It didn't look like the Spokane Chiefs were going to rally for a home victory on Wednesday night. They did. It looked like Tyler King scored the winner. He didn't. Still, the bottom line was a 5-4 overtime win over Vancouver. Read story
From Pullman -- The Springdale Rotary Club announced on Wednesday that WSU senior center Elliott Bosch is one of 53 nominees for the Burlsworth Trophy, which honors the most outstanding player who began their career as a walk-on. Despite beginning his career without a scholarship…
The paths of Gonzaga's Gary Bell Jr. and Washington State's DaVonte Lacy's have crossed numerous times before. They've been foes, teammates and roommates, and along the way they've become friends. That friendship will take a couple hours off Thursday night when GU entertains WSU at…
From Pullman -- The Washington State football team had its coldest practice of the year, with the thermometer reading 29 degrees by the time the Cougars trotted off the field. Special teams was a focus of the practice, and junior punter Thomas Fossedal took the…
The Kelowna Rockets (16-2-0-2), at No. 3, are the top-ranked Western Hockey League team in the latest Canadian Hockey League Top 10 poll. Tenth-ranked Everett (16-4-4-0) moved into the poll for the first time. Read story
A GRIP ON SPORTS Angst. It is a real thing, not just some made up word that sounds really cool. And it goes really well when paired with another word, like, say, "bowl." Read on.
I spent a fine day yesterday in Cheney. Among other things, I wrote this practice report from football and covered the Eagles' basketball win over Walla Walla. The stakes are pretty high for the football game against Portland State; here is a preview from Eastern…
From Pullman -- We'll be hosting a live chat right here on SportsLink at 11 a.m., so clear that schedule! In fact, you better take the whole day off, because you won't get anything done anyways once you start getting into these links. Here at…
Order has been restored in the Pac-12 football universe. We know, change was scary, but Oregon is back on top after a one-week hiatus. Stanford found out just how difficult it is to dominate a deep conference, falling on the road to Ed Orgeron’s upstart…
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