Recent stories by John

• Tomeo sets bar high, clears it with style

  May 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Amid the scattered hives of activity at a track meet, there is little to distinguish Chibron Tomeo from the other athletes chasing hundredths of a second and fractions of an …

• Shock rediscover winning formula

  May 18, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Make this one the get-well game the Spokane Shock couldn’t finish last week. Not that they didn’t have to go through a little hell first.

• Shock beat VooDoo to end losing streak

  May 17, 2013 in Sports Reeling from three straight defeats and being tied in knots by a one-win team for the second week in a row, the Shock rallied from behind with two big defensive …

• Blanchette: Sheridan, players forged trails together

  April 28, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Linda Sheridan was good at games. Maybe underrated at charades, however. This story has been retrieved from a conversation that took place 28 years ago, or well before digital recorders. …

• Whirling wonder

  April 26, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Of the 18 intercollegiate sports played at Whitworth College, only in five have the athletes in the current senior class not experienced a championship. Winning is hardly taken for granted, …

• Blanchette: 2013 Cougs remain work in progress

  April 21, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 The com- pany line from Washington State Football, Inc., is that the team we last knew bears virtually no resemblance to the team we’ll be getting to know. Night and … 2

• With Olynyk gone, Zags have to find way to fill hole

  April 20, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Just as e-tail has changed the way America shops, so have college basketball’s evolving protocols changed the way a team gets the goods. The operative word is “change.” You’d better …

• Blanchette: Beloved Harshman worthy of accolades

  April 14, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Jim McKean remembers receiving hand-written recruiting letters from Marv Harshman on Washington State letterhead – the requisite flattery there but measured, with an implication of mutual need deserving mutual investment. … 1

• Shock all-in for success

  April 13, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Meaning no disrespect to the 12 other members of the Arena Football League, but a modest proposal: Let’s just make this a best-of-seven for the Foster Trophy and call it …

• With M’s rotation diminished, pressure builds on Felix

  April 11, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – Today: Gad, another loss? To the Astros? This team is still hard to watch. Never mind. Felix is pitching today. That’s the only time they’re worth watching anyway.

• Bay comfortable with role in Seattle after New York debacle

  April 10, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – The lineup card went up Tuesday afternoon on the board outside the manager’s office in the home clubhouse at Safeco Field. Jason Bay’s name wasn’t on it. Again.

• Jury still out on closer fences’ effects

  April 9, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – Remember when Wilson tried to move the fence in on Tim the Tool Man in “Home Improvement”? No? That wasn’t an episode?

• Blanchette: Hanson put his best foot forward

  April 7, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Before he was pro football’s most underappreciated kicker for the game’s most appreciation-resistant franchise, Jason Hanson apprenticed for the job at Washington State University. There was little competitively to recommend …

• Meet Mr. Awesome

  April 5, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Cam F. Awesome? Really? “There are no others,” said Cam F. Awesome.

• Shields out to tame world

  April 3, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 The headliner of this week’s USA Boxing National Championships has come and gone already, her one-two in and out of Spokane as quick as any combination you’ll see in the …

• Blanchette: Arena won’t have to take backseat

  April 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Fact: The audience which took in the first session of the women’s NCAA basketball regional the other night at the Spokane Arena was barely half as big as it was … 4

• Blanchette: On this night, toughness prevails

  March 31, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Every team wants to play deep into the madness of March. So here’s a new strategy: Start deep.

• Blanchette: LSU’s Plaisance has tale similar to Olynyk’s

  March 30, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Tall, talented player shows up on campus with the baggage of considerable expectations. Multiskilled. Coach’s kid, with that basketball creature’s innate feel for …

• Blanchette: In biggest weekend, Zags don’t bring A game

  March 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C2 SALT LAKE CITY – So was life as No. 1 as much fun as everyone thought it was going to be? Maybe this is the wrong day to ask. 11

• No point in sowing seeds of discontent

  March 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 SALT LAKE CITY – Read somewhere that of the 8.15 million entries in ESPN’s Bracket Challenge, only two had all 16 of Thursday’s games wrong. Damn. Usually I remember to …

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