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posted 2019-02-19 14:52
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I think this is where I came in. About three years ago, piecing together a work on Gonzaga hoops, “Glory Hounds,” I opened with an anecdote about how ...
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posted 2019-02-11 19:41
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A lot of sympathy is due Killian Tillie for his latest injury at Gonzaga, and for all the constituencies that might feel aggrieved over it, his own we...
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posted 2019-01-29 12:56
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Happened to catch a Seattle radio segment the other day on which CBS sports bracket specialist Jerry Palm appeared. (Yes, occasionally sports-talk rad...
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posted 2019-01-22 11:28
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The first time Brock Ravet cast up a shot Monday at the King Showcase in Kent, it was from near-Steph Curry territory on the right wing. “Oh, my God,”...
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posted 2019-01-16 20:05
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You might have missed this angle Tuesday night, but an old friend of Gonzaga came oh-so-close to doing the Zags a solid. Leon Rice, the 12-year GU ass...
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posted 2018-12-31 16:40
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Fired in December? Who gets fired or furloughed in December, except football coaches and federal workers? But you’d have to say Steve Alford earned it...
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posted 2018-12-18 18:42
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Among the outcomes of the autumn trial resulting from the FBI investigation into college hoops was this: Silence, from the guardians of the game. Thre...
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posted 2018-12-07 21:05
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Sometimes it seems as though Gonzaga basketball started in 1999, so much scrutiny is given to the Zags’ unlikely launch to prominence that year and th...
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posted 2018-12-03 11:00
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In a mention last week of Wednesday night’s Washington-Gonzaga basketball game in Spokane, one account – we won’t mention names; it’s the holiday seas...
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posted 2018-11-26 17:46
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Most of the hoo-ha over college-basketball rankings Monday had nothing to do with Gonzaga, and maybe that’s fitting. The Zags powered through Kansas i...