There’s a Riley in the coaching box at Wazzu
When Washington State visits The Bluff Saturday for a 5 p.m. game at the University of Portland, the Cougars will be bringing along not only a 10-3 record but one of the youngest Division I head coaches in the country.
Pros vs. Joes No. 19: Think you’re a sports fan? You don’t match up with Rob Closs
Do you want to know how seriously Rob Closs is taking his participation in the “Pros vs. Joes” Bracket Challenge on kerryeggers.com?
Something new: A weekly menu of sports book reviews
As a service to our readers — the ones who enjoy sports books — we’ll critique an offering a week from now until Christmas.
The first one is a book written by one of my favorite writers and a great guy familiar to sports fans in this area. Bud Withers worked for a long time for the Seattle Times and P-I, but before that was with the Register-Guard in Eugene, where he came across one of the most polarizing figures ever to hit the Northwest college basketball scene.