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Eastern Washington football opener is apparently in the clear as smoke levels fall

Fri., Sept. 8, 2017

Slowly-clearing skies have made it a near-certainty that Eastern Washington’s football home opener will be played as scheduled on Saturday afternoon.

Grip on Sports: With the NFL season beginning, our weekends are no longer our own

Fri., Sept. 8, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • The NFL opened its season last night. All hope of getting anything done on a weekend is over until late January – at the earliest. Read on.

Work ethic drives Eastern Washington’s Andre Lino

Thu., Sept. 7, 2017

Andre Lino has carried a lunch pail longer than he can remember.

Eastern Washington football Sept. 7 live chat: the full replay

Thu., Sept. 7, 2017

Here’s the full transcript of Thursday’s EWU football live chat with Spokesman-Review beat writer Jim Allen

EWU Chat 9-7-2017

Thu., Sept. 7, 2017

Live chat will start at 12:00

Grip on Sports: American women prove that U.S. tennis is still alive

Thu., Sept. 7, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Let’s switch gears today. No football. No baseball. Tennis. Yes, tennis. Specifically, women’s tennis, where something is happening at the U.S. Open that hasn’t happened since ancient times. Or 1981, if you prefer. Read on.

Eastern Washington, North Dakota State haven’t forgotten epic 2010 playoff game

Wed., Sept. 6, 2017

Seven years later, it’s still a fumble. North Dakota State football fans will get another poignant reminder of that fact on Saturday.

Achievements: Eastern Washington University Honor Roll

Wed., Sept. 6, 2017

Eastern Washington University has announced the dean’s list for the spring quarter of 2017.

Grip on Sports: The future is hard to see this week

Wed., Sept. 6, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s lucky today is Wednesday and not Saturday. There are still more than 72 hours until college football games are scheduled to start in the area. And all 72 may be needed to scour out the smoke in the air. Read on.

Smoke and poor air quality play havoc with college, high school teams

Tue., Sept. 5, 2017

From Pullman to the Canadian border, from colleges to high schools, smoky skies played havoc with local sports teams Tuesday.

Eastern Washington tries to regroup – indoors – as North Dakota State game looms

Tue., Sept. 5, 2017

Eastern Washington just can’t catch a break. On Tuesday afternoon, the Eagles couldn’t even catch a healthy breath at Roos Field and were forced to practice in the fieldhouse.

Grip on Sports: If you can’t see the ball, there is a good chance you won’t be able to catch it

Tue., Sept. 5, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Cruddy air is nothing new for me. Not after growing up in the pre-catalytic converter days in Los Angeles. But the air the past 24 hours in Spokane has been worse than I can remember. It’s like a pea-soup fog, if that fog could burn your lungs out. Not so good for local sports, is it? Read on.

First look: North Dakota State at Eastern Washington

Mon., Sept. 4, 2017

How good is North Dakota State? The scoreboard offered few clues on Saturday.

Grip on Sports: If a comeback for the ages occurs and no one is left to see it, did it happen?

Mon., Sept. 4, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Growing up in Los Angeles, leaving games early is taught to young children almost religiously. The idea is to “beat the traffic.” But my father was always the contrarian. He believed in sitting at Dodger Stadium or the Coliseum or the Rose Bowl until the bitter end. Then we would run to the car to “beat the traffic.” Read on.

Eastern Washington coaches quick to pick up the pieces from Texas Tech loss

Sun., Sept. 3, 2017

Credit the Eastern Washington coaches for not hanging their heads Saturday night.

Grip on Sports: College football’s first Saturday touched nearly all the bases – if you don’t mind the mixed sports metaphors

Sun., Sept. 3, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • There are, seemingly, a million different ways for college football games to play out. Among the multitude are easy wins and workmanlike ones. And there are the blowout losses. Those are the three ways fans in these parts experienced yesterday as the 2017 season got underway in earnest. Read on.

Difference maker: Eastern Washington had no answers for Texas Tech quarterback Nic Shimonek

Sat., Sept. 2, 2017

The biggest wild card in the deck came up aces Saturday afternoon.

Eastern Washington wide receivers had their moments, but not enough of them

Sat., Sept. 2, 2017

Eastern Washington fans were probably thinking it midway through the first quarter of Saturday’s game at Texas Tech: Last year’s receivers would have caught that ball.

Eastern Washington falls to Texas Tech in Aaron Best’s coaching debut

Sat., Sept. 2, 2017

Unable to make the big plays on offense or prevent them on defense, the Eastern Washington Eagles found themselves overmatched against an FBS opponent for the first time in half a dozen years, losing 56-10 to Texas Tech on Saturday.

Grip on Sports: The sun is shining today, mainly because college football is back

Sat., Sept. 2, 2017

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Remember today in late November. Remember how this first full Saturday of college football dawned clear and bright, the sun ready to warm the area to near 100 degrees. Remember how good you felt and how optimistic you were. Because there is no win-or-loss guarantees during a football season. The only guarantee is it will be cold around here as the season winds down. Read on.