UPDATED: 9:30 Once again it's time to go surfing on the big wave that will carry you right up to the 6 p.m. tip-off off Gonzaga's Elite 8 game with Stanford at the Arena (and on ESPN). This morning, in addition to the game advance,…
COUGARS Good morning from New York. Took a nice long walk to and from dinner last night and was shocked by the depth of the chill. It is actually quite a bit colder here in the city than it is in Pullman. Plus the wind…
It's overload time ... I have filed an advance for Gonzaga's Elite Eight game with Tennessee on Monday night. Coming later is my notebook and keys to the game and John Blanchette is just wrapping up a column. Those stories will be along later tonight…
Yep, woke up this morning (mind you it wasn't too early), saw the newspaper and confirmed, Gonzaga is headed to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Our coverage included a game story, John Blanchette column, notebook, slide show and the other Sweet…
COUGARS Yesterday was fun. We were one of the thousands of victims of Alaska Airlines' power outage. But, for us, it turned out to be a blessing. We were rerouted on Delta through Salt Lake City and ended up sitting next to a good friend…
Gonzaga made history Saturday night - women's division - by becoming the lowest seed (11) to make the Elite Eight of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. They did it by holding up down the stretch to beat seventh-seeded Louisville 76-69 before more than 10,700 fans at…
The Spokane Chiefs defeat Chilliwack 5-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 3 is Thursday at the Arena. Eric Walsh's story for the Chilliwack Progress is below.
Less than an hour before Gonzaga and Louisville tip-off in the Sweet 16, the Spokane Regional of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. And no, don't ask again, I'm not making my prediction public. Just a couple of things I missed when I blogged at 6…
COUGARS We're en route to New York, with a short stay in Newark. Anyway, from somewhere over Wyoming we discovered our Sunday piece is available online. It's on Jeff Hironaka's prep for the Northwestern game. So we thought we would link it. You can read…
Spokane, which started the season ranked No. 1, is still without a win three games into the young AFL season. The mistake-prone Shock didn't score for the last 13 minutes, committed five turnovers and were flagged for costly penalty after costly penalty while falling to…
COUGARS This morning's post is the definition of the word "light." As in weight, depth, girth. Which is a good thing, because we're headed out soon for our flight back East. The basketball team is already en route. Read on.
Darren Kramer scored two goals, including the game winner 10 minutes into overtime, as the Spokane Chiefs won their opening game of the Western Hockey League playoffs, 3-2 over the Chilliwack Bruins. The Chiefs stay in Chilliwack for Game 2 in the best-of-7 series tonight…
Good morning. Back to catch up with more stories out of the Spokane Regional of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament before settling in to watch Angie Bjorklund (U-Hi) and Tennessee against Ohio State in the Dayton Regional. First is columnist John Blanchette's glance back as…
Home from the Arena and time to catch up on the women's basketball news. We have filed our game advances for the Spokane Regional. I'm on the Gonzaga-Louisville game, Greg Lee has the North Carolina-Stanford game. Do you think I need to thank Courtney Vandersloot…
Headed down to the Arena to gather the news for the Spokane Regional in the NCAA Women's Basktball Tournament but first wanted to give you the news on Gonzaga's key player from Down Under (Kelly Bowen, pictured above). There should be plenty of reading later…
The Spokane Chiefs have every reason to be favored when their Western Hockey League playoff series opens in Chilliwack tonight. (Update 11:34). There is an open debate, read on.
Eastern Washington, coming off its run to a national championship last fall, will start spring football drills on Friday, April 1. You can get more details, including a tentative schedule of practices and scrimmages, here.
COUGARS • UPDATE: 12:45 P.M. One more day in the Palouse before we head back east to cover the basketball team's New York adventure. With the weather yesterday during football practice, it will be hard to leave. There is nothing better than a nice spring…
COUGARS Watching Arizona dismantle defending national champion Duke, while the loser in that championship game, handles Wisconsin on another channel. Pretty fun night. But I guess it isn't if you're a Wisconsin or Duke fan – and I know a few of the former. Read…
After the first of 15 practices, I talked to UI coach Robb Akey about new starting quarterback Brian Reader and other topics. Click below for my story from Moscow.
Spokane, still in search of its first win in the 2011 season, visits Iowa on Friday night in the NFL Network's AFL game of the week. Here's my preview. Also, the Shock have signed offensive lineman Palauni Ma Sun, who was with the team in…
Boy, did this day get away from me. Writing a basketball story, hockey story and getting a handle on a track story for next week. I can't think any more. Time to go surfing. Plenty of attention in Spokane for the NCAA Women's tournament. The…
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COUGARS It's late. Later than it needed to be. But the bottom line is Washington State held off Northwestern, 69-66, in overtime and will play in the NIT semifinals next week in New York. Read on.
A late post with a few things I've stumbled onto and a story on Gonzaga's reaction to facing Louisville on Saturday instead of Xavier. Read on.
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