COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The sun came out and the sky was blue when the Cougars began spring football practice on Thursday. But the night ended with me scraping snow off my windshield. Yep, it's spring time on the Palouse. Read on for our coverage.
Spokane Shock tickets are being offered to people who complete The Spokesman-Review weekly news quiz dated March 18. Simply take the quiz, and you're eligible to win drawings that will be held today (Friday). We will have two separate drawing for two Spokane Shock tickets…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We'll be back with more practice notes later, but first wanted to pass along a little video of Mike Leach discussing WSU's first practice of the spring.
A GRIP ON SPORTS I don't remember many more eventful Wednesday in March around here. There was the Cougars domination of Oregon State in the CBI semifinals – basically without leading scorer Brock Motum. There was 729 blog posts from Christian Caple on SportsLink yesterday.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Lots of buzz around town this morning, for a couple of different reasons. We've got a ton of content to pass along today, so hurry up and read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State beat Oregon State for a third time this season on Wednesday, and this one was their most dominating win over the Beavers yet. It also allowed the Cougars to advance to next week's best-of-three championship series against Pittsburgh. We…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mike Leach met with reporters for about 33 minutes today to discuss the beginning of spring practice on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights, as well as a few personnel notes.
Filling a hole that had been vacant since the beginning of last season, Eastern Washington hired Cherokee Valeria as cornerbacks coach, the school announced Wednesday. Valeria replaces Torey Hunter, who was hired by Idaho in August.
Idaho football coach Robb Akey addressed the media this morning, a day before the Vandals take the field for the first of 15 spring practices. We have our spring preview after the jump, with the key story lines to follow.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Not a lot of surprises today. There's no rest for the Washington State men, who had to hustle down to Corvallis on Tuesday for tonight's CBI semifinal against Oregon State. The Gonzaga women, on the other hand, got to catch their…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- With the basketball team on the road in Corvallis and spring football practice about to begin, it figures that it would snow enough to muck up the roads in Pullman. It has until Thursday to burn off, or else WSU is…
A GRIP ON SPORTS I get it. I probably write more than I should about the weather in this space. But today I have to. Woke up this morning and there is a dusting of snow, with more falling. Really? It was 60 degrees just…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The WSU basketball team won't have long to celebrate last night's victory over Wyoming. Today it travels to Corvallis for yet another meeting with CBI darling Oregon State on Wednesday. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- In the days leading up to the start of spring practices at Washington State, we're going to take a quick, capsulated look at each position group, just to refresh everyone's memories. Up first: the quarterbacks.
How sweet it was. The 11th-seeded Gonzaga women's basketball team earned a third straight trip to the Sweet Sixteen with a victory over No.3 Miami on Monday night in the final game at the McCarthey Athletic Center this season. Here's our game story and a…
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