Eastern Washington basketball coach Jim Hayford spent part of Monday afternoon at a J.C. Penney store in Huntsville, Texas, doing some Christmas shopping for his assistants. "And if they don’t work out, they can always return them in Spokane,” said Hayford, dispensing the kind of…
Ernie Kent addressed the media today while his team takes what is, in his opinion, a much-needed break to focus on finals. The Cougars played three games last week, but will have eight days off following their loss at Santa Clara before hosting San Jose…
As with football, Spokane high school basketball teams played in no organized league until the Spokane City League was formed in 1925. Prior to that, the results of the annual games between the schools resulted in a “City Champion”. On Jan. 7, 1926, 200 fans…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Did you watch the Seahawks end the 49ers' postseason hopes yesterday? Methodical might be an understatement. Read on.
We enter the third week of WSU's search for a defensive coordinator with nary a peep about who the Cougars may hire. That may be the case for a while if Washington State is waiting on a coach that is deep in the middle of…
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