COLLEGE BASKETBALLThere are four important basketball games today, with the Gonzaga game probably having the least impact on the postseason, if you believe the pundits.The Zags will face USF this afternoon at 12:30 (KXLY-4; 1510-AM) having already clinched at least the second seed in the…
PREPSUniversity and Lewis and Clark's girls basketball team is headed back to state, as is the undefeated Ferris boys.Those berths were decided Friday night at the Con Agra Foods/LambWeston 4A basketball regional in Kennewick's Toyota Center, where the U-Hi girls defeated Mead, 73-54, and LC…
EAGLESDave Trimmer goes through Eastern's Big Sky tourney hopes on his blog, but the story I want to draw Eagle fans eyes to is on SI.CNN.com.It's a piece from Bill Trocchi in which the writer quotes Rodney Stuckey as saying, "I'll probably declare for the…
COUGARSJust a quick link from the El Paso Times on former Cougar quarterback Ryan Leaf. Reading the quotes from Leaf in this story makes you think the one-time San Diego Charger bust is going to be a success in his new profession.
EAGLES, VANDALS, PIRATES, HUSKIESOne team's postseason hopes stay alive. One team's season mercifully winds down. Another's postseason hinges on one game. And the Huskies now must win the Pac-10 tournament to play in anything not named NIT.• Eastern's game with Idaho State came down to…
STATE 1B TOURNAMENTThe semifinals are set, and the girls bracket looks a little like the Whitman County tournament.Sprague-Harrington, Colton and Tekoa-Oakesdale join Sunnyside Christian in the girls' semifinals after wins on Thursday.On the boys' side of things, the four semifinalists are a little more diverse…
DUCKS, 64-59Tear down Mac Court. Build a new building. It's the only way it seems the Cougs will win in Eugene.The old building has their number. And so did freshman Dejuan Porter (shown here defending Derrick Low; AP photo) on Thursday.Porter had a game-high 21…
COUGARS, 30-25Things couldn't have gone much better for WSU in the first half, but the Cougs' lead at the intermission isn't as wide as it could have been.Partly because they missed a couple of free throws late in the half. Partly due to a couple…
COUGARS PREGAMELet's see. The Cougars are 22-4. They are 11-3 in the Pac-10. They are ranked ninth in the nation. They are second in the conference.They have lost 12 in a row to Oregon. They have lost the last 11 games in Eugene. The Ducks…
SONICSFormer Seattle Supersonics guard Dennis Johnson, 52, is dead. Johnson, who was coaching the Austin Toros of the NBA Developmental League, died in Austin, Texas. No cause of death has been determined.Johnson, a member of the Sonics' 1979 NBA title team, graduated from Pepperdine University…
BULLDOGS UPDATED 4:25 P.M.Gonzaga doesn't play again until Saturday (12:30 p.m.; KXLY-4; 1510-AM) at the University of San Francisco, so there isn't much in the way of stories about the Zags.Still, Steve Bergum has the West Coast Conference notebook and a look at the Week…
PREPSNow let's get to the rest of the prep stories in today's S-R …It's state wrestling weekend in Idaho, and Sandpoint is favored to add the 2007 4A team trophy to its collection starting today in Pocatello. One Post Falls' wrestler, Duane Carr, hopes to…
1B STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTThe first-ever 1B tournament is underway in Yakima, and if the video on KREM-2 last night is any indication, good seats are still available.On the court, there were a lot of first-round blowouts, though girls' pre-tournament favorite Sprague-Harrington didn't post one of…
MORRISON WATCHWe're starting this morning with a subject we've sort of let slide. OK, there's no sort of about it. We let it slide. All the news was so overwhelmingly negative we thought no one would want to read it.So we quit linking to it.But…
PREPSWe shared with you our thoughts on Angie Bjorklund's final Spokane high school game last night so now we'll share our thoughts about the rest of the results of the Conagra Foods/LambWeston 4A regional.No, we won't cuss.With only three berths to state – isn't it…
COUGARSIn today's Spokesman-Review, Glenn Kasses visited with Taylor Rochestie, the Cougar guard from Santa Barbara via Tulane University, blown to Pullman on the winds of Hurricane Katrina.But talking with Rochestie was never the problem. According to Glenn's story, he was always talkative. For a while,…
MARINERSThere are a few new faces in Peoria with the M's and now is the time to get to know them.First up is Jose Vidro, the subject of this Times' feature.Next is Brandon Morrow, the M's first draft pick last June and the subject of…
BULLDOGSThe end is near for Gonzaga's West Coast Conference season, with last night's east win over Portland closing the home part of the schedule.The win, coupled with Saint Mary's defeat of USF clinched at least second in the conference for GU. About the only difference…
PREPSSome housekeeping. If you read my column about the structure of the new B tournaments in today's paper and want to comment, click here.Now let's move on … The 1B tourney gets underway tomorrow in Yakima (and it's still February), with Sprague-Harrington's girls one of…
BULLDOGS, 87-67It may not have been the 52nd consecutive home win for Gonzaga's two seniors, but it was an easy one nonetheless.Derek Raivio scored 20 points as GU breezed past Portland to keep their West Coast Conference title hopes alive (you can read the game…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLThe polls are out and so is the Pac-10. Basically.After the upsets in the conference recently, there are only three Pac-10 teams left in the Associated Press poll: No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 (yes, nine) Washington State and No. 23 Oregon, which has lost…
BULLDOGS, COUGARS, COLLEGE BASKETBALLIt is the fifth senior night (6; KHQ-6; 1510-AM) tonight for Sean Mallon in his Gonzaga career, the fourth for Derek Raivio. The first one for Sean came with him redshirting and he watched the game from the end of the bench.Sadly…
SUNDAY'S SMORGASBORDNothing special, but a little this and that for a Sunday dinner …• Ichiro may be playing his last season in Seattle, so maybe it's time to feast on whatever information we can, like this Times story on his future.• NASCAR isn't my cup…
BULLDOGS, EAGLES, VANDALS, PIRATES UPDATED 11 A.M.You can read my take on Gonzaga's game Saturday with Memphis and what it means to the Zags' postseason chances here, but there was a lot more on GU's game in today's S-R – and around the nation.Steve Bergum's…
COUGARSI sat down at the computer all ready to give you links to Glenn Kasses' Cougars' story in today's paper, then link to the different Pac-10 games from Saturday.But first I looked at Glenn's blog and found all the links I would have given you…
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