COUGARS There is a certain excitement about Fridays in football season. It's the day before game day, of course. But when Washington State is on the road, it's also travel day. And today we travel to a new Pac-12 city. Boulder, Colorado. Read on.
Powered by Zach Bruce on the ground and Conner Johnson through the air, the University Titans turned back the Mt. Spokane Wildcats 31-28 in a Greater Spokane League football game in a key 3A showdown Thursday at Joe Albi Stadium. Here's our story. NOTE: I'll…
Brenden Kichton can score big for a defenseman but there's much more to his game.
COUGARS No surprises from Thursday's practice, as Washington State spent the usual hour-plus fine-tuning the game plan for Saturday's game at Colorado. Read on.
After a season on KREM/KSKN, Spokane Shock games in 2012 will be televised on KHQ/SWX. KHQ will air the season opener, the remaining eight homes will be on SWX. More here. Also, WR Brandon Thompkins officially re-signed with the Shock. A late season addition in…
It didn't take the Spokane Chiefs long to clear up their over-age situation. A day after Darren Kramer was returned from Ottawa they traded Matt Marantz to Lethbridge for a fourth-round pick in the next Bantam Draft. Kramer gave the Chiefs four 20's and Western…
UPDATED Allen Martin has stepped down as Riverside’s head football coach. It's not clear whether Martin's departure was of his own volition or not. Longtime assistant coach Mark Vannatter has taken over on an interim basis, athletic director Brent Monroe said. When asked if Martin…
Long-time EWU assistant coach Chris Hansen is no longer on the Eagles coaching staff, according to several sources. And why he decided to leave remains a mystery to most, because no one at Eastern is comment on what is being called a "personnel issue." You…
COUGARS We tried to sleep in today, but that plan failed when the guy upstairs decided to do his vacuuming at the break of dawn. And he's real thorough at it. Real thorough. So thorough we're blaming our headache on him, along with the financial…
COUGARS The weather was perfect. That's the best thing that came out of Washington State's football practice Wednesday afternoon. Read on.
The Vandals' midweek practice just wrapped up, and we've got notes on injuries (specifically related to Preston Davis and Ryan Bass) and the depth chart below.
Click the tab below to see this week's Washington Associated Press football rankings. Ferris continues atop 4A as the Saxons were a unanimous selection. Central Valley is eighth. Coeur d'Alene continues atop the 5A rankings in Idaho.
PREPS Anybody in the know about prep football probably saw this week coming. The biggest game of the year in the Greater Spokane League thus far occurs Friday when No. 1-ranked Ferris (4-0) visits eighth-ranked Central Valley (4-0). Kickoff is at 7. Take a nap…
COUGARS It's another hump day in football season. Somewhere around noon we draw closer to Saturday's Colorado game than we are to the last Seahawk win. Before we get there, though, we have news, notes and links – and a mea culpa. Read on.
COUGARS There was something different about Washington State's football practice today, and it wasn't just wrinkle in the offense or a new coverage by the defense. Read on.
Eastern Washington's injury ravaged football team lost another key component from last year's national championship team Tuesday, when it was announced the senior linebacker Zach Johnson will undergo knee surgery and miss the rest of the 2011 season. You can read more about Johnson and…
It'll be a three-man crew for Gonzaga men's basketball games televised on KHQ/SWX. Ex-Zags Dan Dickau and Richard Fox will join veteran play-by-play man Greg Heister. For years, Heister teamed with former WSU and NBA player Craig Ehlo. Dickau was Gonzaga's first first-team A.P. All-American…
National power Stanford, which has become a regular opponent for the Gonzaga women's basketball team, helped the Bulldogs land their latest recruit. Ellie Tinkle, a 6-foot-1 forward and two-time all-state player for Missoula Big Sky, said she would attend GU next year, a decision made…
Gonzaga seniors Katelan Redmon (Lewis and Clark) and Kayla Standish (Ellensburg), both first-team All-West Coast Conference last season, have been named to the USA Pan American Games team that will compete in Guadaljara, Mexico next month. The team was selected by the USA Basketball Women's…
COUGARS Tuesday practice in Pullman. Wednesday, ditto. Thursday, a short practice making sure the game plan is ready. And then Friday Washington State flies to Colorado for its first-ever Pac-12 game. Pretty big week for the Cougars. Read on.
Spokane added eight free agents, including 6-foot-6 wide receiver Aaron Fairooz and former University of Massachusetts quarterback Kyle Havens. Fairooz signed with the Shock in 2010 but spent the last two seasons with CFL Saskatchewan. Monday was the first day AFL teams could sign free…
COUGARS Welcome to Pac-12 football. The first week of conference play began last night in Pullman under a few dark clouds. No, we're speaking accurately, not metaphorically. It rained all through practice. Washington State takes today off then hits the field again Tuesday afternoon in…
COUGARS Washington State returned to the practice field Sunday night and was met with a rare occurrence for this season. It rained. Hard at times. How did the preparation for Saturday's game at Colorado go? Read on.
Four weeks into the college football season, and the Vandals have just one win (and none against FBS teams). That's certainly not what Robb Akey expected. The good news, though: They have several winnable WAC games left. But there's also more bad news: They've played…
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