The rise of Brad Moon

Horses, paintings, hockey and the rodeo may not seem to have anything in common, but one man brings it all together to make one exciting life for himself. Whether it’s bull riding, showing his stuff at an art gallery, entertaining thousands of people during a game or causing shenanigans Brad Moon, 29, public address announcer [...]

The city of runners

With today’s economy, it can be a struggle to get money flowing into the city of Spokane, so the Spokane Regional Sports Commission is doing their part to help. After conferences and many hours of brainstorming and preparation, the Northwest Regional and USA Track & Field National Club Cross Country Championships are coming to Spokane.

Waiting for her chance

Boxing can be an intimidating sport at any age and at any level. Agility, technique, strength and motivation all make the difference between a win, loss or injury. As intense as the sport is to begin with, imagine how much more nerve-racking it is for the only woman in the gym.
“I’ve tried a lot of [...]

Captain of the ship

Coaching sports is a great and rewarding job. There’s nothing like watching one of the kids move on to greater teams and succeed, if you ask most coaches. However, so much more than just calling plays goes into coaching. From leading a Pop Warner football team to teaching life lessons to inmates, one local coach does it all.

Divine Strength

Breaking bricks with forearms and heads, hammering nails into boards with bare hands, blowing up hot water bottles with pressure in their lungs, tearing phone books in seconds and twisting and bending horseshoes into heart shapes are the lengths the Strength Team will go to deliver inspirational speeches.

Radio Control

Radio host by day and an internationally-ranked gamer by night, Sean Widmer has it all. The 26-year-old sports director at Radio Spokane (1510 KGA) has graduated from Eastern Washington University and in a few short years has reached his childhood goal.
“Ever since I was about 10 years old [radio sports reporting] was the goal; that’s [...]

Employing the healthy

Due to high costs of health care, stress and long hours of work, more and more corporations have to think of innovative ways to help their employees get healthy.
A total of 112 people started out in the 2008 Oz Fitness Corporate Wellness Challenge, but only 43 finished with some sort of result. Julie Greeley, regional [...]

A night at the roller derby

When I think of doctors and nurses, I don’t think of helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, fishnet stockings, spanx, mini skirts and intense tattoos. At least I didn’t before last Saturday night when I got to see a live Roller Derby at the Coeur d’Alene Casino for the first time.

Pigskin at the Polo Grounds

Parents with more than one child involved in sports know the challenge of game days and having to be two places at once. When trying not to hurt somebody’s feelings, the time of departure from one game to another has to be just right, but sometimes is just impossible.
Pop Warner football has found a way [...]

Lilac City Tennis Courts

Staying in shape can be difficult, especially when people get away from high school and start to get older. Most people can’t play football, run around all day kicking a soccer ball or shoot hoops for hours. Fortunately for those individuals, tennis is a fun and leisurely sport which people can play well after those [...]

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