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Jim Meehan

Jim Meehan

Current Position: sports writer

Jim Meehan joined The Spokesman-Review in 1990. Jim is currently a reporter for the Sports Desk and covers Gonzaga University basketball, Spokane Empire football, college volleyball and golf.

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Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Mark Few’s Olympic experience: Snoop Dogg, watching Nadal vs. Djokovic and Kevin Durant’s offensive brilliance

Not much happening in Mark Few’s world other than fist-bumps with Snoop Dogg, preparing Team USA for the quarterfinals and revisiting Gonzaga’s win over Kevin Durant and Texas and the Zags’ loss to Stephen Curry and Davidson. Oh, and time spent as a fan watching tennis titans Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at famed Roland Garros and men’s and women’s 3x3 hoops.
Sports >  Area sports

Gonzaga’s Grace Lee tests improving game at U.S. Women’s Amateur

Grace Lee showed her first true interest in golf at age nine by asking her father if he’d take her to the driving range. “He took me and said I had a natural golf swing,” Lee recalled. “The first tournament I played in I got second place, so that kind of motivated me. I thought, ‘I think this is my sport.’ ” Think she might be right.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga’s Mark Few: Touching down in France, a close-up view of LeBron James and figuring out chemistry on the fly

The lead-up to the Summer Olympics reminds Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few, an assistant with Team USA, of the day or two before the NCAA Tournament. Arrive at the host city, check out game and practice venues, take care of media obligations and prepare for upcoming games – except all this is taking place in France, where the opening ceremonies will be held Friday.
Sports >  Area sports

Amateur Andrew Von Lossow claims Rosauers Open title with birdie on 18th hole

Longtime followers of the tournament, a major on the PGA’s Pacific Northwest Section, know Indian Canyon’s final two holes – a drivable par-4 and a shortish par-5 – often produce fireworks and dramatic swings on the leaderboard. That’s exactly what happened Sunday as Spokane amateur Andrew Von Lossow spent his lead with a double bogey on No. 17 before responding with a birdie on the par-5 18th to take home all the Rosauers Open trophies – low amateur and tournament champion.
Sports >  Area sports

Amateurs Andrew Von Lossow, Dalton Dean shoot 65 to share lead at Rosauers Open Invitational

Spokane’s Andrew Von Lossow and the University of Idaho’s Dalton Dean led a strong showing by area amateurs in Friday’s first round of the 37th Rosauers Open Invitational.Von Lossow and Dean each birdied all three par-5s and carded 6-under 65s at Indian Canyon Golf Course to move to the top of a crowded leaderboard. Amateur Nate Plaster, who recently played at Washington State, is one of six players trailing the co-leaders by one stroke.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Dates set for next two matchups in Gonzaga-UCLA basketball rivalry

Gonzaga and UCLA will resume their interesting non-conference rivalry in December each of the next two seasons. The West Coast powers agreed to a two-game series back in May. The dates are now set for the matchups: Dec. 28th at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and Dec. 13, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, according to a Gonzaga release.