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(Photo: SWX)PULLMAN, Wash. - The Washington State football team needs a win in Saturday's home opener against Montana State to forget the pain of the season-opening 65-17 loss at Oklahoma State. The Pac-10 Cougars have a history of dominating Big Sky teams, winning their past 13 inter-conference meetings. WSU has beaten MSU in all six of their past games. More>>
(Photo: Univ. of Idaho Athletics)MOSCOW – After playing the first six matches of 2010 on the road, the Idaho volleyball team was in Memorial Gym for the first time, facing Cal Poly Thursday night. But the Mustangs spoiled Idaho's home opener, sweeping the Vandals 3-0 with 25-23, 25-15 and 25-21 set victories. More>>
Meagan Ganzer (Photo: FILE / WSU Athletics)The Eastern Washington University volleyball team could not find an answer for Washington State's Meagan Ganzer, as the senior from Black Diamond, Wash., recorded 30 kills to lead the Cougars to a 3-0 victory against EWU Thursday (Sept. 9) in Pullman, Wash. The Eagles fall to 1-6 on the season, while Washington State improves its overall record to 4-3. More>>
(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE, WA - The Indians are one win away from their 9th NWL Championship and second in three years, after beating the Everett AquaSox Thursday night 4-1, to take a 1-0 series lead in the 2010 TicketsWest NWL Championship series . More>>
(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE, Wash. - The Mt. Spokane Wildcats are on a mission this season to prove everyone wrong. After graduating what seemed like a whole team last year, this year's team has jumped out to a 2-0 start, including a win Thursday night against Gonzaga Prep. Thursday's game was the late game at Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium, a game aired live on SWX-TV and SWXRightNow.com. More>>
The Canadian Hockey League today announced the first week of BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings prior to the start of the 2010-11 season. More>>
The date was September 4th. It was a Saturday Night football game at Lampson Stadium between Kennewick and Pendleton. More>>
Janelle Bekkering (Photo: Gonzaga Athletics)SPOKANE, Wash. - What an honor for Gonzaga guard Janelle Bekkering! The senior from Alberta was named to the 2010 Canadian Senior Women's National team on Wednesday. Bekkering helped the 2009 team qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships for Women by placing third at the FIBA Americas Championships for Women last September. More>>
(Photo: SWX)PULLMAN, Wash. - All the pieces are in place for Washington State to get a win this Saturday. Their first win in 10 games. The Cougars, coming off a blowout loss to Oklahoma State last week, will play Montana State of the Big Sky Conference on Saturday. And they get to play at home in Pullman to boot. Washington State - and their fans - hope this is a game in which they'll be able to build some confidence. More>>
Ryne Sandberg (Photo: FILE)Spokane native Ryne Sandberg is on the short list of candidates to manage the Chicago Cubs. The North Central High graduate and Hall of Fame second baseman will reportedly meet with the Cubs over the next ten days to talk about managing the team. Sandberg was just named Manger of the Year with the Triple A Iowa Cubs More>>
(Photo: SWX)CHENEY, Wash. - Beau knows Eastern Washington. He also knows Central Washington, given that he graduated from there in 1996. Now, as luck would have it, the Eagles' head coach will lead his team to Qwest Field this Saturday to play his alma mater. Beau Baldwin has spent his entire college football career at one of the two schools. More>>
7 Tri-City Americans players are headed to NHL camps this month. That means the players left have a chance to fight for a handful of roster spots before the 7 return. More>>
The Central Washington Wildcats are hoping to be like fine wine and get better with age. More>>
(Photo: FILE / SWX)How about a friendly little wager on this weekend's football game between Nebraska and Idaho? Idaho's President Duane Nellis is willing to put his meat and potatoes where his mouth is. The Vandals and Huskers meet Saturday in Lincoln. More>>
(Photo: FILE / SWX)The Arena Football League said on Wednesday it has itself a new chief marketer. Stuart Layne will be the AFL's new Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer, tasked with "generating league-wide interest and revenue as well as supporting team marketing and sales efforts." More>>
(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE, Wash. - The wildcat offense is all the rage in the NFL, but it could also make an appearance at Gonzaga Prep this week. Bullpups coach Dave McKenna confirmed Tuesday that starting quarterback Shane Schmidlkofer will be out of the lineup for a while. More>>
(Photo: SWX)PULLMAN, Wash. - Out of sight. Out of mind. Washington State is trying to put last Saturday's 65-17 blowout loss to Oklahoma State behind them so they can concentrate on their home opener. The Cougars play host to Montana State of the Big Sky Conference this Saturday in Pullman. It's one of their so-called "winnable" games. More>>
(Photo: SWX)The Spokane Indians (2-0) jumped out to a large early lead and it proved to be too much for the Yakima Bears (0-2) as the Tribe won the game 6-1 to sweep the best-of-3 series and capture the Northwest League East pennant in front of 1,627 fans at Avista Stadium Tuesday night. More>>
The Tri-City Americans have returned to work after there weekend tournament at Everett. More>>
The Big Sky Conference is adding two schools to its cache of Football Championship Subdivision programs. Cal Poly and UC Davis will move from the Great West Conference to the Big Sky, although a timeline has not yet been set for the change. Big Sky Commissioner Doug Fullerton said adding the two California schools would give the league more depth and help the conference compete for more playoff berths More>>
(Photo: SWX)The SWX Power Rankings are based on a top-ten voting system and reflect the perceived performance of each team regardless of classification. No. 1 (North): Coeur d'Alene | No. 1 (South): Hermiston More>>
(Photo: KTVB)BOISE, Idaho - The Western Athletic Conference has named Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore and place kicker Kyle Brotzman among its top players from week one games. Moore is the WAC's top player on offense after leading the No. 3 Broncos on a late scoring drive to beat tenth-ranked Virginia Tech 33-30 on a national stage Monday night. More>>
Corey Pavin made an obvious choice and a surprising one Tuesday morning when he added Woods and Fowler, along with former major champions Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink, to an American team that will try to retain the Ryder Cup. More>>
RENTON, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks have released veteran safety Jordan Babineaux, fullback Owen Schmitt and defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson. Defensive end Raheem Brock, running back Michael Robinson and defensive tackle Junior Siavii replaced them on the roster yesterday. More>>
Reggie Bush (Photo: FILE)Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday that the Heisman Trophy Trust will strip former USC running back Reggie Bush of the Heisman Trophy.They'll take the award back by the end of September, according to the report. More>>
With two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh inning Andrew Clark hit a three-run single to help the Spokane Indians (1-0) pull away as they defeated the Yakima Bears (0-1) More>>
The Yakima Bears extended their Player Development Contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks through the 2012 season, Bears officials announced Monday. More>>
Central Washington University senior linebacker Jared Silva-Purcell (Honolulu, Hawai'i/St. Louis HS) became the first Wildcat student-athlete of the 2010-11 to earn an in-season honor when he was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week for the week More>>
For the fourth year in a row the Tri-City Dust Devils set a single season attendance record. On the season finale Sunday night a sellout crowd of 3,719 entered the gates of Gesa Stadium to take in a contest between rivals Tri-City and Spokane More>>
Brett Thompson scored twice and Brett Findlay had a four-point night as the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (1-2) took down the Tri-City Americans (2-1) 6-2 More>>
The Yakima Bears (43-33) exploded for six runs in the second inning to defeat the Boise Hawks (34-42) 9-2 in the regular season finale in front of 2,862 fans More>>
The Spokane Indians scored two first inning runs and held off the Tri-City Dust Devils for a 5-3 win Saturday night at Gesa Stadium. More>>
Senior running back Bryson Kelly ran for a career-high 110 yards on 30 carries and the Central Washington University football team overcame an early 7-0 deficit as the 13th-ranked Wildcats defeated Dixie State College of Utah, 24-14. More>>
Brooks Macek recorded a hat trick and Adam Hughesman capped a wild third period to lead the Tri-City Americans past the host Everett Silvertips 6-5 in Day 2 of the Everett Silvertips Pre-Season Classic More>>
The Yakima Bears capitalized on five errors to edge the Boise Hawks 3-2 at Memorial Stadium Saturday night. More>>
STILLWATER, Okla. - The Washington State Cougar football team could not stop the Cowboy's offense as Oklahoma State rolled to a 65 - 17 victory. More>>
Gonzaga Prep's Bishop Sankey ran all over Shadle Park, Moscow dropped 60 on West Valley, Coeur d'Alene blanked Moses Lake on SWX's featured game of the night and Deer Park outlasted Chewelah in a close, low-scoring game. Check out the rest of the scores from a big night for high school football. More>>
(Photo: SWX)PULLMAN, Wash. - The Washington State University Cougars are looking to improve on last year's one win season, but they face a very tough Oklahoma State Cowboys team in Stillwater to kick things off. Kickoff on Saturday is at 4 pm. More>>
(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE, Wash. - The Whitworth Pirates kick off their 2010 campaign on Saturday at home against Hardin-Simmons. Kickoff is at 1 pm at the Pine Bowl. The Pirates lost to the Cowboys last season 48-31 in an old fashioned shoot-out down in Abilene, Texas More>>
(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE -- The Greater Spokane League season is off and running, literally, with a 33-27 thriller Thursday night at Joe Albi Stadium. Mt. Spokane overcame an early 13-7 lead and 105 rushing yards from Central Valley running back Ryan Nungester. More>>
Despite a big day from Eastern's biggest playmaker, Nevada rolled up 553 yards of offense and went on to hand Eastern Washington University a season-opening 49-24 loss Thursday (Sept. 2) at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada. Taiwan Jones accounted for a career-high 322 all-purpose yards (rushing, receiving and returns), including an 82-yard touchdown reception from quarterbackBo Levi Mitchell. More>>
(Photo: Altitude)The Idaho Vandals may have started slow but they finished strong in winning their home opener 45-0 over North Dakota before a rowdy crowd of 11,466 as they notched their first shutout since 1997. More>>
The Yakima Bears (23-12, 41-32) blew what was a tied game wide open with five runs in the fifth to defeat the Tri-City Dust Devils (12-23, 29-44) 9-1 and clinch the second-half Northwest League East title in front of 3,131 fans at County Stadium Thursday night. More>>
Bruce Gradkowski threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter and the Oakland Raiders mostly used backups to end the preseason with a 27-24 victory over the Seattle
Seahawks on Thursday night. More>>
Some schools aim to be on top. Some try to stay there. Others try to live up to the tradition of being the king of the hill. More>>
The 2010 WHL Western Conference champs are back in town, and getting put to the test right away. On Sunday night, both returning players and newcomers underwent a fitness evaluation... More>>
Tri-City Americans' Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that the team has signed 16-year-olds Justin Hamonic, Dylan Fluter and Gage Rapitta to standard WHL Players Contracts. More>>
Tri-City Americans' Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that seven Americans skaters will be heading off to NHL Training Camps this September. More>>
For the second night in a row a late-inning run by the opposition beat the Tri-City Dust Devils and further dampened the team's slim playoff hopes. More>>
The Yakima Bears (18-9, 36-29) struck for four runs in the first and hung on to beat the Spokane Indians (14-13, 36-29) 6-4 in front of 1,542 fans at County Stadium Wednesday night.
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(Photo: SWX)SPOKANE, Wash. - Grab your coats, hockey fans. The Spokane Chiefs are jumping on the outdoor bandwagon, hosting a game this winter under the lights at Avista Stadium against the Kootenay Ice. The Chiefs formally announced their plan Wednesday at a news conference at the stadium – from second base. More>>
(Photo: KHQ/ SWX)Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Dino Rossi will be the honorary team captain for the Spokane Shock Friday night in Arena Bowl XXIII. He'll also call the coin toss to open the game, something that's apparently pleased some fans and irked others. More>>
(Photo: SWX)The Spokane Shock, still at No. 1 in the coaches poll, will work to justify that ranking Friday night on the road in another game shown nationwide on NFL Network. Even though the Shock have home field advantage locked up throughout the postseason, they say they have plenty to prove. More>>
WASHINGTON - Rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Washington Nationals because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Thursday's move is retroactive to July 22, a day after he made his last appearance. More>>
The Tri-Cities Fever came within a few inches of shocking the Indoor Football League world and the Billings Outlaws. More>>
