Caught up with freshmen Silas Melson and Josh Perkins (pictured above) for a few minutes after GU's win over St. John's in the NIT Season Tip-Off title game Friday. Here's the article I put together on the two that will run in Monday's paper.
The day after Washington State's season ended with a 31-13 Apple Cup loss, Mike Leach dismissed defensive coordinator Mike Breske and outside linebackers coach Paul Volero. "We decided to make a change and wish them the best," Leach said. More on WSU's coaching change after…
A GRIP ON SPORTS • UPDATED: 10:10 A.M. We're finally ready to post our usual combination of thoughts, links and cat videos. Read on.
Washington won the coldest-ever Apple Cup last night, 31-13. We have my game story and John Blanchette pulls no punches in his column and Jim Allen has a sidebar of UW's young but successful secondary. Allen and I both contributed to our notebook from the…
The Spokane Chiefs hit the one-third point of their Western Hockey League season with a 14-7-3-0 record after five straight wins. Read story
S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered the 2014 Apple Cup in Pullman. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the Mt. Spokane vs. Eastside Catholic semifinal. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the Colville vs. Cascade semifinal. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Two hours sleep after an early wake-up call, but TSA pre-check and an aisle seat with an empty middle chair. Second flight delayed three hours. Lose some, win some, lose some. The Zags fared better, winning twice on their trip to New York. They claimed…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It's Apple Cup Saturday, which is sort of a big deal around here. That it might possibly bleed into Apple Cup Sunday, well, that's not such a big deal, is it? Read on.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Washington State Cougars will take on the Washington Huskies in the 107th Apple Cup. In our advance we look at the critical matchup between UW's defensive line and the WSU passing game. We've also got our Two Minute Drill and…
Two wins over athletic, experienced opponents that should be in the running for spots in the NCAA tournament. One a neutral court victory over Georgia, the other a win over St. John's on the court the Red Storm play many of their home games. Gonzaga…
Washington State beat Rice, 76-74, behind 27 points from sophomore forward Josh Hawkinson. The Cougars will play at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Missouri State in the 4th play/6th place game of the Great Alaskan Shootout. After WSU (2-3) couldn't get anything fall in a…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Hope your shopping is going well. The Seahawks assured the Bay Area, at least those folks in the Bay Area that root for the 49ers, would have a Black Friday with their domination last night. Read on.
Well, we're almost to the end of another football season. Soon we'll shift over to basketball stories in these links. Thanks for sticking with us this far. In today's paper we have a story on Steve Gleason, who will be inducted into the Washington State…
Good evening from NYC. Gonzaga planned a visit to Ground Zero today before gathering for a team meal. Josh Perkins, who suffered a broken jaw in Wednesday's win over Georgia, tweeted a picture of his dinner: a nutritional shake. The Zags move on with Perkins…
WSU held its final Thursday Night Football scrimmage of the season before heading off for Thanksgiving celebrations. We have our report on the young guys who stood out after the jump. …
We’ll get to basketball, but first of all Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Gonzaga is usually in a holiday tournament so I’ve had spent past Thanksgivings in Anchorage, Orlando, Maui, etc. Our family gets together before or after I travel, so we gathered last Sunday. Thinking…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Being it is the Thanksgiving holiday, I contemplated taking the day off. Relaxing, sleeping in and all that. But I couldn't. Not with all the sports news out there. And with the Seahawks' biggest game of the season coming our way…
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