Taking a quick break from bouncing balls, here is the unedited advance for the Spokane Chiefs' opening playoff series, which starts tonight against Portland. Also, for your reading enjoy, the story Scott Sepich wrote for The Oregonian, which focuses on Luke Walker, who was a…
Both teams play the underdog role for the North Carolina-Gonzaga battle in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The unedited game story is below.Also have the story on Eastern Washington's loss to Oregon in the WNIT Thursday night.
COUGARS UPDATED: 11:45 A.M. We're in Buffalo with Gonzaga's basketball team – the Zags play Florida State this evening – but we couldn't resist passing this on. The University of Oregon has scheduled an 11:30 a.m. press conference to have an "announcement about leadership at…
About six hours from tip of Gonzaga-Florida State, so we'll get a quick post together while the wireless is still functioning (yes, it's been hit or miss)..Links: Here's the S-R advance, notes and column. The Tallahassee newspaper preview, side bar, and glance at GU. Orlando…
The Spokane Shock are just a couple days into training camp, but they've already made numerous roster moves. A couple of the new additions were found at tryouts in Pullman and Los Angeles. Read more about all of Spokane's moves here.
Rakim Brown, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound small forward from Central High School in Fresno, Calif., has made an oral commitment to play basketball for Eastern Washington University next winter.Brown, who made an official visit to the EWU campus last weekend, averaged 22 points, eight rerebounds and…
Good evening once again. As promised, here's an unedited notebook and Vince Grippi's unedited column. Both will run in Friday's S-R. Read on for more.
Good evening from Buffalo. Weather's great, the press conferences and team practices are over and we'll give you a couple of posts tonight.First up, my unedited game advance and a quick capsule look at the two teams. Come back in a while for a notebook…
Spokane Chief forwards Mitch Wahl and Kyle Beach were named to the Western Hockey League’s Western Conference All-Star First Team on Thursday morning and defenseman Jared Spurgeon was named the Conference’s Most Sportsmanlike Player. Jared Cowen, the Chiefs Captain and John “Hitman” Hern Defenseman of…
I was a little remiss in providing stories in a timely fashion yesterday but I was a little busy.There was the advance for the Eastern Washington WNIT game at Oregon tonight as well as a brief look at Gonzaga's first-round opponent in the NCAA Tournament,…
Tri-City gets a player and loses a player, both related to the Chiefs. Read the Tri-City Herald story below.
To start our Western Hockey League playoff coverage we'll have a feature on popular defenseman Jared Spurgeon (18 above in a Jesse Tinsley photo from Sunday's game). Click below for the unedited story.As of this moment, Kyle Beach, the WHL's leading scorer, is expected to…
Good early evening. A couple of things to post. Here's your first look at a notebook that will run in Wednesday's S-R dealing with several key Zags who have played through nagging ailments this season. Nobody is immune to the aches and pains that come…
The women's basketball notebook this week is a short visit with the local players for NCAA-bound Portland. As usual, there are more notes than will ever make the paper, so read the story below.As expected Wendy Schuller is the Big Sky Coach of the Year.The…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 4:25 P.M. Washington State wide receiver Johnny Forzani has left the team and, according to a report in Cougfan, intends to try to play in the CFL this year. I talked with Forzani quite extensively the last home basketball weekend and, during…
Back with a notebook that will run in Tuesday's S-R. I talked with FSU coach Leonard Hamilton and defensive whiz Chris Singleton today. The Seminoles are one of the top defensive teams in the country and we discuss that in the first item in my…
It's the kind of matchups teams like Gonzaga crave - a name program on a neutral court.That's the first take on the Bulldogs' NCAA Tourmanet bracket, a chance to play North Carolina.But wait, Gonzaga is the higher seed, the Tar Heels having stumbled in the…
COUGARS Washington State coach Ken Bone met with the media today on a conference call, answering questions about the year just past and the offseason right ahead. We have the unedited version of our story for tomorrow's S-R on the link, so read on.
I attended part of the Spokane Shock's first training-camp practice today, conducted by new head coach Rob Keefe (pictured above). You can read my unedited article below that will run in Tuesday's S-R.
A couple of nice compliments rolled in for the Spokane Chiefs after their effort on Sunday, a 3-2 win over Everett, in what was a meaningless game for them on the last day of the Western Hockey League season.First, though, some sad news to pass…
Good morning. It's going to be a crazy week -- trying to line up interviews with Florida State and the Shock opening training camp today -- but we've got links from Sunday's NCAA Tournament announcement.Here's my article on GU's first-round matchup, John Blanchette's view, the…
As you all know by now, Gonzaga will face Florida State in Buffalo on Friday. When the pairing flashed on the TV screen, I quickly checked the weather in Buffalo: 38 degrees, windy, wind chill of 28. Driving to Gonzaga's media session Sunday afternoon, the…
With more reasons to lose than win, the Spokane Chiefs would have none of it, smothering the Everett Silvertips 3-2 Sunday night to close out the Western Hockey League regular season.The Chiefs, who now play Portland in the first round of the playoffs, handed the…
The Zags are No. 8 seed in the West Region, but they will be traveling all the way to Buffalo, N.Y., to face ninth-seeded Florida State on Friday in the first round of its 12th consecutive NCAA tournament.The Bulldogs won the West Coast Conference regular…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 2:35 P.M. Just got off the phone with WSU sports information basketball contact Jessica Schmick - I had asked earlier today about postseason - and she said coach Ken Bone had decided it would be best not to pursue a berth in…
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