Eastern Washington University's men's basketball team loss at home for the first time this season Thursday night, falling to undersized Missouri-Kansas City 68-61.It wasn't a great night for the Eagles -- or the media assigned to cover them. I missed the game because of the…
Read on for John Blanchette's unedited game story from Gonzaga's 84-42 rout of Texas Southern.
As promised, I've posted an unedited version of the story on EWU's Greg Peach having won the 2008 Buchanan Award below.And I've also included this link to the press release supplied by the Big Sky Conference office, and this link to a slideshow of the…
Gonzaga improved to 8-1 with an 84-42 win over Texas Southern on Thursday.The Bulldogs had four players reach double figures -- Josh Heytvelt 21, Micah Downs 14, Matt Bouldin 11 and Austin Daye 10. Jeremy Pargo had eight assists, four rebounds and four points.Texas Southern…
Eastern Washington Greg Peach, a senior defensive end out of Evergreen High School in Vancouver, was honored Thursday night in Chattanooga, Tenn., as the recipient of the Buck Buchanan Award given annually to the nation's top defensive player in teh NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.This is…
Gonzaga opened up a big first-half lead, 53-19, over Texas Southern by knocking down nine 3-pointers and shooting 65 percent from the field.Josh Heytvelt, limited to six points in Sunday's loss to Arizona, scored 15 points. Micah Downs and Matt Bouldin each had 11. Bouldin…
I figured I was in trouble when I tried to drive, what, five miles to my office in Coeur d'Alene earlier this afternoon. I got stuck at the base of the hill (less than a quarter-mile from my house) and again 50 yards from the…
Quarterback Nick Davila, who led Spokane to the 2008 af2 title game, is back with the Shock. Davila, who set a franchise record with 66 touchdown passes, took the starting job from Jason Murrietta about a month into the regular season. He's the sixth member…
Despite the record snowfall and GU canceling classes today, the Gonzaga-Texas Southern game is still on for 6 p.m. The Tigers arrived at 1:30 Wednesday morning, according to coach Tony Harvey, whom I met in the lobby of the MAC on Wednesday afternoon while many…
Spokane continued to restock on veterans from its 2008 team, signing LB Lee Foliaki and K Brian Jackson, as well as Patrick Schwenke, an offensive lineman who played at West Texas A&M. As many as 10-12 Shock players, including Foliaki and Jackson, figured to get…
UPDATED: 12:40 P.M. Let's have a vote. How many of you think I'm going to make it from Spokane to Pullman today? I'll give you a hint: I'm not sure I can make it out of the neighborhood, because the snow in the street is,…
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