They hoped to carry the momentum they'd built from a weekend sweep of the Bay Area schools. Instead, the Washington State Cougars reverted to the team that lost six consecutive Pac-12 games from Jan. 9-27.

Eastern Washington football coach Aaron Best has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Eagles' season-opening game at Idaho on Saturday, the school announced Thursday.

The times, they are a-changin' across the Greater Spokane League. What would have been a tumultuous season anyway has been thrown for even a bigger loop with the COVID delay and late-February start date.

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

 Here’s the question. Would you rather spend your days in eager anticipation of a potentially explosive offense putting up points like a pinball score? Or would you prefer to spend your nights in restful slumber, secure in the knowledge that a veteran, dominant defense can smother any opponent?

It'll be at least a few months before Washington State can start bringing potential prospects back to the Palouse for on-campus visits, but the lack of in-person recruiting apparently hasn't impacted the Cougars in the 2022 class.

Every other Power Five conference unveiled its 2021 schedule weeks ago.

What if this is it? What if linebacker K.J. Wright, who’s as fierce on the field as he is friendly off it, has played his last game as a Seattle Seahawk?

One of them is averaging 19.5 points per game in Pac-12 Conference play – the second-highest mark in the league. The other is coming off the most productive weekend by a Washington State player in program history.

One of the major benefits of playing a full NFL season pretty much on schedule during a pandemic is what the league learned technologically from 2020.

NFL teams could begin playing tag on Monday, and it’s no kids’ game for the 32 teams.

For the second time in as many days, Washington State's Noah Williams has been recognized as the national player of the week in college basketball.

Shailene Woodley confirmed that she’s engaged to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The actress discussed her relationship with Rodgers on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. 

Washington State's regular season won't conclude with a single game at Arizona State, but rather a two-game series with the Sun Devils in Tempe.

Not that the NFL offseason ever lacks for news – witness the several weeks of debate and speculation that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s pass-protection comments elicited.

Many anticipated that Noah Williams would be in line for conference player of the week honors after posting career-high scoring performances against Cal and Stanford, but the Washington State guard was also recognized nationally for what he did in a weekend sweep.

Mike Iupati quietly walked away from professional football.

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