win.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Behold the power of the Kennel. Gonzaga obviously didn't play all that well Thursday night, giving up a battalion of offensive rebounds and turning the ball over 20 times, but they still defeated visiting Brigham Young by 11. That, my friends,…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- At 5 p.m. tonight, students can begin lining up for the campout outside Beasley Coliseum. Twenty-four hours after that, the Cougars will tip-off against the Huskies. About five seconds from now, you'll be reading this morning's links.
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