COUGARS • UPDATED: 10:30 A.M. The Ken Bone Era is underway at Washington State University. Let the sophomoric jokes begin. Wait, they already have. Want proof? Just tool around the WSU blogosphere. Couldn't see that coming, could you? Oh well. Maybe it will die down…
COUGARS We didn't get a lot of time at football practice today, but we did have a little. So we deferred to coach Paul Wulff about how it went. On the link you'll find the unedited version of tomorrow's S-R story. Read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 7:15 P.M. Just wanted to give you a spot to comment if you had a chance to watch the introductory press conference with Ken Bone. We'll be back later with our story about it, but until then this post is yours. •…
COUGARS In another week the hoopla will have all died down. Sixty-degree days will be the norm. Spring football will be hitting the dog days. Normality will return to the campus. But today Washington State will throw a welcome-to-Pullman party for Ken Bone, the Cougars'…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 7:40 P.M. It's over. As you read here first, Washington State has made its hire. Ken Bone will be the guy who has to replace Tony Bennett. Or gets to if you prefer. I had a basketball coach friend who always said,…
COUGARS • UPDATE: 10:15 A.M. Spring is here. Too bad there isn't a spring football practice scheduled for today. Being outside would be a good thing with the sun shining and the temperatures hitting the high 60s. But no. It's another day of hitting the…
COUGARS We're calling it a night. One of the candidates expressed the opinion WSU's search for a men's basketball coach would come to a conclusion tonight, but as far as we can discern, that hasn't been the case. Which, of course, doesn't mean the job…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 8:30 P.M. It's Sunday in the Northwest and it may just be the most beautiful day of the year thus far. Days like these are the reason most of us live here. That and our jobs. And our families. And the mortgage.…
COUGARS We've been working the phones tonight trying to run down as much as we possibly can on the search for a new basketball coach. Check the link for the unedited version of the story we will have in tomorrow's S-R..
COUGARS A quick post to update you on the basketball coaching search. Jim Sterk, John Johnson and Anne McCoy are on their way back from Detroit having finished their interviews there, according to a source. We are sure they interviewed UAB's Mike Davis along with…
COUGARS Let's get back to football for a while. The Cougars worked out in Martin Stadium this morning, allowing fans access to the day's workout. They ended it with a 35-minute scrimmage matching ones vs. twos. One observation: It's tough to tell whether the Cougars…
COUGARS Quite a bit to get to, so let's get right to it. Then we'll head out to Rogers Field for a morning practice with the football team. Read on.
COUGARS Sources in Pullman and Birmingham confirm Washington State University will interview current Alabama-Birmingham and former Indiana University men's basketball coach Mike Davis on Saturday for the Cougars open head coaching position. Davis has been at UAB for three seasons, amassing a 60-38 record there.…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 2 P.M. A couple of links for you this morning, but not much more than what's already been on here for a while. Read on.
COUGARS Washington State moved practice indoors today, thanks to the morning snow, which threatened to make Rogers Field a mess. The two-hour-plus workout attracted quite a few spectators. Read on for the unedited version of our story.
COUGARS I don't like being coy, but working in a competitive arena, didn't feel like I could say much more this morning. Late last night I was able to talk with former Washington State University basketball coach Tony Bennett about his decision to leave the…
COUGARS We're going to do this quickly this morning because we have a lot on our plate today. We will have an exclusive interview for you today that we put together past deadline last night. And then there's all the other stuff going on at…
COUGARS We have a couple of stories in tomorrow's paper, one on football and one basketball related. Read on for the unedited version of each, along with some web-only notes.
COUGARS Another interesting day dawns in Pullman in this, the post-Tony Bennett era. Bennett will have has introductory press conference in Charlottesville, Virginia today – makes one wonder what Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the University of Virginia, would think of all this – and…
COUGARS There's other, non Tony Bennett news coming out of Washington State this week – OK, I would understand if your response were "really?" – and it has to do with football. The Cougars hit the practice field Monday with their pads on, then went…
COUGARS• UPDATED: 11:45 A.M.; 3:55 P.M. The nature of the news, the suddenness of it all, is what hit Cougar nation in between the eyes. After dodging the bullet last year, when Indiana, LSU and Marquette all came a courting, WSU fans were pretty sure…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 10:20 P.M. Just finished talking with some of the players and it's true. Tony Bennett is leaving Washington State University to become the head basketball coach at the University of Virginia. The players are shocked, the administration is shocked, the assistant coaches…
COUGARS The last day without pads passed without the same energy of the first day. But that's to be expected. The workmanlike day might have been even more impressive, however, because it looked like the Cougars were a little sharper offensively – though the wide…
COUGARS Good morning. Washington State opened spring practice yesterday afternoon with a spirited and actually quite efficient – considering it was the first day – workout. Read on for more thoughts.
COUGARS The first day of spring practice was spirited, to say the least. One play the defense would celebrate, the next play the offense would. We watched the entire day and filed our story for tomorrow's S-R. For the unedited version and a few extra…
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