Gonzaga University men’s basketball, former Zags All-American Corey Kispert, Washington State women’s basketball and Eastern Washington football All-American Eric Barriere are among 21 finalists in three categories for the Seattle Sports Commission's 87th Sports Star of the Year Awards.

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With an ode to Garth Brooks’ “Rodeo,” the environment on Saturday in the Spokane Arena will be filled with bulls, blood, dust, mud – and plenty of bucking.

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Toporowski was the fourth member of his family to play for the Chiefs, following brother Jake, who played 100 games in Spokane from 2014 to 2018, and his father, Kerry, and uncle, Brad.

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If you’re looking for a turning point in the Spokane Chiefs’ matchup with the Kamloops Blazers Saturday at the Arena, look no further than a 2:17 span in the second period.

The Everett Silvertips are among the top teams in the entire Canadian Hockey League for a reason.

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With spectators in Maples Pavilion on the Stanford campus Friday night for the Cardinal-Oregon Pac-12 women’s basketball game limited to parents of the players, Stanford senior Lexie Hull put on a show for them.

The omicron variant has changed the pandemic ballgame again, and mitigating risk at sporting events is a tricky and potentially daunting dilemma. Layering protective strategies, including mask and vaccine requirements and eliminating eating and drinking can lower the risk that events pose for transmission.

After announcing COVID-19 related disruptions to a handful of teams during the last two weeks, the Western Hockey League entered a much more widespread pause on Friday.

The Western Hockey League has postponed Friday's Spokane Chiefs' game against the Everett Silvertips at the Spokane Arena due to weather issues.

The Spokane Chiefs started the post-Christmas break with a new attitude: win the week. That’s what they did this week, taking three of four games, with the third one coming Saturday night at the Arena.

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The Seattle Thunderbirds entered Thursday’s matchup with the Spokane Chiefs holding one of the league’s worst power play units.

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Elyse Bennett and Sydney Pulver from Washington State and Jordan Thompson from Gonzaga have some more soccer ahead them after the fifth-year seniors were selected in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League draft on Saturday.

The Spokane Chiefs gave up goals in pairs Saturday night against the Portland Winterhawks, and that’s not a recipe for success.