Recent stories by Jim

• UI Collects Win At Eastern’s Expense Vandals Trail By 13 At The Half, But Eagles Come Away Losers Again

  February 18, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Idaho was on the precipice of basketball oblivion on Saturday night: It trailed Eastern Washington by 13 points at halftime. At home. Already toting a five-game losing streak, including three …

• Comatose Idaho Finds New Low

  February 11, 1996 in Sports on Page C4 There seems to be no limit to the depths of Idaho’s depression. Idaho fell into a near-inconsolable state on Saturday night as the Vandals were outworked by Idaho State 66-62 …

• Hard Work Pays Off Sanchez Overcomes His Limitations With Outstanding Effort For Nic’s Title Contenders

  February 10, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 1. North Idaho College’s hard-working sophomore Eric Sanchez puts in his time practicing free throws as the Cardinals prepare to face rival power Southern Idaho. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review …

• Nic Renews Its Rivalry With Southern Idaho

  February 10, 1996 in Sports on Page C4 We interrupt your regularly scheduled lives to bring you one of the finest basketball rivalries in the area - North Idaho College and College of Southern Idaho. The rivals clash …

• Cardinals Bury Treasure

  February 9, 1996 in Sports on Page C3 It was close - until North Idaho College went on that little 103-66 run. That spurt, which lasted roughly 39-1/2 minutes, helped the Cardinals to a suspense-free 103-66 men’s basketball …

• Winner University Of Idaho’s Point Guard Usually Gives His Teams A Lift

  February 9, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Idaho’s Reggie Rose, right, rises to the occasion. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

• Idaho Signs 26 Prospects, Including A Lot It Wanted

  February 8, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Idaho football coach Chris Tormey compares recruiting to an actual game. “It’s kind of like a game. You enjoy a game most when it’s over and you’ve won,” Tormey said. …

• UI Recruits Boast Size And Ability Volleyball Team Adds Four, Including Sandpoint Star

  February 8, 1996 in Sports on Page C3 Why change now? After winning four consecutive Big Sky Conference Tournament volleyball titles, the University of Idaho went with a proven formula in its 1996 recruiting class. “We got what …

• Vandals Get Opportunity To Back Up Coach’s Boast

  February 8, 1996 in Sports on Page C5 “We’re going to kick their (rear) when they come up to our place. I mean they talk about all that defense - we shot 60 percent and missed some easy …

• Bobcats Have What It Takes Idaho Loses 11th Straight Road Game To A Big Sky Conference Contender

  February 4, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 There’s a simple explanation for why the Idaho men’s basketball team lost to Montana State on Saturday night. Why? Because the Vandals weren’t playing Northern Arizona or Eastern Washington.

• Vandals Bring Coach’s Bad Day To A Good End

  January 26, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Bad things, the saying goes, come in threes. For Idaho men’s basketball coach Joe Cravens, he had two bad deals - his daughters’ cat died and he found out he …

• Athletic Cardinals Rout Ccs

  January 24, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Community Colleges of Spokane fired five quick passes, smartly attacking the angles against North Idaho College’s zone trap. The result: NIC recovered, swiped the basketball and scored a layup at …

• Same Old Nic Whips Lesser Ccs

  January 24, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 NIC’s Shawna Rainer pulls up for a jumper before Heather Brandt and the CCS defense can react. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

• Nic Falls Short Against Poised League Opponent Fails To Put Together Timely Run And Loses To College Of Eastern Utah

  January 21, 1996 in Sports on Page C5 So many times North Idaho College was on the verge of turning a mini-run into a full-fledged comeback. Then came a turnover, an unkind bounce off the rim or a …

• ‘Real Indian’ True To Himself Nic Guard Endures Racism While Helping Cardinals Fill Up The Basket

  January 21, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 A reflective David Cunningham refuses to abondon his roots. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

• Sanchez Almost Does It All To Help Nic Win Another

  January 19, 1996 in Sports on Page C4 Eric Sanchez is in the North Idaho College men’s basketball lineup because he is a suffocating defender, a relentless rebounder and he plays the game with the throttle floored. He …

• Idaho-Eastern Rivalry As Hot As Lionel Richie

  January 18, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 Idaho’s Jason Jackman, left, is the Vandals’ most consistent inside threat and a big concern for Eastern Washington. Photo by Associated Press

• Almost A 3-Point For UI’s Athletes

  January 12, 1996 in Sports on Page C3 It’s the nicest statistic Idaho athletic director Pete Liske has seen in quite some time. Idaho’s 252 student-athletes had an average grade-point average of 2.965 for fall semester, Liske said. …

• Idaho Lands Ucla Qb Ryan Fien Decides To Take His Final Year Of Eligibility To Moscow With The Vandals

  January 11, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 It isn’t college football season - not even time for spring football yet - but Idaho already has an interesting situation developing at quarterback. UCLA’s Ryan Fien is now Idaho’s …

• Nic Works Over Walla Walla, 110-83 Looks To Friday’s Showdown At College Of Southern Idaho

  January 10, 1996 in Sports on Page C5 North Idaho College was leading Walla Walla by 23 points at halftime and NIC men’s basketball coach Rolly Williams was exercising his constitutional right of freedom of speech. “He was …

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