Stanford thumps WSU
Stanford showed off its No. 4 ranking in the women's basketball poll, rolling over Washington State in Pullman. My weekly poll is below.
SUNDAY, JAN. 16, 2011
Day after Loyola Marymount 2
Typing away while keeping an eye on the Seahawks game (down 21-0 at half). I'm guessing there won't be an EWU-style comeback in the second half. Earlier I watched the replay of Gonzaga's 79-59 win over LMU and it's amazing how much you miss when…
Fresh air and hockey
Wrapping up theSpokane Chiefs outdoor hockey game ... it seemed everyone enjoyed the Rockstar Outdoor Hockey Classic, according to columnist John Blanchette, and the Chiefs made it better with an 11-2 thrashing of the Kootenay Ice at Avista Stadium ... with Jesse Tinsley providing the…
WSU's win at Stanford is a first 25
COUGARS Believe it or not, that's the first time I've ever covered a team that won a game in Stanford's Maples Pavilion. When UC Irvine played there in the early 1980s, the Anteaters lost. And Washington State? The Cougars hadn't won there in five years.…
Vandals win thriller at Bakersfield
Idaho's Jeff Ledbetter was already having a pretty good week, after nabbing three steals in a 30-second span against Nevada on Wednesday. But then came Saturday night and his buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime to lift the Idaho men to a 78-77 win at Cal State…
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