COUGARS The Washington State University Board of Regents didn't give athletic director Bill Moos the greenlight to break ground on a Martin Stadium expansion Friday, but he did get their approval to spend around $5 million to get the work designed and an estimate put…
I've got a call in to Eastern coach Beau Baldwin, hoping to get some general comments on recruiting and how it was impacted by the Eagles' drive to the NCAA Division I football championship. I'll post something as soon as I can on that front,…
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Eastern Washington, in dire need of a Big Sky Conference basketball win following last Saturday's disappointing road loss to Sacramento State, got one Thursday night at Reese Court, using Tremayne Johnson's 20-point scoring outburst to thump Portland State 65-51. I've included links to related stories…
Another game, another win, another record, another PR, that seems the way it goes for the Gonzaga women's basketball team. Read on.
Good morning. I watched a replay of the first half when I got home (bedtime, 2!), got up for a phone interview with KJR in Seattle and then watched the second half. Entertaining game full of big plays, drama and questionable calls both ways that…
COUGARS Basketball regained its proper place in the sports universe last night, though it took a showdown in Tucson and a 25-years-in-the-making upset at Stanford to get it done. Read on.
Patrick King of Toronoto City News checks in with the Spokane Chiefs, pointing out the last players for the 2008 Memorial Cup team, are nearing the end of their junior hockey careers. Meanwhile, as Annie Fowler of The Tri-City Herald points out, things are heating…
Back with my game story from Saint Mary's 73-71 victory over Gonzaga on Thursday. It was just Gonzaga's second WCC home loss in the new Kennel, which opened in 2004. Here's the game story link. Check back in the a.m. for a day-after post.
The Idaho men's basketball team dropped its second straight game Thursday night, losing at Louisiana Tech 71-56. The Vandals shot just 38 percent from the field and 42 percent (6 of 13) from the free throw line against a team they clobbered by 30 at…
Tremayne Johnson scored a game-high 20 points and three of his teammates finished in double firgures Thursday night as Eastern Washington rolled to a 65-51 Big Sky Conference men's basketball win over Portland State at Reese Court Thursday night. Kevin Winford finished with 12 points…
COUGARS With a Thursday night not spent in Beasley or one of the other Pac-10 facilities, thought I would spend two hours watching a conference game like a fan. My one conclusion? I don't know how you folks do it. Read on for some basketball…
Settled in on Press Row for Gonzaga-Saint Mary's; tip in about 10 minutes. Starting lineups: Gonzaga -- Goodson, Harris, Sacre, Gray and Monninghoff. Saint Mary's -- McConnell, Dellavedova, Jones, Steindl, Williams. For in-game updates, head to Twitter.com/SRjimm. Check back here for a short recap at…
Eastern Washington shot just 28.6 percent (8-28) in the first half and made just 2 of 12 basket tries from 3-point range at Reese Court Thursdya night and found itself trailing Big Sky rival Portland State 26-22 at intermission. Tremayne Johnson had 10 first-half points…
Before we get to the women's basketball advances for this weekend's game, tough news out of Missoula where sophomore Katie Baker (Lake City) had an emergency appendectomy and could miss the rest of the season. Also, senior Angie Bjorklund (U-Hi) is likely to miss Tennessee's…
Eastern Washington's men's basketball team returns to Reese Court tonight to take on Portland State in a B ig Sky Conference showdown that tips off at 7:05. The Eagles are coming off a disappointing 57-55 loss at Sac State in which their three starting guards…
COUGARS As the rest of the Pac-10 plays tonight, Washington State and Washington take the night off. In fact, by the time the two play, the first half of conference play will be done for everyone else. But that doesn't mean there isn't a lot…
The Spokane Chiefs got goals from Matt Marantz and Jared Cowen less than a minute apart early in the second period and Mac Engle made that stand up for his first Western Hockey League win. Levko Koper added an empty net goal to complete the…
Now in his junior season, Gonzaga center Robert Sacre has emerged as an important scoring option and a team leader. I put together a feature article on Sacre, who has been GU's most consistent player this season, that will run in tomorrow's S-R. Here's a…
COUGARS Klay Thompson was still en route to Seattle when he held a conference call this afternoon as a lead up to Sunday's showdown with the Huskies in Pullman. Read on for what he had to say.
Sorry I neglected posting earlier today. Here's a link to the story about Gonzaga Prep's girls basketball team bouncing back after losing to Mead last week. Imagine the Ferris boys actually having to rally for a GSL win. Here's our area girls roundup and area…
COUGARS One week to the beginning of the football signing period and all heck is breaking loose. Or maybe not. Who really knows? Read on for more.
With James Reid out with a sprained ankle, Mac Engel gets the start in net tonight for the Spokane Chiefs.
An early look at our women's basketball notebook that will run in Wednesday's newspaper - the comeback of Idaho guard Derisa Taleni. The Vandal senior missed last season with a knee injury, was asked to switch positions after being the WAC Newcomer of the Year…
Karl Benson and the Western Athletic Conference have dodged a bullet -- at least for now. After two days of meetings, the Mountain West Conference Board of Directors issued a statement declaring the conference would not expand. This comes after reports that Utah State and…
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