COUGARS Washington State is already in Spokane and going through practice tonight at the Spokane Arena. Tomorrow the Cougars will host Texas-Pan American before taking more than a week off for finals. The next game on the schedule is Santa Clara on Dec. 19 before…
With captain Jared Cowen headed off to Toronto for Team Canada tryouts for the World Junior tournament after Friday's game in Vancouver and young D Reid Gow slated to be gone after Christmas for a prospects tournament in Canada, the Chiefs picked up a defenseman…
A little women's basketball news to catch up on, starting with a nice comeback win for Idaho over Montana on Wednesday night. On Tuesday, South Dakota State got the Cougars.Basketball Youth Day at the Spokane Arena: June Daugherty and the Cougars will join Ken Bone…
Earlier today we did a postseason wrapup interview with Idaho football coach Robb Akey, who talked about how "aggravating" it was to be so close to another bowl bid -- the Vandals finished 6-7 -- and what UI is doing to position itself amid all…
COUGARS• UPDATED: 3:40 P.M. It was an interesting night in Pullman on Wednesday. With the Zags in town, the Beasley crowd of more than 10,000 was into it (the players were appreciative, as their comments show) and the Bulldogs were not, especially after halftime. We…
When North Dakota State's Matt Anderson lines up at his weak-side linebacker position in Saturday's 12:30 p.m. FCS playoff game against Eastern Washington at Roos Field, he will do so with an ever-growing appreciation for the sport he loves.Anderson, a 6-foot-2, 233-pound senior, whose junior…
Good morning. Let's start with the links from WSU's 81-59 humbling of Gonzaga: S-R gamer, Blanchette column, S-R photos. Here's a day after post from WSU beat writer Vince Grippi.Read on for my day after post.
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