Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Hironaka’s role switches with WSU basketball

  May 18, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Ken Bone’s desire for a wider recruiting reach means a position change for one of Washington State’s basketball coaches. Jeff Hironaka, who served as an assistant under Bone …

• Positive feeling

  April 7, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 PULLMAN – Asked to reflect on Washington State’s 2011-12 men’s basketball season, coach Ken Bone couldn’t help but start with the injuries. There was Abe Lodwick’s stress fracture in his …

• Bone, Cougars had much to appreciate

  April 6, 2012 in Sports Washington State men’s basketball coach Ken Bone finds several positive signs in the Cougars’ recently concluded season. For starters, WSU finished 19-18 for its sixth consecutive winning season.

• Cougars don’t expect Motum for CBI title game

  March 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 It appears as if Washington State will have to find a way win without Brock Motum once more. The Cougars’ leading scorer is again unlikely to play when his team …

• D.J.’s Pitt stop

  March 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – The suit emphasized the difficulty of this task. Brock Motum looked sharp on Monday night. But it was because he was dressed in a jacket, slacks and dress …

• Motum has ‘slim’ chance to play Monday

  March 25, 2012 in Sports on Page C10 PULLMAN – There’s been plenty of ice. Lots of attention from the trainers, too. And when he sleeps, Washington State forward Brock Motum even puts a drawer beneath his mattress …

• Cougs, OSU will meet for fourth time

  March 21, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Maybe they should just play twice in Corvallis this week and call it a best-of-5. When Washington State faces Oregon State at 7 tonight in a College Basketball … 1

• Cougs show Pac-12 can win in postseason

  March 18, 2012 in Sports Wyoming, travels to Pullman to play WSU in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational Monday night at 7. And just as the Cougars wanted to prove in a first-round …

• Cougars happy to be playing; trip no big deal

  March 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – This town is so empty during Washington State’s spring break that Cougars guard Marcus Capers’ mind gets to wandering. “I was thinking about driving on the wrong side …

• Cougars have had success against Oregon State

  March 7, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 LOS ANGELES – For Washington State this season, beating Oregon State has been as easy as 1-3-1. As in, beating the Beavers’ 1-3-1 zone, a staple of their defense under …

• Motum’s 27 points lead Cougars past USC

  March 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C9 LOS ANGELES – In front of a library crowd against a bad basketball team with approximately nothing on the line, Washington State achieved what was needed. Or, perhaps more accurately, …

• Cougars would welcome CBI invitation

  March 1, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 PULLMAN – Remember the 2010 season, Ken Bone’s first as Washington State’s head coach, when the Cougars turned down a chance to play in the College Basketball Invitational? OK. Now …

• Interesting journey for WSU seniors

  February 25, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 PULLMAN – If it was difficult for guard Marcus Capers to fathom that he’d be the only member of his freshman class to play four full seasons of basketball at …

• Interesting journey for WSU seniors

  February 24, 2012 in Sports If it was difficult for guard Marcus Capers to fathom that he’d be the only member of his freshman class to play four full seasons of basketball at Washington State, …

• Cougars see improvement, want wins to follow

  February 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 PULLMAN – The second time hasn’t exactly been a charm for Washington State. But it’s certainly been better. In the Cougars’ three Pac-12 rematches this season – their last three …

• Cougars see improvement, want wins to follow

  February 17, 2012 in Sports In the Washington State Cougars’ three Pac-12 rematches this season – their last three games, at Oregon State and Oregon, and home against Arizona – they’ve played considerably better basketball …

• WSU guard Mike Ladd plays through pain

  February 16, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – If Mike Ladd is one of the toughest players on Washington State’s roster, he is also one of the most honest. He knows his right thumb is hurting, …

• Oregon pulls away to beat Washington State

  February 12, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 EUGENE, Ore. – A different kind of frustration was felt outside Washington State’s locker room at Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday afternoon. This was still a loss, 78-69 to the …

• No persuasion necessary

  February 11, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 EUGENE, Ore. – The television replay they watched Friday looked awfully familiar to the Washington State Cougars. It was of Oregon’s 82-57 disassembly of Washington on Thursday night, but it …

• Cougars earn road win at Oregon State

  February 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 CORVALLIS, Ore. – They slashed, they defended, they made open shots like they were playing at Beasley. After this 83-73 blitzing of Oregon State before 5,782 at Gill Coliseum, the …

• Cougars seek offensive help for Motum

  February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – All eyes, seemingly, are on Washington State forward Brock Motum. Or, at least, more eyes than before.

• Coming up: Washington State men’s basketball

  February 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 RECORD: 12-11 overall, 4-7 Pac-12 COMING UP: Tonight at Oregon State, 7; Saturday at Oregon, 3 p.m.

• UCLA beats WSU again in Pullman

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 PULLMAN – Whether it’s been by superior talent, execution or late-game savvy, the UCLA Bruins hadn’t lost a men’s basketball here since 1993 entering Saturday’s game. They still haven’t. But …

• Motum’s big night ignites Cougars

  February 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – A quick start wasn’t surprising, considering Washington State’s opponent on Thursday night. But after lowly USC charged back from a seven-point deficit to take an early lead, WSU …

• WSU coach Bone sees first half as mixed bag

  February 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – While assessing the first half of Washington State’s basketball season, the truth of an old adage used by coach Ken Bone was reaffirmed before he could even get … 1

• WSU’s Aden out for the season

  February 1, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – Faisal Aden used his crutches to walk across Washington State’s campus on Tuesday, a brace engulfing most of his left leg. This, unfortunately, is how Aden will finish …

• Aden won’t play vs. ASU

  January 28, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 TEMPE, Ariz. – The Washington State Cougars will be without one of their best scorers when they face Arizona State at 2 p.m. today at Wells Fargo Arena. Senior guard …

• Arizona hits 15 3-pointers to bury Cougars

  January 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 TUCSON, Ariz. – This was a loss the Washington State Cougars might feel for a while. The game didn’t go so well, either.

• Notebook: Criticism drives WSU’s Aden to improve

  January 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Faisal Aden’s big weekend against Stanford and Cal may have earned him a spot in Washington State’s starting lineup against Arizona tonight. Then again, it may not have. Coach Ken …

• Cougars knock off first-place Cal

  January 22, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 PULLMAN – Of all the last-minute madness witnessed at Beasley Coliseum on Saturday, one image endures. It is of Washington State coach Ken Bone, and his fist, and his arm, …

• 1
• 2
• Next page ›