Frank Burgess, one of the all-time Gonzaga greats who went on to a distinguished career in law, died Friday at the age of 75. Below, you can find my unedited article on Burgess that will run in Sunday's S-R.GU athletic director Mike Roth developed a…
Enjoyed a beautiful morning/early afternoon at Idaho's practice field to take in the Vandals' third practice of the spring. Read on for a story that will appear in tomorrow's S-R.
Frank Burgess, the former Gonzaga basketball standout who led the nation in scoring in 1961 and went on to become a U.S. District Judge, died Friday after battling cancer. He was 75.More here and here.
While watchng Baylor and Tennessee to kick off a women's Sweet 16 ... ooo Lady Vols lose, should be interesting reading - the comments, more than the stories, on Sunday.Onward with Gonzaga-Xavier, tonight at Arco Arena.The Cincinnati Enquirer looks at a Vivian Frieson-Amber Harris matchup…
The hard-earned 2-0 lead the Spokane Chiefs grabbed in their first-round Western Hockey league series with Portland has evaporated, at home. The Winterhawks won 4-2 at the Arena Friday night with the pivotal Game 5 on Saturday. The Chiefs should be worried since Portland is…
Vivian Frieson, who enjoyed a laugh at practice Friday in Arco Arena captured by Colin Mulvany, led the Gonzaga women's basketball team to the Sweet 16 but don't go crazy about it, she might think it was creepy. Besides, according to John Blanchette's column, it's…
It may seem like deja vu with Gonzaga facing Xavier in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament for the second year in a row but it's really not. At least that's what the take we got today as the teams prepared for Saturday night's Sweet 16…
COUGARS Another day, another spring football practice. The Cougars went through their second day and it mirrored the first day, with WSU in helmets, shirts and shorts and running pretty much the same drills. We have our report on the link, so read on.
Leon Rice loaded the family into the Wagon Queen Family Truckster (yes, that's a Vacation reference) and drove to Boise Thursday night/Friday morning. He arrived at 3 a.m., slept a little and then was introduced as BSU's new coach at a 12:30 press conference.I tuned…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1:10 P.M. Day Two of spring football is on tap this afternoon. But there is only one reason we're posting this morning, and we will reveal it on the link. So go ahead and read on.
As you might expect after three or so months off, the Vandals' first spring session wasn't always crisp. In fact, coach Robb Akey said Idaho could use some WD-40 to knock off all the rust. We have some more thoughts from Akey and offensive coordinator…
Back with tomorrow's story on the Gonzaga women's basketball team. There's a little inside joke, and no doubt someone out there is going to take this wrong, but it's a story with the, awe, never mind, I'm too tired to take grief. Anway, Kelly Graves…
With too much on my plate, I received a little help on the hockey front. John Blanchette has a column to lead into Friday's key Western Hockey League playoff game between Portland and the Chiefs at the Arena, talking to Kyle Beach (above, in a…
COUGARS The first of 15 spring practices or scrimmages is done. As is the first of our 15 reports. If you want to find out what happened today, read on. We have the unedited version of our S-R story and some web-only notes.
Good evening. Back with more on Leon Rice's decision to take the head coaching job at Boise State. Rice interviewed for the job earlier this week and I figured he was definitely in the mix when he didn't return phone messages over the last three…
Thursday is the travel day for Gonzaga, headed to the Sweet 16 and a date with Xavier Saturday night at ARCO Arena in Sacramento.We're working on a feature story, but thought we would revisit some history - Gonzaga's historic victory over Xavier in the opening…
Gonzaga associate head coach Leon Rice has accepted an offer to become the head coach at Boise State, according to ESPN.com. More here.Rice would replace Greg Graham, who was fired nearly two weeks ago. Rice has been on head coach Mark Few's staff for 11…
COUGARS The 2010 football season gets underway today. Well, not really. It probably started back in December some time, but we'll say it starts today because this is WSU's first day on the practice field with the coaches. But before we get out there, we…
Portland continued it's success in the Arena, running its record to 5-0 for the season with a 2-1 win Wednesday night that sliced the Spokane Chiefs' lead in the best-of-7 Western Hockey league series to 2-1. The next two games are in Spokane on Friday…
Idaho's 15-day spring football regimen starts Thursday, and the Vandals' situation is much different than a year ago at this time. Read on for my story for tomorrow's S-R and additional quotes from Robb Akey.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 3:45 P.M. We've put together an overview of WSU heading into spring practice, which starts tomorrow. If you're interested – and I'm guessing if you are reading this you are – then click the link and read on.
The Toledo Blade reported in today's edition that Gonzaga assistant coach Ray Giacoletti is the frontrunner for the Toledo Rockets' head coaching job. The short article is incorrect, Giacoletti said Wednesday."Print it: No interest, not going to happen," Giacoletti said in a brief telephone interview.…
After dropping two games at home over the weekend the Portland Winterhawks remain optimistic with the next three games of their Western Hockey League best-of-7 series with the Spokane Chiefs at the Arena.Why not, considering the 'Hawks went 4-0 in Spokane. A note of caution,…
COUGARS Funny thing about spring in the Palouse. It was a beautiful day yesterday, warm, sunny, clear. Then the sun went down. The cold was biting. Just a warning if you are planning on coming down for spring football practice. The last few drills can…
Just kidding, but you might wonder why.Kelly Graves was enjoying a little mid-day R&R when we found him.One question had to be asked - and of course I asked more than one - but didn't we leave you hanging with one big one after Gonzaga…
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