COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Here's a short story we just filed for web on the findings of the Pac-12's review of the Washington State football program. You can read the full report here. ... The Pac-12 announced the findings of its nearly 2-month review of…
A GRIP ON SPORTS What a great game last night. The two best college football teams in the nation meeting for the national championship. The BCS got it right again. OK, I'm being sarcastic. But doesn't a game that bad, a game basically over in…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Washington State coach Ken Bone will meet with reporters later today. He will also join the rest of the Cougars team as they board a plane for the Bay Area. We'll make the same trip on Wednesday morning. But this morning,…
Gonzaga coach Mark Few has four talented bigs, but just two positions and 80 minutes of playing time to work with. It's the luxury/downside of having quality depth. Few's not complaining and neither are the four bigs. It's a topic I addressed in a notebook…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Woke up to a foot of snow this morning. Who cares? It's still going to be a great week. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mondays tend to be slow during Pac-12 basketball season, though there were two games yesterday and some interesting football coaching news to pass along. Hint: it involves Chip Kelly. Another hint: it isn't good news for the rest of the Pac-12.…
I'm thrilled to post the day-after Santa Clara because it means I'm finally home! Seven-day road trip and my longest stay in Los Angeles since the 1997 Rose Bowl. The links: My game story, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury-News and A.P. Read on for…
A GRIP ON SPORTS If you try to read every link we found on the Seattle/Washington playoff game, you probably won't be done in time for the kickoff. And it is the late game today. But it would be fun to try. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The dust has settled from another tight finish between the Washington State and Washington basketball teams. And like the last three, this one went the Huskies' way, too. We have a bunch of stuff to link to, so read on for…
In Don Verlin's word, Idaho's loss at Utah State on Saturday night is going to "stick in our hearts." The Vandals, searching for their first victory in Logan since 2003, looked like they had the game won. They were by eight with four minutes to…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Here is an assortment of postgame quotes from WSU's 68-63 loss to Washington on Saturday. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Another slugfest in this series resulted in a 68-63 win for Washington at Beasley Coliseum on Saturday. We have our capsulated tale of the tape after the jump. Read on.
Junior forward Kelly Olynyk had the best game of his Gonzaga career, racking up 33 points and 10 rebounds to lift the visiting Gonzaga Bulldogs to an 81-74 win over Santa Clara on Saturday. Gonzaga improved to 15-1, 2-0 WCC. Santa Clara dropped to 12-4,…
Junior guard Haiden Palmer scored 17 points, four shy of her season high, to lead three players in double figures Saturday in Gonzaga's easy win over Santa Clara at McCarthey Athletic Center. Read story
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Students are filing in -- just how many, well, that remains to be seen -- and we're a little more than an hour away from tipoff between Washington State and Washington. We have some thoughts and notes to pass along. Read…
Guards Haiden Palmer and Taelor Karr combined for 32 points Saturday afternoon as Gonzaga improved to 12-4 overall and 2-0 in West Coast Conference women's basketball play with a 79-50 win over Santa Clara at McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga scored the first eight points of…
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are dominating Santa Clara 47-17 after one half of West Coast Conference women's basketball play at McCarthey Athletic Center. The Bulldogs have led by as many as 33 points. Junior guard Haiden Palmer is leading the way with 13 points. Senior guard…
Former Gonzaga player and assistant coach Jennifer Mountain is back in Spokane today to coach Santa Clara (9-5-1-0) in a West Coast Conference women's basketball game against GU (11-4, 1-0) at McCarthey Athletic Center. Mountain, in her fifth season with the Broncos, also coached the…
A GRIP ON SPORTS By this time Monday, the day of the BCS national championship game, you might just be burnt out. After all, the human body can take only so much blocking, tackling, long jumpers, dunks and blown calls. Read on.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- As Washington State readies to face Washington in its Pac-12 opener, we have links to tide you over until that game tips off. Read on.
The last four weeks have been difficult for the Spokane Chiefs. Their 3-2 loss at Everett on Friday night gave them six setbacks in their last eight Western Hockey League games. Read story
Four Eastern Washington were in top form in the U.S. National Cross Country Skiing Championship races this week at the former Olympic course at Soldier Hollow, Utah. Erik Bjornsen, 22, of Winthrop finished first in the men's 15-kilometer freestyle. His sister, Sadie Bjornsen, 24, finished…
There can't be another D-I program that has had a three-year stretch comparable to Santa Clara's. The Broncos had one of the better seasons in school history, winning 24 games and a post-season tournament, then lost every conference game the following season. The pendulum is…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- With Pac-12 play beginning this week, we dust off our five-questions-with-a-beat-writer feature to preview the Washington Huskies. Todd Dybas of the Tacoma News Tribune was kind enough to stop by this week, and we also answered five questions about WSU on…
A little tardy for my day-after post, but there's a good reason. I spent about 15 minutes visiting with ex-Zag Robert Sacre at the Lakers practice facility this morning. So better late than never, here's my day-after Pepperdine post. No road venue is easy for…
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