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John Blanchette: Lack of any truly optimistic choices perfectly sums up of our corona summer

UPDATED: 9:34 p.m.

With its proclaimed priority being the health, safety and welfare of its athletes, the Pac-12 on Tuesday opted out of college football in 2020. . . and unleashed the possibility of playing two seasons in a single calendar year.

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After playing the waiting game, Eastern Washington football looks to rare spring season

UPDATED: 9:35 p.m.

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Washington State won’t play football in fall after Pac-12 postponement; all sports delayed until Jan. 1

UPDATED: 9:35 p.m.

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Pac-12 decision likely costs Gonzaga games against UW, USC and Arizona

UPDATED: 9:41 p.m.

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Mariners offense goes quiet in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers

UPDATED: 9:40 p.m.

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The Seahawks are finally ready to take the field at training camp. Here’s what to watch for.

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Pac-12 decision likely costs Gonzaga games against UW, USC and Arizona

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

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John Blanchette: Lack of any truly optimistic choices perfectly sums up of our corona summer

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women’s basketball ‘itching to get back’ after virus concerns extended time away from court

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

Spokane Chiefs

Western Hockey League delays start of season until December 4

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

High Schools

Idaho moves forward with fall prep sports; coaches plan for pandemic guidelines

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

WSU basketball

Washington State’s CJ Elleby to keep name in NBA Draft, won’t return for junior season

UPDATED: Fri., July 31, 2020

EWU basketball

20 for 20: Ranking Eastern Washington’s top 20 athletes since 2000

UPDATED: Sun., July 19, 2020

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20 for 20: Ranking Idaho’s top 20 athletes since 2000

Sun., July 26, 2020

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After playing the waiting game, Eastern Washington football looks to rare spring season

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

UW football

As Big Ten and Pac-12 football season cancellation reports swirl, UW Huskies hang in limbo

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

Idaho football

University of Idaho hasn’t given up on nonconference football this fall

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 7, 2020

UW basketball

Washington basketball adds pair of transfers in North Idaho standout Nate Pryor, Wichita State’s Erik Stevenson

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Whitworth

Whitworth athletics preps for busy spring slate, even with NCAA championships canceled for traditional fall sports

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 5, 2020

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20 for 20: Ranking Community Colleges of Spokane’s top 20 athletes since 2000

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Eastern Washington suspends all fall sports one week after football postponed

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

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College football players left in limbo as seasons get pushed

Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Outdoors

WDFW reauthorizes lethal action in Wedge wolf pack territory

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Spokane Shock

Dehonta Hayes the latest in a long line of former Eastern Washington standouts to sign with the Spokane Shock

UPDATED: Wed., July 15, 2020

Gonzaga athletics

WCC delays start of fall sports competition until Sept. 24

UPDATED: Thu., July 16, 2020

Mariners

Mariners offense goes quiet in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Seahawks

The Seahawks are finally ready to take the field at training camp. Here’s what to watch for.

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Sounders

Portland beats Orlando 2-1 to claim MLS is Back championship

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

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UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 3, 2020

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Havre 3-star defensive prospect Kellen Detrick commits to Montana for football

Mon., Aug. 3, 2020

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Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

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Mariners offense goes quiet in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Perhaps the closed roof and climate controlled atmosphere of the new Globe Life Field with its air conditioning and comfortable temperatures were just the thing to cool off the Mariners’ bats.

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MLB roundup: Travis Shaw, Blue Jays beat Marlins 5-4 in MLB’s return to Buffalo

Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the first major league game in Buffalo since 1915, Travis Shaw hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays settled into their new nest with a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.

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John Blanchette: Lack of any truly optimistic choices perfectly sums up of our corona summer

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Sports

Portland beats Orlando 2-1 to claim MLS is Back championship

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Dario Zuparic’s first goal of the season gave Portland a 2-1 victory against Orlando in the MLS is Back finale.

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SEC, ACC, Big 12 still hoping to play football this fall

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

And then there were three.

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After playing the waiting game, Eastern Washington football looks to rare spring season

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

EWU players were doing mandatory, small-group workouts in recent weeks, hopeful they would get the green light for full-fledged practices in August.

Sports

College football players left in limbo as seasons get pushed

Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson is like a lot of college football players these days.

Sports

Pac-12 decision likely costs Gonzaga games against UW, USC and Arizona

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

The Zags were scheduled to face USC on Nov. 17 at the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland and entertain Arizona (Dec. 5) and Washington (Dec. 12). Those games appear to be scrubbed by the Pac-12’s announcement, which came shortly after the Big Ten’s decision to cancel the fall football season because of COVID-19 concerns.

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The Seahawks are finally ready to take the field at training camp. Here’s what to watch for.

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

In the pre-COVID-19 world, the Seahawks on Wednesday would be holding a light walk-through at the VMAC in Renton, Washington, after which Pete Carroll would address the media, and then the team would get on a plane to Las Vegas to play the Raiders in a preseason game Thursday night, the first of the year.

Sports > Outdoors

WDFW reauthorizes lethal action in Wedge wolf pack territory

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

On Tuesday, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director Kelly Susewind reauthorized WDFW staff to lethally remove wolves from the Wedge pack territory in response to what the department has determined to be repeated depredations of cattle on grazing lands in Stevens County. The Department believes there are currently two adult wolves in the pack.

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MLB: Astros coach receives 20-game suspension, Ramon Laureano six

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Houston Astros hitting coach Álex Cintrón has received a 20-game suspension and a fine for his role in a benches-clearing brawl at Oakland.

Sports

Indians keeping Mike Clevinger, Zach Plesac away after violations

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

The Cleveland Indians placed starters Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac on the restricted list after the pitchers broke team rules by leaving their hotel in Chicago and risking exposure to the coronavirus.

Sports > Montana Sports

Saints Volleyball Team Moves Focus To Spring Start

Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Head coach Maureen Boyle and her team are moving their focus to the spring.

Sports

Washington State won’t play football in fall after Pac-12 postponement; all sports delayed until Jan. 1

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

Nick Rolovich was prepared to wait eight months to coach his first practice at Washington State.

Sports

Big Ten becomes first major college football conference to cancel fall season

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

The Big Ten Conference has postponed the 2020 football season because of safety concerns stemming from the novel coronavirus pandemic, the league announced Tuesday. The Big Ten is the first of college football's elite Power Five conferences to decide against playing football this fall.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: As college presidents assess risks of playing in a pandemic, college football fans wait for a decision

Tue., Aug. 11, 2020

A GRIP ON SPORTS • If we could travel back 45 years to the beginning of our college experience, there is one class we would take: virology. Who knew then that to be a sportswriter in 2020 would require a basic knowledge of how viruses work?

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Kyle Seager’s slam one of 3 Seattle homers in 10-2 win at Texas

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

ARLINGTON, Texas – Kyle Seager hit a grand slam, Kyle Lewis and Dylan Moore also homered and the Seattle Mariners won 10-2 Monday night in their first game at the new Texas ballpark, snapping the Rangers’ three-game winning streak.

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Washington State’s Dallas Hobbs has played an integral role in last-ditch effort to save college football season

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

It's quite a time to be Dallas Hobbs. Twice in the last eight days, the Washington State defensive lineman has hopped on a video interview with ESPN's Outside the Lines program, and he anticipates the Emmy-winning investigative series may be reaching out again soon.

Sports

Eastern Washington suspends all fall sports one week after football postponed

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

EWU announced Monday that all fall sports are suspended due to coronavirus concerns, becoming the first Big Sky Conference school to put each of its fall sports on hold.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Former Gonzaga great J.P. Batista signs with pro team in his native Brazil

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

Former Gonzaga great J.P. Batista is returning to his native Brazil to continue his professional basketball career after signing with Minas Tenis Clube in Belo Horizonte.

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