Gonzaga senior center Robert Sacre scored eight points for the West in the Division I College All-Star game Friday in New Orleans. The East won,103-99. The game is part of Final Four festivities. Sacre started and played 20 minutes. He hit 3 of 6 shots…
Spokane was blown out by visiting San Jose 69-35 on Friday and the worst loss in franchise history is expected to prompt changes. Team and AFL sources said following the game that Spokane is in the process of bringing back former Shock quarterback Kyle Rowley.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We put together a short story about the reported arrest of former WSU quarterback Ryan Leaf on Friday in his hometown of Great Falls, Mont., on charges of theft, burglary and possession of dangerous drugs. A police spokesman said more information…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We spoke a bit with WSU freshman receiver Rahmel Dockery after Thursday's practice. Here's the video. (And sorry for the poor audio. I think the rain/cold made it tough for him to project his voice much. If you listen with headphones,…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We watched the decisive third game of the CBI championship series from Applebee's on Friday afternoon, and put together our postgame review after the Cougars came up just short of a championship. Read on.
The last time the Shock and SaberCats hooked up, Kyle Rowley threw a last-play Hail Mary touchdown pass to Randy Hymes -- it was such a crazy scene that Rowley thought Adron Tennell caught the ball -- to give Spokane a victory and a berth…
A GRIP ON SPORTS One thing I like to do before falling asleep at night is play solitaire on my iPhone. While I was somehow missing the opportunity to put the red eight on the black nine around midnight last evening (I blame fatigue), I…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Who'd have thought the football team would be nearly one-third of the way through spring practices before the basketball team finished playing? WSU's long, up-and-down season will come to an end tonight, one way or the other. Read on.
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