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Jacob Thorpe

Jacob Thorpe

Current Position: Sports columnist

Jacob Thorpe is a freelance sports columnist covering Washington State football.

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Leon Rice interviews for WSU job

Boise State men’s basketball coach Leon Rice has interviewed for the vacant coaching position at Washington State University, The Spokesman-Review has learned.
Sports

WSU QB Connor Halliday strives to stay healthy, prepare his backup

Connor Halliday has been many things to many people in his time as the Washington State quarterback. He’s been the backup, the starter, each more than once. He’s been the guy who threw too many interceptions; he’s been the guy who threw five touchdowns in one half of WSU’s first bowl game in a decade. Now he has to be a coach, too.
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WSU QB Connor Halliday strives to stay healthy, prepare his backup

Connor Halliday has been many things to many people in his time as the Washington State quarterback. He’s been the backup, the starter, each more than once. He’s been the guy who threw too many interceptions; he’s been the guy who threw six touchdowns in one half of WSU’s first bowl game in a decade. Now he has to be a coach, too.
Sports >  Gonzaga athletics

Gonzaga warms up in conference baseball play

A dismal start to the season nearly doomed the Gonzaga baseball team. But the young Bulldogs have gathered themselves just in time for the start of conference play and appear poised to compete for a West Coast Conference title. “That’s always our first goal,” coach Mark Machtolf said. “You always have a number of goals, but our first goal is to win our conference and so we do everything we can to prepare for that, and we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us but a pretty good start on the road.”
Sports

Youth in the mix as WSU football camp opens

PULLMAN – When the air horn sounds at 3 p.m. today and Washington State football coach Mike Leach gathers his team around him to begin the first of the Cougars’ spring football practices he’ll see a lot of new faces looking back at him. Last year’s WSU football team won six games for the first time since 2006, played in a bowl game for the first time since 2003 and many of those players came back for more.
Sports

WSU will start spring football with many new faces

When the air horn sounds at 3 p.m. Thursday and Washington State football coach Mike Leach gathers his team around him to begin the first of the Cougars’ spring football practices he’ll see a lot of new faces looking back at him.
Sports

Positions up for grabs as WSU football nears spring practices

The last time fans had a chance to see the Washington State football team the Cougars let a 15-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate in their 48-45 New Mexico Bowl loss to Colorado State. The manner of WSU’s loss overshadowed the school’s first bowl game in a decade. But spring practices begin on Thursday and the Cougars will officially put last season’s unnerving finish behind them. Washington State was young last season and returns eight starters on offense and seven on defense. Still, the Cougars graduated some significant contributors on both sides of the ball meaning that the upcoming 15 practices will be critical for determining their replacements.
Sports

Positions up for grabs as WSU football nears spring practices

Washington State was young last season and returns eight starters on offense and seven on defense. Still, the Cougars graduated some significant contributors on both sides of the ball meaning that the upcoming 15 practices will be critical for determining their replacements.
Sports

Washington State basketball hire will happen before NCAA title game

PULLMAN – Members of the Washington State men’s basketball team returned from spring break on Monday and still don’t know who will be coaching them next season after Ken Bone’s dismissal.  Former assistant coach Curtis Allen has been tasked with keeping the machinery running as interim coach while athletic director Bill Moos searches for Bone’s replacement.  Moos told KXLY 920’s Bud Nameck on Monday that he expects the search to be over within 10-14 days, and that he believes it is important to have the new coach in place before the end of the NCAA tournament, which holds its championship game on April 6.
Sports

WSU releases spring roster and depth chart

From Pullman -- Washington State will hold the first of its 15 spring football practices on Thursday, continuing every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Crimson and Gray game will be held at Spokane’s Joe Albi Field on Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m. and spring...