WHL looks unkindly on Portland's response
The battle between the Western Hockey League and the Portland Winterhawks continues. Read more
FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 2012
Fiddler, Aviani power Chiefs in East opener
The long bus ride to Saskatchewan had no ill effect on the Spokane Chiefs, who blasted the Swift Current Broncos 7-2 on Friday night. The Chiefs opened a stretch in which they play six East Division teams in nine days. Todd Fiddler and Mike Aviani…
Big game, big Tinkle reunion
The Stanford women, ranked No. 1 for the first time since 2005, are coming to Spokane on Sunday afternoon for their latest game with new West Coast power Gonzaga. The teams will meet for the fifth time in four years, but this year's installment has…
Day after LCSC
You know the drill. Here are the links: S-R gamer, S-R photos, A.P. gamer and a recap by LCSC sports information. (One fix on my game story: LCSC is still 9-0, last night's game was an exhibition for the Warriors, a counter for Gonzaga) .…
EWU and Big Sky links
It was a busy day Thursday, with three stories out at Eastern, including my feature story on do-it-all linebacker Grant Williams, a look ahead to the Eagles basketball home stand that begins tonight against Cal State Fullerton, and finally a where-do-we-go-from-here look at Eastern's ambitious…
A different emphasis today
A GRIP ON SPORTS Yesterday it was quantity. Today, we're focused on quality. Ya, that's it. We're focused on quality. Read on.
Championship Friday in the Pac-12
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Something tells me that moniker's not going to catch on. But today's game between Stanford and UCLA will, indeed, decide the Pac-12 championship, such as it is. We have stories about that, as well as our usual look around the league,…
THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2012
Pac-12 picks, the final edition
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Our weekly picks column in the newspaper ended last weekend with the final full slate of Pac-12 games. But since two more games involving conference teams remain until the bowl season, we'll go ahead and forecast those real quick for the…
Former Chief Brust sets record
Barry Brust, who played for the Spokane Chiefs from 2000-03, recently set the American Hockey League record for the longest shutout streak while playing for the Abbotsford Heat. Brust blanked rivals for 268 minutes and 17 seconds, breaking the record set in 1957-58 by Hall…
Dranginis pours in 30 in GU victory
Ladies and gentlemen, Kyle Dranginis. The redshirt freshman pretty much introduced himself to Gonzaga followers with a 30-point performance in GU's 104-57 rout over Lewis-Clark State College on Thursday. Dranginis, who came in averaging 12.8 minutes per game, logged 34 minutes as GU rested starters…
Cougars will meet former Cougar
The name on her birth certificate is Ki-Shawna Moore. She was KiKi Moore when she played for Washington State in 2009-10. Now she's Ki-Ki Moore, playing her second season with Fresno State and leading the Bulldogs in scoring at 17.3 ppg. The Cougars will take…
Green takes over in tough spot
Former Spokane Chiefs player Travis Green, the new head coach for the Portland Winterhawks because of stiff sanctions imposed by the Western Hockey League, met with the media on Thursday. He's happy to be a head coach, but not under the circumstances. Read more
WHL clarifies sanctions on Portland
The Western Hockey League, after saying on Wednesday that it would have no more comments, on Thursday clarified its sanctions against the Portland Winterhawks. Read more
Chiefs take to road to meet East Division
Nine days, six games, hundreds of miles by bus. The Spokane Chiefs will begin their eastern sojourn on Friday at Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Read about the trip
Time to settle in
A GRIP ON SPORTS We'll keep this lead-in short, because we're going to be asking you for a lot of time today. Read on.
EWU and Big Sky Links
Eastern football Live Chat resumes today at noon, right here at SportsLink. Until then, here's my Eagle playoff notebook focusing on Brandon Kaufman.And in case you missed it, here's my practice report from Tuesday night, plus John Blanchette's great article on how the Wagner Seahawks…
Marquess Wilson, D.J. Shelton and links
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Already wrote this clever little lead-in once. Then my computer ate it. So just keep reading if you want to keep reading.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 2012
Tale of the tape: WSU 64, Idaho 55
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The Battle of the Palouse is over, and it goes to the Cougars for the 10th consecutive time. We have our capsulated recap after the jump.
Paul Petrino, Blaine Bennett to interview at Idaho
We now know the five finalists for the Idaho job. Arkansas offensive coordinator Paul Petrino and Central Washington coach Blaine Bennett will interview at UI over the next two days, The Spokesman-Review has learned. Our story is below.
Quotes: Leach says Wilson has recanted
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- We have the transcription of Mike Leach's season-ending press conference in its entirety, but first wanted to pull out a few of the more significant notes. -- Leach was again adamant that the Marquess Wilson review has been a "total waste…
Former Chief Green steps in
Travis Green, one of the Spokane Chiefs' all-time greats, will step in as interim coach for the Portland Winterhawks, who were slapped with heavy sanctions by the WHL on Wednesday. Read more
WHL suspends Portland coach for remainder of year
The WHL came down hard on the Portland Winterhawks today for violations of league policy regarding player benefits. Read the story here.
Olynyk makes sudden impact
Kelly Olynyk hadn't played in an official game for nearly 20 months, but the 7-foot junior shook off the rust quickly and helped Gonzaga win the Old Spice Classic. More on Olynyk's return and an update on ex-Zag Ryan Spangler here. The Old Spice crown…
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