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Idaho basketball

Idaho AD Terry Gawlik on NCAA discrepancies: ‘I can’t imagine what it is like to set up that tournament.’

UPDATED: Tue., March 23, 2021

UW basketball

UW men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins recovers nicely after player exodus, but questions remain

UPDATED: Mon., May 10, 2021

Area sports

Area roundup: UCLA baseball edges Washington State with late rally

UPDATED: Sat., May 8, 2021

Sounders

Sounders extend unbeaten streak against San Jose to 14

Wed., May 12, 2021

What if?

John Blanchette: Looking at the great ‘what if’ had the Spokane Indians remained a Triple-A team

Sun., June 10, 2018

Columnists

A Grip on Sports: As we look forward in more ways than usual this Friday, we also have to remember the past

Fri., May 14, 2021

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A Grip on Sports: As we look forward in more ways than usual this Friday, we also have to remember the past

Fri., May 14, 2021

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Friday mornings are all about looking ahead. To the weekend. And beyond. So we will do that. Though, to be fair, the past informs the future. Every darn day.

Sports > Outdoors

Lake Roosevelt camping fees increasing, other changes announced ahead of Memorial Day

UPDATED: Fri., May 14, 2021

Fees at Lake Roosevelt Campgrounds will increase this year, from $19 to $23 per night, and reservations must be made online. That was some of the news announced Thursday during an online presentation with Dan Foster the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area superintendent and hosted by the Lake Roosevelt Forum.

Sports > Outdoors

Off the grid: Defining adventure

Fri., May 14, 2021

Upon return from any extravagant adventure, I find myself desperately seeking out The Next Greatest Thing in a textbook method of avoiding Post Adventure Blues. Much of my life has been a sort of rumbling-tumbling fall from fantastic dream to failure to spontaneous expedition to epic catastrophe merely to missed flight in an attempt to avoid stagnation.

Sports > Spokane Shock

Ready to Shock the Indoor Football League: Reborn IFL franchise opens season Saturday at fanless Spokane Arena

Fri., May 14, 2021

Spokane Shock quarterback Charles McCullum won't believe he's playing until a referee's coin bounces off the Spokane Arena turf.

Sports

Zach Plesac loses no-no in 8th as Cleveland beats Seattle; Mariners’ prospects Jarred Kelenic, Logan Gilbert make debuts

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Zach Plesac came within six outs of ending Cleveland’s 40-year no-hitter drought, keeping the Seattle Mariners hitless into the eighth inning of the Indians’ 4-2 win.

Sports > Spokane Indians

Luis De Los Santos’ home run the difference as Vancouver tops Spokane Indians

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Luis De Los Santos' three-run home run in the sixth inning proved to be the difference as Vancouver topped Spokane 3-2 Thursday in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Sports > NCAA basketball

John Blanchette: New Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff quick to brush off any comparisons to his predecessor

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

The Pac-12's deep, dark and radio silent search for a commissioner came to a sudden conclusion Thursday with the appointment of Not Larry Scott. Which is all anyone wanted to hear.

Sports > High school sports

Morgan Flesland throws fifth no-hitter of season, leads Mt. Spokane over University in GSL 4A/3A title game

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

As has been the case all season, Morgan Flesland was in complete control on Thursday.

Sports > EWU football

Eastern Washington’s Eric Barriere named top offensive player by FCS ADA

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

One day after being named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere added another honor to his growing collection Thursday.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Garrett Gores pitches three-hitter, Gonzaga Prep downs Mead in GSL 4A/3A baseball tourney

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Roundup of Thursday's high school sports action from the Greater Spokane League and across Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Sports > International sports

Preakness to feature 1st woman to produce Triple Crown race

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

BALTIMORE – Lindsay Schanzer went to bed Saturday night confident about her plans to produce NBC’s Preakness broadcast. Then word emerged that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

How top Mariners prospects fared when they debuted in the majors

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Perhaps a few years from now, if everything goes as planned, Mariners fans might look back on Thursday as the day when the franchise’s rebuild finally started to gain real traction toward success. Of course, that’s an optimistic viewpoint for a team that has yielded nothing more than pessimism for the better part of a decade.

Sports > Area sports

College baseball: Top-seeded Pacific holds off Whitworth in NWC Tournament opener

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Jordan Hara's ninth-inning RBI single helped top-seeded Pacific top upset-minded Whitworth 5-4 in the first round of the Northwest Conference Tournament on Thursday in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Sports > International sports

Paul Newberry: Let’s welcome Baffert to the Doping Hall of Infamy

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

You're joining a very accomplished group, the crème de la crème of chemically enhanced miscreants.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga in final three for former Kentucky commit Nolan Hickman

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Point guard Nolan Hickman, one of the top uncommitted recruits in the 2021 class, has narrowed his list to Gonzaga, Auburn and Kansas.

Sports > NHL

Kraken still plan to hire coach before expansion draft

Thu., May 13, 2021

Seattle general manager Ron Francis has some milestones in his sights now that the Kraken are full-fledged members of the NHL.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Pac-12 picks MGM executive George Kliavkoff as next commissioner

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

The Pac-12 has hired sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff to be the conference's next commissioner, replacing Larry Scott with a person with a similar resume short on college sports experience.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: Of all the spring traditions, the M’s failing to change the narrative may just be the most disheartening

Thu., May 13, 2021

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Ah, spring traditions. Cleaning. The M’s fade and the ensuing latest saviors recalled from the minors. Hay fever. An unfair NFL schedule for the Seahawks. Running. An NCAA screwup. Wait, that last one isn’t just a spring thing.

Sports > High school sports

Dynamic duo: Chloe Flerchinger, Crimson Rice lead Shadle Park to GSL 2A championship win

Thu., May 13, 2021

Nothing about this season was normal for the Shadle Park fastpitch softball team.

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