ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Spokane Shock took control with four touchdowns in the second quarter and rolled to a 76-61 Arena Football League victory over the Chicago Rush on Sunday. Read more

For the first three games, the Spokane Shock’s “All In” motto means the Arena Football League team is all in airports, vans and hotels. Spokane, which opened the season with a 67-41 road win last week over Cleveland, has packed its gear for an extended trip, beginning with today’s contest versus Chicago at Allstate Arena. The Shock will remain in the Midwest to prepare for a Friday date with Iowa in Des Moines. Read more

William Mulder’s phone rang just before the start of Spokane Shock training camp. General manager Ryan Rigmaiden was on the line. “I’m thinking, ‘He wants me to come play again,’ ” said Mulder, a Shock defensive back in 2010 who spent the last two seasons with the Utah Blaze. “I got kind of excited.” Read more

CLEVELAND – Quarterback Erik Meyer tossed eight touchdown passes and ran for another score to power the Spokane Shock to a 67-41 victory over the Cleveland Gladiators in an Arena Football League season opener on Sunday. The Shock opened the first quarter with a 5-minute drive, capped off by a short touchdown pass from Meyer to wide receiver Adron Tennell. Read more

CLEVELAND – Quarterback Erik Meyer tossed eight touchdown passes and ran for another score to power the Spokane Shock to a 67-41 victory over the Cleveland Gladiators in an Arena Football League season opener on Sunday. Read more

For the Spokane Shock, the road back to the postseason starts with a road trip. Make that three. Today’s Arena Football League opener at Cleveland is the first of three straight away games while the Spokane Arena is occupied by the Spokane Chiefs and the NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional. Read more

Everything moves a little faster in Arena League Football. After practice Tuesday afternoon, the Spokane Shock receivers had worn out the live quarterbacks and turned to the automatic passing machine. Then they turned up the speed. At 88 miles an hour, the ball is just a blur and barely catchable. Read more

Everything moves a little faster in Arena League Football. After practice Tuesday afternoon, the Spokane Shock receivers had worn out the live quarterbacks and turned to the automatic passing machine. Read more

The Spokane Shock have announced their opening-day roster after making final cuts at the conclusion of their training camp. The Shock’s roster features a strong mix of veterans along with a number of AFL newcomers. The defensive secondary is comprised of three Shock veterans in Paul Stephens, Terrance Sanders, and Patrick Stoudamire. Cameron McGlenn will join the Shock after spending the past two seasons with the Iowa Barnstormers. Read more

For the Spokane Shock, the journey back to the Arena Football League playoffs better have a few stops along the way. That wasn’t the case last year, when the Shock finished last in the AFL in total defense, time of possession, first downs given up, and a few other numbers that added up to a 10-8 record and a spot on the sidelines during the postseason. Read more

For the Spokane Shock, the journey back to the Arena Football League playoffs better have a few stops along the way. That wasn’t the case last year, when the Shock finished last in the AFL in total defense, time of possession, first downs given up, and a few other numbers that added up to a 10-8 record and a spot on the sidelines during the postseason. Read more

Call it Shock Lite. Sunday’s Orange and White Game at the Arena was a low-voltage affair for almost everyone: coaches, players – even the P.A. announcer, who finally got the crowd charged up in the third quarter despite the lack of free footballs. Read more

Call it Shock Lite. Sunday’s Orange and White Game at the Arena was a low-voltage affair for almost everyone: coaches, players – even the P.A. announcer, who finally got the crowd charged up in the third quarter despite the lack of free footballs. By the time the White Team beat the Orange 34-28 on – what else? – a last-second touchdown, the 2,000 fans got a taste of free entertainment that didn’t end until long after the game when every autograph-seeking kid got his fill. Read more

The Spokane Shock players were back in full pads Tuesday morning, but not in their comfort zone. That was stripped away last season, the first one in franchise history that didn’t end in the Arena Football League playoffs. Read more

The Spokane Shock players were back in full pads Tuesday morning, but not in their comfort zone. That was stripped away last season, the first one in franchise history that didn’t end in the Arena Football League playoffs. Read more

For Erik Meyer, the idea of getting into coaching “hit me all at once.” The notion came with a rush on March 12 at the Spokane Arena, where Meyer was quarterbacking the Shock in the 2012 Arena Football League season opener against the Iowa Barnstormers. Read more

For Erik Meyer, the idea of getting into coaching “hit me all at once.” Read more

Men’s college basketball: Kentucky coach John Calipari’s latest group of talented freshmen may have gotten a needed wake-up call on Monday – the defending champs fell out of the Top 25. The Wildcats opened the season ranked No. 3, dropped to No. 8 and after back-to-back losses to unranked Notre Dame and Baylor, their 61-poll run ended. The stretch included 11 weeks at No. 1 under Calipari. Read more

Putting together one of their best hitting matches of the season, the Idaho Vandals beat Texas State 3-1 on Monday to advance to the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference volleyball tournament. Second-seeded Idaho (16-13) will face the host school, No. 3 seeded Texas-San Antonio, today at 2 p.m. They split their WAC matches. Read more

Christiana Anderson, a Whitworth sophomore from Northwest Christian, and freshman Chris MacMurray earned All-West Region honors for their performances in the NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Independence, Ore. Anderson finished 27th in the women’s 6k race, timing 22 minutes, 25.71 seconds, and MacMurray was 35th in the men’s 8k race in 25:43.76. Both were the first Pirates to finish. The men placed ninth and the women 10th. Read more