It's been an interesting 2-3 days in the AFL, to say the least, culminating in a wild Friday that saw owners fire players, the AFL players union declare a strike on twitter and then call off the strike roughly 6 1/2 hours later. "It was…
Heading out to Shock practice now, but I've been told by media relations director Kevin Maloney that Shock players took a vote this morning and 100 percent voted to play Monday night, irregardless of what happens with the negotiations between AFL/ownership and the AFL players'…
I am still in Janesville, Wisconsin, with the Whitworth basketball team, which lost last night in the third round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Here is my story on the game, which ended in dramatic and controversial fashion. Even the next morning, I couldn't…
Just about the time I was hitting the pillow late last night at the conclusion of the Cal-Colorado Pac-12 tournament game, it appears AFL players union executive director Ivan Soto put out another tweet: "Work stoppage over all players instructed to go back to work,…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It was a pretty slow Friday – unless you happen to be an Arena football fan. Then it got real exciting, real quick in the early afternoon. But the Spokane Shock don't play until Monday evening and the labor troubles that…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We're back on the Palouse with your daily dose of basketball news this Saturday morning. Most notable for patrons of this blog -- the WSU women hung with Cal for a while yesterday before falling in the semifinals of the Pac-12…
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