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Vince Grippi

Vince Grippi

Current Position: Sports columnist

Vince Grippi is a freelance local sports blogger for spokesman.com.

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A Grip on Sports: Inflation seems to hit everywhere these days and should be even more prominent in college football budgets in the coming years

A GRIP ON SPORTS • There is a worry among economic forecasters that the United States’ economy could descend into a period of what they term stagflation. It’s a rare period of high inflation and unemployment, something we haven’t seen since the late 1970s. And it’s a condition that may just hit college athletics over the next year.
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A Grip on Sports: The House settlement is approved but there is no way its adoption will be a panacea for college athletics’ economic issues

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Public relations specialists will tell anyone that will listen, and pay them, to release good news early in the day – and week. Bad news? Around 5 p.m. in the East. On Friday. As everyone is headed out of town. Which makes us wonder, considering when approval of the House lawsuit showed up in our in-box. Is it good news? Or bad?
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A Grip on Sports: Once a year for 40 years is consistency, right? The Wet Dog Fur Open also featured consistently horrendous golf and great times

A GRIP ON SPORTS • There is a Mount Rushmore of trophies in my home. Four that rise above all the ones for the batting titles, softball MVPs and basketball tournament titles won over the decades. Four trophies, each adorned with a bronze or silver dog, symbolizing a team victory in the only major golf tournament played in Spokane: The Wet Dog Fur Open.
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A Grip on Sports: If there is one thing we learned about the Seahawks this week, it’s that they are confident of Sam Darnold in the driver’s seat

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Everyone hates being interrupted. It’s one thing I’m completely sure of these days. I see it every time the car fails to move after a signal turns green and a friendly horn reminder is greeted with an upraised finger. I can almost hear them yell, in a New York accent, “Hey, I’m texting here.”
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A Grip on Sports: It’s hard sometimes to see clearly what’s happening in the world of sports but if you cut through the glare there is a lot to discover

A GRIP ON SPORTS • For the next couple months, the sun will be a bother. Maybe not for you, but for me, certainly. In the morning. Though my office window faces pretty much due north, the tilt of the Earth as we enter late spring means the morning sun is in my eyes. And may just blind me to the day’s possibilities.