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Gonzaga, Baylor showdown set for Dec. 5 in Indianapolis

UPDATED: 4:01 p.m.

updated The Gonzaga vs. Baylor showdown – one of, if not the biggest non-conference matchup in the upcoming college basketball season – has will tangle at 10 a.m. PT Saturday, Dec. 5, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse – home floor for former Zag and current Indian Pacers All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis – in Indianapolis.

Spokane Shock

A different mode: Spokane Shock running back Davonte Sapp-Lynch, brother of Marshawn Lynch, excited for 2021 season

UPDATED: 6:16 p.m.

High school sports

Interstate co-op paying off big for Mullan, Idaho and St. Regis, Montana

UPDATED: 6:12 p.m.

High school sports

Thirty-two years after Mark Rypien learned he’d make debut as NFL starter, nephew Brett received a similar call

UPDATED: 12:24 p.m.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: College football’s playoffs need to expand, but this isn’t the year the Pac-12 will help make it happen

8:49 a.m.

EWU football

Former Eastern Washington kicker Nick Reynolds succumbs to kidney failure

UPDATED: 6:07 p.m.

Pro

Countdown on for debut of Seattle Kraken

UPDATED: 5:59 p.m.

Sports Photos

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Idaho prep football during pandemic

Lake City High vs. Lakeland (Aug. 28, 2020)

Coeur d’Alene High football practice

Whitworth University’s new athletics building

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Gonzaga

Gonzaga, Baylor showdown set for Dec. 5 in Indianapolis

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

WSU football

Washington State AD talks Pac-12 schedule, Quidel testing, gameday logistics

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 26, 2020

Gonzaga women

Assisting an assist: Courtney Vandersloot aided in reaching 10 a game

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 15, 2020

Spokane Chiefs

Trip down Memorial Lane: Deadline deals provide boost Chiefs needed to get past Kamloops

Sun., Sept. 27, 2020

High Schools

Week 6 preview: Nonleague games wrap up with 5A clash; COVID claims another game

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

WSU basketball

Texas State basketball coach resigns after accusations from ex-Washington State guard Jaylen Shead

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 22, 2020

EWU basketball

Eastern Washington stung by loss of Pac-12 nonconference games

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 17, 2020

Idaho basketball

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

Sun., July 26, 2020

EWU football

Former Eastern Washington kicker Nick Reynolds succumbs to kidney failure

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

UW football

UW Athletics eliminates 16 positions in latest round of cost-saving measures

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 10, 2020

Idaho football

Big Sky’s cancellation of fall sports means Idaho football must turn attention to spring season

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 13, 2020

UW basketball

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

Wed., April 15, 2020

Whitworth

No games in sight, but masked-up Whitworth athletes stay focused on goals

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

CCS/NIC

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

Sun., Aug. 9, 2020

Area sports

Rarefied air: Spokane’s Tyler Johnson joins Spokane elites at pinnacle of sports

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

College football

College football notebook: Commissioners decline CFP expansion after Pac-12 request

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Outdoors

An app for a map: Wenatchee-based TREAD Maps brings real-time trail info to your phone

Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

Spokane Shock

A different mode: Spokane Shock running back Davonte Sapp-Lynch, brother of Marshawn Lynch, excited for 2021 season

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Gonzaga athletics

WCC delays start of fall sports competition until Sept. 24

UPDATED: Thu., July 16, 2020

Mariners

Led by ace Marco Gonzales, Mariners see development, progress in truncated season

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 28, 2020

Seahawks

Commentary: Seahawks expect to win close games, and after another loud example, we should, too

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Sounders

Roman Torres is returning to Seattle as Sounders and Inter Miami agree on trade

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

Spokane Indians

Baseball and Culture: A discussion about Native American imagery in sports

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 24, 2020

UM Grizzlies

Butte High’s Jake Olson commits to Montana Grizzlies over Montana State for football

Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

What if?

Ralph Walter: The past week has turned into the sports world’s greatest ‘What-If’

UPDATED: Sat., March 14, 2020

Columnists

A Grip on Sports: College football’s playoffs need to expand, but this isn’t the year the Pac-12 will help make it happen

Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

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Sports > High school sports

Week 6 preview: Nonleague games wrap up with 5A clash; COVID claims another game

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

As the calendar flips to October, the football schedule inches closer to games that really matter, as most schools in North Idaho are wrapping up nonleague play this week, including the No. 1-ranked team in 5A.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga, Baylor showdown set for Dec. 5 in Indianapolis

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

The Gonzaga vs. Baylor showdown – one of, if not the biggest non-conference matchup in the upcoming college basketball season – has will tangle at 10 a.m. PT Saturday, Dec. 5, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse – home floor for former Zag and current Indian Pacers All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis – in Indianapolis.

Sports > Pro

Heat are ailing, but insist NBA Finals vs Lakers aren’t over

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Jimmy Butler had a bandage on his right knee and a wrap on his left ankle. His team’s starting point guard and center are both doubtful to play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. And his Miami Heat are coming off a one-sided loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sports > National sports

Bird, Stewart look to lift Seattle past Aces to fourth title

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart just don’t lose when they reach basketball’s biggest stage.

Sports > National sports

Bob Baffert goes for 8th Preakness win without valued assistant

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

Each time Bob Baffert won a big race over the past two decades with assistant Jimmy Barnes by his side, the two would share a moment and embrace.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: College football’s playoffs need to expand, but this isn’t the year the Pac-12 will help make it happen

Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

A GRIP ON SPORTS • In a year when everything is different, from presidential politics to youth sports, why not try a little out-of-the-box thinking? Nope. Not in college football.

Sports > Outdoors

An app for a map: Wenatchee-based TREAD Maps brings real-time trail info to your phone

Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

Have you ever been on a trail and come up to a tree crossing the path, or a washed-out bridge, or an overflowing trash can in a municipal park, and thought, ‘I wish I had known about this before I started my hike?’ ”

Sports

On the air

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Thursday’s TV Highlights

Sports > Area sports

Axe Throwing Comes To Great Falls

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Hear about Great Falls newest phenomenon, axe throwing!

Sports > Outdoors

In brief: BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Eastern Washington

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District has lifted the regulated fire closure on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation in Eastern Washington.

Sports > NCAA

College football notebook: Commissioners decline CFP expansion after Pac-12 request

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have decided to stick with a four-team format during the pandemic-altered season after the Pac-12 made a request to consider expansion.

Sports > Outdoors

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 1

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Fly fishing

Sports > Spokane Shock

A different mode: Spokane Shock running back Davonte Sapp-Lynch, brother of Marshawn Lynch, excited for 2021 season

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

An older brother - ex-Seahawks great Marshawn Lynch - has aided Sapp-Spokane Shock running back Davonte Sapp-Lynch's confidence.

Sports > Outdoors

Reader photo: Sweetly singing

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Submit your own outdoors-related photographs for a chance to be published in our weekly print edition and browse our archive of past reader submissions online at spokesman.com/outdoors.

Sports > Pro

Countdown on for debut of Seattle Kraken

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

SEATTLE – Standing on the recently poured concrete that will be the club-level floor inside Climate Pledge Arena, Tod Leiweke nodded and pointed toward a corner of the upper deck.

Sports > EWU football

Former Eastern Washington kicker Nick Reynolds succumbs to kidney failure

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Reynolds, an ex-Cheney High standout and father of two, was 40.

Sports > Area sports

Mattress Firm Student of The Week: Cascade High’s Madison Wilson

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Senior volleyball player Madison Wilson gives back to her community and inspires others around her.

Sports > High school sports

Interstate co-op paying off big for Mullan, Idaho and St. Regis, Montana

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Jesse Allan didn’t need a commercial drivers license to haul a half-dozen football players on a daily, 40-mile Interstate 90 commute with winding roads and a mountain pass that drops into rural North Idaho.

Sports > High school sports

Thirty-two years after Mark Rypien learned he’d make debut as NFL starter, nephew Brett received a similar call

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

It was a Monday night, Sept. 19, 1988 to be exact, when the landline phone at Mark Rypien’s home in Washington D.C. began to ring.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Commentary: Seahawks expect to win close games, and after another loud example, we should, too

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

SEATTLE – One of the great sports calls of the century came in 2008, when Tiger Woods knocked in a 12-foot putt to put him in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open. This was when Woods was at the peak of his powers, seemingly invincible despite playing on a torn ACL and a stress fracture in his leg.

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