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• Eastern men excited to play in Montana

  March 5, 2012 in Sports The Eagles are happy to be here, but not in the usual sense. “I was hoping for Montana,” said Eastern Washington freshman guard Parker Kelly, who will get his wish …

• Eastern men advance in Big Sky tourney

  March 3, 2012 in Sports Fittingly, it was Jeffrey Forbes who punched Eastern’s ticket Saturday afternoon. With the Eagles clinging to a two-point lead with 40 seconds to play, Forbes punched the ball away from …

• Eastern men guarding against overconfidence

  March 2, 2012 in Sports Eastern Washington has beaten Idaho State twice in the last week, which in terms of Saturday’s Big Sky Conference quarterfinal game means exactly …. nothing.

• EWU’s Colimon on All-Big Sky first team

  March 1, 2012 in Sports Senior point guard Cliff Colimon earned first team All-Big Sky honors, while junior forward Collin Chiverton earned honorable mention and was the league’s Newcomer of the Year.

• EWU’s rally comes up short in loss to Sacramento State

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 There was no way to sugarcoat this one, and Jim Hayford didn’t even try. His Eastern Washington men’s basketball team played perhaps its worst first half of the season en … 1

• Montana defeats Eastern before season-best crowd

  January 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 A must-win game in January? Some say there’s no such thing, but Laron Griffin would beg to differ after the Eagles’ deflating 74-60 men’s basketball loss Thursday night against visiting … 1

• Eastern Washington University player Colimon makes his way through tragedy, turmoil

  January 21, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Eastern Washington coach Jim Hayford likes to impart life lessons through basketball. Cliff Colimon appreciates that, but doesn’t need any help with his transition game; he’s already lived it.

• Blanchette: So far, the water is just fine for EWU men’s basketball

  January 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 His commute to the gym is 24 miles longer now and takes him close by his old one, a daily reminder of the plunge he’s taken. “I went from fresh …

• Blanchette: Hayford takes the plunge

  January 3, 2012 in News His commute to the gym is 24 miles longer now and takes him close by his old one, a daily reminder of the plunge he’s taken.

• Cold half costly for Eastern

  December 31, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 MISSOULA – Eastern Washington University suffered through another one of those dreadful halves against Montana here Friday afternoon, and it cost the Eagles an excellent chance to secure their first …

• Big run lifts Montana past Eastern

  December 30, 2011 in Sports Eastern Washington University suffered through another one of those dreadful halves against Montana here Friday afternoon, and it cost the Eagles an excellent chance to secure their first Big Sky …

• EWU men whip Montana State

  December 28, 2011 in Sports Eastern Washington went on the road and opened Big Sky play with an impressive 82-66 win over Montana State at Worthington Arena.

• Saint Mary’s holds back Eastern Washington

  December 21, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 MORAGA, Calif. – Matthew Dellavedova matched his career high with 25 points, Rob Jones had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Saint Mary’s beat Eastern Washington 77-61 on Tuesday night. …

• EWU men lose at UCLA 60-47

  December 14, 2011 in Sports Resilience and a strategic change of pace could not compensate for height and ineffective offense as Eastern Washington played its first game against one of the nation’s perennial basketball powers. 1

• Ex-EWU star Dean has brain surgery

  December 14, 2011 in Sports Former Eastern Washington University men’s basketball standout Glen Dean, who transferred to Utah following his sophomore year last spring, underwent surgery at a Salt Lake City hospital Wednesday to repair …

• Eastern rolls over Linfield

  December 9, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Eastern Washington University eased at least a little of the intense pain lingering from last Saturday’s meltdown in Pullman Thursday night by shredding Linfield College 104-54 in front of a …

• Eastern rolls over Linfield, 104-54

  December 8, 2011 in Sports Collin Chiverton scored 25 points to lead five players in double figures as Eastern Washington beat Linfield College 104-54 on Thursday night.

• EWU, WSU play at Friel

  December 3, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 PULLMAN – Just call it being neighborly. Washington State begins a week of facing two of its closest basketball neighbors today by hosting Eastern Washington, a school it’s played 64 …

• Hayford gets first victory as EWU coach

  November 15, 2011 in Sports Collin Chiverton scored 25 points and coach Jim Hayford earned his first win at Eastern Washington, a 70-61 victory over South Dakota on Tuesday night. 1

• Gonzaga, EWU men begin regular season Friday

  November 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 With the exception of an exhibition game and a scrimmage against Texas, Gonzaga men’s basketball players have been practicing against each other for nearly a month. “It gets old,” senior …

• Ex-SJU player transferring to Eastern

  July 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Men’s basketball: Justin Crosgile, a former New Jersey prep standout and two-year letterwinner at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, will transfer to Eastern Washington University next fall to play basketball …

• Eastern Washington guard, top scorer Dean transfers to Utah

  May 13, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Glen Dean, Eastern Washington University’s outstanding sophomore point guard, has done an about-face on his earlier decision to remain a part of the Eagles’ program and will transfer to the …

• In brief: AFL selects winning logo by Spokane’s Myk Crawford

  May 12, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 AFL: Spokane’s Myk Crawford has created the official logo (above) for ArenaBowl XXIV, the championship game of the Arena Football League. The league announced the contest on April 29 and …

• Hayford reels in three assistants

  April 20, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 When Jim Hayford was officially introduced last month as Eastern Washington University’s new men’s basketball coach he said very little about the coaching staff he was hoping to assemble – …

• Hayford’s new staff at EWU includes Ehlo

  April 19, 2011 in Sports When Jim Hayford was officially introduced last month as Eastern Washington University’s new men’s basketball coach he said very little about the coaching staff he was hoping to assemble – … 4

• Eastern fires Kirk Earlywine

  March 7, 2011 in Sports Less than two days after Eastern Washington closed its men’s basketball season with a 79-70 loss to Weber State in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament, Eagles head … 21

• Eastern hangs in to top NAU

  January 21, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The double-digit lead the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team held for most of the second half Thursday never felt entirely secure. But despite making just 64 percent of their free-throw …

• Eagles men triumph in OT

  December 29, 2010 in Sports Eastern Kirk Earlywine refused to disclose what it was that made him keep Laron Griffin on the bench throughout the first half of Eastern Washington’s Big Sky Conference opener against …

• EWU men lose by 30 to Nebraska

  December 18, 2010 in Sports Jorge Brian Diaz scored 14 points, 12 of them in the first half, as Nebraska cruised by Eastern Washington 72-42 Saturday for its seventh consecutive win.

• EWU holds on to beat Seattle in men’s basketball

    December 15, 2010 in Sports Tremayne Johnson had 26 points and eight rebounds, and Eastern Washington made its free throws down the stretch Wednesday night to hang on for a 95-91 victory over Seattle.

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