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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011



Shock-Command ready for kickoff

Spokane and Kansas City are about 20 minutes from kickoff at the Arena. Just a reminder: In-game updates at Twitter.com/SRjimm. I'll post a short game story here just after the final horn. I'll also post a final game story at about 12:15.

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Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot, left, drives past Louisville's Shoni Schimmel in the first half of an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional semifinal, Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Spokane, Wash. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Vandersloot wins Lieberman Award

Gonzaga senior Courtney Vandersloot was named the winner of the Nancy Liberman Award by the Rotary Club of Detroit. The award recognizes the nation’s top collegiate point guard in women’s Division I basketball. The criteria for the award are the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling…

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Bone sums up 2010-11 WSU season 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 12:35 P.M. Just got off the phone with Washington State basketball coach Ken Bone, who held an end-of-the-season press conference. Nothing really new or different, but we have some notes, so read on.

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Mt. Spokane’s Spencer Mallonee slides home to score Thursday as University catcher Hayden Powell attempts to corral the throw home. (Jesse Tinsley)

Preps things

I staffed my first Greater Spokane League baseball game Thursday - Mt. Spokane at University. Here's my game story. Spencer Mallonee of Mt. Spokane slides in safely at home in the picture above as U-Hi catcher Hayden Powell scoops up the throw. Lakeside (Nine Mile…

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April 1 just another day at WSU 

COUGARS Yes it is April Fool's Day. But we learned long ago not to mess with AFD jokes in print (they have a tendency to backfire, at least they did in my early journalism years), and we will follow over on this post as well.…

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