The most surefire way to win in the NFL? Find a franchise quarterback. The most surefire way to find a franchise quarterback? That’s the more compelling question.
San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama was the runaway favorite as the season progressed and former Gonzaga standout Chet Holmgren was seemingly locked into second.So Monday’s announcement on TNT’s NBA Tip-off Show that the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama was the award’s sixth unanimous winner was essentially a formality.
Comedians, former teammates, rivals and a Kardashian took their best shots at Tom Brady Sunday night in the live Netflix “Roast of Tom Brady,” spewing zingers over more than three hours in the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • We woke up this morning thinking about many different subjects, from the Mariners’ crucial win Sunday to what we were going to have for breakfast. Different subjects, sure, but Mondays can be like that. You have to focus on what makes you happy as the work week begins. For many, it was one swing of the bat late Sunday afternoon.
Khalif Battle amassed 1,343 points the last five seasons at Butler, Temple and Arkansas, averaging an astounding 29.6 points through the final seven games of the 2023-24 season with the Razorbacks.
HOUSTON – No one took Friday’s loss to the Astros harder than Cal Raleigh. It was the probably the Mariners’ most demoralizing setback of the season, and it ate at their catcher that night.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Hopefully the weatherman will be right today. It will rain in Spokane. But not until everyone is done running around downtown and Browne’s Addition, past the cemeteries and SFCC, doomstrolled up Pettit Drive, through the Courthouse neighborhoods and past the finish line. Walkers too.
You may have noticed (or not) that my byline didn’t appear on these pages for the better part of four weeks in March and early April. There’s a reason for that, and I’m a very lucky guy to be sitting here typing these words.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – Imagine the cyclist clad in brightly colored skin-tight shorts and top, helmeted head held low, legs pumping hard into the headwind as they pedal up a steep hill near Norris Geyser Basin.
HOUSTON – As he walked off the mound after the eighth inning and approached the visitors’ dugout, Mariners starter Logan Gilbert knew the answer before he even made the request.
The Spokane Indians are off to a tremendous start this season in the Northwest League. They didn’t get the “W” Saturday evening at Avista Stadium, but they showed resilience when it would have been easy to crater.
