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Sherritt wins Buchanan Award
January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – After being “completely surprised” by his second-place finish is last year’s voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, Eastern Washington’s J.C. Sherritt was equally shocked to learn he …
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Alums hope burger Eagles’ only defeat
January 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 FRISCO, TEXAS, US of A – All day long, the anticipation weighed on us. Would we be ready? Were we up to the challenge? Not the big game. That’s today, … 1
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3 Delaware players to watch
January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 • QB Pat Devlin (17): The numbers this 6-foot-4 second-year transfer from Penn State have posted this fall are incredible. His amazing pass efficiency rating of 155.37 includes a completion …
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Blanchette: Eagles scaled heights with gratitude attitude
January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – As in any college locker room, posted on the wall just inside Eastern Washington’s football sanctum is the usual paper blizzard of schedules, rules compliance cautions, academic … 1
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Johnson twins sharpen EWU defense
January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – A package deal? No way. At least that’s the stand Matt and Zach Johnson took during the early stages of the football recruiting process that played out …
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Clark: Ticket to Frisco definitely worth the brass
January 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 (Part 1 of a two-part odyssey of self-delusion and collegial glory.) Hold onto your stadium cushions! 2
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Brothers saved EWU school spirit for big time
January 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 CANTINA GRILL, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – This fall, my brother and I had a secret. We were in love. 3
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Blanchette: Colonial never goes out of style
January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – The best thing about Eastern Washington playing for a national championship is … well, Eastern playing for a national championship. There doesn’t even have to be a …
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Eastern Washington Eagles basketball outlook
January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 RECORD: 4-9 overall, 1-1 Big Sky COMING UP: Tonight at Seattle University, 7:10; Saturday at Portland State, 7:05 p.m.
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EWU defense must contend with UD’s 6-foot-4 QB Devlin
January 5, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Pat Devlin didn’t just drop out of the sky and land under center as the University of Delaware’s starting quarterback. Having grown up in Downingtown, Pa., just 40 miles from … 1
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See ya’ there
January 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 A list of former players and athletic department personnel who have made it known to EWU that they will be attending Friday’s national championship football game: Michael Roos (’01-’04) 1
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Roos: Red turf motivated Eagles
January 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The major long-term investment former Eastern Washington University offensive lineman Michael Roos and his wife, Katherine, made in their alma mater’s football program in late-January 2010 has paid some very …
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EWU’s working class
January 2, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 They arrived in Cheney in the fall of 2006, some 30 naïve freshmen, harboring a good measure of uncertainty, hope and a desire to leave a lasting impression on Eastern … 1
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Eastern A.D. warms to title game timing
December 31, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Now that he’s had a chance to see exactly how the new Football Championship Subdivision playoff format plays out, Bill Chaves is an admitted convert. Eastern Washington University’s athletic director …
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FCS timing slips a tick or two for Eags
December 31, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 The most-watched game in Football Championship Subdivision history – nearly 2 million households – was last year’s playoff semifinal between Montana and Appalachian State. The momentum from that produced a … 2
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Eagles become antsy to play for title
December 30, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 The members of Eastern Washington University’s No. 1-ranked football team returned to Cheney earlier this week following an abbreviated holiday break and resumed preparations for their Jan. 7 date with … 1
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EWU claws past Sacramento State in OT
December 30, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 Coach 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 …
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GSL-flavored Portland State faces Eastern
December 29, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 Portland State visits Eastern Washington next weekend to tip off the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball season and that isn’t such a bad thing for the Vikings’ Spokane connection. “I …
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These count: EWU, UI open at home
December 28, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 With Wednesday night’s Big Sky Conference opener against Sacramento State looming as his team’s next big challenge, Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach Kirk Earlywine claims he can live with …
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Eagles’ Williams overcomes an inauspicious start
December 26, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 At the snap of the football, Renard Williams explodes from his three-point stance, bull-rushes the startled offensive lineman directly across from him, scores a one-handed takedown on the opposing quarterback …
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Blanchette: Let’s build time machine for 1997 Eagles
December 24, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 After review, could we go back 13 years for even further review? Just for the what-if fun of it? 6
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Eagles’ Sherritt, Powers make first team
December 23, 2010 in Sports on Page B6 Eastern Washington senior linebacker J.C. Sherritt and junior center Chris Powers landed spots on the The Sports Network/Fathead.com NCAA Football Championship Subdivision All-American first team, announced Wednesday. Eagles junior running …
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Playoff workouts benefit younger Eastern players
December 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Beau Baldwin has formulated at least the outline of a plan to deal with the long layoff and holiday break his Eastern Washington University football team is facing prior to … 1
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Eastern can’t hang onto 7-point lead at S. Dakota
December 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 VERMILLION, S.D. – Eastern Washington men’s basketball coach Kirk Earlywine didn’t have to look too hard to find some positives from the Eagles’ stop at South Dakota on Monday night. …
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Eagles seek ways to approach three-week break
December 19, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Under the old format of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, had Eastern Washington University survived until this weekend, it would have already played in the NCAA Division I Championship game, … 2
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Nebraska pulls away from Eastern after half
December 19, 2010 in Sports on Page C4 LINCOLN, Neb. – 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 men’s basketball …
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Clark: Band swelled with pride for EWU gridiron classic
December 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 After a four-decade absence, I was tooting my trumpet once again at an Eastern Washington University football game. Well, whaddya know. Guess you can go back. 2
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Szczur will come at EWU from many angles
December 17, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Eastern Washington defensive coordinator John Graham has never met Matt Szczur. But just from watching video of Villanova’s all-American wide receiver, kick-return specialist and “Wildcat” quarterback, Graham figures Szczur must …
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Eastern hosts Villanova’s road warriors for title berth
December 17, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Villanova coach Andy Talley won’t hazard a guess as to how the national title his team won last fall might impact its chances against No. 1-ranked and fifth-seeded Eastern Washington …
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Blanchette: Kick in the tail feathers for no-show Eagles fans
December 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Dear Montana fan, I’m not sure how to say this, so I’m just going to say it. 29

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