Seahawks pass a test for the first time this season but many more loom
A GRIP ON SPORTS • A test is only fun when the team you’re interested in passes it. Which made yesterday’s 39-30 win over the Steelers so enjoyable for Seahawk fans. Read on.
MONDAY, NOV. 30, 2015
SUNDAY, NOV. 29, 2015
Some warm thoughts on a short and cold day
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Are Sunday mornings any different when it doesn’t get light until after 7? Sure they are. But we have a consolation prize: NFL games. Read on.
Morning links: WSU bowl possibilities
Washington State will have to wait to find out where it will spend the holidays.
SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2015
Despite the Apple Cup fiasco, the Cougars' season is still more than half full 10
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Well, that was either the greatest thing to happen this century since the invention of the Tinder app or the worst thing since, I don’t know, maybe the invention of the Tinder app. It all depends on your point of view. Read on.
FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2015
Final stats and game book
Final stats and game book from the Apple Cup.
Video: Cole Madison after the Apple Cup
Right tackle Cole Madison after the Apple Cup.
Video: Jamal Morrow after the Apple Cup
Running back Jamal Morrow speaks to the media.
Video: Jeremiah Allison after the Apple Cup
Jeremiah Allison after WSU's Apple Cup loss.
Video: Peyton Bender after the Apple Cup
Peyton Bender after making his first career start.
Video: Mike Leach after the Apple Cup
Mike Leach explains what went wrong in Washington State's 45-10 loss to Washington.
Apple Cup 2015
S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered Apple Cup 2015 in Seattle. Check out this big picture gallery of WSU vs. UW action.
Dranginis clutch as Zags hold off UConn
The difference between going home with 2-1 record and a win over a ranked foe vs. a 1-2 record and losses to two ranked opponents? That would be GU senior guard Kyle Dranginis and a couple of well-timed defensive stops in the final minute. Gonzaga…
Who will be in tune this Apple Cup?
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Every year on this day I am transported back to 1975. It was a simpler time, when gas cost less than a dollar a gallon and the Cougars were so bad they didn’t win a single Pac-8 game. What takes me back? The term “Black Friday.” It had a different meaning for me in those days. Read on.
Morning links: Getting ready for the Apple Cup
It's almost time for the Apple Cup. Here are some links.
THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 2015
Zags fall to Texas A&M 62-61 1
Gonzaga dropped its first game of the 2015-16 season, falling 62-61 to Texas A&M in a game that had the feel of a Sweet 16 contest. Here's my gamer. Whenever a game is decided by such a close margin, the what-ifs and coulda-beens are plentiful....
We don't always do the easy thing around here – but sometimes we do 3
A GRIP ON SPORTS • The easiest thing to do today is write a column based on the holiday. But we never do the easy thing, do we? Read on.
Pac-12 Turkey Day links
Don't you have something better to do today than read about football? You don't? Well, by all means …
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 2015
What happens when the Cougars don't emphasize academics 1
In this week's two-part look inside the Washington State football program we explain how the Cougars keep up with their classwork during a busy season.
Zags leash Huskies 80-64
Gonzaga and Washington renewed acquaintances Wednesday and it looked a lot like it did before the series broke off nine years ago. The Zags cruised, 80-64, over the young, talented Huskies in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Here's my game story. I also wrote a notebook,…
Alex Grinch up for Assistant Coach of the Year 1
First-year Washington State defensive coordinator Alex Grinch is one of 34 nominees for the Broyles Award, given to the top assistant in college football.
WSU football chat
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It's about time these two teams met, though it shouldn't happen at the expense of another state school 3
A GRIP ON SPORTS • In just a few minutes – of course, that’s in relationship to when I type this, not when you may be reading it – something will be happening that hasn’t happened in about a decade. Gonzaga and Washington will be playing basketball against each other. Read on.
Morning links: Getting to know Peyton Bender
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Conor Clifford, Ike Iroegbu and Que Johnson after CSULA
Washington State's players talk about their win on Tuesday.
Ernie Kent after CSULA
Video and transcript of Ernie Kent's remarks after Washington State's win on Tuesday.
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