COUGARS, 52-47The Cougars have been a good second half team this year, especially in the first few minutes of the half.Oregon State has been a poor second half team this year.So why are the Beavers still hanging around?Because WSU can't stop Sasa Cuic, who now…
COUGARS PREGAMEJust one note just to make you worried – though you probably shouldn't be.The Cougs have lost three consecutive games to OSU, including a nine-point loss to the Beavers in Pullman last season.No big deal, right?
U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPSThe second group was Johnny Weir and five others – at least in the audience's eyes.Oh, Nicholas LaRoche received somewhat enthusiastic applause, but Weir's performance was greeted with enough people standing in rotation that it looked like a UW football game had…
U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPSWhen you're watching the skaters perform, it's easy to think of them as athletes and to forget they're somebody's neighbor, friend, brother.That point was driven home during the junior pairs free skate Thursday.As Kaela Pflumm and Christopher Pottenger prepared to take the…
BULLDOGSTalk about weather shock. Gonzaga's Abdullahi Kuso grew up in Nigeria, where the average temperature in January is somewhere far north of the 30s we enjoy in Spokane.He told Steve Bergum this week for our Q&A that's the biggest difference he's had to deal with…
VANDALSWinning in Las Cruces, N.M., is tough any year. This season it's been downright impossible. As the Idaho Vandals found out Wednesday night when they were blown out by the Aggies, 84-66.Keoni Watson led the Vandals (3-16, 1-6) with 15 points while Darin Nagle added…
COUGARSDon't get caught looking ahead. I'm pretty sure that's the mantra today in Pullman as WSU (16-3 overall, 5-2 in the Pac-10) prepares for tonight's game (7; 920-AM) with Oregon State. The 20th-ranked Cougars have seventh-ranked Oregon (18-1, 6-1) on Saturday, so it would be…
CHIEFS, WHL, NHLAdam Hobson is back. And so is that winning feeling.The Chiefs won 3-2 Wednesday in Saskatoon, with Hobson scoring the game winning gaol. Hobson had not played since Nov. 11.The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Spokane, which plays at Swift Current…
SportsLink is your portal into sports news around the Inland Northwest and beyond. You'll find updates, notes and opinions, and plenty of reader feedback.
Vince Grippi's daily take on all things regional sports has been moved to our main sports section online. You can find a collection of these columns here.
