Gonzaga's tough non-conference home schedule heats up big-time when Michigan State (7-2) visits Saturday night. The Spartans aren't ranked, but they're one of the storied programs in college basketball. Here's my advance that will run in Saturday's S-R.
Fun reading this morning as the Gonzaga-Michigan State game approaches Saturday night. The storylines are plentiful with many centering around Jud Heathcote, the former Spartans coach who lives in Spokane and takes in nearly every GU home game. Heathcote paved the way for Izzo to…
COUGARS Another Friday morning, another Friday morning post. The first Friday in a while without a pretty full slate of college football games to look forward to on the weekend. Kind of sad, isn't it? Read on.
Collin Chiverton scored a game-high 25 points and four of his teammates also finished in double figures Thursday night as Eastern Washington University blew away NCAA Division III Linfield College 102-54 at Reese Court. You can get an early look at the game story that…
Collin Civerton scored 13 points, Cliff Colimon added 12 and Cliff Ederaine chipped in 12 at Eastern Washington cruised to a 52-29 halftime lead over NCAA Division III Linfield College at Reese Court Thursday night. This one was over early as Eastern scored at will…
Click the tab below to see a wrestling-themed Prep Page with a column about changes to postseason boys and girls basketball that involves the Greater Spokane League.
COUGARS It's time to make the transition to basketball. Yep, there is still some football to be done, but the main emphasis from now to the end of the year will be hoop. Read on.
COUGARS We're back after talking with Ken Bone, Reggie Moore, Dexter Kernich-Drew and listening to Idaho coach Don Verlin. That allowed us to get our story on Washington State's 66-64 road victory together. Read on.
Former Gonzaga Bulldog Dan Dickau is leaving the broadcast table to become a player development assistant with the Portland Trail Blazers. Dickau, who had two stints with Portland as a player, joined Greg Heister and ex-Zag Richard Fox for Gonzaga men’s basketball broadcasts on KHQ,…
COUGARS We spent quite awhile this morning waiting for a call from the new football coach, but it never came. So now, as we prepare to cover tonight's basketball game in the Cowan Spectrum on the University of Idaho campus, we're waiting again. Just call…
I'm tardy in posting links to Tuesday's prep basketball stories. The Central Valley girls played well in a 75-55 win over defending 4A state champ Lewis and Clark. Read about the game and the other GSL openers here. Pictured above are LC's Taylor Howlett and…
Under the radar is a good description for Alysha Green but the Mead grad has made her mark in college basketball. She's the subject for the weekly basketball notebook. For a couple of other notes, including some that ended up on the cutting room floor,…
COUGARS Sure hope you freed some time this morning. As weekday mornings in December go, I can't remember more good stories to read than the ones grouped on the link. From Mike Leach's public coronation in Pullman to San Diego State becoming part of the…
Robb Akey spoke Tuesday about the importance for his players and coaches to take a breather after Idaho's forgettable 2-10 season. Although I get the sense the coach is not relaxing all that much, if at all, he also said he was "grateful the season…
COUGARS We're back in our palatial Pullman apartment with the heater going full blast, the sun that shined most of the day a distant memory. We have a few thoughts, along with links to our stories from Mike Leach's introduction, so read on.
COUGARS Just a quick note now that I am where I can write following the Mike Leach introductory meet-and-greet. Actually, the last part of it was a press conference – after the cheering stopped. Read on.
Gonzaga returned to practice Monday in preparation for Saturday's date with Michigan State. The Spartans defeated visiting Gonzaga 75-71 two years ago. Checked in with Gary Bell Jr., who was one of the first players on the practice floor Monday, for an update on his…
COUGARS OK, where were we? Oh ya, Mike Leach is in the Inland Northwest, arriving Monday afternoon by private plane in Spokane. He'll be in Pullman most of the day today before flying over the Seattle this evening. Read on.
NORDIC SKI RACING -- Rookie national team member Sadie Bjornsen of Winthrop, Wash., teamed with Alaskan Kikkan Randall to make history for U.S. Women cross-country ski racing by finishing second in the sprint relay at the World Cup finals yesterday in Dusseldorf, Germany. It’s the…
Well, we've turned the corner. I can officially call this the winter sports season. Greater Spokane League boys and girls open league play Tuesday. We ran our season previews last week. Our wrestling preview package will be published Thursday. GSL teams open league duals on…
USC shuts down the high-octane offense of the Gonzaga women's basketball team and pulls away down the stretch. In other games, Idaho loses at Colorado. On Saturday Eastern Washington picks up a win in the Arizona State tournament and on Friday Gonzaga won at Riverside…
Gonzaga brings out the best in Illinois. A couple of Illinois-based reporters told me Illinois played its best game of the season by far in defeating Gonzaga 82-75 Saturday. They said the same thing about Illinois' win last year in the Battle in Seattle. The…
COUGARS It's been a long time since I've written a morning post from Spokane. But that's where we find ourselves on this nicer-than-average Sunday in early December. We only have one question for you. Is your Christmas shopping done? Read on.
COUGARS On Wednesday, Washington State pounded a Grambling team that had seven players on the bench. On Saturday afternoon, the Cougars pounded Eastern Washington, but this time it was WSU that was short-handed. Read on.
The Vandals lost four games this year by a touchdown or less, prompting coach Robb Akey to continually insist his team was close. But there was nothing positive -- or competitive -- about Idaho's effort in its season finale, a 56-3 defeat at Nevada. We've…
SportsLink is your portal into sports news around the Inland Northwest and beyond. You'll find updates, notes and opinions, and plenty of reader feedback.
Vince Grippi's daily take on all things regional sports has been moved to our main sports section online. You can find a collection of these columns here.
| Dec. 2011 | ||||
| 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 |
| 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 |
