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Great books transport readers to unexamined places, such as inside a person’s mind once a body has abandoned it. Or maybe they cause readers to abandon long-held notions of human limitations. So it is with Steve Gleason’s “A Life Impossible.” 

The Circling Raven Championship is no longer on the Epson Tour schedule after a three-year run at Circling Raven Golf Club.

After working to replace six players who graduated, left school for the NBA or transferred away from Gonzaga last offseason, Mark Few and his coaching staff shouldn’t have to spend as much time rebuilding or retooling the Bulldogs’ roster this summer.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • We won’t be writing about the Mariners’ Friday game this morning. It was postponed. Weather. We won’t be writing about the transfer portal either. We are overwhelmed. We also won’t be writing about the Seahawks’ draft plans, our latest golf outing or how sports can keep you young. That doesn’t leave much, does it?

From staff reports

PULLMAN – Former Washington State guard Jabe Mullins is on the move again.

Roundup of Friday's high school action from the Greater Spokane Lesage and Northeast A.

Chase Dollander ranks No. 2 on the Colorado Rockies’ top prospects list, according to MLB.com. So far, through his first three professional appearances, he’s playing the part.

What are the odds of a reverse merger between the Mountain West and the Pac-12 versus the Pac-12 simply poaching a selection of Mountain West schools to rebuild the conference? – @MarcSheehan006

SEATTLE – The Washington football roster continues to evolve and it has been a very busy 24 hours.

DENVER — For the first time since July 12, 2022 — a span of 256 regular-season games, the Mariners won’t play a baseball game due to weather.

SEATTLE – John Schneider’s 15th draft with the Seattle Seahawks will be unique.

Stand on the shore of Lake Lenore and watch the shallows long enough, and you’ll spot the shape of a trout, swimming like it has somewhere to be.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team roster has taken another hit. Redshirt sophomore guard/wing Calli Stokes has entered the transfer portal.

BILLINGS – A wolf-killed cow elk carcass was hauled off a Montana school’s football field on April 12, just one of the unusual incidents that comes with having Yellowstone National Park as a neighbor.

From the beginning, nothing about Bryce Miller's newest pitch has been subtle. The Mariners' 25-year-old right-hander has been openly promoting the development of his new split-finger fastball since December, posting slow-motion videos and spin-rate data on his social media account weekly during the final two months of the offseason. Miller did just about everything except buy ...

A GRIP ON SPORTS • One ironic aspect of doing this feature every day revolves round the sun. As in, it wakes us up earlier this time of year, when the magnitude of sports coverage we are interested in lags a bit. Football and basketball seasons correspond with shorter daytime hours, meaning it’s pretty easy to oversleep. The opposite is true in late April.

From staff reports