It took more than three years and two different universities, but I finally found my niche. It wasn’t as a freshman backup second baseman on the George Fox baseball team. It wasn’t as a “Newsworthy” sports correspondent on Cable 8. It wasn’t even in my fraternity…

The brown house with two garages is just like those across the street and dozens more across town. The husband answers the door with his light blue Underarmor pullover tucked into his jeans. He is wearing sandals with socks – just like anyone else’s grandfather…

Inconsistency was the word for the WSU baseball team this weekend, as Washington continued its diamond mastery of its cross-state rivals. The Huskies swept all three games from the Cougars (13-10, 0-3 Pac-10) at Bailey-Brayton Field, capping the series with a 6-5 win Sunday…

LOS ANGELES – During a timeout with 9:53 to go, the USC pep band unleashed a rather brassy version of Hoobastank's "Crawling in the Dark." "I've been crawling in the dark," the lyrics go, "looking for the answer." After fighting and crawling through two nail-biting contests with the Cougars earlier this season…

LOS ANGELES – Down 36-31 at the break, WSU turned to its two All Pac-10 guards that got them here. Derrick Low had 15 points and Kyle Weaver chipped in 13, as the No. 11 Cougars (25-6) defeated the Huskies (19-13) for the third time this season, and fifth straight time overall…

When the Cougars take on the Huskies today in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament, they will try to disprove an old basketball adage. “It’s hard to be a team three times [in a season],” guard Kyle Weaver said. Nevertheless, the Cougars (24-6 overall…

Spearheaded by senior Eddie Hill, All-Pac-10 Freshman Team performer Isaac Fontaine and Mark Hendrickson – the pride of Mount Vernon – the 1993-94 WSU men’s basketball team went 20-10 to finish fourth in the Pac-10. The team secured an NCAA Tournament berth by sweeping Stanford and No…

Aside from the storied 1917 national title, the closest any WSU athletic team has come to a national championship in a major sport was its national runner-up finish in 1941. The similarities between the teams from 1941 and 2007 are striking. Both teams were picked to finish last in the standings…

It’s Pac-10 Tournament time again, and for once, the WSU basketball team is in the thick of the race. The tournament tips off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, when the California Golden Bears take on the Oregon State Beavers. Unlike conference play and the NCAA Tournament…

The din at Friel Court was deafening from the opening tip-off – won by surprise starter Aron Baynes – until the final minute. The 11,618-strong crimson throng, which began assembling early Thursday outside Beasley Coliseum, made their presence felt. Unfortunately…

The No. 13 WSU Cougars fought hard, but fell 53-45 to No. 2 UCLA Bruins at Beasley Coliseum. WSU led 4-2 early, but an Arron Afflalo 3-pointer gave UCLA a lead it held for more than 18 minutes. The Cougars pulled even at 16 with six minutes to go, but didn't regain the lead until the final minute of the half…

The practice jerseys the WSU men’s basketball team wears are reversible – white on one side and red on the other. The eight players in Tony Bennett’s regular playing rotation wear white, while the mop-up guys – the redshirt guys and the practice squad guys – wear red…

It just wasn’t to be. The No. 23 Oregon Ducks continued their domination over the No. 9 Cougars as they beat WSU 64-59 on Thursday in Eugene, Ore. The Ducks once again beat WSU from behind the arc, as Oregon’s diminutive guard duo of Tajuan Porter and Aaron Brooks combined for 37 points…

The menace for the WSU men’s basketball team this decade hasn’t been Washington – four straight wins have taken care of that. It hasn’t been Stanford, Arizona or even perennial national powerhouse UCLA. It’s been the green and gold from Oregon. The No. 9 Cougars have lost 12 straight games to the Ducks…

The beat goes on for the WSU men’s basketball team as it dealt Washington just its second home loss of the season on Wednesday. This marks the second consecutive year the Cougars have swept their cross-state rivals. WSU guard Taylor Rochestie came off the bench to score 16 points to lead the No…