Recent stories by Josh

• Spear spearheading effort to build UI events center

  May 17, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – In the last six months, Rob Spear has hired a new football coach, found a conference home for the Idaho football program and, just this week, won …

• Former football coach Akey sues University of Idaho

  May 7, 2013 in Sports Former Idaho football coach Robb Akey has filed a lawsuit against the university and the State Board of Education in an attempt to claim a lump-sum media payment withheld from … 6

• UI better, tougher

  April 20, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 MOSCOW, Idaho – His first spring football as Idaho coach complete, Paul Petrino declared the Vandals an improved team from when they started on March 22. But more importantly, he …

• Idaho Spring Game at Kibbie Dome Friday night

  April 19, 2013 in Sports on Page B6 MOSCOW, Idaho – Really, it’s just a dressed-up scrimmage four-plus months before the season. Yet Idaho is treating tonight’s spring football finale like a “real” game, with 15-minute quarters, clock …

• Vandals aren’t fat on offensive line

  April 7, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 MOSCOW, Idaho – When Idaho football coach Paul Petrino surveyed the offensive line he inherited, it was immediately obvious. Some of the returning linemen were “just too heavy, just too …

• Junior college imports give UI a boost

  March 31, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 MOSCOW, Idaho – By his third day on the job, Paul Petrino had seen enough in the weight room and in running drills to make one definitive judgment: The Vandals …

• UI football returning to Sun Belt

  March 28, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho needed a stable Football Bowl Subdivision home for its football program. The Sun Belt Conference needed to get to 12 teams so it …

• Gauta ‘totally new guy’

  March 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 PULLMAN – Ioane Gauta arrived here last fall weighing 320 pounds. He started every football game of 2012 at 305 pounds. Now he’s a svelte 286, not far from his … 1

• Vandals literally get a fast start

  March 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 MOSCOW, Idaho – Paul Petrino’s first practice at Idaho was just how he envisioned: players zipping through drills, a herd of quarterbacks flinging nonstop passes, his assistants running to get …

• A feeling of comfort despite weather

  March 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – The most rousing play on an afternoon that featured jarring winds, snow flurries and sunshine – just a normal spring day on the Palouse – came near the …

• Petrino gets set to introduce Vandals to new schemes

  March 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B7 MOSCOW, Idaho – The first batch of spring practices under a new coaching staff is always important. But to head coach Paul Petrino and the University of Idaho football team, …

• Vandals open final WAC tournament

  March 14, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Either the Idaho Vandals are due, both to beat New Mexico State and advance in the Western Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament, or they’re bound to spend the offseason wondering …

• Barone, Idaho win regular-season finale

  March 10, 2013 in Sports on Page C5 MOSCOW, Idaho – No Idaho men’s basketball player has played more games than Kyle Barone, and Saturday night was supposed to be his memorable home sendoff. It was all right, …

• La. Tech tops turnover-prone Idaho men 67-61

  February 17, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 MOSCOW, Idaho – The story is so familiar that it’s almost grown tedious for Idaho men’s basketball coach Don Verlin and his players to rehash afterward. The Vandals have no …

• Vandals miss easy chances

  February 15, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho men’s basketball coach Don Verlin couldn’t have asked for a better setup: four consecutive stops from his defense in crunch time, four consecutive good looks on …

• Idaho’s Barone responds from ‘stupid mistake’ with strong senior year

  February 14, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 MOSCOW, Idaho – Before the first of his now 119 consecutive games for the University of Idaho, Kyle Barone was finishing a team meal in a Salt Lake City hotel …

• Idaho’s signees have family ties

  February 7, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 MOSCOW, Idaho – The future defensive tackle who works out at the Seahawks’ posh training camp facility? The quarterback with a textbook throwing motion who grew up around NFL players? …

• Idaho grabs home win

  February 3, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 MOSCOW, Idaho – Just over a minute into the second half, Idaho senior Wendell Faines – a 250-pound power forward who rarely strays outside the paint – stepped back and …

• Utah State muscles past Vandals

  February 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 MOSCOW, Idaho – After the last regular-season matchup for the foreseeable future between two coaches – and two teams – who know each other like brothers, Idaho’s Don Verlin could …

• Barone can’t miss in Idaho’s victory

  January 27, 2013 in Sports on Page C4 MOSCOW, Idaho – Kyle Barone hadn’t missed a shot Saturday night – 10-for-10 from the field – when he drove to the top of key with just over a minute …

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