A Grip on Sports: If you are working today, sorry, but that was poor planning considering what begins to unfold on the TV all day
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Today is one of the best two days of sports TV each year. Not because of the diversity but because of volume. Sixteen NCAA Tournament men’s basketball games, starting at 9:15 in the morning and running until, well, whenever the Idaho game with Houston ends after 9 p.m.
Idaho's last dance: Far-reaching 1990 NCAA team jelled to near-perfection, then mysteriously scattered
Considering he had been immersed in a long, award-winning career as a sports broadcaster in New York City, Otis Livingston was surprised to be touched so deeply by a basketball tidbit that hit the news last week. The Idaho Vandals men’s basketball team had qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 36 years.
A Grip on Sports: Ironies abound in every facet of life, including televised sports and the decisions made about them
A GRIP ON SPORTS • What a way to start a weekend. There was an ironic – more on that in a second – snowfall around the Spokane area overnight. Confetti fell like snow on the Idaho basketball teams. And the slippery-as-ice Big 12 glass basketball court melted into the storage closet, but not before it may have cost BYU a win.
Tuesday's tournament action underlined a college basketball truism concerning the length of the season and how teams change
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Remember when Gonzaga featured a 10-man rotation? Or when the women reeling after a regular-season-ending loss? Or Idaho’s men were missing their point guard? College basketball seasons are a grind, man, and they rarely end as they begin.
Kansas, Idaho, Utah, Oklahoma in New Push to Restrict Transgender Rights
In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.
THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Ford on Vandal football ... and other things (part 1)
Press sports editor Mark Nelke catches up with Idaho Vandal football coach Thomas Ford Jr.
Supreme Court reviews transgender athletes in girls' sports cases
Supreme Court transgender athletes case could reverse Title IX protections by 50 years, Jennifer Sey argues. The justices review Idaho and West Virginia laws affecting girls' sports.
Bengals’ Bagley claims heavyweight title at North Idaho ...
Bagley’s heavyweight crown, Colfax’s unbeaten run and multiple league-clinching wins highlight a busy night in prep sports
Idaho, WVa AGs predict ruling in SCOTUS case on trans athletes in women's sports
Major Supreme Court case on transgender athletes could reshape women's sports nationwide as justices weigh state laws banning trans women from competition.
Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports
The culture war cases come from Idaho and West Virginia, among the first of the more than two dozen GOP-led states that have banned transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s teams.