Coeur d'Alene boys win
The No. 1-ranked Coeur d'Alene boys basketball team ran away from visiting Lewiston 74-53 Saturday.Click the tab below to read correspondent Mike Saunders' game story.
SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 2008
CSI sweeps NIC
The College of Southern Idaho men's and women's basketball teams swept North Idaho College on Saturday.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
Bulldogs win fifth in a row
Gonzaga coach Mark Few earned his 225th career win as the Zags held off San Diego 80-70 on Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.Click below for my game story and check back Sunday morning for the day-after post.
Time to move on
This will (hopefully) be my last post on this matter, I think the players are ready to move on and I know I am.Here's the final verdict in the Chris Bruton-Kyle Beach incident from last Wednesday. Bruton will serve the final of a two-game suspension…
FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 2008
A few notes from football and basketball
COUGARSA couple of basketball notes and some from football, all based on today's news.
Grier brings Toreros to Spokane
Gonzaga, back at the MAC for the first time since Dec. 31, entertains San Diego, coached by ex-GU assistant Billy Grier, at 1 p.m. Saturday.Click below for notes, quotes and S-R preview.
Eagles spotted in CdA
The high-flying College of Southern Idaho men’s and women’s basketball teams invade Rolly Williams Court on Saturday in Coeur d'Alene for a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader against North Idaho College.
Day-after post on EWU's big win
Good morning.I’m not sure how many of you out there made it to the Eagles’ 91-85 overtime men’s basketball win over Northern Colorado at Reese Court on Thursday night, but those who didn’t missed a special performance by an intriguing young player, junior guard Adris…
THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 2008
WSU-OSU post-game video
Tony Bennett, Daven Harmeling, Taylor Rochestie, Derrick Low, Aron Baynes and Kyle Weaver talk about their Thursday win over Oregon State and look toward their game against Oregon this Sunday.Get the Flash Player to see this video.
DeLeon's 42 fuels Eastern's overtime win
Eastern Washington got a huge scoring effort from Adris DeLeon and scored a much-needed overtime win over Big Sky Conference rival Northern Colorado at Reese Court on Thursday night.You can read an unedited version of the game story that will appear in Friday morning's S-R…
WSU runs away in second for win
Behind the jump is my quick gamer. I have to rush out to get video.EDIT - The first paragraph of the brief didn't paste when I posted.
UPDATED: I thought a follow up was in order...
... from last night's game. There is more to be addressed, like actual hockey stuff (i.e. the Chiefs' power play troubles, how Trevor Glass is doing, etc.), but after the drama that followed last night's game - and the emails I got today - I…
Idaho on the road
The Idaho men's basketball team face perhaps its most difficult road conference trip of the season this week.Click the tab below to check out a few links.
Is OSU's coach about to be flushed?
COUGARSIf Jay John's job depends on Oregon State earning a road win this weekend, which was all the talk around UCLA last week, does that make OSU more dangerous tonight?You would sure think so. For more on that, and links to our Thursday morning college…
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 2008
Chiefs drop 2-1 decision to Everett
Wow. This one had a dramatic finish to it. You hope suspensions won't come out of a situation like this, but who knows. Read on to find out what I'm talking about in my game story. If you were there, you already know, and I'd…
Idaho preps
UPDATED, Thursday, 1:40 p.m.Here is my Idaho prep column, most of which is about an event sponsored by the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d'Alene on Monday at Coeur d'Alene High School.Here is a feature story on Post Falls senior basketball player Kandice McArthur…
GSL boys still interesting
Maybe the suspense went out of GSL boys basketball in regards to a top-two finish last night, but there's still plenty of excitement behind Ferris and Shadle Park.The two schools have a comfortable advantage over the rest of the league, but third through sixth is…
USA Today on Gonzaga
A week after USA Today's Marlen Garcia checked in with an article on Washington State, she's back with a feature on Gonzaga.She was in town for the Georgia game at the Arena. Here's the link.
TUESDAY, JAN. 15, 2008
Day-after Zag update
OK, we've made the return flight. Just a slight temperature change from Malibu to Spokane. About 50 degrees. Read on for a day-after report that won't be quite as long as usual. The main reason why is Monday's 9 p.m. start, which put severe limitations…
Halfway to the postseason
COUGARSHard to believe, but we are halfway through January already (the snow on the ground is proof of that) and exactly halfway through WSU's regular season.For a few links relating to the Cougs, read on.
MONDAY, JAN. 14, 2008
Tip in about 45 minutes
Listened to Mychal Thompson on an afternoon radio show and also on the Lakers' pre-game show (L.A. plays the Sonics in Seattle). On the afternoon show, he said he had a bad weekend.His son, Klay, a prep standout, lost his game. Klay's future team, Washington…
Chiefs still No. 1 in writer's poll
Receiving 14 of 16 first-place votes, the Spokane Chiefs remained atop the Western Hockey League writer’s poll released Monday by the Western Major Junior Hockey Writer’s Association.
Some football news as we wait for the hoop polls
COUGARSThe new rankings are not out yet, and there is a good chance I will be somewhere south of Rosalia when they do appear, but I had a couple of links to call your attention to. Read on. And we'll get to the new polls…
SUNDAY, JAN. 13, 2008
Fresno State downs Idaho
Fresno State topped the visiting Idaho men's basketball team 69-53 in a Western Athletic Conference game Saturday. Here's a link to the story.
Bulldogs take on Pepperdine
A look back at Gonzaga's 91-68 win over Loyola Marymount and a look ahead at Monday night's matchup with Pepperdine.Read on below for notes, quotes, links and an unedited game preview.
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