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Rob Curley: Going to the game with Thayne

Fri., March 29, 2019

Seated eight rows behind the Bulldogs’ bench, Thayne McCulloh is just as nervous as the rest of the 1,000 or so people decked out in Gonzaga colors in the Honda Center.

News >  Spokane

Traveling to see the Zags? Here’s your foodie’s guide to Anaheim.

UPDATED: Wed., March 27, 2019

If you’re heading to Anaheim to see Gonzaga in the Sweet 16, you’ve likely already put together a mental checklist of the types of food you’re either craving or the places you’ve always wanted to eat.

Opinion >  Column

Going to see the Zags in Orange County? Here’s your Disneyland to-do list.

UPDATED: Tue., March 26, 2019

Gonzaga’s sweet road trip to Anaheim for the NCAA Tournament means a whole bunch of folks from Spokane just got unexpected travel plans to the land of the Real Housewives, and – both more importantly and less goofy – Disneyland.

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Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: ‘Orange’ you ready for the Sweet 16?

Tue., March 26, 2019

The good part about being an editor is that you typically see lots of the country, as you move from newspaper to newspaper. That’s also kind of the bad part, too. But not this week. And especially for those heading to Southern California to see Gonzaga in the Sweet 16.

News >  Spokane

Your guide to Orange County: More than amusement parks

UPDATED: Tue., March 26, 2019

Awesome eats at Anaheim Packing District It’s a throwback to when oranges actually ruled Orange County.

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga’s senior women show leadership comes in many different forms

UPDATED: Sat., March 23, 2019

Most freshman college basketball players just want to get into the game. Sophomores want to score. Juniors want to start. And seniors simply want to win. Especially the seniors on the Gonzaga women’s basketball team.

News >  Spokane

Rob Curley: Hey Jimmy Kimmel, Gonzaga is totally real and Spokane will prove it to you

Wed., March 20, 2019

It happens every year at tournament time: Some national television person ticks me off. Actually, it’s usually multiple people. I think in TV terms, they call that a gaggle of broadcasters. Or maybe it’s a cackle. I forget. Most of the time, it’s about Gonzaga and how they pronounce it. I mean mispronounce it. Other times, it’s about how they butcher saying Spokane. In some rare circumstances, it’s literally both, and that’s when my head explodes in a phonetic fit.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women catch each other and a No. 5 seed en route to NCAA Tournament

UPDATED: Tue., March 19, 2019

These Zags let it be known they have every intention of not only catching each other, but carrying each other right past any obstacles that might face them .

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga has produced a Who’s Who of top women in the courtroom, many of whom meet in Las Vegas for WCC Tournament

UPDATED: Wed., March 13, 2019

If you could pick an era’s Dream Team of successful and powerful women lawyers from Gonzaga, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything quite like what was happening on the banks of the Spokane River in the late 1980s and early ’90s.

News >  Spokane

Last Gonzaga fan in Vegas arena still believes Zags a team of destiny

UPDATED: Tue., March 12, 2019

Katherine Morgan, the former president and CEO of the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber – and current senior vice president at Bank of America – simply couldn’t bring herself to leave Orleans Arena after the Zags’ loss in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship.

News >  Spokane

No cowbell doesn’t deter Gonzaga grad and superfan Stacey Fott from cheering her team

Tue., March 12, 2019

If you’ve ever been to one of the conference tournament games in Las Vegas to watch the Zags play during the past decade or so, you’ve almost certainly heard Stacey Fott.

News >  Spokane

President Thayne McCulloh sports Gonzaga tartan at pep rally

Tue., March 12, 2019

The leader of the Zags has been known to come to the West Coast Conference rally in various wild outfits – like showing up last year in a full Gonzaga men’s basketball uniform – but this one was a little different.

News >  Spokane

2013 Gonzaga grad Nick Brown finds his calling in Vegas as a UFC video producer

Mon., March 11, 2019

The connection doesn’t even seem real, let alone likely. How does the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts juggernaut that is the face of the fastest growing sport in the world, have ties to Gonzaga University, a small Jesuit school known for its overachieving basketball team and its incredible ability to be mispronounced by nearly everyone outside of Spokane?

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga alum U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto pulling for Zags (and bipartisanship)

Sun., March 10, 2019

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who made history with her election victory for her Nevada Senate seat, is a proud alumna of Gonzaga Law School.

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Rob Curley: Gonzaga sits back, relaxes when it comes to taking flight

UPDATED: Sat., March 9, 2019

So, what’s it like to travel when you’re one of the elite college basketball programs in the nation?

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Former Gonzaga star Adam Morrison enshrined in West Coast Conference Hall of Honor

UPDATED: Sat., March 9, 2019

He was the hometown hero who became Gonzaga’s first superstar. And now he’s gotten the call to hall.

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga grad Don Chareunsy a mover and shaker in Vegas

UPDATED: Fri., March 8, 2019

There’s nothing quite like the opening night of a new show in Las Vegas. The Who’s Who of Sin City are all there and they’re dressed to impress.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: Why America needs journalists – and the T-shirts to prove it

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 20, 2019

I like Facebook. Even with all of its problems. It’s where I keep up with my friends and the people I care the most about. The people I grew up with in my tiny hometown. My college buddies. The wannabe rock stars in the various bands in which I tried to play guitar. (You should see how awesome I looked in acid-washed jeans, with the biggest ’80s hair this side of Texas.)

A&E >  Music

The critics need to KISS off: One editor’s impassioned defense of his all-time favorite rock band

Thu., Jan. 31, 2019

When KISS played the old Spokane Coliseum in 1977, a Spokesman-Review critic was not impressed. Current editor Rob Curley goes to bat in defense of his rock icons.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: Embracing the myth of ‘Silver Bells’

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 21, 2018

“Did you know that when Bing Crosby wrote ‘Silver Bells,’ he wrote it after hearing the Salvation Army’s bells while here in Spokane during Christmas?” Or not.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: Kids’ favorite Zag? That’s easy! Josh Perkins a slam dunk at Holmes Elementary

Sat., Dec. 15, 2018

Short sports fanatics are my very favorite. By that, I mean kids. Kids also have the best favorite players. And the Bulldog guard is the current king of the Zags with Spokane's playground demographic.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: Among the Christmas trees, Hutton Settlement’s Trevor McArthur finds place and purpose

Sun., Dec. 9, 2018

It’s the smell. Not the warm and familiar fragrance of the trees, though he loves that scent as well.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: You’re going to ‘like a’ FICA lot

Wed., Dec. 5, 2018

The many changes at the venue formerly known as the INB Performing Arts Center are about much more than just what its artists and patrons see.

Opinion >  Column

Rob Curley: What happens when your two hometown teams lead the nation?

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 26, 2018

On Monday, the Associated Press named the Zags the No. 1 team in the nation, jumping over Kansas. That meant the Curley family’s favorite team was No. 2. It also meant I’d better brace for a call from my Mom.

A&E >  Food

Chef’s grand idea goes in the pot … the Instant Pot

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 21, 2018

Spokane chef Chad White thought it would be fun to prepare a four-course, fine-dining experience using just an Instant Pot. So he’ll do it live for the Northwest Passages Book Club, with help from best-selling Instant Pot cookbook author Laurel Randolph.