June 1, 2007

May 29, 2007
It was a long shot to begin with. Even if the Husky baseball team could pull off a sweep of California during its final weekend, the chances of being invited to play in the College World Series were slim at best.

May 25, 2007
The Husky baseball team is facing a do-or-die weekend. After failing to put up a fight against Arizona in its previous series, the Huskies must now win out to even have a chance at the postseason.

May 22, 2007
Barry Bonds is not a good dude. What's more, he's not a likable dude. Yes, Barry Bonds is the worst thing that could happen to baseball since the designated hitter (and that was a pretty bad brain lapse).

May 17, 2007

May 10, 2007
Who makes the best argument? Tell us why and vote for the winner.

May 3, 2007
A year ago, Brandon Roy was climbing fast into the college basketball elite. Little has changed for Roy in his first season as a professional.

May 1, 2007
What is "it"? Coaches rave about it, scouts drool over it and players need it to succeed at the next level. Yet "it" has never been clearly defined.

April 30, 2007
For those who feel that the spectacle of spring football is a waste of time and media coverage, tell that to the 10,000 strong crowd that showed up to watch Jake Locker, the hottest prospect on Montlake since some guy named Tui, and the rest of the Huskies play a "meaningless" scrimmage on a lazy Saturday afternoon.

April 26, 2007

April 24, 2007

April 19, 2007

April 18, 2007

April 12, 2007

April 9, 2007

April 6, 2007
Entering Hec Edmundson Pavilion among a group that included friends, family and coach Lorenzo Romar, Spencer Hawes put to rest the speculation and rumors that have been swirling around Montlake about his future as a Husky.

April 4, 2007

April 4, 2007

March 27, 2007
With the past three seasons ending in NCAA tournament appearances, the 2006-2007 version of the Washington basketball team was instantly burdened by the weight of expectations.

March 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES — For the second night in a row, the Washington basketball team had to play like there was no tomorrow.

March 8, 2007
LOS ANGELES — Before the Washington men's basketball team could look ahead to its NCAA Tournament hopes, it had to take care of business last night against Arizona State at the Pac-10 tournament.

March 7, 2007
In the year 2000, before he ever donned the purple blazer or fist-pumped the Dawg Pack, Lorenzo Romar was in the midst of one of the most unlikely conference tournament runs in the history of college basketball.

March 6, 2007
Mayers: While my heart leans another direction, my head tells me to pick UCLA, and being able to play in Los Angeles tips the balance.

March 6, 2007
The season may not have turned out the way that Washington had hoped, with a finish at seventh in the conference and a losing record in conference action.

March 5, 2007
The 2006-07 season for the Washington basketball season could be remembered for its maddening inconsistencies that saw the team end with a losing record in Pac-10 play.

March 2, 2007
With its hopes solely placed on winning the Pac-10 tournament in order to reach the NCAA tournament, the Washington basketball team knew that it had to turn around its fortunes in a hurry with just two games remaining in the regular season.

March 1, 2007
With hopes of an NCAA tournament birth all but dashed with the most recent sweep at the hands of the Oregon schools, the Washington basketball team has only to gear up for the Pac-10 tournament.

February 28, 2007
Haywood, dubbed Seattle's original superstar, and Roy have at least that in common, as Roy will likely be remembered as one of the greatest players to don a Husky uniform.

February 26, 2007
EUGENE, Ore. — How much difference can one player make? If it's Aaron Brooks and the No. 23 Oregon Ducks, then the answer is a world of difference.

February 23, 2007
Call it an off night, lack of energy, whatever. Simply put, the Washington men's basketball team did not have it last night against OSU.

February 22, 2007

February 22, 2007
Washington coach Lorenzo Romar is aware that his team's back is up against the wall. With a conference record at two games under .500, and just four games remaining, the time to win is now, and there is no margin for error.

February 20, 2007
The Huskies knew that going cross-country and facing a top-ranked opponent, No. 5 Pittsburgh, was going to be a tall task, especially with their season-long futility on the road.

February 16, 2007
It is not a regular occurrence for teams to schedule non-conference games so late in the season, but with No. 7 Pittsburgh on the docket tomorrow, the Husky basketball team has a chance to make up ground.

February 15, 2007
Everyone loves the underdog, whether it's Bryce Drew hitting a game-winning bucket for little Valparaiso in the NCAA tournament or Adam Sandler winning the gold jacket in Happy Gilmore.

February 14, 2007
The last time the Washington basketball team went up against its rival Washington State, it came back to Seattle as a team thoroughly beaten in every facet of the game.

February 14, 2007
Everyone's done it before — questioned a bad call from an official, raised their hands in disgust when a player misses a free throw or booed mercilessly when a player strikes out. But does anyone really stop and think to himself or herself, "I could do better than that?"

February 12, 2007
From the opening minutes of yesterday's game against No. 25 Stanford, Spencer Hawes wanted to prove something.

February 9, 2007
Jon Brockman does not take losing well. Especially when it means that the other team was able to be more physical than his team. With that in mind, Brockman made sure it did not happen last night against California.

February 8, 2007
The recruiting season is a tricky one for college teams, and selling the program requires diligence and something worth selling.

February 8, 2007
Part of the beauty of the Pac-10 schedule is the chance to play each team twice. For the Washington basketball team, that means another chance at a victory over California (12-10 overall, 4-6 Pac-10).

February 6, 2007

February 5, 2007
Washington needed a quality road win. With just one trip remaining on the Pac-10 schedule, the chances to post a quality win for the selection committee were dwindling.

February 2, 2007
A 23-point lead was almost not enough for the Washington basketball team to overcome a winless road record this season.

February 1, 2007
The one thing that could keep the Washington basketball team from achieving its goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament is its well-documented problems playing away from Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

January 29, 2007
After beating a highly-ranked Oregon team on Thursday, the Washington basketball team knew it had not quite turned a corner. Instead, the players were intently focusing on Oregon State.

January 26, 2007
Just five days ago, a despondent Washington team looked lost, like a team in search of a true leader following its 28-point loss to WSU.

January 25, 2007

January 24, 2007
The Pac-10 season is nearing the halfway point for the Washington basketball team, with Oregon and Oregon State the only teams left to play before the second time around.

January 22, 2007
The frustration of Washington's struggles since starting the conference season was evident on the faces of all the players following the 75-47 loss to Washington State (16-3 overall, 5-2 Pac-10) Saturday.

January 19, 2007
The Washington men's basketball team could not have thought at the beginning of the season that 16 games in, it would be looking up at cross-state rival No. 23 Washington State.

January 16, 2007
Before making the trip to northern California, Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar said the two games against Stanford and California were incredibly important to his team's season.

January 12, 2007
It became evident early on in the Washington basketball team's game last night — a conference tilt against Stanford (10-4 overall, 2-2 Pac-10) — that Jon Brockman was going to be a huge force to be reckoned with.

January 11, 2007
The No. 24 Huskies have seemingly done it all so far. They have faced quality opponents and, in the case of LSU, beaten quality opponents at Hec Edmondson Pavilion.

January 10, 2007

January 8, 2007
The men's basketball team was looking for a win. Three games into the conference season, the UW was staring at 0-3 with a game against Arizona State as its next opportunity to get the elusive victory.

January 5, 2007
When one team out-performs the other in rebounds, assists to turnovers and second-chance points, it expects to win. That was the case for the No. 20 Washington basketball team last night against No. 7 Arizona, except for one thing: they lost.

January 4, 2007
After getting swept on its most recent road trip to Los Angeles, the Washington basketball team will not have any time to catch its breath.

January 3, 2007
When fall quarter ended for the UW, the No. 20 Husky basketball team was undefeated and about to venture onto the road for the first time this season. As of today — the start of another quarter — coach Lorenzo Romar's young Huskies (10-3 overall, 0-2 Pac-10) no longer rank among the nation's unbeaten.

December 8, 2006
With classes ending today, and finals wrapping up over the next week, everyone will be leaving the UW for the holidays. Well, almost everyone.

December 8, 2006

December 5, 2006
Before the UW basketball team's game against Southern Utah last night, the big concern for coach Lorenzo Romar was his opponent's ability to shoot the three.

December 5, 2006
When Husky sophomore E.J. Savannah was trying to decide where to go to college, he made his final decision because he "couldn't leave [his] state, or [his] school in need." Not to mention his family.

December 4, 2006
Just six games into the new season, it seems that one Husky is not content.

December 4, 2006
It has been tough for the No. 11 Washington men's basketball team to stay out of the trap of looking ahead on the schedule.

November 30, 2006
For the first time in a while, it was not the Washington men's basketball team that had trouble getting things going.

November 29, 2006
For the second year in a row, the Washington men's basketball team has exploded out of the gate with five straight wins.

November 28, 2006

November 20, 2006

November 20, 2006
PULLMAN — The window for a bowl game had already closed for coach Tyrone Willingham and the Huskies. But with one last game, they had a chance to reverse their fortunes with a win in the Apple Cup.

November 17, 2006

November 17, 2006

November 17, 2006

November 17, 2006
Fresh off its tournament victory in the Basketball Traveler's Classic, the Washington men's basketball team will face its next test on five-days rest. When Sacramento State comes to town on Sunday, it will mark Washington's fourth game in the span of a week.

November 17, 2006
On a cold day in 1900, the players of the University of Washington and Washington Agricultural College crossed paths for the first time. The game was not exactly one for the ages, as the two teams ended the contest in a 5-5 tie. Since that moment, though, the overall record is nowhere near even

November 17, 2006
The last time the Huskies and the Cougars met, they were staring each other down at mid-field in Husky Stadium. In an ugly display of sportsmanship following the game, the two squads got into a skirmish on the field. This time around, both coaches are hoping to avoid any confrontation, and in the words of WSU coach Bill Doba, return the annual game to a "classy rivalry." Washington has not forgotten the incident, though.

November 16, 2006
In today's college game, there is a severe drought of low-post talent. Due to the rush of high school players to the NBA — just recently stopped by the new age limit — big men in the NCAA are a rare commodity.

November 15, 2006
For the first time in the last three games, a win for the No. 15 Washington men's basketball team was in doubt. After leading all throughout the first two contests, the Huskies had to battle from behind against Northern Iowa to win 70-61.

November 14, 2006
After winning an up-and-down battle against a tough Pepperdine team, the Washington men's basketball squad had to switch gears for its game against Nicholls State. Instead of a fast paced game defined by the play of forward Jon Brockman, it was the outside shooters that took center stage.

November 14, 2006
This season has been a tumultuous one for the Washington football team. The struggles are well known with six straight losses. Yet, with one game to go, there is still a chance to salvage the season, and for the seniors, the squad is built around to go out on top.

November 13, 2006
When Isaiah Stanback's season was cut short by a broken foot, no one could have guessed the effect that his absence would have on the Washington football team's offense. In the four games in which No. 4 has not been the guy under-center, the Huskies (4-7 overall, 2-6 Pac-10) have failed to effectively move the ball. And last Saturday was no different.

November 13, 2006
Coming into the season, coach Lorenzo Romar knew that a squad featuring five freshmen was going to have its share of growing pains. He also knew, though, that this team was talented enough to get it done.

October 23, 2006
Time on the clock had run out. Washington quarterback Carl Bonnell scrambled around in the pocket before unleashing a 40-yard prayer to the end zone. After being tipped by a California player, Marlon Wood came seemingly out of nowhere to catch the ricochet and dive across the goal line to tie the game.

October 23, 2006

October 13, 2006
While the Washington football team has been surprising skeptics on the field of Husky Stadium, coach Lorenzo Romar’s basketball team has been gearing up for another season.

October 13, 2006
The Huskies and Oregon State are two football teams that at the beginning of the season had similar outlooks: battling to get out of the Pac-10 cellar.