Games at Washington State, New Mexico and UTEP -- and a neutral-site game with Boise State -- highlight the Idaho men's basketball schedule, announced this evening. "It’s the best schedule we’ve had since I’ve been here, bar none," coach Don Verlin said. More after the…
Four matches into his fifth season, Eastern Washington volleyball coach Miles Kydd has resigned, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. Kydd, the Big Sky Conference coach of the year in his first season in 2008, is leaving for personal reasons, athletic director Bill Chaves said in…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mike Leach made his first appearance on the weekly Pac-12 coaches call today. We have a summary of his comments below. Read on.
Don't forget: Live Chat at noon today on Eastern football, right here on SportsLink, focusing on the season opener Thursday at Idaho. In the meantime, here's my story on the EWU starting lineup and a feature on EWU senior safety Jeff Minnerly of Spokane.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It's crunch time. And I'm not just talking about the cheesy gordita crunch I ordered at Taco Bell last night. OK, I am. Mmm. Taco Bell. Anyway, keep reading for more words.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It was another hectic day for yours truly in terms of trying to do a bunch of things at once. But we did see most of practice, from one angle or another, and have some notes for you.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Prized Washington State freshman Que Johnson has been ruled a partial qualifier by the NCAA, a WSU spokesman confirmed, which means he will receive athletics aid and attend classes this year but is ineligible to play in the 2012-13 season. Johnson…
A GRIP ON SPORTS The people have spoken. But more importantly, so has Pete Carroll. Sure, more than three-quarters of those who participated in our web poll (left) on whether Russell Wilson should start as the Seahawks quarterback answered in the affirmative. Impressive, yet immaterial.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State will practice twice more here before departing for Provo on Wednesday. That means only three more morning posts for you to read before we hop on an airplane ourselves and matriculate down to Utah. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The school is expected to release its first official depth chart of the season today. First, let's take our best guess at what it will look like.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State practiced for a little more than two hours today, continuing preparations for Brigham Young. They spent the entire session on Rogers Field for the first time in a few days. We watched and have some notes.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Going by Mike Leach Time, it's actually Tuesday morning. And with Washington State returning to the practice field this afternoon to continue its preparation for Brigham Young, we can safely say that game week is upon us. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We passed along some still photos from the renovations of Martin Stadium on Friday, but there are also a few videos to post, as well. This first one is a view inside the club level, looking out at the loge boxes.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- As promised, here's the second half of the transcript from Mike Leach's Saturday press conference. He said again that if the season started today, Jeff Tuel would be the starting quarterback, which should not come as any kind of surprise. He…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mike Leach spoke about a wide array of topics this afternoon during the first of his weekly conference calls. It went for about 33 minutes, so we'll post the first half of his transcript now and pass the rest along later.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It might be Friday in the real world, but it's Sunday for the Washington Statae football team. That meant a light, slightly-more-than-an-hour practice at Martin Stadium. And for the first time since practice began, I wore jeans instead of shorts. That…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We're back from a tour of the almost-completed Southside project at Martin Stadium. Below are photos from the club room, loge boxes, coaches club and press box. Click on each photo to read a description of what it is.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Remember how I told you yesterday morning to take a breather, rest a bit, recharge the batteries? I hope you listened to the advice because you'll need the energy today. Not like there's a lot going on. The Mariners take an…
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