COUGARS FROM SALT LAKE CITY -- There's some sort of basketball tournament starting this week, but Washington State also begins its spring football practices on Thursday. Just to whet your appetite -- and to have an excuse to use the word "whet" -- here's a…
While the rest of the Western Hockey League prepares for postseason, the teams that didn't qualify are concentrating on Wednesday's Bantam Draft lottery. Read story
Gonzaga junior guard Haiden Palmer was named Most Valuable Player at last week's West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas. Her teammates have known about her value for a long time. Read story
A GRIP ON SPORTS Ever wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to get back to sleep? A million thoughts are running through your head. Finally your mind focuses on one. You refine the thought, clean it up, mull it…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We're headed back on the road this morning to help with the paper's Gonzaga coverage this week in Salt Lake City. But that doesn't mean we're ignoring WSU. Read on.
Pac-12 Conference rivals Stanford and California are the top two seeds to the Spokane Regional. The teams are looking at a possible April 1 matchup at the Arena to decide a Final Four berth. Read story
Fourth-seeded Georgia will be the highest-seeded team playing at McCarthey Athletic Center on Saturday. The Bulldogs have a long history of success. Read story
Eastern Washington gets another shot at a 20th win on Friday when it plays at Washington to open the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Eagles (19-12) lost in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals to Northern Colorado. EWU also played at the WNIT in 2010.…
Idaho, making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1985, will open Saturday morning against Connecticut at Storrs, Conn. The Vandals, champions of the Western Athletic Conference tournament, were awarded a 16th seed and the always-tough Huskies (29-4) earned the top seed in the Bridgeport Regional.…
Monday's NCAA Selection Show revealed Gonzaga's fate as the Bulldogs prepare for their fifth consecutive tournament appearance. GU was given a 12th seed and will open at 1:15 p.m. Saturday on its home court at McCarthey Athletic Center against fifth-seeded Iowa State. The teams have…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- WSU announced its spring football practice schedule today. It's pretty much the same as last season's, though you'll see that the Saturday times are to be determined. Thursday, March 21 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 TBD Tuesday, March 26 3 p.m.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said on his weekly radio show Monday that he plans to meet next week with coach Ken Bone to discuss the future of the program. Moos did not say specifically whether he's decided Bone will…
One little click in the URL line and I'm back in the blogging world after 2-3 days on the sidelines. Onward. Hmm, could have sworn I saw Gonzaga seeded No. 1 when the brackets came out, despite all the pro-con sparring of Jay Bilas and…
Re-live moments from the drive to no. 1, as played in the pages of the newspaper. More will be added as the tourney begins. You can view the pages, and order reprints.
A GRIP ON SPORTS It's the Monday morning following Selection Sunday, so our post is dominated with NCAA tournament items. Isn't that the way it should be? Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Back on the Palouse, albeit for a very short time before hitting the road again. We do have a recap of yesterday's NCAA tournament selections, which went much better for the Pac-12 this year than last. Read on.
Last year's NCAA bracket pool was pretty popular, so we've brought it back this season. Anyone who wants to participate can do so by clicking this link: http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=102194&P=cougs The group ID is 102194. The group password is cougs. Let me know if you have any…
A GRIP ON SPORTS "And the at-large berth goes to ..." No, tonight isn't Oscar night, but it might as well be. It's Selection Sunday (both words capitalized please), the day we find out who is playing whom in the NCAA tournament. Read on.
COUGARS FROM LAS VEGAS -- Yep. Just like Nicholas Cage. Time to get out of here. But first, we have links to wrap up the Pac-12 tournament. Read on.
The Spokane Chiefs have won 10 of their last 11 games after Saturday night's 3-2 overtime win over the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick. The Western Hockey League regular season ends Sunday with the Chiefs at Portland. Spokane won the season series over Tri-City 7-3-2-0, including…
Idaho qualified for its first NCAA tournament since 1985 by holding off Seattle 67-64 in Saturday's Western Athletic Conference championship game in Las Vegas. UI's Stacey Barr, a sophomore from Australia, was named tournament most valuable player. Idaho will find out its opening-round assignment at…
A GRIP ON SPORTS College basketball has its ups and downs. A good example of that occurred last night at the Pac-12 tournament, where UCLA came up big with a semifinal win over Arizona, only to have star freshman Jordan Adams come down wrong on…
COUGARS FROM LAS VEGAS -- Not much Washington State news to pass along this morning, but we do have our usual batch of links around the conference. Today, that means recapping the Pac-12 tournament semifinals. Read on.
The Spokane Chiefs took care of business Friday night, avoiding the need to win on the road Saturday and Sunday during the final two games of the Western Hockey League's regular season. Spokane's 6-0 win over visiting Tri-City clinched the No. 4 seed for the…
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