San Diego coach Bill Grier felt nearly powerless as he watched Washington State sophomore forward Klay Thompson score 43 points on his Toreros in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout. “If you watched the game, it didn’t look like we guarded him at all,” Grier said of [...]
"I didn't even have to ask my daughter to pose like this at Universal Studios. She thought of it before I did," writes Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It. "It was the funniest thing to her to be gobbled up by the giant fake shark." More here.
NFL post-game' [...]It's therapeutic for me cause I admit to advocacy-fatigue.
Particularly fatiguing is reading the thinking, values and partialities coming out of my LDS relatives in conservative Utah [...]
Utah State running back Derrvin Speight (21) breaks loose into the Idaho backfield during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow. Utah State won 52-49. ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Dean Hare)
They met a few feet outside the [...]
When the Idaho Vandals try to win a Senior Day game for the first time since 2004, all eyes will be on the quarterback position. Nathan Enderle is expected to play Saturday against Utah State after missing the past two games with a shoulder injury, and the Vandals (7-4, 4-3 WAC) [...]
Cincinnati’s Steve Toyloy has his shot blocked by GU’s Will Foster in the first half of title game.
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So much for stealth. So much for muted optimism and measured expectations, and a Gonzaga [...]
A Mario Brothers video game is projected onto a large screen on stage, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic plays for the premiere of the debut performance of Video Games Live at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
"I now pronounce you husband and what?!
In another sign that the world is about" [...]
Gov. Chris Gregoire is “seriously considering” legislation that would allow four-minute Keno games as a way to help deal with a projected $2.6 billion budget shortfall.
The games could bring in an estimated $30 million a year. That’s not much money compared with the budget gap, but lawmakers are [...]
Cincinnati center Steve Toyloy (42) and Gonzaga center Robert Sacre (00) get into a shoving match early in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Gonzaga won the tournament by beating Cincinnati in overtime 61-59. You can read Jim Meehan's' [...]
Gonzaga guard Steven Gray, left, and Cincinnati guard Larry Davis dive for a loose basketball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. The Zags (5-1) won the championship game against the Bearcats (4-1) in overtime 61-59. Jim Meehan's' [...]
Penny Arcade, the newly Fremont-based gamer-culture megalith, wants to add reality television to its list of conquests. The two-part pilot of PATV is part Penny Arcade primer, part vlog gamer manifesto, part tear-jerker, and part Leni-Riefenstahl-esque nerd-rally propaganda film—but with PSPs and Game Boys instead of torches.
Here's' [...]
JohnA: In Boise for the holidays, we were excited (even as Vandal fans) to see that 1500 tickets were being made available for the soldout BSU game here this weekend. It appears that a lot of students left for the holiday so the tickets are available. Our excitement [...]
You are probably aware that the city just elected two environmentalists named Mike—as mayor (Mike McGinn) and as city councilman (Mike O'Brien)—over candidates who were well-connected and better funded. How, exactly? Largely because of a ingenious ground game carried out by Sierra Club volunteers. Both men are former Sierra Club' [...]
The "three-G system" already exists, Mr. Beck, and I created it and popularized it. GGG stands for "good, giving, and game." It does not stand for "God, gold, and guns." (It also stands for Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft, but only in Germany, and the East Texas Regional [...]
Washington and Washington State first squared off in 1917 in what was to be known as the Apple Cup. Washington State won the first game. The series did not stay close for long as Washington won four games in a row in the 1920’s and have not looked back, holding [...]
Wisconsin guard Jordan Taylor (11) looks on as Gonzaga guard Demetri Goodson (3) drives to the basket and is fouled by Wisconsin forward Jon Leuer (30) in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game Tuesday at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Gonzaga defeated Wisconsin 74-61 and will [...]
Idaho guard Kyle Barone (left to right), Sacramento State forwards Duro Bjegovic and Michael Selling, and Idaho forward Luciano de Souza look for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday Moscow. Idaho won 75-61. ESPN game story and boxscore here. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily [...]
Gonzaga forward Elias Harris (20) attempts to drive past Wisconsin forward Jon Leuer (30) in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game Tuesday at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Gonzaga defeats Wisconsin 74-61 and will play Cincinnati in the finals. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
Gonzaga defeated Wisconsin 74-61 on [...]
Colorado guard Cory Higgins (11) looks on as Gonzaga forward Elias Harris (20) grabs a rebound in the second half during their game in the Maui Invitational NCAA college basketball tournament in Lahaina, Hawaii on Monday. Gonzaga defeated Colorado 76-72, and now will face Wisconsin in the semi-finals at 6:30 [...]
Colorado forward Marcus Relphorde (5) has his shot blocked by Gonzaga forward Elias Harris (20) in the second half in their game at the Maui Invitational NCAA college basketball tournament on Monday. Gonzaga defeated Colorado 76-72. You can read Jim Meehan's Sportslink game story here. And: ESPN game story here.' [...]
A week off after 11 straight games seems to paying dividends for the Idaho football team. Starting quarterback Nathan Enderle (shoulder) is expected to play Saturday against Utah State, coach Robb Akey said this morning. The junior missed the last two games — both losses — before the bye week. [...]
Colorado guard Cory Higgins (11) leans back to avoid Gonzaga guard Steven Gray (32) in the first half during their game in the Maui Invitational NCAA college basketball tournament at the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii on Monday. Gonzaga recovered from a 15-point, first-half deficit to win 76-72 and [...]
I flew into Philadelphia yesterday in time to watch the Eagles-Bears game with my family, one of those typically frustrating Eagles performances where they can’t seem to get any rhythm going, yet show flashes of brilliance, only to eke out an unsatisfying win or a disappointing loss in the fourth [...]
Gonzaga's Grant Gibbs, from left, Andy Poling and Chris Pontarolo-Maag battle for the ball against Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne's Antwone Sead in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane Friday. ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rajah Bose)
Jim Meehan's Sportslink' [...]The Sandpoint football team chose an inopportune time to misfire on both sides of the ball. Blackfoot built a 29-9 lead before the Broncos held off a late Sandpoint rally 29-23 in the State 4A championship game before an estimated crowd of 2,500 at the Kibbie Dome. Sandpoint (9-3) took over at its 16-yard line [...]
