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Former University of Idaho president Chuck Staben accused of ‘smear campaign’ by ex-AD

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 23, 2020

Former University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear alleges in a lawsuit that Chuck Staben, the school’s president from 2014-19, launched a “smear campaign” that ultimately led to Spear’s termination.

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Big Sky’s cancellation of fall sports means Idaho football must turn attention to spring season

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 13, 2020

After the Big Sky Conference on Thursday directly announced none of its fall teams would compete in or out of the league, University of Idaho athletics director Terry Gawlik and football coach Paul Petrino discussed a season without sports for the Vandals.

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University of Idaho hasn’t given up on nonconference football this fall

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 7, 2020

While Presidents of Big Sky Conference schools have voted to move the league football schedule to the spring, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the University of Idaho is still trying to pull together in some form or fashion a nonconference football schedule of a handful of games for the fall.

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Sports >  EWU football

Delay of games: Big Sky Conference football postponed to spring 2021

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 7, 2020

If Division I football is played in the coming months, it won't be in Cheney or Moscow, Idaho.

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Reports: Big Sky Conference football members will likely play in the spring

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

Several reports Thursday suggest that the Big Sky Conference is aiming for a spring football season.

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University of Idaho confirms nine athletes have tested positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 4, 2020

When the University of Idaho tested fall sport athletes in July, nine out of 125, mostly football players, came up positive for coronavirus.

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A look at the 13 ex-Eastern Washington and Idaho players at NFL training camps

UPDATED: Wed., July 29, 2020

While the Big Sky Conference football season remains in limbo on the cusp of August, more than a dozen ex-Eastern Washington and Idaho standouts enter preseason NFL training camps around the country.

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Big Sky Media Days Notebook: Aaron Best and Beau Baldwin virtually reunite

UPDATED: Mon., July 27, 2020

Big Sky virtual media days – the video conference version of the annual event that was slated to be at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane before the coronavirus pandemic – presented a reunion of sorts.

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20 for 20: Ranking Idaho’s top 20 athletes since 2000

Sun., July 26, 2020

An Idaho 20 for 20? As in the number of conferences the Vandals have called home since the turn of the century?

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere named Big Sky preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Idaho linebacker Christian Ellis, Barriere answer questions

UPDATED: Sat., July 25, 2020

Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere was named the Big Sky Conference's preseason Offensive Player of the Year on Friday.

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Eastern Washington coach Aaron Best and Idaho coach Paul Petrino speak at Big Sky virtual media days; Preseason polls released

UPDATED: Thu., July 23, 2020

Before the coronavirus pandemic halted college sports in March, Big Sky Conference football media days were slated to take place in downtown Spokane at the Davenport this summer.

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Former Idaho athletic director Bill Belknap dies at 81

UPDATED: Tue., July 21, 2020

Bill Belknap, who led the University of Idaho athletic department to new heights during his 10-year run as athletic director, died Friday at the age of 81.