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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 2010


Ex-Zags Daye, Turiaf open NBA season

Former Bulldogs' Austin Daye and Ronny Turiaf had mixed results in their NBA season-openers.Daye started and played 21 minutes, but only had four points (2 of 8 shooting) and three boards as Detroit blew a seven-point lead in the final two minutes and lost to…

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WAC close to adding Texas schools

Texas State and Texas-San Antonio appear on the verge of becoming football members of the Western Athletic Conference, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The two Texas schools, currently in the Football Championship Subdivision, would join by 2012. Montana is also a possibility to…

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All-Area teams 11 

For years I've done All-North Idaho teams for football, boys and girls basketball, volleyball, soccer and wrestling. And we'll continue to do those. It's like a franchise that we've owned and the coaches have bought into it, too. It's a step above all-league but a…

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A Giant post about WSU

COUGARS • UPDATED: 1 P.M. You know, it's kind of funny. I never knew how many Giants fans lived around here until this week. It's World Series time, the Giants have pitched themselves into it and all of a sudden all these folks are rooting…

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Katie Baker back big for Grizzlies

Working on women’s basketball preview for next week before heading off to a hockey game. No doubt we’ll stumble into a number of things to share with you on this post, so keep checking back.Swishappeal website looks at Gonzaga and star Courtney Vandersloot, who is…

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Chiefs regroup to face PG

In their last outing the Spokane Chiefs lost 4-2 to Red Deer and it wasn't their best effort. Coach Don Nachbaur let them know but that doesn't mean all is lost. We'll find out tonight if they learned anything when they face the Prince George…

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