After getting 22 young men to sign National Letters of Intent to play for the Cougars next season, Head Coach Paul Wulff was just plain thrilled. “I’m really excited about what these guys are going to bring to Cougar football in the future,” Wulff said of the players…

With only empty Clinique counters visible behind locked doors, the old Bookie building on Thatuna Street sits vacant, remnants of the once bustling store littering its hardwood floors. The building – vacated in August – will continue to sit empty until the governor approves funding for needed renovations…

At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, senior turf management major Kevin Hogue and senior construction management major Kensi Hamilton went camping. Their site of choice? The east entrance of Beasley Coliseum. They wanted to sit in the front row to watch the WSU Cougars take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs…

Covering the white wall in Murrow East 205 hang 29 laminated press passes, each a different color than its neighbor, each placed with care into neat rows and columns, sitting among pictures, mementos and plaques, each with one thing in common: The words “Glenn Johnson P…

There are few players in the Pac-10 as intimidating as Greg Trent. The 5-foot-11 senior middle linebacker is a commander of the gridiron. He uses his wits to read an offense before sprinting full speed at the opponent, all of his 230 pounds hurtling toward holes as he sacrifices his body to plug holes and stop running backs…

Free safety Xavier Hicks Jr. is returning to the defensive lineup. More changes are coming to the lineup this week as the Cougars prepare to take on the Portland State University Vikings on Saturday. Hicks is returning after being suspended for three games due to a criminal incident…

As the proposed University District negotiations continue, the Pullman Police Officers Guild has thrown its arguments into the ring of an already heated subject. The guild submitted a demand for negotiations to the Pullman City Council on Sept. 5 and raised concerns about the legality of the U-District proposal…

As Hurricane Ike moved toward Texas, the Cougars’ game day and time moved as well. Friday night lights will beam down on the Cougars today as they take on the Baylor University Bears in Waco, Texas at 5:30 p.m. PDT. The original schedule had the Cougars (0-2…

After taking his first college snaps in a blowout 66-3 loss to the Cal Bears last week, Kevin Lopina could have the chance to be a starter against the Bears again – this time of Baylor University. In the post-game press conference Saturday, Head Coach Paul Wulff and Offensive Coordinator Todd Sturdy both said they were disappointed with how the quarterbacks played…

Kenny Alfred knew about new head coach Paul Wulff before he even met him. The junior starting center had an inside source. A source who had been telling him about Wulff for years, sharing stories with him about the man who would be taking the reins of the WSU football team…

“Debut” was the word of the day at Quest Field Saturday, as the Cougars unveiled a new coaching staff, new starting quarterback and new offense. Filled with expectations, the day ended with Washington State falling to the Cowboys of Oklahoma State University on Saturday afternoon…

rlk caw A team already thin on the depth charts was dealt another blow Tuesday, when defensive lineman Andy Roof was expelled and kicked off the football team. Roof, a redshirt senior and key backup on the defense, has a well-documented history of discipline issues involving a fight last April and other previous alcohol offenses…

Defense was the bright spot of an otherwise dim final scrimmage for the Cougar football team Friday afternoon. Senior quarterback Gary Rogers was intercepted three times, twice by sophomore cornerback Easton Johnson and once by junior free safety Xavier Hicks Jr…

The third poorest country in the world is getting a helping hand thanks to five WSU students. The group, called Watercycle, placed second out of 20 in a business competition between undergraduate students in the region by creating a new kind of powered water pump…

Preliminary results show WSU placed third in a 10-week recycling competition between 400 university and college campuses across the nation. The event, called “Recyclemania,” measures the amount of recyclable material collected weekly, and ranks schools in a number of measures including recyclables per capita…