Having something to prove – but not too much – may be the best situation for the Eastern Washington football team, which opens five weeks of spring practice on Thursday. The Eagles are coming off one of the most successful seasons in school history –… more »

The first glimpse of quarterback Kyle Padron was worth the wait for Eagle football fans, but the efforts in the running game were also a welcome sight. The Southern Methodist University transfer passed for 214 yards and a touchdown in the Eastern Was… more »

A whopping 13 returning Big Sky and Great West all-league performers make up part of the linebacking corps in the BSC in 2012. Two others who were named all-Big Sky back in 2010 are back, too. And that's not to mention the several names worthy of consid… more »

Happy Fourth of July everyone! As you know, Trumaine Johnson set the standard by which cornerbacks in the Big Sky Conference are judged. The Montana star dominated his side of the field, going head-to-head with the league's top receivers each and every… more »

These guys don't get a whole lot of credit but still play a huge role in the outcome of football games. A new era of football in the Big Sky Conference begins this fall as the league welcomes four new teams to the fold. The additions of UC Davis, Cal… more »

Eastern Washington wide receivers coach Junior Adams doesn’t have the easiest job on campus. Really. It’s just the opposite, said Adams, who in four years has crafted a unit that should be the best in the Big Sky Conference, if not the entire Footbal… more »

It was on the bus ride back from Missoula, where Eastern Washington had just been stung by a 17-14 Big Sky Conference football loss to Montana, that Patrick Mealey made the transition from a third-string heavyweight tight end to an emergency flyweight c… more »

The No. 12 Montana Grizzlies aren't calling this the revenge tour, but they know the score: 36-27. That's the final of last year's Griz-Eastern Washington game, the first on the Eagles' new red turf. The hosts won in dramatic fashion, scoring nine po… more »

Call them Bo Levi and The Not Ready for Pac-12 Players. That Eastern Washington won a Football Championship Subdivision title last season shouldn't be a surprise, given that Cheney, Wash. - which sits just 20 miles from Spokane - has access to a good… more »

Baldwin, Mitchell regret wasted time at end of first half in Saturday’s narrow loss to Huskies There was certainly no shortage of key decisions and key plays in Saturday afternoon’s Husky Stadium showdown between visiting Eastern Washington Universit… more »

This much is certain: Big Sky Conference football coaches agree the league is likely the strongest its ever been. “In my opinion, and I don’t mean to sound cliché or anything like that, but everybody talks about how the SEC is so tough — the toughes… more »

One decade ago, Renard Williams returned to his Port Orchard home a shattered man. A shattered boy, anyway. Williams, you see, had been cut by the eighth-grade basketball team at Marcus Whitman Junior High School. That's not easy on one's ego when y… more »

Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell passed Eastern Washington to its first Football Championship Subdivision national title last season, and he is the leader of a team with so much returning talent that the Eagles are predicted to repeat. Eastern Washington… more »

3 of 7 of the Consolidated Polls predict the Eagles as #1 Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell passed Eastern Washington to its first Football Championship Subdivision national title last season, and he is the leader of a team with so much returning talent t… more »

They're the last line of defense. They're the ones who must make stops or defend passes when no one else is between the opposing offense and the goal line. It's not an enviable task, and it takes poise and patience to be successful. It also takes ple… more »