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Courtney Vandersloot may have turned 35 in February, but she’s certainly not acting like it.

Three local college standouts will try to improve their NBA draft stock next week at the G League Elite Camp in Chicago.

The struggle was real for the University of Idaho sophomore, by way of Littlehampton, England. The results didn’t match his meticulous approach. Like every golfer, even high-level ones like Sykes stuck in a rough patch, it thoroughly tested his patience and the math major’s analytical mind. Finally, months of frustration melted away as Sykes regained his form and joined a short list of history makers in the Vandal program.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Spring happens just once a year. Thank goodness. We always forget how much more work there is every day when the weather turns nice.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – According to most horse racing handicappers, Kentucky Derby 150 has a pair of potential superstars in morning-line favorite Fierceness and second-choice Sierra Leone.

SEATTLE – Seated in the south grandstand of Husky Stadium as the wind began to whip around the lower bowl, John Jung is trying to pass on a tradition.

HOUSTON – Few pitchers, if any, have been as dominant as the Mariners’ George Kirby over the past few weeks.

RENTON, Wash. — While some things are changing as Mike Macdonald takes over as Seahawks coach in place of Pete Carroll, others are remaining the same.

Braiden Ward isn't the most heralded prospect in the Colorado Rockies system, but he is fast. Like, game-changing fast. 

Michael Ajayi, who announced his transfer from Pepperdine to Gonzaga a few days before the Zags’ season ended against Purdue in the Sweet 16, has been invited to the NBA Draft Combine.

From staff reports

Despite this winter’s paltry performance, there’s still some snow left in the mountains to melt, and river lovers are watching it closely.

The public’s collective agape-ness at Caitlin Clark’s parachuting shot continues, and so does the watch to see whether she’ll become weighted by all the obligations to be great. Indiana Fever shirts, socks and lanyards with her number have flown off the shelves, no doubt to be followed by tote bags, tea towels and, what’s next, tourist tickets for pilgrimages to her childhood home? At some point, surely, Clark will drift back down into a more ordinary realm. Won’t she? No. This kid’s not going to fall back to earth.

SEATTLE – RAMROD is back on: The 40th annual Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day endurance cycling event will circle Mount Rainier National Park on Sept. 4.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It may be hard to believe, but everyone was young once. Including us. We even had a young family, one that seemingly demanded our attention 24 hours a day. Except a few times a year.

WNBA veteran Alysha Clark has seen the league evolve over the past decade, especially when it comes to pay.

Khalif Battle showed enough interest in Gonzaga to travel across the country for an official visit to the campus this week.