June 1, 2007

May 31, 2007
On the surface, they appear to be the ultimate contests of strength and will. Football, baseball, soccer, basketball, heck, even golf all look like a manly-man's unrivaled entertainment. They're sweat-filled fights of rage, blood, sweat and yes, tears. What self-respecting man would not watch two teams battle it out on any playing field?

May 24, 2007
To be sure, watching professional basketball bores the heck out of me, but professional business, now that's exciting.

May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007
If you love the NBA, go ahead and stop reading. I'm so sick and tired of the "Not Basketball Anymore," I'm going to barf and go to sleep. Wake me up when the playoffs are over. Please, don't wake me up any sooner.

May 11, 2007
I've been out of the loop. I had no idea until Wednesday afternoon that the lowly Washington State Cougars — weeks ago — had found a new coach to guide their horrible women's basketball team.

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

May 3, 2007
At 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, I was sleepy as all hell. I crawled out of bed, skipped the shower — and coincidentally the toothbrush — struggled into my rain gear and shuffled out of my hotel room into what felt like an ice storm.

May 3, 2007

April 27, 2007
Go figure. A week after I profess my love and appreciation for the start of the baseball season, the damn game cheats on me. Well, I guess it's not like the girlfriend that sleeps around, but still, it hurts.

April 19, 2007
It's odd. Baseball is nearly 20 games into the season and I'm still happy. Usually, I'm already waiting for the next spring training. I'll watch for the first week of the season and either fall asleep or just ignore baseball altogether.

April 16, 2007
The women's basketball team began a new era April 6, when the UW announced that Tia Jackson would be picking up the reins as coach, following the departure of veteran coach June Daugherty.

April 12, 2007
You'd have to be a shut-in not to notice. In Seattle, that isn't altogether uncommon, but take note: summer is approaching.

April 5, 2007
This week, tragedy transcends baseball. To me, the NCAA Championship is small potatoes. The same goes for spring football discussions and any NHL playoff talk.

April 5, 2007

March 29, 2007

March 29, 2007
I am a little Raoul Duke. Not a whole lot –— just a teeny, tiny taste.

March 28, 2007
At best, the future of the Washington women's basketball team is uncertain.

March 26, 2007
Nine was not enough. For former women's basketball head coach June Daugherty, nine trips to the postseason in 11 seasons holding the reins were not enough to keep her a Husky.

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 5, 2007
Shay Murphy of USC, the Pac-10's second-best scorer, had been quiet all game in Saturday's quarterfinal against the women's basketball team.

March 2, 2007
The wild west of lore has nothing on this showdown for the ages.

February 28, 2007
I'm willing to bet Justin Dentmon is going to have a heck of a week as the Dawgs take on USC and UCLA.

February 26, 2007
Saturday's senior night was a success, times six. The women's basketball team bid thanks and farewell to six senior players before its final home game against Oregon, and then went on to rout the Ducks 61-46.

February 23, 2007
Husky Maggie O'Hara didn't overwhelm the stat keepers at Hec Edmundson Pavilion Thursday as the women's basketball team took on the Oregon State Beavers, but the senior may have been the difference in the Dawgs' 70-59 win.

February 22, 2007
The women's basketball team wraps up its regular season with a two-game home stand beginning today, when the Dawgs take on Oregon State at Hec Edmondson Pavilion at 7 p.m.

February 20, 2007
One down. Two left. The women's basketball team beat the Washington State Cougars 81-49 in Pullman, Wash. Saturday, solidifying a position in the top half of the Pac-10.

February 12, 2007
Any notions of the women's basketball team pulling off two upsets in a row and accomplishing its first road sweep of the Bay Area schools since 1999 were put to rest in the first half of Saturday's game at No. 11 Stanford.

February 9, 2007
The women's basketball team trailed for 95 percent of Thursday's game at No. 20 California, but all that mattered was the final score, as the Dawgs upset the Golden Bears with a come-from-behind 79-76 overtime victory.

February 8, 2007
The women's basketball team gets a rare chance to turn nightmares into dreams, but there's also a chance that their nightmares will simply continue.

February 5, 2007
The women's basketball team is back on track. The Dawgs (14-10 overall, 7-6 Pac-10) beat Arizona 79-64 Saturday just in time to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 7.

February 2, 2007
If it isn't one thing, it's bound to be another.

February 1, 2007
The women's basketball team owes the Arizona State Sun Devils. It was No. 12 ASU that came from behind to steal a win over the Dawgs Jan. 7.

February 1, 2007
The Dawg Pack is whack. I said it and I stand by it. If you don't think it's true, you're wrong.

January 31, 2007
There are just two mini-seasons left.

January 29, 2007
It could not have been the women's basketball team that traveled to Southern California this weekend.

January 26, 2007
The women's basketball team doesn't get any respect. Sure, the fans cheer loudly for them, officials make calls in the Dawgs' favor and opponents usually commend them on their athleticism and style of play, but in NCAA basketball circles only the polls put programs on pedestals.

January 23, 2007

January 22, 2007
Rivalry resurrected the women's basketball team Saturday — not that they were really dead, but the Huskies rose from recent lows to an 86-64 feel-good win over the Washington State Cougars at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

January 19, 2007
The doctor could not have prescribed a better cure for the women's basketball team.

January 16, 2007
Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but it was a bad sign of things to come for the women's basketball team.

January 12, 2007
Someone must have left a door open at Hec Ed, because the cold weather found its way to the basketball floor, turning Husky shooting hands that were hot as ever last weekend ice cold.

January 11, 2007
If history really does repeat itself, there is no better time than the present for a little déjà vu, as far as the women's basketball team is concerned.

January 8, 2007
With so many win-related streaks running on both sides coming into Sunday's women's basketball game at No. 13 Arizona State, something had to give.

January 5, 2007
When Emily Florence rebounds, the women's basketball team wins Pac-10 basketball games.

January 4, 2007
The last time the Husky women's basketball team was this hot, many of its current players were toddlers.

January 3, 2007
June Daugherty must have been on Santa's 'Nice' list. What other explanation could there be for the December dominance her women's basketball team showed while winning eight straight games to close out the month, including a hard fought 72-67 win over Pac-10 foe UCLA on the last day of the year?

December 8, 2006
Lucky? The Nevada women's basketball team is not. The Wolf Pack (3-4) travels to Hec-Ed on Sunday at 1 p.m. to face a rabid Husky team that is poised to bite.

December 7, 2006
It was a perfect storm. Unfortunately for Texas A&M, they sailed right into it.

December 6, 2006
If a team's character is built upon the difficulties they overcome, the Washington women's basketball team should be seamless.

December 4, 2006
If the Washington women's basketball team were a wide receiver, they would be dropping touchdowns.

December 1, 2006
When it comes to sealing the deal, the Washington women's basketball team has some work to do.

November 30, 2006
The Washington women's basketball team takes its three-game winning streak on the road today, facing off against Kent State at 4 p.m. After winning the Basketball Travelers' Husky Classic at home, the UW will look to even up its road record.

November 27, 2006
Somewhere in the upper echelons of existence, Judy Garland is still tapping her shoes together saying, "There's no place like home; there's no place like home."

November 22, 2006
It turns out Husky women's basketball coach June Daugherty was right after all: Hard work does pay off.

November 21, 2006
If the Husky women's basketball team has any luck at all, playing in the state of Washington will be much kinder to them than playing at places that fly flags other than the evergreen banner with the first president's familiar mug on them.

November 20, 2006
It is not often that a game involving 10 players can be absolutely owned by a single athlete. Unfortunately for the women's basketball team, this happened Friday. All-American Katie Gearlds did whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted, leading Purdue to an 88-64 win over the Huskies.

November 17, 2006
The schedule is not the enemy of the Washington women's basketball team, but it is none too friendly, either. After falling 78-61 to unranked Marquette last Tuesday, the No. 23 (ESPN/USA Today) Huskies (0-1) play at No. 13 Purdue today at 3 p.m.

November 15, 2006
Roll over is not a trick the Huskies have ever been good at. Unfortunately for the women's basketball team, it is a trick they can do.

November 14, 2006
Mother Nature cannot stop the Washington women's basketball team, but she can delay it. The Huskies got a late start on their Monday flight to Milwaukee to take on the Marquette yesterday due to weather conditions in the Chicago area, but senior forward Breanne Watson said that, aside from having to spend extra time in the airport, everything is on the up and up heading into the tough preseason match-up.