A GRIP ON SPORTS I'm guessing the skiing and snowboarding will be tubular today. It's 13 degrees outside and it's snowing pretty hard. The snow is so light, though, if you breathe hard enough it blows away. Maybe all the way to southern Russia. Read…
From Pullman -- Former Washington State safety passed another mile marker on his road to the NFL, receiving an invite to the NFL combine ... Here's a column from Bud Withers on the recruiting class WSU signed on Wednesday ... Mark Sandritter recaps the class…
It was hard to imagine before tonight. Idaho had lost eight of its last 10 games. New Mexico State had giant center Sim Bhullar back healthy and had just creamed league-leading Utah Valley. But the Vandals frustrated NMSU just enough and were clearly the more…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered Gonzaga's victory over Pepperdine, 86-51, in the women's WCC college basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Check out his big picture story!
The WCC standings speak loud and clear: Gonzaga, at 11-1, is in control, leading by 3½ games over its closest pursuer. But on the court, it’s also clear the Bulldogs have their hands full with just about every conference team. Portland, picked ninth in the…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Most hump days are a bit sleepy, sports-wise. Camel racing, sure, but not much else. Yesterday was the exception that shattered the rule. Read on.
From Pullman -- The 2014 WSU football class is almost if not entirely signed and it's drawn good reviews from its architect ... We've got a list of the signees, along with coach Mike Leach's evaluations of each, right here ... The men's basketball team…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered Gonzaga's victory over Portland, 71-66, in the men's college basketball game, Wed., Feb. 5, 2014, at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Check out his big picture story.
Gonzaga played about 18 minutes of outstanding basketball, followed by about 17 minutes of lackluster basketball. That left GU in a 56-52 hole, but the Bulldogs rallied behind the trio of David Stockton, Sam Dower Jr. and Kevin Pangos. The three scored Gonzaga's final 20…
There have been many positives to the Spokane Chiefs' 2013-14 Western Hockey League season, which is down to 19 games following Wednesday night's game at the Arena. The two big negatives have been Spokane's record against Portland (0-7) and Seattle, which is 6-0 against Spokane…
Paul Petrino announced his second recruiting class at Idaho, one that's heavy on junior-college transfers and speedy players at almost every position. Idaho signed 17 players today and 27 in all, including three grayshirts. The biggest signing came at the end of the day, when…
Despite their Jan. 29 home shootout loss to the Spokane Chiefs, the Kelowna Rockets remained the No. 1 team in the Canadian Hockey League's Top 10 rankings. Read story
You can view the video of coach Mike Leach's signing day press conference here. From Pullman -- Members of the Washington State football program's 2014 class will be faxing in their letters of intent throughout the day. As the signings become official we'll update them…
Here's a link below to my unedited story about area prep athletes signing letters of intent Wednesday. Pictured above is CdA's Chase Blakley (Boise State) and Austin Chadderdon (Montana).
Eastern Washington signed 26 players to national letters of intent on Wednesday. Here is the full list:
A GRIP ON SPORTS No matter how cold it gets today, no matter how bad the traffic might be, no matter how much the boss yells at you before lunch, remember, it could be worse. You could be in Sochi, covering the Olympics. Read on.
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From Pullman -- Yes, yes today is signing day. If you scroll up we've got a blog post that I'll update with information on each new Washington State football signee, and a live chat in which I'll provide the latest news and answer questions when…
This week's Western Hockey League notebook leads with the possible first-round playoff matchup between the Spokane Chiefs and Seattle Thunderbirds. Seattle plays at Spokane on Wednesday night and hosts the Chiefs in Kent, Wash., on Friday. Read story
Gonzaga's lone loss of the WCC season came last month against Portland, 82-73, at the Chiles Center. It wasn't a fluke as the Pilots dominated at both ends of the court, drained eight 3-pointers and snapped a 20-game losing streak in the series. The rematch…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered Lewis and Clarks win over Central Valley, 61-56, in the GSL high school girl's basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Lewis and Clark High School. Check out the gallery of his photos!
Here's a feature on Spokane Chiefs 18-year-old defenseman Jeremy McIntosh, who was born in Minneapolis but spent most of his years in Calgary, Alberta. Read story
From Pullman -- Tomorrow Washington State will be looking for payback against Colorado. When the two teams met earlier this season the Cougars fell in Spokane, 71-70, in overtime, without leading scorer DaVonte Lacy. Now it's the Buffaloes turn to play without a key contributor…
Four Spokane Shock games, including two matchups with rival Arizona, will be televised among CBS Sports Network’s 20 regular-season broadcasts of the Arena Football League. The network will air Spokane’s games at Arizona on March 23, at Tampa Bay on April 26, at San Jose…
Media day Monday and I checked in with versatile guard/wing/forward Kyle Dranginis. I'm not much of a stat guy, but his numbers across the board are hard to ignore. He's earning big minutes with his ability to play several positions and fill up several columns…
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