ZAGSAs Gonzaga prepares to open West Coast Conference play today, and you prepare to watch on TV, here's a couple of key elements to keep track of.- How does Matthew Knight look? The 6-foot-8 senior center has missed the last couple games with a knee…
PREPSBecause today is going to be so crowded with trying to cover two college basketball games – can you imagine the hype we could be letting loose? "It's doubleheader Saturday on thE SPortsliNk!" – this post is going to be a short one.From The Spokesman-Review…
ZAGSGreg, a frequent commenter (as opposed to commentator, which is my title) to this on-line column, wanted to know about a week again if it was OK to say the Zags over-scheduled.My answer then was yes. And Mark Few agrees. He told Andy Katz of…
SEAHAWKSWhat do you want to know about Saturday's game? Just about anything you can think about is out there.All your questions are answered by just clicking the links …
PREPSOther than the Rubber Chicken, there wasn't much in the way of prep action Thursday. We also ran a short roundup, but even the West Side papers are pretty bare.That's because tonight is the big event night in preps, with the GSL starting its second…
VANDALSAnother game, another … well you know. But there is hope on the horizon. After all San Jose State is in the Western Athletic Conference. And UI (2-11, 0-1 WAC) has a date with the Spartans in Moscow on Feb. 1 – and even Louisiana…
EAGLESTalk about hanging on. Eastern led most of the game, and built a 16-point lead early in the second half. But the combination of some sloppy ball-handling, passive defense and erratic free-throw shooting allowed the Bears to inch their way back.But the Eagles hit enough…
COUGARSThere is no doubt Washington State can play defense. Its 75-55 win over Arizona State on Thursday night – raising WSU's overall record to 13-2 and its Pac-10 record to 2-1 – was built on defense.The Cougars scored 22 points off the Sun Devils' 16…
BASEBALLDidn't want the day to fly by without mention of a couple of pitching changes that helps the New York Yankees immensely. Darn it.The first is this piece of news from the Associated Press on Randy Johnson headed to Arizona. No matter what the Yankees…
SEAHAWKSOnly a couple of more days until the most important game ever for Seattle. (Hype included at no extra charge.)When the Cowboys come to town Saturday the Hawks will be playing without both usual starting cornerbacks and with a makeshift offensive line. Think coach Mike…
ZAGSOK, Zag fans, feel like crying but know you really need a laugh?Go to this John Blanchette column and you might get both.You may cry because you're laughing so much. That is, if you don't mind him making sport of your obsession with the Bulldogs.What's…
COUGARSOne reason Washington State has built a 12-2 record (1-1 in conference) is the Cougars haven't loss to teams they should defeat. Their two losses came at Utah – a team that steamrolled Virginia recently – and at UCLA. No losses to the Hamptons or…
CAVS, 108-87That one's over. It couldn't come fast enough for most GU fans.You can find the game story here.We'll be back later with some commentary. Until then, post your comments.
CAVS, 50-22The most positive aspect coming out of the past few games for GU as it gets ready for WCC play is the emergence of Sean Mallon.The fifth-year senior has always been a role player, willing to do little things a team needs to be…
CAVS, 24-8In such a key game, is it surprising that GU came out so, for lack of a better word, passive?There seemed to a lack of fire to start and UVA took advantage, especially in the offensive end, where the Cavs hit their first four…
The big story today is Nick Saban pulling a Denn … no, I'm not going there … accepting the Alabama job after repeatedly denying even being interested in it.In what has to be the talk radio bit of the year, Colin Cowherd on ESPN this…
MARINERSThe P-I puts a briquette on the hot stove league fire with a short story about the prospects the M's will be making more moves before spring training opens in a little over a month.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL UPDATED: 3:10 P.M.Because Monday night's Fiesta Bowl finished so late in the East, the bigger newspapers from the earlier time zones are just catching up to what happened.There's a lot of good stories out there, including this Pat Forde column on ESPN (I…
ZAGSWhen the schedule came out prior to the season, tonight's game (6; ESPN2; 1510-AM) at Virginia didn't seem like a big deal. After the December GU had scheduled, an early January non-conference game with an average ACC team probably ranked pretty low in the grand…
SEAHAWKSWe're thinking about phasing out Seahawks' coverage on this column, because no one seems interested.Write something about Gonzaga, get a response. Don't write enough about WSU, get a real response. A coach leaves for ASU, get 1,000 responses.But ask a simple question about the playoff-bound…
PREPSAs we get ready to start the second phase of the high school winter seasons, I wanted to call your attention to some things the S-R offers. We run standings from each of our local basketball leagues, with the girls' here and the boys' here.…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLGlenn Kasses looks at WSU's lack of poll support in today's paper in this story, where he also points out the Cougars are picking up a different, and better, type of respect: The respect of their opponents. Both UCLA coach Ben Howland and USC's…
EAGLESBehind Rodney Stuckey's 28 points and seven assists, Eastern Washington earned a split Saturday night of its Big Sky-opening homestand. The Eagles rallied from a halftime deficit to top Montana 74-71. Eastern had lost its conference opener to Montana State on Thursday night.You can read…
COUGARSAs Glenn Kasses writes on his blog, the Cougars won a close one in Los Angeles. And that's not a typo.Here's a link to the game story. If you want to share your comments with Glenn, click on his blog and hit the comment line.
WOLF PACK 82-74There have been some memorable collapses by Gonzaga over the years, but Saturday's in Seattle was - well it was another one.Here is the game story. We'll be back later for more commentary on those last few minutes.
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