After several days of labor unrest, the Spokane Shock can finally concentrate on football and the Iowa Barnstormers, who visit the Arena on Monday night in the AFL season-opener for both teams. Here's my game preview. If there was more in the Des Moines Register…
In the five seasons I've covered Gonzaga, here's the travel pattern when it comes to the NCAA tournament. 2008, Raleigh; 2009, Portland; 2010, Buffalo; 2011, Denver; 2012, Pittsburgh. Pretty much alternating far from home with close to home every other year, no? Anyway, Gonzaga will…
The Idaho Vandals bowed out early in the WAC tournament, but their season is still alive. They accepted an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com tournament on Sunday. UI will host UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Cowan Spectrum. The Vandals (18-13) still have a…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The Washington State men's basketball team will continue its season with a first-round game in the College Basketball Invitational on Tuesday at San Francisco. We've posted a short story below.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Selection Sunday can either be the happiest day of the year or the saddest, depending on your position. But for most folks, whose schools already know their NCAA fate, it can also have no relevance whatsoever. Strike that. Very little relevance…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- To me, this is always the second-best day of the year -- just behind the first Thursday of the NCAA tournament. Yes, it's selection Sunday. And even though WSU won't hear its name called on the big show today, the Cougars…
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