Indians depart for extended trip
Friday night's game at sold-out Avista Stadium was the last time the Spokane Indians will play at home until July 29. Read game story
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015
Indians reliever Parra has flair for winning
Spokane reliever Luis Parra has pitched just 14 innings this season but has almost half of the Indians' wins. Read game story
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
Indians' troubles began in Hillsboro
The Spokane Indians were 12-9, with seven wins in nine games, when they began a five-game series at Hillsboro on July 9. Now they're 13-14. Read game story
Indians' McKay wants family to visit ... maybe
Spokane Indians outfielder Connor McKay and his family have a superstition about his baseball games that affects visiting plans. Read feature story
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015
Indians' Forbes breaks through
The early stages of the Northwest League season have been difficult on Ti'Quan Forbes, but the Spokane Indians third baseman turned it around on Wednesday. Read game story
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015
Indians' formula: balance plus Clark
The Spokane Indians are 8-4 in their last dozen games thanks to different players stepping up at key times and the overall play of LeDarious Clark. Read game story
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015
Indians defeat one of league's best
Boise's Javier Palacios entered Monday night's game with the fourth-best earned-run average (1.47) in the Northwest League, but the Spokane Indians compiled enough runs to defeat him. Read game story
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015
Boise doesn't look like last-place team
The Boise Hawks entered Sunday's game at Avista Stadium with the worst record (6-11) in the Northwest League. That record is apparently deceiving. Read game story
Indians establish winning pattern
Baseball's conventional wisdom says winning teams play about .600 at home, .500 on the road and make a habit of winning series. The Spokane Indians have an early edge on the third goal. Read game story
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015
New Indians player McKay jumps right in
On Sunday morning, Connor McKay was still in Kansas City. On Monday night, he was helping the Spokane Indians win. Read game story
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015
Indians experiment with infield
The Spokane Indians played errorless ball on Sunday with a new-look infield. Read game story
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015
Indians could use glove work, extra pop
An early impression about the 2015 Spokane Indians: Their defense has been spotty and their bats have lacked power. Read game story
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
NWL opener brought out early blunders
The Spokane Indians and Hillsboro Hops had all sorts of defensive woes during the first one-third of Thursday's Northwest League baseball opener at Avista Stadium. Read game story
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015
Indians set for another NWL season
The Spokane Indians have played in the Northwest League every year since 1983. The latest group will make its debut Thursday night at Avista Stadium. Read story
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
Pitcher Dan Scheibe goes from Spokane to Spokane
Dan Scheibe thought his pitching career might be over after wrapping up his senior season for Whitworth University, but the right-hander will start his pro career in the same town with the Spokane Indians. Read story
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015
Spokane Indians begin 3-day minicamp
The first thing that stood out about Day One of the Spokane Indians' minicamp on Monday was the size of the roster. Three days before the Northwest League season begins, the Indians already have 34 players on their roster. Last year's first day had 24.…
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
Chiefs select Smith with No. 1 pick
The Spokane Chiefs follow the expected course and took defenseman Ty Smith of Lloydminster, Alberta, with the first pick of Thursday's Western Hockey League bantam draft. Read story
Chiefs hope for big boost from bantam draft
Thursday holds an important moment for the Spokane Chiefs. For just the second time in franchise history, the Chiefs have the No. 1 pick in the Western Hockey League's bantam draft. Read story
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015
Spokane Chiefs season in perspective
Before leaving town, Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur analyzed the just-completed 2014-15 hockey season. Read story
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
Chiefs stretched season as long as they could 1
The Spokane Chiefs played more than 103 minutes of hockey on Tuesday night in their attempt to force a Game 7 in Everett. Instead, Everett will play a Game 1 Friday at home against Portland. Read story
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015
Chiefs return home for huge Game 6
Taking it one step at a time, the Spokane Chiefs hope a home win in Game 6 on Tuesday will give them their shot in Game 7. Read story
SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015
Chiefs battle through to force Game 6
The Spokane Chiefs could have given up on their Western Hockey League playoff series, trailing Everett 3-1 in games and being 3 minutes away from elimination Saturday at Everett. But they didn't give up. Read story
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015
Chiefs need three consecutive wins
It's a daunting task. The Spokane Chiefs' season will be over unless the team can muster three consecutive victories against the Everett Silvertips. Read story
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
Chiefs fight to return to Arena next week
The Spokane Chiefs need one win in their next two playoff games with Everett to force a Game 6 that would be played Tuesday in Spokane. Read story
Game 3 may haunt Spokane Chiefs
If the Spokane Chiefs don't bounce back to win their Western Hockey League playoff series against Everett, it's likely that Wednesday's double-overtime loss will be seen as the major factor. Read story
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