Gonzaga got back on the winning track, but it wasn't easy. The Bulldogs let a 15-point lead dwindle to 2 before going on a decisive 10-0 run in the second half. Gonzaga's 72-60 victory keeps the Bulldogs in second place in the WCC. Saint Mary's…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- You can read our game story from UCLA's 63-60 win over WSU on the link. Read on for our usual game in review.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Meant to pass this along in this morning's post, but wanted to note that the Cougars are supporting the fight against cancer in a couple of different ways this afternoon. Read on for details.
A GRIP ON SPORTS The weekend. Super Bowl weekend. College basketball weekend. Enough said. Read on. Who will win the Super Bowl and by how much?
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The Cougars will atempt to do something today they haven't done since 1993. Right now, I'm doing something I haven't done in about 24 hours. Writing a morning post. Read on for today's Pac-12 hoops rundown.
Tonight at 7 the Vandals play on the road against the WAC’s powerhouse team, Nevada. The Wolf Pack has won 16 straight and is starting to get the attention of national writers like Seth Davis. Idaho has let back-to-back winnable games slip away and is…
Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur wasn't too thrilled with his team's performance level on Friday night, but his team did pick up two points in the standings with a 6-5 shootout victory over the Victoria Royals to remain ahead of Vancouver for fourth in the…
After a tough first half, things couldn't have gone better Thursday night for the Eastern Washington men's basketball team, which rallied to beat the Lumberjacks 74-68. The Eagles evened their conference record to 5-5, and got a great opportunity to improve their postseason situation
Attached is a brief postgame interview with Gonzaga Prep boys basketball coach Matty McIntyre after his Bullpups rallied from a 23-8 deficit in the first quarter to pull away from Lewis and Clark. Here's a link to the game story. The Central Valley boys won…
Not sure if I actually slept last night or if I simply dreamed that I slept for a couple hours. I’m guessing Gonzaga’s staff and players were pretty restless after a disappointing 83-73 setback to BYU last night at the Marriott Center. So many things…
A GRIP ON SPORTS So we are supposed to have six more weeks of winter, right? Well if it's anything like the preceding six weeks, I'm fine with that. Other than a couple days, this has been an easy winter to navigate in the Inland…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- As usual, we round up Thursday's Pac-12 basketball action in our Friday morning post. And we've got some more quotes from last night's WSU game. Read on.
Idaho had two highly winnable WAC games the last six days. And in both, the Vandals fell flat at pivotal moments. After losing track of Hawaii in the last few minutes on Saturday, UI could do little right in the first half at Fresno State…
BYU, which ended GU's season last year in the NCAA Tournament, handed the Bulldogs another lopsided defeat Thursday that will make Gonzaga's bid for a 12th straight WCC title even more difficult. BYU rolled to an 83-73 win, dropping GU to 17-4, 7-2 in the…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State stayed perfect at Beasley this season with a 60-53 win over USC. Here's our overview.
Spokane Chiefs defenseman Corbin Baldwin received a two-game suspension by the Western Hockey League after a major checking to the head penalty and a game misconduct in Wednesday night's 4-1 loss at Kamloops. Baldwin, one of three 20-year-olds on the team, will miss the Chiefs'…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Might have been easy to forget amid all of yesterday's football excitement that there's still a basketball game tonight. We're on press row and have some thoughts. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mike Leach spoke about his recruiting class for roughly 51 minutes on Wednesday. And while we didn't transcribe the entire thing, we did come close. The result is posted below for your perusal.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Last year I trekked up U.S. 195 to Northern Quest Casino for Washington State's signing day get-together. This year all I had to do was drive from home. But there was a lot more that was different to the event than…
Good morning. I was a little surprised -- and not just because it was 5-something in the morning -- when I saw the odds in the S-R and BYU was listed as a 3.5-point favorite over visiting Gonzaga tonight. Figured it'd be a toss-up or…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Boy, do we have some links for you. Lots of them. Links for days and miles. So many that we've broken today's post into three parts. Read on for both of them.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Here's the complete list of Washington State's signees, with comments from Mike Leach about each of them. Click here to watch Leach's press conference.
UPDATED The video is of Central Valley boys basketball coach Rick Sloan. I asked him about his team's 10th straight win Tuesday, 69-52 over Shadle Park. Here's a link to the CV/Shadle boys story and roundup of the other Greater Spokane League games. The shocker…
UPDATED: 2:20 p.m Robb Akey and his staff at Idaho have finalized their 2012 recruiting class -- 20 high school and JC players and three JC players who are already on campus. The group includes Coeur d'Alene High's Chad Chalich and Deon Watson. Another Idaho…
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