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• Cougars drop series to Beavers, won’t play postseason

  May 21, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Any remaining doubt was erased once the final out of Sunday’s game was recorded: The Washington State baseball team isn’t going to make the postseason. That disappointing truth …

• Jones’ walk-off homer lifts Cougs past OSU

  May 20, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PULLMAN – Autograph-seekers found their man just outside the press box atop the Bailey Brayton-Field seats, an unlikely hero signing baseballs and T-shirts and game rosters. It was P.J. Jones, …

• Cougars’ bullpen comes up short in loss to Cal

  May 5, 2012 in Sports As a planned fireworks display sounded in the background, Donnie Marbut spent a good 15 minutes speaking with his Washington State baseball team in left field at Bailey-Brayton Field on …

• Chleborad’s effort spoiled in WSU’s baseball loss

  April 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 PULLMAN – Everything went Tanner Chleborad’s way on Saturday, and nothing did at the same time. No. 23 Arizona State had to get creative to score a pair of unearned …

• Holmvquist’s record round has her tied for Pac-12 lead

  April 28, 2012 in Sports California’s Daniela Holmvqist set the Palouse Ridge women’s collegiate single-round record by shooting a 4-under 68, good enough to tie her with Arizona State’s Giulia Molinaro for the lead at …

• Gonzaga baseball player Gonzales makes rapid recovery

  April 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Marco Gonzales took care of his injured knee about as well as he’s batted and pitched this season. So it was no surprise when the Gonzaga sophomore returned to the …

• WSU’s Jones takes place as homer king

  April 12, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – Even Derek Jones didn’t see this coming.

• Pittsburgh tops WSU to force final game in CBI

  March 29, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PITTSBURGH – After sharing a plane ride across the country and playing a second game in three nights Wednesday night, Washington State and Pitt just can’t get enough of each … 1

• WSU line coach Salave’a has come long way

  March 28, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – The van cruised down Interstate 5 toward San Diego. And toward the unknown for Joe Salave’a, a ninth-grader at the time, who was still trying to grasp just …

• Cougars thrilled to host Pitt

  March 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – The opportunity to continue their season was motivation enough for the Washington State Cougars to accept a bid to the College Basketball Invitational. And after winning three games … 1

• WSU assistant Simmons identifies with receivers

  March 21, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Perhaps none of Mike Leach’s assistants resembles his unconventional rise to coaching stardom more than Dennis Simmons, who has made a career of coaching receivers at the college …

• 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 advance to CBI semis

  March 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Wyoming spent the entirety of Monday’s quarterfinal game of the College Basketball Invitational trying to solve Washington State’s man-to-man defense. It never did. Everyone else in attendance likely … 1

• Cougs show Pac-12 can pick up wins

  March 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – At this point, Washington State might be playing for the Pac-12 as much as it is for itself. All season, pundits both national and regional have taken turns … 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 will host Wyoming on Monday

  March 15, 2012 in Sports on Page B7 Washington State will host its next game in the College Basketball Invitational. The CBI announced on its Twitter account Wednesday that WSU, which defeated San Francisco in a first-round game …

• WSU’s Mastro one of maestros at pistol

  March 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Jim Mastro calls it a blessing in disguise. It was 2009, and Mike Leach had an opening on his staff at Texas Tech. The job was going to …

• Two Whitworth men honored

  March 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Men’s basketball: Whitworth senior Felix Friedt was named to a pair of All-Region men’s basketball teams while fellow senior Idris Lasisi was selected to one of the all-star lists, the …

• This time, Cougs accept CBI invite

  March 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – The season isn’t over yet for the Washington State men’s basketball team. The Cougars were selected Sunday to make their first appearance in the College Basketball Invitational, and …

• Cougars play USF on Tuesday in first CBI appearance

  March 11, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – The season isn’t over yet for the Washington State men’s basketball team. The Cougars were selected Sunday to make their first appearance in the College Basketball Invitational, and …

• Hard-to-peg Huskies sitting on the bubble for NCAA invitation

  March 11, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 Sitting on a podium in front of a room crowded with media, Lorenzo Romar pleaded his case for Washington to receive an invitation to the NCAA tournament. It was as …

• Colorado nabs NCAA berth by winning Pac-12 tournament

  March 11, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 LOS ANGELES – Snubbed by the NCAA selection committee last year, then picked to finish next-to-last as a new member of the Pac-12, Colorado had all kinds of grudges going …

• Hard-to-peg Huskies sitting on the bubble for NCAA invitation

  March 10, 2012 in Sports Sitting on a podium in front of a room crowded with media, Lorenzo Romar pleaded his case for Washington to receive an invitation to the NCAA tournament.

• Disappointed Huskies must await NCAA fate

  March 10, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 In a somber Staples Center locker room, C.J. Wilcox stuffed his backpack with a Washington-monogrammed Beats by Dr. Dre headphone, a postseason gift from the Pac-12 Conference. It felt like …

• Now, Huskies wait

  March 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 LOS ANGELES – After another Washington loss that seemed to defy explanation, Tony Wroten didn’t have one, either. Instead, the freshman guard kept his head down, declining to answer questions …

• Beavers knock Cougars out of Pac-12 tourney

  March 8, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 LOS ANGELES – He didn’t have his team well enough prepared on Wednesday afternoon, Washington State coach Ken Bone said, so the Cougars will once again leave the Pac-12 tournament …

• WSU women make history at Pac-12 tourney

  March 8, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 LOS ANGELES – On paper, this was not an impossible task. But it was certainly unprecedented by definition. Beating Oregon State? Nah. The Washington State women’s basketball team had been …

• Honored Coug

  March 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 LOS ANGELES – Brock Motum’s head-turning season earned him some more recognition on Monday. The Washington State junior won the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player of the Year award, and was …

• 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, …

• Huskies take businesslike approach to big goal

  March 3, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 LOS ANGELES – The party never happened. There were no smiles, high fives or celebratory handshakes after Washington overcame USC for an 80-58 victory Thursday that clinched a share of …

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