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THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 2012


Pac-12 pick 'em, week 10 

A little late to this, but here it is. You know the drill. Get your picks in before the UW-Cal game tomorrow night. Washington at California (Friday), Cal by 4 Stanford at Colorado, Stanford by 28 Washington St. at Utah, Utah by 12 Oregon at…

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Coeur d'Alene's Reece Mahaffy breaks free of Lake City defenders in the first half of Friday’s game. (BRUCE TWITCHELL)

Time for prep postseason football

Call this a prep playoff primer. Or, everything else I couldn’t get into our postseason information box today. And a few other things. Pictured above is Coeur d'Alene running back/linebacker Reece Mahaffy two weeks ago against Lake City. Click the extended tab below to read…

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Want a candy bar? 

A GRIP ON SPORTS I didn't even have to yell "get off my lawn." No one walked on it. Mainly because very few came to the door last night. Only 10 Halloween candy seekers rang the doorbell. A pretty depressing turnout, considering I purchased 60…

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EWU and Big Sky links

The Cal Poly Mustangs and their triple option offense are coming to Cheney. Here's a sneak peek. We will also talk about Cal Poly and Eastern in today's Live Chat at spokesman.com / SportsLInk. Cal Poly also can throw the ball out this offense. Elsewhere,…

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A big day from San Francisco 

COUGARS FROM SAN FRANCISCO -- We have plenty of football links for you, as usual. But today, we shift our attention to basketball with media day being held at the Pac-12 Studios in downtown San Francisco. We'll be there, and you can join us. Read…

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