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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...
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posted 2019-07-23 15:34
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I was there at KeyArena for the “launch” of Gonzaga basketball in 1999. Sat courtside in Lahaina for the triple-overtime screamer against Michigan Sta...
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posted 2019-06-17 18:31
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This blog is coming to you courtesy of the mysteries of computer technology, 2019. Specifically, you’re reading it now after (a) I lost some computeri...
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posted 2019-06-05 10:17
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Only the most degenerate among us know this is possible, but it’s true: A college-football fan can, if he’s a risk-taker, get down a bet this summer i...
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posted 2019-05-14 12:43
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On the Saturday morning of Bloomsday weekend, with the spring sun glorious, we breakfasted at Chaps, Celeste Shaw’s terrific hangout off State Rt. 195...
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posted 2019-04-01 15:51
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When Gonzaga and Texas Tech advanced to the Elite Eight the other night, my mind turned to, of all people, Erroll Knight. The Zags were going to be fa...
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posted 2019-03-29 10:51
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My late father had an expression for those drivers who didn’t meet his standards, who were going too fast or who made an ill-advised turn. “All the id...
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posted 2019-03-20 12:50
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On the occasion of another NCAA tournament, I decided to take a dive into the NCAA Final Four record book, which is full of great information (you can...