Take a look at the person sitting to the right of you. Now look to your left, in front and behind you. Chances are one of them is a Mariners fan. Don’t get creeped out if they’re wearing a suspicious smile on their face considering we have now reached the All-Star Break of the 2009 season…

Maybe one day we can enjoy college athletics without feeling guilty. No more wondering if the football and basketball superstars we love to watch actually work for their grades or attend class. Better yet, maybe there will come a day when we don’t have to hope that at the very least…

The live video stream cut in and out during the broadcast of WSU's budget forum at the Spokane branch campus, but overall message was heard loud and clear. Cuts will be made and layoffs will occur, but not all of the 50 or so faculty and staff members gathered in the small auditorium in downtown Spokane seemed surprised…

It’s just not enough that Tiger Woods is good. Year after year, tournament after tournament, the golfing world stands in awe as the world’s best player takes another step toward greatness. Sure, Sunday’s win was another PGA-tour victory for Woods – his 67th to be exact – but for some reason it never gets old…

The 2009 NBA season can be summed up in one word for the Cleveland Cavaliers: failure. For the surprising Orlando Magic, it couldn’t be more satisfying dethroning King James and the mighty Cavaliers. To Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, it seems like one less roadblock (LeBron James) to adding a 16th championship to franchise history…

Baseball is a series of mind games. Take those away and all you have is a glorified home run derby. As a batter steps into the box and stares the pitcher in the face, he has to wonder whether he’s getting an inside fastball or an outside slider. What if he didn’t have to wonder…

College is a lot like living in dorms freshman year. It's the best time in your life that you never want to have again. It's been a great four years, but it's time to move on. It's time to stop sinking further into debt and start paying off debt. It's time to move on to the real real world (they actually told me college was the real world)…

April Cook didn’t care that she hadn’t made a shot all day. The freshman guard drained a 3-pointer to give WSU’s women’s basketball team a 51-50 lead over Idaho with 33 seconds remaining. Idaho turned the ball over on the ensuing possession and fouled Cook…

WSU women’s basketball takes its high-powered offense on a road this weekend for the short trip to play the University of Idaho. The eight-mile trip across the border to Moscow is the first of a three-game road trip that will eventually land WSU in Hawaii to play the University of Hawaii in a pair of games…

Cougar women’s basketball knocked off another two nonconference opponents this weekend at Friel Court. Anchored by strong defensive efforts in both games, WSU beat up on Long Beach State University 68-50 Friday night and followed with a 73-52 win against University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee…

WSU continues its preparation for league play in a pair of nonconference women’s basketball games this weekend at Beasley Coliseum. Tonight the team hosts Long Beach State University in a 7 p.m. tip off. The 3-2 Cougars look to improve the play of some of their many young players as they put a talented…

Thanksgiving break was a success for the WSU women’s basketball team, which went 2-1 over the week. The Cougars improved to 3-2 on the season with wins against Montana State in WSU'shome opener and the University of San Francisco in the Odwalla Classic tournament…

The hard work finally paid off for WSU volleyball, which won its final two matches of the season during Thanksgiving break. The Cougars capped off the season with two Pac-10 victories, winning 3-1 over Arizona State (13-18, 4-14 Pac-10) and 3-2 over Arizona (16-14…

A painfully bitter football season just got a whole lot sweeter for the Cougars. Washington State University's football team pulled out a win in the 101st Apple Cup on Nov. 22 in front of a jubilant Martin Stadium crowd of more than 32,000. It just took a little longer than usual to do so…

Coming off its first Pac-10 win of the season against Oregon State last weekend, WSU volleyball returns home to play its final three matches of the season, starting tonight against No. 5 University of Washington. The cross-state rival comes to Bohler Gym to kick off the Apple Cup weekend…