Hauptman leaves Chiefs
Spokane Chiefs forward Jarid Hauptman has left the team and returned home to Morinville, Alberta, the Chiefs announced Tuesday. Keep reading for more details.
TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2012
Area women's basketball teams look to rebound after tough week
June Daugherty summed it up quite simply. “We have to be able to rebound,” the Washington State women’s basketball coach said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Daughtery was speaking literally, of course, about rebounding in order to get more looks at second and third…
Spangler sidelined with broken pinky
Back with my Gonzaga notebook from today's media day. As mentioned before, Ryan Spangler will miss 2-3 weeks with a broken pinky finger. More details on that and a few other notes here. Also, Gonzaga coach Mark Few mentioned shortly after Finals week that the…
Spangler out 2-3 weeks with broken finger
Good afternoon. A quick post after attending media day earlier today. I tweeted a couple hours ago (twitter.com/srjimm) that freshman forward Ryan Spangler broke the pinky finger on his left hand in Monday's practice. He'll have surgery this afternoon and will probably miss 2-3 weeks.…
Ken Bone talks rebounding, among other things 1
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN – It was a sparse teleconference with Ken Bone today, but we do have some news and notes to pass along. Read on for what the Cougars coach had to say in Pullman and on the Pac-12 call.
Preps this week
In Greater Spokane League boys basketball tonight, the co-leaders - Gonzaga Prep (8-4 overall, 8-2 league) and Central Valley (9-3, 8-2) meet at CV. Tipoff is at 5:30. CV romped past G-Prep 60-41 in the first meeting Dec. 9. I'll be covering the G-Prep/CV boys…
Eagles fly home, face PSU next
We're not even at the halfway mark, but the Big Sky basketball race is shaping up. Well, Weber State is shaping up to dominate the conference. The Wildcats, who have many more weapons besides national scoring leader Damian Lillard, moved into sole possession of first…
It's Tuesday with all that entails 3
A GRIP ON SPORTS Really thought I would wake this morning to a covering of snow. And yet, nothing. I know 80 miles south of here, in Pullman (my home away from home the past five years), there is a covering of the white stuff…
It's cold outside, but links are room temperature 1
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN – Snoqualmie Pass was not friendly yesterday, but the Honda managed to plow through the slush, ice and snow and arrived safely back on the snow-covered Palouse. Though looking at the forecast, it seems we may have left the worst of this…
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