Greater Spokane League football teams begin preseason workouts Wednesday. Over in Idaho, Lake City and Coeur d'Alene, among others, have a week under their belts with Aug. 27 openers looming.I'll be out checking out a couple of practices Wednesday.Here's your chance to start talking prep…
Spokane's Huey Whittaker and Kyle Rowley have been selected for weekly AFL honors. Whittaker was named Ironman of the week. He had 165 receiving yards and assisted on one tackle in the Shock's playoff win over Milwaukee. Rowley was named Playmaker of the week after…
COUGARS Washington State gets back to work today after their first day off of the fall. The Cougars will go through another two-a-day, with practice starting at 8:30 this morning. The second will be at 3:30 this afternoon. Before they get underway, we have some…
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I visited Shock headquarters today and I put together a notebook that will run in Tuesday's S-R. Topics included the gap in AFL experience between Spokane and Tampa Bay, a quick visit with Raul Vijil and several other items.Here's…
The Gonzaga-San Diego State game will be part of ESPN's College Hoops Tip-off Marathon (24 straight hours of games) on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The GU-SDSU game will air at 8 p.m. from the McCarthey Athletic Center on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com. The game is part of…
COUGARS It's Monday morning, which means many of you are going back to work after a more-than-likely fun weekend. For the Washington State football players, it means a day off, their first since fall practice started nine days ago. For us writers, it means the…
COUGARS The second day of two-a-days is over and the Washington State Cougars are over across the road having dinner. The group seemed a little hungrier in the afternoon session then they did in the morning, especially the offensive group. We have more on that…
The ArenaBowl matchup is set: AFL neophyte Spokane vs. AFL traditional power Tampa Bay.The Storm, seeking their sixth AFL title, beat Orlando 63-62 in a wild finish that underscored the value of accurate kickers and the nuances of the arena game (a late Predators touchdown…
COUGARS A quick post after Washington State's first practice today appears on the link. We have updates on injuries and other items, so read on.
COUGARS Just call Saturday "first-scrimmage day" around the Pac-10 Conference. Many of the schools held their inaugural scrimmage of the season, and everyone that did talked about how much time they had to work on the flaws before the season's first game. But that time…
Spokane will face Tampa Bay in ArenaBowl XXIII at 5 p.m. Friday at the Arena.Tampa Bay, the third seed out of the American Conference, edged visiting Orlando 63-62 on Saturday night. The Storm (13-5) built a 35-21 halftime lead, then withstood a Predators' comeback. Orlando…
COUGARS We said this morning that today's scrimmage was like a midterm exam. It won't kill the final grade but it was a good way to judge what needs to be worked on. It's over now and the film will show ... well, you have…
Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle has progressed quite a bit since his first start as a redshirt freshman at USC in 2007, and not just on the field where he's ranked as the No. 4 QB prospect by CBSsports.com. (I had no idea he would be…
COUGARS Three weeks from today, the Washington State Cougars will take the field against Oklahoma State to start the 2010 season. After a week of practice, the Cougars will see where they're at today when they take the Martin Stadium field for a 2 p.m.…
Don Verlin, 32-32 in two years as Idaho men's basketball coach, has a new five-year contract that will keep him in Moscow through the 2014-15 season. The deal was approved this week by the State Board of Education and will pay Verlin an escalating base…
COUGARS A long day got a bit longer after practice as we waited for some weightlifting to get done before interviews. But with the first of five two-a-days in the books, we have some more notes and our story on the link. Read on.
UPDATEClick here to read an American Legion World Series notebook.Here's a link to team-by-team capsules.
COUGARS The first of two practices today has ended and we have some notes about what occurred out at Rogers Field. Read on.
A quick post this morning following Spokane's 60-57 win over Milwaukee on Thursday night. Here's my game story, John Blanchette's column and the Milwaukee newspaper article (that byline looks familiar). You can access Chris Anderson's photos from the link to my game story.Tickets for the…
COUGARS So this is what 5:30 in the morning looks like now. It's a lot darker than I remember it from just a few weeks ago. We're up at this ungodly hour to make sure we can get through the links and notes before we…
The Vandals completed their second and final practice of the day late this evening, putting a wrap on their first full week of fall camp. We've got a quick report for you after the link, if you're interested.
New league, same old Shock.Spokane will play in its fourth title game in its five-year existence after knocking off Milwaukee 60-57 Thursday to advance to the ArenaBowl. The Shock played for the arenafootball2 championship three times, winning two, before moving into the reconfigured Arena Football…
COUGARS After five practices we felt it was time to check in with James Montgomery and see how the man was recovering from his injuries. From the sidelines, it seemed like he was doing pretty well, but you never know. We also were curious on…
Kickoff in about 5 1/2 hours for the Shock-Iron showdown at the Arena. Here's the S-R preview, one from Milwaukee and John Blanchette's column on Kurt Warner, who will be an analyst on NFL Network's broadcast.
COUGARS Wow. Talk about a full plate. There are so many Washington State – and Washington State opponent – items, it took forever this morning to get through them. But we did and now it's your turn. Read on.
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