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Sports >  Area sports

Washington State soccer star Morgan Weaver excited to resume professional career with return of NWSL

Fri., June 5, 2020

Little was ordinary about Morgan Weaver’s college career.

Sports >  Area sports

New CCS, NIC head women’s basketball coaches bring familiarity to programs

UPDATED: Tue., June 2, 2020

Two of the region’s longest-tenured and successful junior college women’s basketball coaches retired in March, giving way to new eras at Community Colleges of Spokane and North Idaho College.

Sports >  High school sports

University runner Ian Barville keeps senior season alive by organizing his own competitive meets

UPDATED: Sun., May 31, 2020

Barville was primed to be one of the region’s top 800-meter runners this spring, but the coronavirus pandemic canceled his final try at a state medal.

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Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington head coach Aaron Best keeping staff, players ready amid pandemic

UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2020

EWU, a Football Championship Subdivision power that’s 26-12 in Best’s three seasons, returns a wealth of talent on both sides of the ball this fall, including the skill positions and linebacker groups, led by All-Big Sky quarterback Eric Barriere and linebacker Chris Ojoh.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington associate head coach Nick Booker headed to UC San Diego

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

In three seasons, Booker helped EWU to back-to-back Big Sky Tournament championship game appearances in 2018 and 2019, an outright Big Sky regular season title in 2020 before the conference tournament was canceled amid COVID-19 concerns, and a combined Big Sky record of 41-17.

Sports >  Area sports

Anonymous donations boost Spokane Boxing after burglary of downtown gym

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane Boxing opens its doors Wednesday, a result of Spokane County’s Phase 2 reopening

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Looking back: Raul Vijil helped spark Eastern Washington and Spokane Shock success

UPDATED: Mon., May 25, 2020

Quicker than Raul Vijil’s feet was the way he learned. Before the former Eastern Washington and Spokane Shock receiver was catching passes in tight windows and shifting past defenders, he hadn’t played a down of high school football until senior year.

Sports >  NBA

Michael Jordan, documentary resonate with local basketball icons

Sun., May 17, 2020

Nineties nostalgia has helped mollify the famine in Hooptown, USA – two weekly episodes at a time.

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Volcanic ash almost kept EWU’s track team from reaching nationals in 1980

UPDATED: Sun., May 17, 2020

Volcanic ash almost kept Eastern Washington’s track team from reaching the 1980 NAIA national meet.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington athletics faces budget cuts of “20-30 percent” due to loss of $2.1 million in revenue

UPDATED: Thu., May 14, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic, which has brought college athletics to a halt since early March, will result in ensuing athletic department cuts due to a $2.1 million loss in revenue, according to athletic director Lynn Hickey.

Sports >  EWU football

Former Eastern Washington quarterback, CFL veteran Matt Nichols has made Cheney his family’s permanent home

UPDATED: Wed., May 20, 2020

Facing cameras, microphones and a throng of reporters in Canada’s most populous city, quarterback Matt Nichols fielded questions in February after signing a three-year deal with the Toronto Argonauts.

Sports >  EWU football

Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp switches jersey number to 10

UPDATED: Tue., May 12, 2020

Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp announced on Twitter that he will switch his jersey number to 10, the number he wore in college while setting nearly every Football Championship Subdivision receiving record.

Sports >  Area sports

Big Sky Conference allows schools to make decision on when to resume sports

UPDATED: Mon., May 11, 2020

Big Sky Conference officials won’t dictate when member schools like Eastern Washington and Idaho can resume play. They’re letting the schools decide.

Sports >  NBA

‘Last Dance’ questions whether Craig Ehlo should have guarded Michael Jordan for famous shot

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2020

Unlike most the 6.1 million viewers who tuned into Episode 3 of “The Last Dance” on April 26, Craig Ehlo inadvertently had a hand in the Bulls’ ascent.

Sports >  Area sports

Ferris alum, Saint Martin’s coach Christy Martin continues to turn around programs

UPDATED: Tue., May 5, 2020

Christy Martin has made a career of jolting life into moribund women’s basketball programs.

Sports >  National sports

Ironman Coeur d’Alene 70.3 pushed to September 6

UPDATED: Mon., May 4, 2020

The 70.3-mile edition of the triathlon was originally slated for June 28, but officials pushed the event back to Sept. 6 due to COVID-19 concerns.

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Q&A: Spokane Shock owner Sam Adams talks about season cancellation, getting games in and the state of football in America

Sun., May 3, 2020

Six months ago retired Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Sam Adams stepped to a lectern in front of an orange-clad crowd inside the Spokane Arena, announcing the return of Spokane’s once successful professional football franchise.

Sports >  EWU football

Big Sky strikeout: Lean year for conference, FCS in last week’s NFL Draft

UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2020

It’s been a week since the conclusion of the NFL draft, and nary a Eastern Washington product was selected or offered a rookie free-agent contract.

Sports >  Area sports

Longtime runners reflect on a first Sunday in May without a Bloomsday

Fri., May 1, 2020

There’s an unofficial creed among Bloomsday’s Perennials, a group with the rare distinction of entering Spokane’s popular road race every year since its 1977 inception.

Sports >  NFL

Gonzaga Prep grad, California standout linebacker Evan Weaver drafted by Arizona in sixth round of NFL draft

UPDATED: Sat., April 25, 2020

Weaver was selected in the sixth round of Saturday’s NFL fraft with the 202 overall pick.

Sports >  EWU football

Big Sky Conference products hope to get NFL call

UPDATED: Fri., April 24, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic derailed the draft process for many Big Sky standouts hoping to get picked up in the late rounds of this weekend’s NFL Draft or as a free agent, as a lack of face-to-face evaluation by scouts due to cancellation of pro days has led to more small-school product uncertainty than usual.

Sports >  Area sports

Former North Idaho College men’s basketball coach Jared Phay headed to Missouri-West Plains

UPDATED: Wed., April 22, 2020

Phay, a Post Falls native, averaged 22 wins a season at NIC (2004-2014) and was 136-33 in five seasons at CSI (2014-2019), leading the Golden Eagles to the NJCAA national title game in 2018.

Sports >  EWU football

Eagle Family: Zach Bruce returns to EWU to coach safeties after following wife Delaney’s European basketball career

UPDATED: Sat., April 18, 2020

Before the University High graduate exhausted his college eligibility in 2016, Bruce had already yielded his future plans to the professional basketball aspirations of then-girlfriend Delaney Hodgins, EWU’s all-time leading scorer. Now she’s following his coaching career.

Sports >  Area sports

Washington State star Borislava Hristova hopes to hear named called in WNBA draft

UPDATED: Thu., April 16, 2020

Cougars’ all-time leading scorer could be program’s second WNBA draft pick.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Big Sky men’s basketball: Eastern Washington, Idaho sign recruits

UPDATED: Wed., April 15, 2020

Big Sky Conference champion Eastern Washington bolstered its already young and talented on roster Wednesday and Idaho added a talented junior college guard.