It seem like a pretty normal hockey game. Fighting to get out of the basement, the Spokane Chiefs jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead over Kamloops Wednesday night at the Arena. The scored stayed that way until early in the third period when the…
We've got our mid-week Idaho football story for tomorrow's paper all ready to go. You can read it here. The focus is on the Vandals' offensive line, which has been far from consistent but seems to be improving. UI's biggest game of the season comes…
PREPSMake sure to check out Thursday's newspaper if you live in the Spokane area for the All-Greater Spokane League photos and team lists and if you live in North Idaho we'll have our All-North Idaho Football, Boys and Girls Soccer and Volleyball team photos and…
The Cusick vs. Almira-Coulee/Hartline semifinal football game, originally scheduled for Gonzaga Prep and moved to Moses Lake, is coming back closer to Spokane. The game will be played at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field on Saturday. Kickoff is at 3.Let's hope the red turf, which…
The Spokane Chiefs are home tonight for their tradition night-before-Thanksgiving Western Hockey League game.The opponent is Kamloops, which beat Regina in overtime Tuesday night to knock the Chiefs into last place in the Western Division by one point. Last, other than sounding bad, doesn't mean…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:10 A.M. Welcome to the first completely basketball-only blog post of the season. Written in SeaTac on Thanksgiving Eve – the most "perfect" flying day of the year. Actually the security line wasn't that bad, though us folks who fly a lot…
Sitting on the runway in Denver, waiting to finish the last leg of the trip home. I was able to get some work done on the first flight, so here's the day after post following Gonzaga's 66-63 win over Marquette, which was picked to finish…
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