Come back in time to Larry Weir’s spectacular introduction to the radio business. Still just a farm boy, then, age 18. Toppenish, Washington. For logic-defying reasons, the greenhorn was entrusted to oversee a local pastor’s weekly radio sermon. While the …
The Big Sky Conference’s last season for the foreseeable future with regular travel patterns – and no “lone wolf” – will begin with a familiar opponent for both Idaho and Eastern Washington.
Mike Divilbiss had never coached college basketball when he replied to an ad Bill Smithpeters posted in The Spokesman-Review in 1984. The Eastern Washington women’s basketball coach called Divilbiss back nevertheless. A role with the team that season didn’t materialize, …
There was a time not so long ago when Joddie Gleason could take a few weeks off after the women’s college basketball season to reflect, relax and recharge. Were that still the case, the Eastern Washington head coach would have …
Every year, an NBA draft prospect finds himself compared to a player or two already in the league. It’s how most of us find ourselves making sense of the draft and of the dozens of players in it.
Now that it has been around for a full recruiting cycle, the Eastern Washington men’s basketball coaching staff has spent this offseason realigning the team’s roster with the staff’s priorities.
During Eastern Washington University’s spring break this week, Emmett Marquardt went back to Seattle, settled about his decision to stay with the Eagles men’s basketball program next season. Marquardt came to a similar conclusion almost exactly a year ago, when …
During Eastern Washington University’s spring break this week, Emmett Marquardt went back to Seattle, settled about his decision to stay with the Eagles men’s basketball program next season. Marquardt came to a similar conclusion almost exactly a year ago, when …
They left Eastern Washington University as two of the most decorated basketball players in school history. Now, playing together in Australia’s top professional league, Tyler Harvey and Mason Peatling can add National Basketball League champions to their impressive resumes.
Mason Williams, Sebastian Hartmann and Nic McClain, three of the six holdovers from the previous men’s basketball coaching staff at Eastern Washington, have chosen to enter the transfer portal. The portal officially opened on Monday, when at least a dozen …
The Eastern Washington men’s basketball team entered this week’s Big Sky Tournament as the No. 8 seed, seven lower than it had in the previous two years. But unlike the last two appearances, Eastern Washington’s opening-game loss wasn’t so surprising. …
For the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team, the road back to the NCAA Tournament was going to be a long one. It was a member of last year’s Big Sky Conference champion Eagles team that helped ensure this year’s Eagles …
Eastern Washington scored its most points in 13 games – 21 of them from senior Alexis Pettis – as it finished the women’s basketball regular season with an 80-77 victory over Montana on Monday night at Reese Court in Cheney.
After missing the Eagles’ game Thursday, Andrew Cook’s status heading into Saturday’s game was unclear, especially after the senior wasn’t in Eastern Washington’s Senior Day lineup. Regardless, once the senior Cook entered the lineup at the first media timeout, he …
Considering the name on the back of his Eastern Washington jersey, it’s not a surprise that Sam Stockton ended up playing college basketball. As the sixth – and youngest – child of an NBA Hall of Famer and a Division …
From staff reports Northern Arizona shot a season-high 61.8% from the field and handed the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team an 87-67 loss Saturday in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was the second straight decisive defeat for the Eagles (10-18, 6-9 Big …
A basketball team’s outlook sure can change a lot in two weeks. At the end of January, the Eastern Washington men were on a five-game losing streak that had dropped them nearly to the bottom of the Big Sky standings. …
Last year, as Eastern Washington surged through the Big Sky Conference schedule and played only its second game in the NCAA Tournament, Ella Gallatin mostly watched games from the bench.
With 33 seconds left, the score tied and both teams huddled during a timeout, Joddie Gleason told the referees that she was prepared to call a timeout once Eastern Washington got the ball back.
There were 7.8 seconds left on the Reese Court clock, and there at the free-throw line was Andrew Cook. The Eastern Washington senior was playing in his 34th minute of the game, more than he had in all but two …