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Washington State Cougars (Football)

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Ryan Leaf Back in Court, Pleads Guilty as Part of Plea Agreement, Still a Colossal Bust

    Sporting a black-and-white-striped prison jumpsuit, shackles and handcuffs, the man responsible for leading the Washington State Cougars to the team's first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years stood in a Montana courtroom yesterday, pleading guilty to one count each of felony burglary and drug possessi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Junior Seau: Death Makes Eight From His Team, Including Ex-WSU Coug Lew Bush

    When Seattle Weekly reported on the bankruptcy of former Husky and NFL star quarterback Mark Brunell in December, we also touched on other conflicts in the lives of ex-pro football players, including early deaths related to their playing days, such as suicides, as well as heart attacks in their 40s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Ryan Leaf's "Leaf List" of Things to Do Before Possibly Heading to Prison

    By now you've probably seen those "Leap List" commercials - a marketing effort to sling Honda CR-Vs based on the premise that everyone should make a list of things they want to do before making a big leap in life ... you know, like buying a Honda CR-V. Because buying a car is a leap. Or something.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Lew Bush, Ex-WSU/Chargers Linebacker, Dead at 42: Dying Young is Fate of Some NFL Players

    Like Mark Brunell, Billy Joe Hobert, Drew Bledsoe and others mentioned in this week's SW cover story, Lew Bush was a 1993 NFL draft pick from a Washington school. But unlike them, the former Washington State University linebacker from Tacoma who played pro ball ten years, is dead. When he died of a ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2011

    Mark Brunell's Downward Spiral

    How a former UW football star squandered $75 million in NFL earnings.

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Keith Price and Tarvaris Jackson - A Tale of Two Quarterbacks

    Image Source​Keith Price efficiently marched his team up and down the field Saturday night, setting the UW school record for touchdown passes in a season. Tarvaris Jackson managed just 144 yards and failed to get a single first down in crunch time Sunday. Guess whose team won and whose lost.

  • News

    May 18, 2011

    Why Now?

    Answering questions in the wake of the Venoy Overton "orgy party."

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Ryan Leaf's Longest Yarn

    The infamous ex-Wazzu quarterback's autobiography will be longer than Gandhi's.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Ryan Leaf's Three Volume Autobiography: Longer Than Gandhi's!

    ​Earlier this year, a football agent confessed to Sports Illustrated that he'd once showered Washington State's Ryan Leaf with money, girls and lavish trips in hopes the Cougar's stud quarterback would return the favor by picking him as his representative. Now, with the news that Leaf has sign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Ryan Leaf Got Paid By an Agent in College, Says Agent Who Paid Him

    ​In the early 1990s, sports agent Josh Luchs was a young man in search of a whale, that franchise quarterback who could bring him a buy-your-first-house-in-cash payday. Ryan Leaf was a star at Washington State, a team filled with players on Luchs' bankroll. And in a bombshell confession in thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Pete Carroll Should Have Stayed at USC, Says Journalist Who Probably Wouldn't Have

    ​There are lots of things Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll should have done. He should have asked Reggie Bush how his star running back came to be driving such a nice car around campus. He should have postponed the poorly-timed book tour that coincided with the news that the University of S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2009

    Apple Cup

    ​There are lots of things Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll should have done. He should have asked Reggie Bush how his star running back came to be driving such a nice car around campus. He should have postponed the poorly-timed book tour that coincided with the news that the University of S ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 25, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​There are lots of things Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll should have done. He should have asked Reggie Bush how his star running back came to be driving such a nice car around campus. He should have postponed the poorly-timed book tour that coincided with the news that the University of S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Election Night '09: New York's New DA is Ex-Seattleite

    ​Seattle picked a new city attorney yesterday and so did New York - overwhelmingly electing former longtime Seattle attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr. In NYC he's called the district attorney of course, and while many TV-watching Americans thought the Big Apple's DA was Sam Waterston - a.k.a. Jack McC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Slush Pile! Warren Moon Edition

    ​You better be on time if you want to see a movie with Warren Moon. The former Husky star quarterback, who helped beat Michigan in the 1978 Rose Bowl, is a stickler about showtimes. It's one of the few concrete, character-illuminating nuggets in his new autobiography, Never Give Up on Your Dre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Cy Vance Jr. Wins Manhatten DA Primary

    ​Former Seattle attorney Cyrus Vance - a Seattle University law instructor whose high-profile clients included Mary Kay Letourneau's victim/husband Vili Fualaau amd former University of Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel - appears to be New York City's next district attorney, replacing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Cy Vance Jr. Wins Manhattan DA Primary

    ​Former Seattle attorney Cyrus Vance - a Seattle University law instructor whose high-profile clients included Mary Kay Letourneau's victim/husband Vili Fualaau amd former University of Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel - appears to be New York City's next Manhattan district attorney, r ... More >>

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