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Steve Bergum

Steve Bergum is a sports writer for The Spokesman-Review in the Sports department. He covers EWU football and men's basketball, college baseball, and writes weekly golf column during the summer.

How to contact Steve

Email: steveb@spokesman.com
Phone: 509-927-2177
Fax: 509-927-2175

Recent stories by Steve

Michigan State wins thriller

March 21, 2010 in Sports Korie Lucious and his Michigan State teammates received the official word on the status of teammate Kalin Lucas at halftime of Sunday’s second-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament showdown against fourth-seeded …
What could’ve been: Vasquez almost was a Zag

March 21, 2010 in Sports on Page C9 How about the thought of a backcourt duo of Matt Bouldin and Greivis Vasquez thrilling Gonzaga University fans for four years at the McCarthey Athletic Center? Laugh, if you must, …
Sore Spartans put hopes in swift healing

March 21, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Greivis Vasquez is a hard guard for any able-bodied opponent. That makes any thought of trying to slow down Maryland’s 6-foot-6 senior point guard and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s player …
Spartans find room to run

March 20, 2010 in Sports on Page C3 After being force-fed a steady diet of grinder-type Big Ten Conference opponents throughout most of the regular season, Tom Izzo’s Michigan State University Spartans arrived in the Inland Northwest earlier …
Pirates fade into sunset

March 14, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 GREENSBORO, N.C. – It was a team built to play in a Final Four, a team Jim Hayford fully expected to take to Salem, Va, next weekend to play for …
Whitworth left longing

March 13, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Give Kirby Dean some credit. When it comes to picking your poison, Eastern Mennonite University’s seventh-year head basketball coach knows how to go with the non-lethal brand.
Expect buckets of action

March 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Things promise to get hectic early and stay that way at Guilford College’s Ragan-Brown Field House tonight, when fourth-ranked Whitworth University and No. 10 Eastern Mennonite tangle …
Long route for Pirates

March 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Rarely can a team ranked No. 4 in the nation legitimately adopt the role of spoiler. Yet that’s what Whitworth University has done heading into the Sweet 16 of the …
Former Saxon, Pirate would like to bring family to Spokane

March 9, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 For those who remember him as a standout point guard for Wayne Gilman at Ferris High School and, later, as the trigger man of Warren Friedrich’s offense at Whitworth University, … 1
Knockout in 2nd round

March 7, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Jim Hayford has a favorite little recruiting line he likes to use when courting potential Whitworth University basketball recruits. “I tell them, ‘We’re not the big time, but we are …
Heavyweight matchup for Bucs

March 6, 2010 in Sports on Page C3 It would seem that simple geography, rather than some suspect seeding system, is responsible for affording Whitworth University fans the rare opportunity to watch two teams ranked among the top …
Oh, brother

March 5, 2010 in Sports on Page B6 Jarod Gunning has tried throughout his high school career to talk his younger brother Joey onto the football field. Thursday evening – on a basketball court, of all places – …
Montgomery grew from blip to MVP

March 5, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Nate Montgomery arrived at Whitworth University expecting to obtain his degree in engineering physics in three years and move quickly on to the real world. But basketball derailed his fast-track …
Davenport digs down

March 4, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Davenport coach Tim Zeiler has been warning his players all season long that survival in the boys State 2B basketball tournament doesn’t get any easier the second time around. Any …
Whits to be home after bye in D-III

March 2, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Everyone associated with the Whitworth University men’s basketball program came into the 2009-10 season with high expectations – most of which were met, or exceeded, during the regular season. And …
Whitworth wins conference tourney

February 28, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Balance, both physically and mentally, has been the key to Whitworth University’s wildly successful men’s basketball season. And it was on display once again at Whitworth Fieldhouse on Saturday night, …
Eastern’s hopes quickly crushed

February 27, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Eastern Washington University got another chance to test itself against the Big Sky Conference’s best Friday night – and bombed. Again.
Gregg carries Whits closer to Division III tourney

February 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Bo Gregg has been a part of the show all year, content to stay in the background and do all the little things that so often go unappreciated in college …
Streaking Pirates stay wary

February 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Is this tournament really necessary? The numbers might suggest it isn’t.
Eagles earn timely victory

February 15, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 With his team leading by a point and freshman standout Glen Dean preparing to shoot the second of two free throws with only 2.5 seconds left in the game, Kirk … 3