From Las Vegas -- Day one of the Pac-12 is in the books and four teams are already out. One of those teams was Washington State, which saw its season end in a thrilling late-night match against Stanford. Here is our story from the game,…
From Las Vegas -- The Cougars went on a 7-0 run to take a second-half lead against the heavily favored Cardinal. The game was a face-off of the team's starting fives -- both teams received just two points from their bench. Though the Cougars played…
The Spokane Chiefs could conceivably skate off the ice Saturday night in Kennewick, finished with their Western Hockey League regular season, and not know their assignment for the first round of the playoffs. Read story
Every Canadian Hockey League Top 10 poll since the start of 2014 has had the Kelowna Rockets on top. The 25th edition of the poll, released Wednesday, was more of the same. Read story
Gonzaga took all the guesswork – other than seeding, opponent and location -- out of Selection Sunday by winning the WCC Tournament title over BYU on Tuesday. Had the Zags lost, most pundits still had them in the NCAA field as an at-large team but…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It's almost a little ridiculous. Sixteen consecutive years in the NCAA tournament. For those of us who were around here in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Dan Fitzgerald's Gonzaga teams were battling to break through and make the NCAA…
From Las Vegas -- Today the Washington State men will take on Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament. Here's our advance on WSU's do or die situation. We'll also be covering the top-seeded Idaho women. Josh Wright has the preview here. We've also got the news…
The WAC men's and women's basketball tournaments will again be held at one site -- Orleans Arena in Las Vegas -- over the next four days. The top-seeded Idaho women (22-8) get things started Wednesday at noon with a quarterfinal matchup with Chicago State. The…
Connor Chartier scored again Tuesday night, giving the Spokane Chiefs' right wing 13 goals for the season, more than double what he tallied last season. Read story
Spokane had lost all seven games against Seattle this season, but the Chiefs took care of that Tuesday night by toppling the Thunderbirds 6-4 during a rough-and-tumble road game. Read story
As junior guard Gary Bell Jr. put it afterward, "No more bubble talk." Gonzaga secured the WCC Tournament title with a 75-64 victory over BYU on Tuesday, earning its 16th straight NCAA Tournament berth. Sam Dower, with 20 points and 13 boards, was named MVP.…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU men's 75-64 win against BYU in the WCC finals. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
From Las Vegas -- Washington State cornerback DaQuawn Brown was arrested Friday and booked into the Whitman County Jail on charges of felony second-degree assault and misdemeanor assault. The rising sophomore was released on Monday. Police logs indicate he was also arrested earlier this month...
Gonzaga rode its defense to another WCC title. The Bulldogs limited BYU to 14 first-half points and cruised to a 71-57 victory Tuesday in the championship game at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Keani Albanez led the way with 20 points, Sunny Greinacher added 16…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU women's game against BYU in the WCC finals. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Another busy day ahead in Las Vegas with the Gonzaga men and women playing for titles at Orleans Arena -- GU-BYU women at 1, GU-BYU men at 6 -- so we'll move on to our day-after Saint Mary's post. It'll be shorter than usual. Heading…
A GRIP ON SPORTS There is a ritual this time of year as dependable as the first robin of spring or the swallows returning to Capistrano. People won't be happy with all-conference selections. Read on.
From Pullman -- Had my first flight out of the Pullman airport canceled so I don't have long before making the familiar journey up to Spokane. The final destination will be Sin City, the Land of Lost Wages. We'll be covering not only the Washington…
Gonzaga took apart Saint Mary's for the third time this season, the latest a 70-54 rout Monday that sends the Bulldogs into the WCC Tournament title game for the 17th straight year. GU beat the Gaels by 21, 28 and 16 in three meetings. David…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany is in Las Vegas for the GU men 70-54 win over Saint Mary's WCC semifinal game. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Haiden Palmer scored 16 points, Lindsay Sherbert had 14 in the first half and Shelby Cheslek added 11 points and 14 rebounds Gonzaga defeated Saint Mary's 68-60 on Monday. The victory moves the top-seeded Bulldogs (28-4) into Tuesday's championship game against No. 2 BYU, a…
The Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament begins on Wednesday. Follow the jump for a schedule of all the games.
Big Sky Conference scoring leader Tyler Harvey of Eastern Washington has been named a first-team all-star selection, the league announced Monday. Harvey, a sophomore from Torrance, Calif., led the league in scoring and free-throw shooting while finishing among the nation's top 3-point shooters. Harvey averaged…
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