The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans are in a race for fourth place in the Western Hockey League's Western Conference, which brings home-ice advantage during the first round of the playoffs. Tri-City leads Spokane by one point, but the Americans lost to Prince George on…
Gonzaga senior guard Taelor Karr was named West Coast Conference player of the year on Tuesday. Her coach and teammates know there's more to Karr than pure statistics. Read story
Gonzaga was well represented when the WCC announced its all-conference awards on Tuesday. Kelly Olynyk was voted player of the year, Mike Hart defensive player of the year and Mark Few coach of the year. Olynyk, Elias Harrs and Kevin Pangos were named to the…
The Spokane Chiefs will almost assuredly meet the Tri-City Americans in the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs. Now comes the battle for fourth place and home-ice advantage. Read story
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Ken Bone held his weekly press conference today, and while there is little news, there is an update on Mike Ladd. The update: he's still doubtful to play this week, but he did manage to get a few more shots up…
Gonzaga junior forward Kelly Olynyk has been named WCC player of the year, the conference announced Tuesday. Olynyk, who is averaging 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in conference, becomes the 11th Gonzaga player to be selected WCC player of the year. Mark Few was named…
Check out this cool timeline of Gonzaga's 2012-2013 season. It includes game-by-game updates, with photos, highlights and the subsequent climb up the rankings to No. 1. http://www.spokesman.com/timelines/gonzaga-week-by-week/
A GRIP ON SPORTS Anything happen around here yesterday? I was a bit busy and didn't have time to check. What, you're kidding? Gonzaga is No. 1 in the nation? In what, ROTC rankings? Basketball? Men's basketball? You have to be kidding. Read on.
For the second time this season and fourth time of his career, Kyle Barone, Idaho's accomplished center, has been named the WAC Player of the Week. The conference's top rebounder and third-leading scorer strung together two more double-doubles last week -- his 14th and 15th…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Just like that, it's already Tuesday. There won't be much to read this morning, as usual. But there will be for the rest of the week. Read on.
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