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With the possibility of the NBA returning to town, I started to reminisce about when the Sonics first came to town in 1967 – I was 10 years old and thrilled when the NBA put an expansion team here. The news of the arena plans brought back memories of Bob Rule, Walt Hazzard, Tom Meschery, Bob Weiss and other members of the original...
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Nice win by the Cougs last night in Pullman. It was an unbelievable first half, outscoring the Sun Devils 36-8 and pretty much coasting the rest of the way.
I admit to being worried early in the second half when we couldn’t break Arizona State’s full-court press, allowing the Sun Devils to get within 43-31 with 13:07 to go.
I...
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Raise your hand if you can figure out the Cougars. I can’t. For all the world, I figured we’d lose to the Beavers in Corvallis last night.
We hadn’t won a Pac-12 game on the road. I assumed the Beavers were better than us, even though we beat them in Spokane earlier this year.
But what a nice surprise it was to turn on the...
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A friend of mine named Joe had too much to drink while tailgating before the Cougar football game at San Diego State this year. At some point, the booze overtook Joe’s ability to function, and Joe fell flat on his face.
He was bloodied and bewildered. My sources tell me that Joe kept saying: “What the hell happened?”
That’s...
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I’m saying let it snow because we get enough rain around here, and I like the change of pace. I like the beauty of the snow. I like how quiet it is.
I like sledding with my kids, which is what we did last night. They sledded a lot; I sledded down a hill and over a jump one time, and that was enough. I think I might have tweaked my...
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