Back with my initial game story from Gonzaga's 73-53 defense-driven victory over Notre Dame tonight at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Here's a link to the story I filed five minutes after the final buzzer. This version will run in the Idaho edition UPDATE: As promised,…
This one wasn't close. Certainly not as close as the final score indicates. Eastern Washington controlled Idaho from the outset, claiming a 73-66 win in Moscow in front of 1,057 at Memorial Gym. Read on for an early version of my game story.
Gonzaga Bulldogs held Notra Dame to just 53 points in their 73-53 victory over the Fighting Irish Wednesday night in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
Gonzaga women's basketball coach Kelly Graves was right - twice. Washington State is much improved and Taelor Karr is the real deal. After Ireti Amojo knocked down a clutch 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, Karr, the transfer from Kansas State, went coast to coast for…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 8:45 P.M. We're in Beasley, so we could watch the men's 67-39 beatdown of a depleted Grambling State team and as much of the women's game I can see while still writing. Read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 4:25 P.M. Washington State has made an official offer to former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach to become its 32nd football coach. Though Leach has yet to accept it, sources in the athletic department told me they believe he will. No information…
I've been wading through questionnaires that I sent out to area boys and girls basketball coaches so forgive me for that posting a prep thread earlier this week. Our boys and girls basketball advances/glances will be in the paper the next two days along with…
Several GU-related links this morning: The view from Notre Dame here, here and here, and more on the GU-N.D. matchup here. Here's a recap of Illinois' road win over Maryland (GU takes on Illinois on Saturday). Finally, ex-Zag Adam Morrison is headed home with hopes…
The women's basketball news for the day ... Washington State has its home opener against Gonzaga, which is now ranked in the coach's Top 25, tonight so we caught up with Cougar senior Rose Tarnowski for our weekly notebook. ... Also on the Palouse, Washington…
COUGARS We're back with some short links today – sounds like a breakfast order – mainly due to putting up the main ones last night. Read on.
COUGARS It has been a long day for a lot of people, one that started early this morning, and including what for Bill Moos was quite possibly the toughest meeting he's ever held as an athletic director, when he had to tell Paul Wulff he…
The start of a tough stretch of games for the Zags begins with Notre Dame on Wednesday. Here's.my game preview that will run in the S-R tomorrow: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/nov/29/now-real-fun-starts-zags/
This got buried on my to-do list. Coeur d'Alene senior quarterback Chad Chalich (pictured above) gave University of Idaho football coach Robb Akey an oral commitment during a home visit on Sunday.
Four players from last year's Spokane Chiefs roster were moved before this season. Now a third one is headed to his second team as Prince Albert trades D Tyler Vanscourt for two draft pick. Read on, we'll see if we can piece this all together.
Paul Wulff has been relieved of his duties as head football coach at Washington State, The Spokesman-Review has learned. He was told in a meeting with Bill Moos this morning. Here is the link to my story. More to come.
COUGARS We don't have a long blog post this morning for two reasons, but we won't bore you with them here. Read on.
COUGARS After all that, Bill Moos and Paul Wulff didn't even meet Monday and a press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Read on.
Attended Zags practice today and checked in with Guy Landry Edi, who is playing the waiting game as he sits out 8 games from an NCAA suspension. Like GU, Edi is still waiting to hear the results of the school's appeal. Moe on Edi in…
COUGARS • UPDATE: 10:20 A.M. There is no news to report right now on Paul Wulff's future, other than he and Bill Moos will continue their conversation sometime today. But we can pass along other items that might be of interest, so read on. •…
You can get an early look at the S-R game story on Eastern Washington's non-conference men's basketball win over vistin UC Davis on Sunday here. And by the way ... this could be a pretty special year for the Eags.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 7:05 P.M. We will have more soon, but we wanted to pass along WSU athletic director Bill Moos' statement after meeting with football coach Paul Wulff on Sunday: “Paul and I met for an hour and a half this afternoon so I…
Gonzaga's senior leaders, Kayla Standish and Katelan Redmon lit up Portland State but the Bulldogs had a different supporting cast in a 99-69 win over Portland State Sunday afternoon.
Senior forward Cliff Ederaine scored a career-high 23 points and added a career-high seven assists, eight rebounds and three blocks in leading Eastern Washington to a 79-59 non-conference men's basketball win over UC Davis at Reese Court Sunday afternoon. Cliff Colimon and Tremayne Johnson each…
Eastern Washington looked sharp in building an early 17-9 lead in its non-conference matchup against UC Davis at Reese Court Sunday afternoon. But shortly after Cliff Ederaine scored his 11th point less than 7 minutes into the game, the Eagles' offense flatlined, letting the Aggies…
There is nothing like sitting courtside for a game, as I did Saturday at the Arena when Gonzaga hiked its record to 4-0 with a 78-58 win over Western Michigan. Unlike home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center where the press table is maybe 20…
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