The Shock return to the Arena for a showdown against San Jose on Saturday. The SaberCats ripped Spokane 76-48 in the season opener. Spokane has won four of five games to move one game in front of San Jose, Utah and Tulsa in the race…
Spokane made several personnel moves Thursday. The team signed offensive lineman Laupepa Letuli and defensive lineman Mel Purcell, both University of Hawaii products and Arena Football League rookies. Letuli finished his UH career in 2010, earning second-team All-WAC honors. Purcell was selected by the Cleveland…
UPDATED The WAC today announced the addition of the University of Texas-Arlington, a move that you can read all about after the link with our story.
Back with a Shock notebook, led by the playoff picture, followed by a note on one of the newest players of the team, WR Randy Hymes. He played quarterback at Grambling and also had a stint at QB with Bossier-Shreveport last season when starter Raymond…
Former Gonzaga Bulldog guard Steven Gray has signed with BK Ventspils, a professional team in Latvia, according to a GU press release. More here.
WOMEN'S ROWING -- Spokane's Jamie Redman -- graduate of Lewis and Clark High School and Yale University -- is packing home more gold in the U.S. Women’s Rowing Team 8-seater boat. On Sunday morning, USA's woman's-eight won gold at Switzerland's World Cup Regatta in Lucerne.…
Spokane's win over Utah was big in the playoff picture, but one of the first questions right after the game was whether Spokane (8-8) can clinch a playoff berth with a win over San Jose (7-9) on Saturday, regardless of what Tulsa (7-9) and Utah…
From the turnstile to the scoreboard, the Spokane Shock had a big night under the lights at Albi Stadium, routing Utah 76-49 to move one large step closer to the AFL playoffs. Here's my game story that will run in Sunday's S-R. You can find…
Spokane leads Utah 49-35 at half of the Joe Albi Summer Classic. Conditions are nearly perfect with temperatures in the 70s and a light breeze. An official crowd count hasn't been announced, but it's a sizable crowd and apparently folks were still buying tickets late…
Back with my Spokane-Utah game preview for Saturday's outdoor game at Albi Stadium. It will run in Saturday's S-R, but you can read it here. One note that didn't make the final version: newly signed WR Randy Hymes will not play, but figures to be…
Lots of Shock material tonight. The team continues setting up Albi Stadium for Saturday's outdoor game. Here's a look at the logistics of staging the AFL's first regular-season outdoor game that will run in Friday's S-R. Also, Spokane made several player moves, adding veteran WR…
Jamie Redman, a former Lewis and Clark High School athlete and valedictorian, is continuing her winning ways in Europe this month on the U.S. Women’s Rowing Team. And to prove you can't run away from home, she ran into some North Central High School girls…
Since the second half of the AFL season began, Spokane seemingly has had a weekly debate over who should be the starting quarterback. Not this week. Erik Meyer played well before departing in the second half with severe cramping in Saturday's loss against Arizona. So…
Gonzaga and Butler have talked about playing each other for at least a couple of years. The coaches, Gonzaga's Mark Few and Butler's Brad Stevens, are friends who frequently visited by phone last season. So it seems to make sense that the two schools from…
Spokane had won four highly competitive AFL games against Arizona by a combined 17 points, but the Rattlers finally broke through Saturday night with a convincing 68-46 win in Phoenix. Erik Meyer was sharp in the first half, but he threw an interception early in…
Spokane tries to stretch its winning streak to four when it faces Arizona in Phoenix on Saturday night. The winning started after Spokane made big lineup changes and got healthy during a bye week roughly four weeks ago. Read more about that and the Rattlers…
COUGARS Jason Gesser's tenure on the Washington State coaching staff was even shorter than Billy Donovan's with the Orlando Magic, if that's possible. At least Donovan was with the Magic for a weekend. Gesser's change of heart came even before he started. Gesser, however, had…
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