Sorry to break in with a basketball post amid all of the fallout on Eastern's never-ending football coaching search, but I did have a long talk with Eagles senior forward Kellen Williams earlier this week and wrote this feature story that ran in this morning's…
Second half of the Greater Spokane League basketball season is on us and will conclude in a rush. Beginning tomorrow teams must pack as many as a dozen games into a relatively short 35-day window. Included are two three-game weeks. The GSL plays Tuesday, Thursday…
COUGARSAs Pac-10 Conference play kicks off tonight, there are about a dozen stories from up and down the coast to link to, and we will. We also have links to the S-R stories and our pieces on our Four Corners page, which runs every Thursday.…
COUGARSThis is going to be a long, long post.At the top is my unedited Pac-10 preview story that will run in tomorrow's Spokesman-Review. And below that are the capsules, a team-by-team look at the league. You get it all before it shows up in tomorrow's…
The holidays are finally in the rearview mirror and teams return to action this week.Click the tab below for more.
From GU sports information:SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University men's basketball game Saturday against the University of Georgia in the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena will now be televised on KAYU-TV Fox 28 in the Spokane area. The game was originally to have been televised on KHQ-TV…
COUGARSHappy New Year. I hope everyone is enjoying their day of football. We've got a couple of links for you then a holiday treat: A basketball scheduling story I've written that's yet to make it into the paper.
Lots of analysis, quotes, stats and links if you click on extended entry below.Batting leadoff, though, is the S-R's John Blanchette, took a big-picture look at the Zags' latest loss. He discusses GU's defensive lapses, inconsistencies of several players and why Micah Downs played just…
Gonzaga dropped its second consecutive game, falling to Tennessee 82-72 Saturday at KeyArena.Click on extended entry for an unedited game story. A few notes: Robert Sacre made his first start. He played 10 minutes and didn't score. In fact, two GU starters, Sacre and Micah…
COUGARSWe gave you most everything last night, so let's get to the links without hesitation. Then we'll give you a peek at the week ahead.
Happy Holidays and welcome back to Greater Spokane League basketball following a week’s hiatus. I’m still on vacation, but took in the Central Valley-University doubleheader to compare teams that figured to finish one behind the other in the upper division of both boys and girls…
CRANBROOK, British Columbia – The Spokane Chiefs were a give-and-take team in opening the second half of the Western Hockey League season on Friday night.They gave little, and took a lot. Read on for highlights.
In Washington State and North Carolina A&T, we see two teams that don't mind a slow game. Still, it was the No. 4 Cougars who controlled the pace. With a halftime score of 33-12, that should be evident.
Eastern Washington University's men's basketball team, which is currently riding a three-game winning streak, plays its final non-conference game of the season tonight against UC Santa Barbara.You can read more on the Eagles here, and more on the Gauchos here.And if you want to weigh…
COUGARSThe last day of basketball's nonconference season dawned cold – and snow covered. I opened the door here in Pullman this morning and was greeted with a couple of fingers of snow.Thank goodness I don't have to go anywhere until this evening, when I have…
Gonzaga isn't completely healthy, but it is getting closer. Matt Bouldin (calf, ankle) is probably the biggest concern, but he's expected to play against Tennessee on Saturday and forward Josh Heytvelt will have the benefit of eight days between the Oklahoma and Tennessee games. For…
Eastern Washington's senior forward Kellen Williams has been named the Big Sky Conference's men's basketball player of the week.You can read more here, and stay tuned for a feature story on Williams that is scheduled to run in next week's S-R.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1:45 P.M.Think about this. A week from today, the Pac-10 season starts. For everyone but the Cougars and the Huskies, of course, who kick off their conference season a week from Saturday. This weekend, everyone plays, from WSU hosting North Carolina A&T…
Back in November, I made the hike up to Alberta for the first part of the Spokane Chiefs five-game swing through the Central Division.The trip kicked off about six large cups of coffee and eight hours later, when we arrived in Standoff, Alberta. There, members…
As the search for their next head coach stretches into late December -- and quite possibly into next year -- many of Eastern Washington's returning football players are getting a bit anxious.You can read the story that ran in this morning's S-R here.In addition, Dave…
COUGARSThe day after Christmas has a name, doesn't it? Something about boxes or something.It should be called Snowplowing Day around here. Because that's the only way to get around. Behind a snowplow.
Never thought I'd be blogging on Christmas Day, but the presents have been opened, only two items need to be exchanged and most of kids' stuff that required assembly has been assembled.So, we'll post our feature story on GU third-year walk-on Andrew Sorenson, an impressive…
COUGARSIt's Christmas Eve and, if you're at work, my sympathies. You should be out shopping for that last-minute gift, just like everyone else in America. Me too. But I'm not sure what to get.See the gift is Cougar-related. Read on for my question, and for…
COUGARSWSU isn't shooting exceptionally well - less than 50 percent. But Derrick Low is and that's enough for a 34-20 halftime lead in Pocatello against Idaho State.Low, who hasn't been scoring much lately - his last double figure game was against Air Force in Spokane…
Eastern opened the Big Sky Conference basketball season by upsetting Portland State Saturday night at Reese Court.You can read an unedited version of the game story that will appear in Sunday's S-R by clicking on the extended entry line below.
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