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Updated 1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Greenhorns make history on BC ice

The Greenhorns made history on Jan. 21 at Lake Windermere, British Columbia, and it’s at least partly because a gr…

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
I am here not to bury Donovan

On Nov. 25, 1985 a youngish reporter, in his Monday duties writing about Griz football for the Montana Kaimin student newspaper, traipsed into Larry Donovan’s office.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Is there an O-lineman in the house

Dillon Botner felt he had a good reason to step away from football after a senior season in which he made three starts on the offensive line: Med school.

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Columan: 'Only Game in Town' turns 20

This coming Sunday at Bozeman’s Historic Ellen Theatre, at 1:30 p.m. in its upstairs ballroom, Wally Kurth and Montana PBS will present a viewing of Class C: The Only Game in Town.

Updated 1 month ago
Column: Vegas lights and press box fights

The passing of Norm Clarke, the eye patch-wearing Terry native who spent a lifetime in newspapers, has brought a flood of eulogies and remembrances from across the state and country.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Column: Missing out on magic of Divisionals

There are plenty of compelling reasons why there are no divisional basketball tournaments in Class AA. Dustyn Franchini-White, Avery Chouinard and I have our reasons why there should be.

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Column: Fulfilling trip to Western B for Trojans

When Cody Orr was asked the last time the Troy boys basketball team made divisionals, he understandably hit a bit of a dead zone.

Updated 2 months ago
Column: Painting a pretty volleyball picture

Jaimie Nelson might seem like an unlikely pick to be Glacier High’s next volleyball coach, in that it’s her first varsity coaching job at the age of 48.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: Sherwood caught the bug early

Basketball fans in Kalispell should remember that George Sherwood was a centerpiece of the Flathead Braves team that made a surprising run at the 2012 State AA championship.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Column: A ranking and a giant from the past

When you see the Iowa State Cyclones are 9-1 and ranked No. 3 in the men’s college basketball poll, you might think this is the best they’ve been since “The Mayor” — Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg — was putting up sho…

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: Where QBs go - but not to stay

It was a spring evening a couple years ago when a longtime friend — we’d played fastpitch together, and like me he is maybe a little too fond of Red’s Bar — made an off-hand yet salient point.

Updated 5 months ago
Column: Senior season a test for Thompson

What was supposed to happen, coming off a scintillating 2023 season, was that Skyleigh Thompson would again be a force for the Montana Grizzlies soccer team her senior year this fall.

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Column: Key for Eureka is having a good, even great Day

One of the factors behind Eureka’s long-term success on the high school gridiron is that coach Trevor Utter has been a middle school principal for 18 years.

Updated 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: From Rawson to the Grizzlies' Hall of Fame

Dylan McFarland confirmed that he was in Washington-Grizzly Stadium Saturday, watching Weber State prevail over his alma mater 55-48, and he is surprised as anybody that it was the Wildcats’ fifth win in six games …

Updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Column: Samson hits send, lands big fish

It was March of this year that Kyle Samson, seeking a home football game for his Montana Tech Orediggers, did something drastic.

Updated 8 months ago
Column: Short game, short season

Shaun Forrest had all of one season as an assistant before he answered the call to lead the Whitefish golf teams in 2024.