COUGARS Washington State University president Elson Floyd signed off on new basketball coach Ken Bone's contract Monday and the university released it today. Read on for the unedited version of our story for tomorrow's S-R.
COUGARS Just a quick post on a note that appeared last week on a Big East-oriented blog while I was out of contact. Seems this poster knows the list of players who will be trying out for the U19 World Championship team. His list includes…
COUGARS We talked with Washington State football coach Paul Wulff today concerning the injuries suffered by freshman Cory Mackay (No. 6 in photo above) in an automobile accident while headed home last week. The unedited version of the S-R story is on the link, so…
COUGARS A couple of football-related links to pass on, one of which is pretty funny. Read on.
COUGARS School's out, but sports teams still carry on. There's the WSU baseball team finishing up the Pac-10 season en route to its first NCAA berth in almost 20 years. And the track teams are competing in the conference championships. Read on.
COUGARS Where were we? Right. Going off the grid for a few days. Of course, when you do that, big things happen. Read on.
COUGARS Let's see. What's on my vacation checklist. Flip flops? Check. Cooler? Check. Sunshine? Eeh, not so much. Not going to stop me though. Read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:45 A.M. Hope you're planning to have an action-packed weekend, what with the beautiful weather predicted for today and Bloomsday, a Spokane institution, on tap for Sunday. We've got the Kentucky Derby-viewing and baseball-watching on our to-do-list. Read on for links.
COUGARS Just got finished talking with Shadle Park High's Jake Rodgers, who decided Thursday he is going to accept a football scholarship from Washington State. The 6-foot-7, 245-pound senior-to-be said he like the WSU atmosphere and how everyone seems so close knit, among other reasons…
COUGARS Did you know there is a team representing Washington State that is playing in the national semifinals this weekend? Read on.
COUGARS Just got off the phone with Patrick Simon, the senior-to-be at Ephrata High. He made a visit to WSU today and decided to recommit to the Cougars. Read on for an unedited version of what will appear in tomorrow's S-R.
COUGARS Let's catch up with April here. WSU is about a week away from the end of the school year. The state legislature has cut millions from every school budget and athletic departments are feeling the pinch. There has been more than one spat between…
COUGARS Just when we thought basketball news was settling down, Washington State goes out and signs another point guard. For the unedited version of our story, read on. There is also a note at the bottom.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:45 A.M. It's hump day, or as it's known in our house, the "ah crud, we forgot to put the trash out" day. It's also a good day to catch up on links in the morning, then hit the links in the…
COUGARS If you've read the links here last night and this morning, you know University of Washington athletic director Scott Woodward had a few things to say about the demise of Senate Bill 6116. The bill would have given King County a way to ask…
COUGARS We hope everyone had a chance to read our post yesterday concerning WSU football and the upcoming season. There was also another interesting link last evening. Read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 6:25 P.M. We've got a bunch of stuff for you. There's a football note, a basketball note and, most importantly, the rough draft of our fall outlook, based on the recently completed spring practices. Read on.
COUGARS Welcome to our Monday morning post, NFL edition. As the draft ended yesterday, we were given another clue just how bad Washington State and Washington were last year. The number of draft picks from the Evergreen State? One, WSU's Brandon Gibson, and yes we…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 3:25 P.M. Just a short post today, mostly because there isn't much coverage of WSU athletics, other than what you'll find in the S-R. Read on.
COUGARS Spring football came to an end Saturday in Pullman. If you want to know how it ended, read on for our unedited story.
COUGARS The end is near. Of spring football practice, I mean. Of the Apple Cup at Qwest as well. Of hype about the NFL draft, for this year anyway. Of probity in Olympia too. We've got links that cover most of them. Read on.
COUGARS With the Apple Cup news exploding on this Friday, just about any other WSU items might get lost in the flotsam. But let's hope not. We have a story on Brandon Gibson's draft views on the link. Read on.
COUGARS The proposal to move the Apple Cup to Qwest Field is dead. Washington State and the University of Washington couldn't reach an agreement on the seating arrangements, effectively killing the possible $10 million deal. Read on.
COUGARS An interesting morning, which probably portends another interesting day. We have links that lead into a discussion, so read on.
COUGARS OK, before you start getting all ticked off at me for dwelling on the weather, let me tell you what happened. Just two days after it was 80-something – and I was hiding in the shade of a light tower – a cold front…
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