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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 2009

EWU's Jones earns national honor 

Eastern Washington's football team picked up a few individual awards following Saturday's Big Sky Conference road win over Sacramento State. You can read more details here and here. Then you might want to consider how it is that the Eagles' Taiwan Jones can be named…

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Arena Football 1 opens for business

The long-awaited news that Spokane has joined Arena Football 1 came down Monday, but not much else. Here's a recap of the conference call -- with Shock owner Brady Nelson helping fill in some of the gaps left from today's announcement.Read on below.

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Tuel will start for WSU 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 6 P.M. A quick note to share something we've learned: The identity of WSU's new starting quarterback. True freshman Jeff Tuel will start Saturday against the Oregon Ducks in Eugene. We have more on the link.

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UI's Enderle earns kudos from WAC

Idaho QB Nathan Enderle has been named the WAC offensive player of the week, after his very solid performance in Saturday's 34-31 win over Northern Illinois. Enderle threw for three touchdown passes in the first half and finished with 270 passing yards.Robb Akey's morning teleconference…

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More from Chiefs impressive home opener 

Blame Mother Nature. The follow-up on the Spokane Chiefs home opener, a solid 5-2 win over Western Hockey League rival Tri-City before a good crowd of 9,500, should have been done on Sunday. But a check of the 5-day weather indicated that getting outside for…

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