Big Sky Conference filled with FBS transfer quarterbacks looking to earn starting jobs
UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020
The NCAA transfer portal has been a boon for Big Sky Conference programs in the market for a quarterback.
Big Sky Conference gives athletes day off on election day
UPDATED: 5:05 p.m.
Sports talk from The Spokesman-Review, featuring Larry Weir.
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Big Sky Conference filled with FBS transfer quarterbacks looking to earn starting jobs
UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020
The NCAA transfer portal has been a boon for Big Sky Conference programs in the market for a quarterback.
Eastern Washington University teams, coaches and administrators face big budget cuts
UPDATED: Thu., June 25, 2020
As Eastern Washington faces major campuswide budget cuts due to a confluence of the coronavirus and declining enrollment that began years before the pandemic, its athletic department has been faced with several belt-tightening decisions.
A rising trend in Big Sky, FCS football stars transferring to the FBS
UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2020
Former Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu bet on himself when he left the University of Maine for USC.
Breaking down Eastern Washington’s 2020 football schedule
UPDATED: Mon., June 22, 2020
Eastern Washington has secured 13 straight winning seasons, and is aiming for another.
Ex-Eastern Washington football stars likely to appear on HBO’s “Hard Knocks”
UPDATED: Thu., June 18, 2020
Cooper Kupp is usually down the road from Hollywood, but the low-key Los Angeles Rams receiver is anything but Tinseltown.
What Eastern Washington football missed after not getting spring practice
UPDATED: Tue., June 9, 2020
Eastern Washington's annual Red and White game would have been six weeks ago, but the coronavirus pandemic threw a wrench into the Eagles' spring tuneup.
Eastern Washington head coach Aaron Best keeping staff, players ready amid pandemic
UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2020
EWU, a Football Championship Subdivision power that’s 26-12 in Best’s three seasons, returns a wealth of talent on both sides of the ball this fall, including the skill positions and linebacker groups, led by All-Big Sky quarterback Eric Barriere and linebacker Chris Ojoh.
Eastern Washington athletics faces budget cuts of “20-30 percent” due to loss of $2.1 million in revenue
UPDATED: Thu., May 14, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic, which has brought college athletics to a halt since early March, will result in ensuing athletic department cuts due to a $2.1 million loss in revenue, according to athletic director Lynn Hickey.
Former Eastern Washington quarterback, CFL veteran Matt Nichols has made Cheney his family’s permanent home
UPDATED: Wed., May 20, 2020
Facing cameras, microphones and a throng of reporters in Canada’s most populous city, quarterback Matt Nichols fielded questions in February after signing a three-year deal with the Toronto Argonauts.
Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp switches jersey number to 10
UPDATED: Tue., May 12, 2020
Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp announced on Twitter that he will switch his jersey number to 10, the number he wore in college while setting nearly every Football Championship Subdivision receiving record.
Big Sky strikeout: Lean year for conference, FCS in last week’s NFL Draft
UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2020
It’s been a week since the conclusion of the NFL draft, and nary a Eastern Washington product was selected or offered a rookie free-agent contract.
Big Sky Conference products hope to get NFL call
UPDATED: Fri., April 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic derailed the draft process for many Big Sky standouts hoping to get picked up in the late rounds of this weekend’s NFL Draft or as a free agent, as a lack of face-to-face evaluation by scouts due to cancellation of pro days has led to more small-school product uncertainty than usual.