We're back courtside at the McCarthey Athletic Center for the second round of the women's NCAA basketball tournament where the 11th-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs and No. 3 Miami Hurricanes will tipoff in a little over a half hour. Vince Grippi will have an online story posted…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- OK, so the Zebras are here figuratively. Unless you're counting the officials. For more on WSU's quarterfinal game against Wyoming in the College Basketball Invitational by Zebra Pen, read on.
One vacancy filled, two to go. Idaho football coach Robb Akey announced the hiring of run game coordinator/offensive line coach Gordy Shaw, a veteran coach who was UI's defensive coordinator in 1989 and spent the last year three years as Hawaii's offensive line coach. Akey…
A GRIP ON SPORTS We have a clock on the living room mantle that chimes each hour. When the batteries are fresh, it's loud enough to be heard all throughout the upper level of the house. But as those batteries wind down, the chimes become…
FLY FISHING – Registration is underway for the following fly fishing clinics being offered at Silver Bow Fly Shop, 13210 E Indiana Ave., telephone 924-9998. Winter Steelhead Clinic: Learn winter Spey rod tactics from master guide and spey line designer Tom Larimer, April 6, 6…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- And for all we know, there could be another. And maybe another after that. For more on Washington State's quarterfinal CBI matchup with Wyoming tonight, read on.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Just noticed something. The tree outside my window, the one with the single leaf still attached – it often moves in the wind, catching my eye while I'm trying to write in the morning – is starting to bud. Yep. The…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It's technically still basketball season, but with spring football practices starting this week, we turn out focus toward Mike Leach's squad for a moment. Read on for that and some Pac-12 links.
The Idaho men's basketball team's best season in the last 19 years ended Saturday night -- in completely forgettable fashion. The Vandals were blasted 76-56 by Utah State at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament. "This game needs to…
Good evening from Pittsburgh. Gonzaga gave Ohio State everything it could handle but the second-seeded Buckeyes made the key plays in the closing minutes to pull out a 73-66 win. Here's my game story, notebook, John Blanchette's column and Chris Anderson's photos.
We're sitting courtside at the McCarthey Athletic Center ready for tipoff between the Gonzaga women's basketball team and Rutgers in the opening round of the women's NCAA tournament. In case you missed it, here's an advance story on the long journey the Scarlet Knights took…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It seems upsets, real upsets, like a 15 seed defeating a two seed, are somewhat akin to Lay's potato chips. You can't stop with one. At least not Friday. It had been 11 years since a lightly regarded 15 seed rose…
In the chaotic moments after Idaho dispatched UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, UI athletic director Rob Spear tweeted that it looked the Vandals would play Loyala Marymount in the next round of the CIT. Then Don Verlin said roughly the same thing to reporters. But…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The headline is in reference to the question Vince posed in this blog post a few days ago. Seemed like a rhetorical question at the time, huh?
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We haven't done a question-and-answer session with an opposing team's beat writer in quite a while. But since Robert Gagliardi of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle made himself available this week, we asked him a few questions about the Cowboys. Read on for…
Good evening from Pittsburgh. Here's most of our report for tomorrow's S-R, in various forms. Here's a link to my GU-Ohio State preview (with a capsule glance at both teams running down the left side). Below, you'll find my unedited notebook. Here's John Blanchette's column.
A GRIP ON SPORTS I have to admit I didn't see the end of the UNLV/Colorado game last night. Couldn't get to the finish line. Failed. After spending most of the day watching favorite after favorite win, I couldn't stay awake anymore. Heck, it was…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- So, after one day, it's been made obvious once again that my propensity to pick underdogs in the NCAA tournament will continue to inhibit my success in any bracket pools I enter. Oh well. Tomorrow (or today) is another day, right?…
Gonzaga made quick work of West Virginia, building a 17-point lead in the first 12 minutes and cruising to a 77-54 victory over the Mountaineers in the NCAA tournament on Thursday. Here's some of our report from Pittsburgh. Here's my game story and our notebook.…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State has released its official spring football practice schedule. Read on.
Many Gonzaga fans have heard about 11-year-old Brandon Chastain, who survived two bouts with cancer before the disease returned for a third time. Extremely sad news to report that Brandon passed away at about 6:45 this morning. He couldn't have fought the disease more courageously.…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It's finally here. The first (real) day of the NCAA basketball tournament. The basketball junkie's Christmas. It all starts at a little after 9 in the morning here on the West Coast and continues until your eyes close – or they…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Wyoming it is. And in Pullman. That's the gist of your WSU news for the day, but read on for more.
The Vandals were humming along for much of Wednesday night in their CollegeInsider.com tournament opener. But with the punch UC Santa Barbara has on offense, "it was just a matter of time" before the Gauchos closed the gap, Idaho coach Don Verlin said. Sure enough,…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- An opponent, a location and a time has been set for Washington State's second-round game in the College Basketball Invitational. Read on.
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