COUGARS Halloween practice at WSU was quite interesting. A Power Ranger walked by. A couple of schoolgirls. Even a group of folks dressed as soccer players. Wait, maybe they were headed to an intramural game. My bad. Read on for what happened at practice.
There couldn't be a better way to start Halloween than with John Blanchette's column on a big kid that manages to enjoy the spirit of the day despite a few other demands on his time. It's part of what makes Kelly Graves (above, surrounded by…
Another quick hockey update. The Spokane Chiefs dropped a 3-1 decision at Tri-City on Saturday. The Tri-City Herald had this report. They have a week to prepare to face the Americans at the Arena on Saturday. The loss ended their seven-game winning streak but they'll…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 2:35 P.M. What a nice day. I don't know what the weather is like, because I have yet to look outside my windows. But I know it's a nice day. It's Halloween and when I was growing up in Southern California, it…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 6:15 P.M. With an early start time for Saturday's game, there was enough time to get organized afterward, write and then put together items for this morning's post. Plenty of time. So we have more than usual for you on the link.…
It's now six losses in a row for the Idaho football team, and with each successive week, the setbacks grow more painful. Today at the Kibbie Dome, the Vandals were in great position to upset Hawaii. But it didn't happen. Read on for more my…
COUGARS We've been at Autzen Stadium longer than I would have ever imagined, but we have just one more thing to do. Give you your post-game blog fix. Read on.
Visiting Portland State used a strong running game to knock of Eastern Washington 43-26 and spoil the Eagles' Senior Day at Roos Field on Saturday. You can eventually check out the game story that will appear in Sunday's S-R here.
Portland State's Connor Kavanaugh connected with Justin Monahan on an eight-yard scoring pass from eight yards out with only two second left in the second quarter to give visiting Portland State a 22-20 halftime lead over Eastern Washington in Saturday's Big Sky Conference matchup at…
Gonzaga will go into the regular season without junior forward Guy Landry Edi. He's been ruled ineligible by the NCAA for eight games, GU officials confirmed Saturday. More below in a short article that will run in Sunday's S-R.
COUGARS So I'm sitting here in the open-air press box at Autzen – note to my replacement: Always bring one more coat to a game here than you think you need – wondering what to write. Then it hit me. Read on.
COUGARS There are a few-more-than-usual links to pass along this morning, mainly due to the Pac-12 basketball media day in Los Angeles. And, of course, there is the full compliment of conference football games, headlined by today's action here in Eugene. Read on.
Gonzaga thumped Carroll College 95-51 Friday in an exhibition game witnessed by 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The Zags played everyone who was available except Kelly Olynyk, who sat out. He went through a few drills earlier Friday as he returns from the concussion…
Good evening from the McCarthey Athletic Center. Here are tonight's starters, just announced: Sacre, Harris, Bell Jr., Stockton and Carter. Head over to twitter.com/SRjimm for in-game updates.
A couple of hockey items I missed because I spent the previous two days taking a class. * Spokane Chiefs defenseman Brenden Kichton was named to the WHL team for one game of the Subway Serires with Russia next month. * Liam Stewart made the…
Mead locked up at least a share of the Greater Spokane League football title, Central Valley secured the final 4A state berth and Coeur d'Alene kept rolling along, claiming the 5A Inland Empire League championship. Here's our story about Mead and CV and here's our…
COUGARS • UPDATED: NOON We're headed off to Eugene today, but before we get on the road, we have to put together our morning post, don't we? Read on. • UPDATE: We're not at the Pac-12 media day today, but we wanted to pass along…
OK, this is a little different -- blogging from the parking lot at the MAC. I've got about five minutes before I go interview Rob Sacre for the cover story of the S-R's special college basketball section that will run in about 10 days. So,…
COUGARS Another day, another morning post. The monotony of it all gets to me after a while. But all it takes to break the spell is a peek outside. The sun is shining, there's a bit of sparkling frost on the ground, and the view…
The Spokane Chiefs scored early and often, rolling to a 6-1 win over the Victoria Royals in a Western Hockey League game Wednesday night, completing a perfect seven game homestand. However, it was the first time since that first game the Chiefs scored first and…
UPDATED We've reached the final week of the regular season in Greater Spokane League and Inland Empire League football. In 4A, Mead and Ferris have secured play-in game berths with Lewis and Clark and Central Valley squaring off to decide another berth. In 3A, University…
COUGARS You would think, with 66 days until we move into the next phase of our life, things would be settling down. You know, Laz-E-Boy easy. But no. Nothing is ever that simple, especially around Washington State University. The school must have an exceptional drama…
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