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As I was subbing at the school last week I overheard a conversation concerning the NBA playoffs. The young lads were talking about who they thought was the guy they would have playing on their team. Of course the names are relatable such as LeBron James, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and several others. It mostly comes down to what team an individual likes and the best player from that team is usually the favorite. I didn't speak up and reveal my true age. I just thought about...
In a month from now school will be out and the Lind Combine Derby weekend will bring a bunch of crash test dummies to town. We still have some spring sports to follow before the final state contests take place on Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately the LRS baseball team was eliminated this past Thursday. The team had a so-so season but this group of seniors have had a pretty good year with a successful football season and a berth at state for the basketball team with a 5th...
Last week I talked about some of the changes that were made to the game of baseball in order to speed it up a bit. But I left out a couple of big changes that really need to be mentioned. One of the changes concerns the pitcher when there is a runner on base, mostly first base. The pitcher is now limited to make two throws over to first to keep the runner close especially if he is a base stealer. Now the pitcher can throw over a third time but he needs the first baseman to...
My how things have changed in just a couple of short years, or has it been three. Baseball is a different game since March 16, 2020 when spring training was suspended and the Major and Minor Leagues were put on hold. We would go through a shortened 60 game schedule that started in July without fans and even the announcers didn’t go to the away games. Major League baseball needed to make a few changes to shorten the game and one of those rule changes was for any extra inning g...
The basketball tournaments are over and we local fans should be happy that our teams played on for a while. Getting to playoff time is always fun. We get to brag about our team and watch them play in different venues against new opponents. The Broncos had a great year and their late season rally and defensive prowess was something to be proud of. I know a lot of fans love to watch the up and down the court pressing and fast breaks but late in the season that isn’t easy to d...
I think it is really interesting to see how many Gonzaga Bulldog basketball fans are out there. I mean fans that had no idea that the school existed until the tournament runs the last 24 years. Since I had two older siblings that attended the school I knew a lot about it and I also know that John Stockton went there and that Dan Fitzgerald preceded Dan Monson who preceded Mark Few as the head coach for the beloved Zags. A majority of the Gonzaga fans today only know about Few...
I have had the good fortune to be able to attend several Hall of Fame inductions in the last 20 years. The first was for one of my high school basketball coaches; one for a friend that was of a member great Jr. College football team and last Saturday night when Virg McCrady was inducted into the Spokane Basketball Officials’ Hall of Fame. As a former player; as a coach and as a guy that runs the shot clock at Bronco home games it was a bit interesting to see all of the r...
So we are down to our final two weeks of college basketball. I’m kind of a basketball junky. I love the high school playoffs and tournaments followed by the college conference tournaments and then of course March Madness. While many people will follow their team and could care less about watching any other team I love to watch the different teams, players and coaching styles. I’m not sure why but I can be watching a game and immediately start wanting one of the teams to win. I...
On Sunday the brackets for the 2023 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament were announced. This year’s tournament will have the Gonzaga men and women and the Pac 12 women’s tournament champion WSU Cougars in the mix. I have had the opportunity to see a couple of men’s regionals and one women’s regional final and one NCAA men’s championship game. For all of the years that I have watched the tournament on TV it is really special to get to watch the games live. The NCA...
There are a few things I look forward to each year but the state B basketball tournament has to be the one that I plan for weeks in advance. The tournament has been in Spokane since 1958 starting at the old coliseum on Boone Avenue. For now it looks like the 2024 tournament will be the last one in Spokane. Costs for the tournament are escalating with arena rental being the biggest reason. So the future looks like it may end up in Yakima. Now I heard some stories as to the...
Congratulations to Jay Humphrey on his retirement from coaching, hopefully after the State 2A tournament in March. I’ve watched Jay coach on more than one occasion and he certainly had his passion for the game that he learned from his dad, Denny. I have fond memories of Jay’s time as a Bronco shooting guard in the days before the 3-point line was established. Jay had a really nice shot and could make things miserable for his opponent. Our paths crossed on several occasions, us...
Or not. Let’s just say that there were a few things that happened this weekend to make me wonder if our days are numbered going into the future. First of all that weird Chinese balloon the size of three school buses that hovered over Montana and several other states is a little bizarre. There were a few very observant people that noticed this thing in the air. I’m not sure who first saw it but I think it is a little strange that when the government talked about it they cal...
The NFC and AFC championship games were played this weekend and the winners were Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid’s former team the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles blew out the San Francisco 49ers and the Chiefs pulled out a last-second victory over last year’s Super Bowl runner-up Cincinnati Bengals. The AFC championship game matched last year’s foes once again in what has become an evenly matched rivalry. Winning in the NFL consistently is not an easy thing....
For a lot of years the Gonzaga men’s basketball team was criticized for playing in a weak league. So the Zags scheduled a tough nonconference slate against quality teams in early tournaments or at neutral sites near to where the big name team played. After defeating a lot of these big name teams some of them decided it would make for must see basketball by playing a home and home series. These games have been good for college basketball and allowed for other teams around t...
I’ve seen a few Sci-Fi movies about time travel and how someone can change history. But, of course, we really can’t and neither can the folks in the movies. I look at time travel and think where has the year gone now that we are near the end of 2022? To me that seems really fast but a minute or an hour haven’t gotten any faster it just seems that they have. We get up in the morning and splash some water on our faces and the next thing we know is that we are splashing water on...
I have a few things to talk about today so bear with me. A couple of days ago I was driving on the freeway where doesn’t really matter. Anyway I was in the left lane and there were cars coming off the exit into the right lane. I needed to be in the right lane so I speeded up and at the right time I moved over. The car that I moved in front of decided to get into the left lane and would sling shot into that lane. As he moved passed me I noticed that the passenger side of t...
Several years ago my wife and I went to a benefit auction in Othello. During the dinner and just before the auction there was a short demonstration. K-9 Handler Joe Phillips and K-9 Garrett were there to entertain us with the prowess of a well-trained German Shepherd. Former Sheriff Doug Barger put on the sleeve and when Joe gave the verbal command Garrett went after that sleeve with his strong chompers and we all chuckled and applauded. This K-9 was the real deal. During the...
Football is different than basketball when it comes to coaches changing jobs once a season ends In basketball, if your team is in the NCAA tournament, you most likely will not be leaving for your next job until after the team you presently coach iis eliminated. If your team has a good showing just to get there and it either pulls off an upset or nearly does so, then there is a good chance a press conference will take place to announce the hiring of the next coach. That’s h...
We are about to celebrate another Thanksgiving. It is with great hope that we can actually say we are really thankful. I look back on some very memorable times spent at family gatherings. I fondly remember gorging myself on turkey and dressing and so many pies and as a kid I burned off the calories before they could take effect on my body. Not so anymore. Now, I have to pace myself. Those Thanksgivings were also times to watch football. My favorite turkey day event was the...
It has been a good fall for the local high school teams. The football team was league champions along with Liberty and Chewelah. Unfortunately the league doesn't settle ties for the playoffs by playing a tiebreaker against the other teams or use the RPI rating like the state does to seed teams. No they just settled it by drawing cards high card number one etc. Disappointing for the Broncos for sure but it doesn't take away from their highly successful last two seasons. The...
I was reading the sports page this morning and saw the odds posted for basketball games that would be played later in the day. This early in the season there are a lot of games being played by the haves versus the have-nots. There are also some games that look highly competitive. The amount of points that the favorites are expected to win by varies from 2–32 points. Some of the game will be blowouts; a few will be nail biters. It’s early in the season and if you feel sec...
As the college football season continues into the last third of the season you can see how fortunes have changed for some teams. My Eastern Eagles have fallen on hard times as several injuries have led to young players getting playing time and valuable experience. However, with the inexperience and youth factor it has meant a fair amount of missed blocks and tackles and some opponents have looked like All-Americans. Case in point, on Saturday the Portland State QB juked and ra...
It was quite the season that the Seattle Mariners had. It helps that there are more Wild Card teams otherwise the M's may have had to wait another year to make the playoffs. I know that there are a fair amount of purists out there that think only the division winners should make the playoffs. I remember when there were only the teams from the American League and National League and they played each other all season long and the team with the best record would go to the World S...
I think it is important to pay attention to what is going on especially at a high school football game. Such was the case on Friday night at Jimmie Snider Field in Ritzville. It was Homecoming and it was also senior night since this was the last scheduled home game for the Broncos versus the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars. It just so happened that I got to the field a bit early and as part of the chain gang I like to be ready for action. I saw three Chewelah players on the...
A month ago EWU played Tennessee State and part way through the second half a storm passed by and the fans were instructed to leave the stadium because of lightning strikes nearby. So we did. My buddy Ken and I went to my car while others stood outside throwing footballs or reconnecting at a tailgate party. So that was a late summer storm for eastern Washington. Just this past Saturday the Eagles were scheduled to play the University of Florida Gators in Gainesville. This...