Video: Jeremiah Allison at Monday press conference
Linebacker Jeremiah Allison spoke to the media at Washington State's Monday press conference. The video is courtesy of WSU athletics and a transcript is after the jump. ...
MONDAY, OCT. 27, 2014
Pac-12 adopts numerous reforms
The Pac-12 university presidents and chancellors announced today that the conference will adopt sweeping reforms. These include: Four-year scholarships for all student-athletes. Players that leave school early will be able to use the remainder of their educational expenses to pursue their degrees at a later…
Finally finding true high school champion
High school basketball first had a championship tournament in Washington State in 1923. It took another 50 years before an organized system of playoffs was established for football. Before then, state champions were mythical, usually based on poll results. The Spokane area schools first competed…
Kickoff time set for WSU at OSU 1
The Pac-12 conference announced this morning that Washington State's Nov. 8 game at Oregon State will kick off at 1 p.m. It's the earliest start time for a WSU game this season and will mark the third consecutive week the Cougars have had an afternoon…
Seahawks win ugly, but they win 3
A GRIP ON SPORTS Is one win, one ugly, come-from-behind win against a struggling team, enough to get you off the ledge? Read on.
USC week begins
It's Monday so we'll start looking ahead to this weekend's game against USC, starting with this afternoon's press conference. Before that, however, we follow the Arizona game with a look at tentativeness the Cougars showed on Saturday. More links are after the jump. …
SUNDAY, OCT. 26, 2014
Arizona races past Cougars 6
Arizona took an early lead on Saturday afternoon and never looked back. Washington State fell, 59-37 after falling into an early 31-0 hole. We have stories from the game, and from around the conference, after the jump. …
Arizona 3, Washington 0 1
A GRIP ON SPORTS There is a movie – sorry, a film – in the multiplexes right now that purports to describe a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. What, they already made a mov, er, film, about Saturday's college football in Washington? Read…
SATURDAY, OCT. 25, 2014
Sparkling Chiefs line mixes vets with 16-year-old
Spokane Chiefs veteran players Adam Helewka and Calder Brooks had already formed two-thirds of a solid line when they welcomed 16-year-old Kailer Yamamoto into their midst on Saturday. The results spoke for themselves. Read story
Final thoughts from the Arizona game 1
If it feels like that was Washington State's worst loss of the season, well, that's pretty perceptive. The game's 2.5 line was probably a little misleading, by which I mean that with so much personnel uncertainty on the WSU defense winning this game was going…
Zag vets, newcomers shine in scrimmage
Gonzaga puts its 2014-15 team on display earlier today during Kraziness in the Kennel at the McCarthey Athletic Center. More on the day's events below in my unedited article that will run in Sunday's S-R.
WSU vs. Arizona 2
S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered the Cougars' home game against Arizona. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Kraziness in the Kennel
S-R photojournalist Dan Pelle covered the Kraziness in the Kennel event at Gonzaga. Check out this big picture gallery of event photos.
WSU vs. Arizona: pregame chat
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A decently early day of college football
A GRIP ON SPORTS You know what will be happening tonight in the local college football scene around 9 p.m.? For the first time this year, nothing. Nada. Zilch. Read on.
Eastern football links
Good morning from chilly Flagstaff, where it's 38 degrees outside, so I just hightailed it back to my hotel room to compile these links. First, here's my feature from yesterday on offensive lineman Jake Rodgers - a former Shadle Park star - and my preview…
Cougars play at 3 p.m. today
Washington State plays for the first time in two weeks today at Martin Stadium. Until then, we've got some links and will be holding a live chat at 2 p.m. on the blog. …
FRIDAY, OCT. 24, 2014
Gonzaga Prep defeats Lewis and Clark 17-7
S-R photojournalist Jesse Tinsley covered the Gonzaga Prep vs. Lewis and Clark game. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Mt. Spokane defeats Rogers 43-14
S-R photojournalist Jesse Tinsley covered the Mt. Spokane vs. Rogers game at Joe Albi. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
Lunchtime Pac-12 links
Many thanks to Vince for passing along my note and taking care of the morning links in his daily post so I could get to sleep before the witching hour was over. But now it's time for our daily roundup of Pac-12 news and I…
All eyes this weekend will be on ... 4
A GRIP ON SPORTS You know what happens this weekend? Summer ends, in a metaphysical way. See, this is the last weekend of baseball. The last gasp of summer's game. Of course, it won't be that big a deal. Saturday the nation's eyes will not…
THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 2014
Eagle Madness at Reese Court
S-R photojournalist Jesse Tinsley covered Eagle Madness at Reese Court at EWU. Check out this big picture gallery of event photos.
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