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posted 2019-12-16 18:18
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The word on the street in college basketball, 2019-20, is that there are no great teams, only some good ones. It’s not breaking news that Gonzaga seem...
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posted 2019-12-09 14:46
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On KJR 950 in Seattle this morning, host Chuck Powell weighed in on the Gonzaga-Washington game Sunday, and the progress Washington’s young team will ...
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posted 2019-12-06 17:14
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So I was rooting through a disorganized bookcase recently and happened upon a Seattle newspaper from October, 2009. A piece had to do with the then-tr...
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posted 2019-12-04 19:19
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Or, you could title this: “Now The Lifting Gets Really Heavy.” Spokane Arena in March plays host for the sixth time to the NCAA men’s basketball tourn...
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posted 2019-11-25 09:57
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Gonzaga may or may not play Oregon this week in the Battle 4 Atlantis. It depends on whether the Zags can vanquish Southern Miss (2-3), which seems li...
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posted 2019-11-15 21:56
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With about seven minutes gone in Gonzaga’s game at Texas A&M Friday night, I got a text message that had frown wrinkles. The Zags had come out fla...
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posted 2019-10-31 09:52
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So awhile back, I ran across an item related to University of Arizona hoops. Shockingly, it had nothing to do with indictments, depositions or taped p...
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posted 2019-10-10 15:53
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Already, on the subject of college athletics’ percolating name-image-and-likeness issue, Gonzaga occupied a position in the sporting landscape that wa...
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posted 2019-10-04 17:05
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Oumar Ballo, Gonzaga's 6-foot-10, 245-pound freshman center from Mali -- nicknamed "Baby Shaq" -- hasn't yet been declared eligible for the 2019-20 season, as the Zags and the NCAA assess his academic years prior to his enrollment at GU late this summer. "We're still working on that," GU athletic director Mike Roth s...
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posted 2019-08-06 14:56
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A longtime friend has expressed to me his angst over the here-today-gone-tomorrow nature of college athletes, compared to, you know, the good old days...