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Ready or not - rivalry or not - Eastern Washington opens rare spring season at Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 26, 2021

It took a six-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic and a schedule truncated to six regular games, but the rare winter/spring season begins Saturday when the No. 12 Eagles finally open up at Idaho in the warm confines of the Kibbie Dome.

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‘It lit a fire’: Eastern Washington star quarterback Eric Barriere ready to get Eagles back to the top of Big Sky Conference

Fri., Feb. 26, 2021

Preseason accolades have been coming at Eric Barriere like a blitzing linebacker. Now the EWU quarterback is ready to earn them.

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Eastern Washington football preview: No. 12 Eagles going full throttle on rare spring campaign

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

Redemption had to wait, but now it's readily available for Eastern Washington.  With a few caveats, of course.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Michael Meadows the latest weapon in Eastern Washington’s growing arsenal

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

It was unexpected, but supplanting the Big Sky Conference's preseason Most Valuable Player has come with aplomb for Eastern Washington guard Mike Meadows.

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Better late than never: Eastern Washington linebacker Ty Graham ready to face Idaho, his former team

Sun., Feb. 21, 2021

If Ty Graham got what he wanted, the Eastern Washington linebacker would have already exhausted his eligibility. Serendipity offered an extension. 

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Eastern Washington routs Montana again, sweeps Grizzlies for the first time since 2003

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 21, 2021

Forty-eight hours after handing Montana coach Travis DeCuire the worst loss of his Big Sky Conference career, Eastern Washington provided an encore.

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Hot-shooting Eastern Washington handles rival Montana, wins eighth straight

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 21, 2021

Even in Eastern Washington's most glory-bathed years, Montana would find a way to spoil the occasion.

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Eastern Washington’s young, lively coaching staff getting the most out of Big Sky-leading Eagles

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 17, 2021

Eastern Washington and its four full-time men's basketball coaches have an average age of 33, about as long as Mark Few has been employed at neighboring Gonzaga. 

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Is inconsistent Montana still a threat? Eastern Washington believes so as it prepares for rival Griz

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 17, 2021

Montana appears vulnerable, but Shantay Legans isn't buying it.

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Eastern Washington ‘All business’ running back Tamarick Pierce ready to lead Eagles’ backfield

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 14, 2021

EWU running back Tamarick Pierce often defers to a quiet, workman's approach and his avoidance of the media has made him somewhat of a mysterious figure.

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Two years of Israeli military experience has helped guard Shir Levy lead Washington State by example

UPDATED: Sat., March 13, 2021

Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge, whose middle-of-the-pack Cougars (9-9, 7-8 Pac-12) visit Arizona State (9-7, 4-7) on Sunday, demands punctuality,  accountability, sharpness, mental fortitude and pedal-to-the-floor effort. Junior guard Shir Levy faced stiffer stipulations in the Israeli army. 

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Surging Eastern Washington sweeps Montana State to stay atop Big Sky standings

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 13, 2021

EWU is establishing itself as a brawny defensive team, too, and shutting down Montana State 85-69 on Saturday in Bozeman was the latest example.

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Eastern Washington’s balance too much for defensive-minded Montana State

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 11, 2021

EWU exhibited its impressive balance Thursday, taking down the resurgent Bobcats 93-77 at Worthington Arena in Bozeman, the Big Sky-leading Eagles' sixth straight win.

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U-Hi grad and special teams coordinator Heath Pulver the latest of three Eastern Washington assistants to abruptly resign

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 12, 2021

Weeks before Eastern Washington is slated to open their delayed, six-game spring Football Championship Subdivision season at rival Idaho, a third assistant coach has resigned. 

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Eastern Washington primed for Big Sky Conference championship stretch run with preseason MVP coming off the bench

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 10, 2021

What's rarer than a Big Sky Conference preseason Player of the Year coming off the bench? Several things in first-place Eastern Washington's coronavirus-altered season

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‘A real nice guy who is serious on the field’: Former Coeur d’Alene standout Josh James was teamed up with a rookie Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City

Sun., Feb. 7, 2021

Josh James plans to wear a Kansas City Chiefs jersey on Sunday. This wasn't a recent Super Bowl purchase. He stretched the same No. 66  over his shoulder pads three seasons ago.

Sports >  Idaho football

How ex-Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Seahawks quarterback John Friesz helped mentor a rookie Tom Brady

Sun., Feb. 7, 2021

John Freisz, who won the Walter Payton Award in 1989 after leading the Vandals to back-to-back Big Sky Conference titles, was a relatively obscure talent void of a big-money contract and pre-draft hubbub. In the twilight of his NFL career with the New England Patriots, Freisz gave advice to a rookie quarterback in a similar situation: Tom Brady.

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Eastern Washington sweeps Idaho, returns to top of the Big Sky

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 6, 2021

Start slow, end fast. That's been an inadvertent theme for surging Eastern Washington, which came alive in the second half Saturday to rout rival Idaho 90-64 at Reese Court.

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Gabi Harrington’s double-double helps Idaho women hold off Eastern Washington, 79-69

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 5, 2021

Idaho head coach Jon Newlee has seen plenty of double-digit leads evaporate in Cheney. 

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Eastern Washington men not taking winless Idaho lightly; EWU women look end Idaho’s streak

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 3, 2021

Eastern Washington tends to get the best out of rival Idaho, no matter how much the Vandals are struggling.

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Eastern Washington football notebook: Despite strange start, Eagles hit the ground running

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 3, 2021

EWU football off to a quick start in first practices, two assistants coaches resign and the Eagles add five more recruits to its 2021 class. 

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Eastern Washington erupts in the second half to sweep Sacramento State

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 1, 2021

Tyler Robertson was nearly perfect from the field (7 for 8), scoring a team-high 20 points with six assists, leading five Eagles who reached double figures in a 94-79 dispatching of Sacramento State, its second win over the Hornets in 24 hours.

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Tanner Groves, Eastern Washington outmuscle Sacramento State 68-60

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 31, 2021

Trusty senior point guard Jack Perry wasn't in the lineup Sunday, the result of a positive coronavirus test. His roommate Tanner Groves, who was cleared to play after contract tracing protocols, helped make up the difference.

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Five things to watch as Eastern Washington enters rare spring football season

Sun., Jan. 31, 2021

Eastern Washington typically aims for January football, but not like this. The Football Championship Subdivision title game in Frisco, Texas was initially slated for kickoff earlier this month, but the coronavirus pandemic caused a near sixth-month delay of a truncated FCS season.

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Another postponement: Eastern Washington to face “tough” Sacramento State on Sunday and Monday

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 28, 2021

Instead of a two-game, Thursday and Saturday series at Reese Court in Cheney, the games will be played be played at 11 a.m. on Sunday on Monday.