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Top-ranked Whitman edges No. 4 Whitworth with two late free throws

Tue., Feb. 6, 2018

Whitworth still has a serious case of the Blues.

Sports >  EWU football

Meridian High quarterback Simon Burkett among dynamic offensive recruiting class for Eastern Washington football

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 6, 2018

After 44 years of coaching, Bob Ames isn’t given to gushing about his players at Bellingham’s Meridian High School. Unless that player is quarterback Simon Burkett.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington initiates the search for a new athletic director

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 5, 2018

The help-wanted ad went up last week on the Eastern Washington University web site. Two-thirds of the way down the list – just below ads for a custodian and food service manager – is the intriguing title of “Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.”

News >  Special Section

Former Gonzaga Prep, Washington State standout Travis Long hasn’t forgotten his time with the Philadelphia Eagles

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 2, 2018

When Travis Long talks about the Philadelphia Eagles, he still uses the first-person plural. As in, “We had some good people.”

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington men encounter opportunity for road sweep at perfect time

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 31, 2018

Eastern Washington’s motto this week: two for the road. For several reasons, the Eagles could use a sweep this weekend at Sacramento State and Portland State.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women carry 12-game winning streak into challenging week

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 31, 2018

When things are going this well, it’s easy to imagine trouble lurking around the next corner.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington’s Delaney Hodgins on brink of breaking program’s scoring record

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 31, 2018

Only a week ago, Bogdan Bliznyuk moved to the top of the EWU men’s career scoring list. Now Delaney Hodgins is just 15 points away from breaking the record set two years ago by her sister Hayley, who will be in attendance along with the entire Hodgins clan from Pasco.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga’s Jill Barta named WCC Player of the Week, again

Mon., Jan. 29, 2018

For the third time this year, Gonzaga’s Jill Barta is the West Coast Conference Player of the Week.

Sports >  EWU basketball

It’s been ‘quite a ride’ for Ex-Eastern Washington Eagles standout Jake Wiley

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 29, 2018

In the past year, Jake Wiley has learned much about basketball, life and himself. Most of all, he discovered that he loves peace and quiet – a rare commodity in New York, where Wiley spent the last six months making some noise in the NBA and the G-League.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington gets commit from explosive two-way star Tre Weed

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 29, 2018

For Sumner High School football coach Keith Ross, the toughest part of National Signing Day will be saying goodbye to Tre Weed.

Sports

Pirates wear out scoreboard in 111-97 win over UPS

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 27, 2018

Saturday was Alumni Night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse, with the reasonable expectation of some entertaining basketball. The alums got even more than that, as the fourth-ranked Pirates outlasted Puget Sound 111-97 in a game that left the spectators as exhausted as the players.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Hard-nosed Eastern Washington Eagles get it done in end, defeat Northern Colorado 67-65

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 27, 2018

There will be more games like this for Eastern Washington, with hard-nosed defense, multiple lead changes and clutch plays at the end. Saturday afternoon’s Big Sky Conference encounter with Northern Colorado had all of the above, plus some unlikely heroes who led the Eagles to a 67-65 win at Reese Court.

Sports >  EWU football

Before leaving, Bill Chaves reflects on positive times as Eastern Washington’s athletic director

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 27, 2018

For Bill Chaves, it’s never been about the trophies – even the one he passes several times a day outside his office.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington names former UTSA athletic director Lynn Hickey to interim AD role

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 26, 2018

Longtime athletics administrator Lynn Hickey will serve as interim athletic director at Eastern Washington University, president Mary Cullinan said in a release Friday morning.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Bogdan Bliznyuk sets Eastern Washington’s career scoring record in win over North Dakota

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 25, 2018

Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 28 points and his first basket, a pretty 3 from the corner a little over a minute into the game, made him the all-time leading scorer at Eastern Washington, which went on to defeat North Dakota 95-71 Thursday night in Cheney.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Bogdan Bliznyuk stands on brink of scoring mark with Eastern Washington home for two games

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 24, 2018

Bogdan Bliznyuk is excited about becoming the leading career scorer in Eastern Washington history. He just doesn’t want to talk about it.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women enter next challenges riding 10-game winning streak

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 24, 2018

Laura Stockton and the Bulldogs are looking down at the rest of the West Coast Conference.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women showcase defensive pressure in 71-44 win over Santa Clara

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 20, 2018

The ball was ripe for the taking, and the Gonzaga women seized it with both hands. In fact, eight different players had a hand in Saturday’s turnover-fest, making it all the easier to take a 71-44 West Coast Conference win over Santa Clara at the Kennel.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Emma Stach’s energy key to Gonzaga women’s defense

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 19, 2018

Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Lisa Fortier says it all the time: “Our offense starts with our defense.”

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington moves forward with process to replace departing athletic director

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 18, 2018

Sometime next week, Eastern Washington University president Mary Cullinan is expected to publicly announce formation of a search committee and an interim athletic director to replace the departing Bill Chaves.

Sports

Whitworth men vie to bounce back during trip to Oregon

Thu., Jan. 18, 2018

If history is any guide, Whitworth will bounce back from last week’s loss at Whitman and climb back up the Division III basketball poll.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women enter the heart of their WCC schedule with test against Saint Mary’s

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 17, 2018

Thursday’s game at Saint Mary’s is the Bulldogs’ first major West Coast Conference test of the season. A win over the Gaels would keep GU (13-4 overall and 6-0 in the WCC) alone in first place.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington men’s basketball seeking revenge against Northern Arizona

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 17, 2018

Last March, in the final game of the regular season, Eastern needed a win at last-place Northern Arizona to earn a share of the Big Sky Conference title. Instead, the Eagles lost 91-75 to finish second behind North Dakota.

Sports >  EWU football

More road games ‘on the table’ for Eastern Washington football

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 16, 2018

Will Eastern Washington play just four home football games this year?

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington ponders next move as Bill Chaves introduced at North Dakota

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 16, 2018

While his current employer was making tentative plans to search for a successor, Bill Chaves was introduced Tuesday as the new athletic director at the University of North Dakota,