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Four Eagles on Big Sky preseason team

PARK CITY, Utah – With cornerback T.J. Lee III leading the way, Eastern Washington placed four players on the All-Big Sky Conference preseason football team announced Sunday. Other Eagles selected to the Big Sky team are offensive tackle Will Post and wide receivers Nicholas Edwards and Brandon Kaufman.
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Ex-Coug football player lining up for Eastern

For Zackary Johnson, the only thing tougher than walking on at Washington State was walking away. Johnson – last seen starting on the offensive line in the WSU spring game at Albi Stadium – had spent two years “working my way up from fourth string” to the two-deep roster, and expected to be in the mix this fall.
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Ex-Coug football player lining up for Eastern

For Zackary Johnson, the only thing tougher than walking on at Washington State was walking away. Johnson – last seen starting on the offensive line in the WSU spring game at Albi Stadium – had spent two years “working my way up from fourth string” to the two-deep roster, and expected to be in the mix this fall.
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Dirt Turkeys get taste of defeat

The parking lot at Main and Browne on Sunday morning was the place to rekindle high school basketball dreams. Teams of athletic 20-somethings, many of them former prep players, were fighting through the Hoopfest loser’s bracket, fighting for rebounds, fighting for survival.
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NBA players put on dazzling show at Crawford game

They didn’t just raise money Saturday night at the Spokane Arena. They raised the roof. Three minutes into The Jamal Crawford A Plus Classic, former Gonzaga star Jeremy Pargo served up his third slam dunk, a full wheelhouse affair that brought the home crowd to its feet.
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Eastern football players stay hungry during summer

On a rainy Tuesday morning, the weight room at Eastern Washington University smells of iron and sweat. Rock music pours through the speakers to a chorus of heavy weights crashing to the mats. Linemen push heavy sleds across the floor, and sweat darkens the shirts of more than three dozen football players.
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Ex-EWU Eagle Mitchell makes Calgary’s roster

Bo Levi Mitchell is in a new offense, a new team, a new country. But he’s still at home in the pocket, where on Friday he directed the Calgary Stampeders to a winning drive in an exhibition game.
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Ex-NBA player Herren preaches less stress

Chris Herren has some advice for obsessive sports parents: Refocus. Forget the video camera, forget about your kid’s footwork for just one game, and focus on her face.
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CrossFit challenges fitness buffs to extreme workouts

The CrossFit gym in Spokane Valley is hard to find, but it’s no place to hide. Tucked in the back of a strip mall on East Sprague, it looks more like a garage. Even the door rolls up, revealing ropes, rings and sleds – but no gleaming machines. Think “Rocky IV” without the snow.
News >  Health

CrossFit phenomenon pushes athletes to push themselves

The CrossFit gym in Spokane Valley is hard to find, but it’s no place to hide. Tucked in the back of a strip mall on East Sprague, it looks more like a garage. Even the door rolls up, revealing ropes, rings and sleds – but no gleaming machines. Think “Rocky IV” without the snow.
News >  Spokane

Accidental pro

Haley Cooper-Scott enjoys a sport that takes her around the world – especially when it takes her back home. “I really love the finish line,” said Cooper-Scott, of Spokane, a successful professional triathlete and one of the favorites in Sunday’s Ironman Coeur d’Alene triathlon.
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Whalen family reunites for triathlon

At most family reunions, the hard work is getting there. After thousands of air miles, the Whalen brothers haven’t even warmed up. But Pat, Mike and Chris Whalen had no trouble warming to the subject of the Coeur d’Alene Ironman, which has brought them together again – even if it doesn’t put their toes in the pool and their rear ends in an easy chair. Come to think of it, they will take a dip Sunday morning in Lake Coeur d’Alene, then sit on a bicycle seat for a spell before running back to the easy chair – if such a thing exists in their lives.
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EWU football, hoops to get new video scoreboards

Fans may look at Eastern Washington University sports in a new way this year. State-of-the-art video scoreboards will be installed at both Roos Field and Reese Court, a university official told The Spokesman-Review late Thursday night.
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Beaumonte beats odds, will graduate from Eastern

Against all odds, Darriell Beaumonte will graduate today from Eastern Washington University. He will be that one out of 50 – just 2 percent – of foster children from the Northwest who will earn a bachelor’s degree.
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Beaumonte beats odds, will graduate from Eastern

Against all odds, Darriell Beaumonte will graduate today from Eastern Washington University. He will be that one out of 50 – just 2 percent – of foster children from the Northwest who will earn a bachelor’s degree.
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EWU football players rescue kayaker

A pair of Eastern Washington University football players may have prevented a tragedy last week on Long Lake. On the evening of May 31, defensive linemen Dylan Zylstra and Ashton Boothroyd were fishing at the home of Boothroyd’s grandparents on the south bank of the lake when they noticed a kayaker struggling as he tried to turn against a fast current.
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Shine preparing for home opener

The Spokane Shine soccer players will hold a get-acquainted session with the public tonight, followed by an informal match. That’s just how their season began last Friday – getting acquainted with each other during a nine-hour bus ride to Eugene, Ore., followed immediately by their first game against a team that already had two matches under its belt.
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EWU’s Monterola withdraws from NCAAs

Due to a family emergency, Eastern Washington University All-America pole vaulter Keisa Monterola will not be compete in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships today in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Blind cyclist has open seat to fill

Bryant McKinley is a man of contrasts, the least of which is the bright yellow shirt tucked into his black cycling shorts. The 75-year-old has the legs of a man half his age and the ambitions of a teenager, which includes competing in the national masters cycling championships this fall, even though he is blind.
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Cheney boys qualify for State 2A soccer semifinals

Here’s one reason the Cheney boys soccer team is unbeaten this year: Cheney soccer coach Mark Kiver is always thinking ahead. Moments after the Blackhawks clinched a spot in the state semifinals Saturday afternoon, the players were reaching for a 10-gallon bucket of ice water.
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Cheney boys qualify for State 2A soccer semifinals

Here’s one reason the Cheney boys soccer team is unbeaten this year: Cheney soccer coach Mark Kiver is always thinking ahead. Moments after the Blackhawks clinched a spot in the state semifinals Saturday afternoon, the players were reaching for a 10-gallon bucket of ice water.