Gonzaga and Utah will spend New Year's Eve on the court for the second straight year. GU won 61-59 last year in Spokane. The rematch is Wednesday at 5 p.m. PST in Salt Lake City.For the second straight year, GU assistant Ray Giacoletti will handle…
No one at Eastern Washington University is talking publicly about the “personal matter” that prevented Kirk Earlywine, the Eagles’ second-year head men’s basketball coach, from attending Monday night’s 57-48 road to Boise State University in Boise. But EWU athletic director Bill Chaves said Earlywine has…
COUGARS A couple notes from Tony Bennett's teleconference this morning, along with notes about a former Cougar football assistant and football recruiting. Read on.
Coach Kirk Earlywine was not on the bench Monday night when his Eastern Washington men's basketball team lost for the fourth time in five games, falling on the road to Boise State.EWU officials did not explain Ealrywine's absence other that to say he was tending…
I've been on a week vacation much to my automobile's relief, but Greater Spokane League basketball isn't resting. Lewis and Clark travels to Central Valley for 1 p.m. and 2:45 boys and girls games, University is at Ferris at and Mead is at Gonzaga Prep…
An interesting day on the roads. It took about 55 minutes (normal trip 25-30) to get to Gonzaga for media day because traffic was backed up on I-90 from a vehicle spin-out near Barker Road. Later, I was stuck, briefly, in a carefully selected parking…
A couple of weeks ago, Gonzaga was undefeated and ranked No. 4. Following a loss to No. 2 UConn on Dec. 20th in Seattle, the Zags actually went up one spot in the A.P. poll, from 8th to 7th. But a home loss to Portland…
Eastern Washington University returns to the basketball floor following a short holiday break tonight, taking on Boise State University in a non-conference game that tips off at approximately 7:15 in the Broncos' Taco Bell Arena in Boise.The games will serve as the nightcap of a…
COUGARS I know it's December so this shouldn't surprise me, but darn if it isn't snowing again. It's stretches like these that make me wish I was covering Arizona State or UCLA or even Cal Poly. Read on for the one WSU-related link I found…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 3 P.M. Pac-10 play starts in less than a week. WSU will enter conference 8-4, which is exactly what we thought as we doped out the schedule before the season started. Read on for more thoughts and links.
The stars were missing, but the effort, smarts and sacrifice weren’t.It’s hard to say Spokane’s 4-2 Western Hockey League victory over the Tri-City Americans was unexpected on Saturday night – expect a little of everything in one of the WHL’s most rabid rivalries. But the…
COUGARS After the collapse was over, and WSU had lost 64-52 at LSU, basketball coach Tony Bennett talked about "regrouping." The defeat itself was one thing, but the way the Cougars lost, blowing a seven-point lead midway through the second half by just giving the…
COUGARS A 11-0 run by LSU clinches a 64-52 nonconference win over WSU on Saturday. The Cougars turned the ball over five times down the stretch, part of 18 they had, including 13 of them steals credited to the Tigers. We'll be back in a…
COUGARS An interesting first half with some interesting whistles. That's as far as I will go other than to say it's easy to see why LSU has won 12 consecutive home games. ... LSU leads 25-23 behind the 12 points of Bo Spencer, a guard…
COUGARS The calendar is about to turn a new leaf. Washington State's basketball schedule is about to do the same thing. The Cougars will play their final nonconference game this morning in Baton Rouge, facing an LSU team that's lost just once this season. Read…
COUGARS • UPDATED 5:45 P.M. WSU gets back on the court tomorrow at 9-1 LSU. The Tigers will provide a formidable test for the Cougars, but their record is a little soft, with eight wins over teams with a Pomeroy ranking of 220 or worse…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 3:45 P.M.; 2:30 P.M. DEC. 25 Wandering around the Internet last night, I saw a football beat writer who offered his thoughts about starters next year for the school he covers. It seemed like a good idea, so I decided to try…
Where to begin the day after Portland State post? By giving proper credit to the visiting Vikings, who overcame travel issues and were the hungrier team in knocking off No. 7 Gonzaga 77-70 on Tuesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Portland State hopped off a charter…
Former Eastern Washington standout Rodney Stuckey stuck it to Chicago in a big way on Tuesday night, scoring a career-high 40 points in the Detroit Pistons' 104-98 NBA victory over the visiting Bulls.The Detroit News ran this account of Stuckey's heroics, while the Detroit Free…
The unpredictable is the norm in Greater Spokane League boys basketball. In tonight's final games before a 10-day break, Shadle Park lucked out thanks to clutch shooting by Luke Jordan in a 62-61 escape at home against Central Valley. Mead and LC moved up with…
Back with the game story from Portland State's 77-70 upset over No. 7 Gonzaga at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Gonzaga couldn't contain 5-foot-6 guard Jeremiah Dominguez, who had 25 points, made seven 3-pointers, and grabbed six rebounds. He added five assists. Read on for the unedited…
The Portland State Vikings had trouble just getting to Spokane -- arriving via a charter bus trip that was split over two days after their flight was canceled Monday -- but that didn't stop them from pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college…
EWU product Harrison Nikolao will return for his second season with the Spokane Shock. The arenafootball2 team also added three other players to the roster. More here.
Like many who went to the Battle in Seattle, I returned home on four wheels instead of an airplane. Got back early evening Monday. Gonzaga's opponent tonight, Portland State, is taking a similar path. Their flight was a snow-related cancel Monday, so they've opted to…
Last week's snowtorm stranded me on my street and forced delays for Greater Spokane League baskeball. Tonight's games will precede a 10-day winter break that hopefully will mean cleaner streets and parking lots, easier access to games and smoother sailing for the rest of the…
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