Jim Allen

PARK CITY, Utah – Eastern Washington University Athletic Director Bill Chaves is taking his family to Disneyland this week, but not before working a little magic of his own. Last week, he completed a football quadfecta of sorts, scheduling a football game at Oregon in 2015 that gives the Eagles a chance to play all four Northwest Pac-12 teams in as many years. The Eagles will get a $450,000 payoff to play the Ducks, bringing the payout to exactly $2 million for five games against Pac-12 teams.

PARK CITY, Utah – The coaches and the media who cover them have picked Eastern Washington to finish second in the Big Sky Conference football race. Which is nice and nothing more, EWU head coach Beau Baldwin said Tuesday, minutes after the poll was released.

Anthony Larry, a starter at defensive end last season, is academically ineligible for the upcoming season, Eastern Washington University head coach Beau Baldwin said Tuesday. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Larry, from Sacramento, Calif., had 40 tackles last year and was entering his junior season. He could return in 2013 if academically eligible.

The coaches and the media who cover them have picked Eastern Washington to finish second in the Big Sky Conference football race. Which is nice and nothing more, EWU head coach Beau Baldwin said Tuesday, minutes after the poll was released.

EWU picked second in Big Sky

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. Lee, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound junior and all-conference pick last year, finished the 2011 season with 48 tackles, a pair of interceptions and one pass broken up.

EWU puts four on preseason All-Big Sky team

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.

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.