The next time Jay-Z sees LeBron James listening to his latest album, he should take it and break it in half. The last thing Jay-Z, who is also the co-owner of the New Jersey Nets, should want is James in an “Empire State of Mind.” If James signs with the Knicks…

It’s going to be a big season for the WSU men’s and women’s club rowing team, and it’s not just because they have 70 rowers out for this years team, 40 of whom are taking their first strokes in the water. “We want to be known as the top club program in the nation…

It’s official. The NFL is bigger than Terrell Owens’ ego. It has been a close contest for a while, but Sunday’s highest-TV-ratings-of-all-time Super Bowl should shut T.O. up once and for all (although losing usually seems to make him talk more). Annoying receivers aside…

Two weeks ago, as the New Orleans Saints kicked an overtime field goal to beat the Minnesota Vikings, I screamed four words. "There is a God!" I've been a Green Bay Packers fan since I was 5, and after years of watching Brett Favre (the adulterer of Packer Nation) throw game-ending…

While the beginning of the semester is back to school for most students, for WSU’s club ski team, it has been “fish back to water.” After spending the fall going through dry land workouts, the eight-person, men and women’s teams have been enjoying the snow…

Rugby provokes heated competition on the field and a tightknit camaraderie off of it. In some cases, the camaraderie extends to a team’s opponents. The WSU Men’s Rugby Club will compete against the rest of the Pac-10 Conference this weekend at a tournament hosted by UCLA…

Freshman guard Reggie Moore had an impressive resume to play basketball for WSU. During his senior year of high school, he averaged a double-double with 20 points and 10 assists. He was the captain of a Rainier Beach High School team that went 29-1 and won the 3A state championship…

Of the 26 freshmen who came to WSU to play football in 2006, senior linebacker Andy Mattingly will be the only one to don the crimson and gray for Saturday’s game versus the Oregon State Beavers. In the four years Mattingly has been at WSU, he has had four position coaches…

So far in his first year as the WSU men’s head basketball coach, Ken Bone has managed to stay undefeated. Not bad, but he has only been in Pullman for seven months and has yet to coach a regular season game. “It’s been great. It’s been enjoyable and great for my family…

WSU Athletics Director Jim Sterk held an open forum at Fireside Grille on Thursday to discuss the Martin Stadium Renovation Project. The event was the first of a series of forums Sterk will hold around Washington and Oregon. The forums are meant to gather input for Phase III of the project…

Elisabeth Fournier is 100 percent student-athlete. The sophomore tennis phenom is an individual and team competitor, a 4.0 student in high school and a 5-foot-4 motor with 10-foot-tall expectations. “You never question (Fournier’s) effort. She’s all about the team…

The WSU women’s tennis team wrapped up its fall season last weekend at the round-robin style Jack Taylor Classic in Boise. Freshman Liudmila Vasilieva won all of her matches over the weekend when she defeated Lacey Pflibsen of Portland 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. Vasilieva also took down No…

The WSU women’s tennis team will travel to Boise to compete at the Jack Taylor Classic this weekend. In a four-team individual, round-robin style tournament hosted by Boise State, the Cougars will also compete against Montana State and the University of Portland…

After winning three out of four flights at their season opening Cougar Classic tournament in Pullman, the WSU women’s tennis team is ready to hit the road. Though it is only a 75-mile journey to Spokane to compete in the Gonzaga Invitational individual style tournament…

The women’s tennis team will kickoff their season by hosting the annual Cougar Classic singles tournament this weekend. Six of 10 players will be competing as Cougars for the first time. “We’re really excited to get out of the practice setting,” head coach Lisa Hart said…