DeSales head baseball coach Kim Cox and his program have achieved much in nearly three decades.
Numerous state championships.
Frequent league titles.
Induction into the Washington Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
And now: 600 wins.
Cox became just the third Washington high school baseball coach to reach the latter [...]
The area athletic scene suffered a loss this week with the passing of Jack Smiley.
Smiley, most recently the athletic director at Dayton High School, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 69.
He also served as A.D. at Waitsburg-Prescott and Prescott over the past decade or so.
I remember [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Walla Walla Community College’s softball team dropped out of first place in the NWAACC Eastern Region standings after losing a league doubleheader to Wenatchee.
The Warriors are still in the No. 2 spot in the league, but they have to be feeling better about themselves.
WWCC went 4-0 [...]
The National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Bobcats have lost 22 straight games – a streak that is the fourth longest in NBA history.
Their record is 7-58.
A loss in their regular-season finale with the New York Knicks on Thursday will guarantee Charlotte the lowest regular-season winning percentage in NBA history.
This, my [...]
Philadelphia entered game four of its National Hockey League playoff series with Pittsburgh on Wednesday night up three games to none.
They had a chance to close the the best-of-seven series out in front of their home fans.
Instead, the Penguins kept the series and their season alive with an unthinkable 10-3 victory.
I spoke to Walla Walla Community College softball coach Mike Staudenmaier by phone on Saturday night, and he was disappointed to say the least.
His Warriors had been swept by Wenatchee Valley in an NWAACC Eastern Region doubleheader earlier in the day.
To make matters worse, WWCC dropped one game behind WVC in [...]
I’ve said it in the past and I’ll say it again: One of the events I look forward to every year is being the public address announcer for the opening ceremonies that begin the Blue Mountain Girls Softball Association season.
The event is scheduled for Saturday morning at the Mill Creek Sports Complex.
[...]
I had the honor to be public address announcer for the 76th annual Carnival of Speed track and field meet Friday at Shockman Field in Milton-Freewater.
I’ve also covered it the past several years for the Union-Bulletin.
There are many aspects of the meet to appreciate – the number of schools participating, the [...]
Just when you thought things could not get any worse for former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Greg Williams, they did on Thursday.
A tape surfaced with comments made by Williams in a team meeting prior to the Saints’ NFC playoff game with San Francisco.
The remarks included Williams encouraging his defenders to [...]
There are many ways to celebrate when a team you are rooting for achieves a great victory in the athletic arena.
Perhaps high-fives, hugs, kisses, or maybe a trip to a local pizza joint or other eatery are ways to go.
Going out into the streets in a rowdy fashion, turning cars, and [...]
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