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Thursday was to be the day Eastern Washington made that move for its practices over to the football field on which the Eagles will open their season at home on Sept. 3 against Tennessee State.

Ten months after he last took a snap in the Canadian Football League, former Eastern Washington University quarterback Matt Nichols officially retired in July after cramming eight seasons of work into a 12-year tour of duty.

IRVINE, Calif. – He wanted you to laugh. To scoff. To roll your eyes.

From staff reports

Before gathering with his teammates for Eastern Washington’s first official preseason practice on Saturday morning, Efton Chism III noted the seeming lack of star power across the Eagles’ roster.

As Eastern Washington’s football team opens its preseason camp this week with its first full-squad practice on Saturday, much of the national attention is, for a change, focused elsewhere.

Montana was pegged by coaches and media as the favorite to win the Big Sky Conference this football season, but it was hardly a landslide when the polls were released Monday.

If the departure of UCLA and USC from the Pac-12 is going to ripple down the ranks of college football in the West, it hasn’t done so yet.

Cooper Kupp’s improbable journey has taken him from red turf to the red carpet.

ESPN released the nominations for the 2022 ESPY awards show and there are several reasons for Inland Northwest sports fans to tune in for the broadcast on July 20th from Los Angeles. Former Eastern Washington football star Cooper Kupp, former Washington State basketball standout Klay Thompson, ex-Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren and Spokane’s Julianna Peña are among the awards finalists.

Eastern Washington University record-breaking quarterback Eric Barriere and standout wide receiver Andrew Boston signed with professional football teams.