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The Spokane Indians took four of six on the recently concluded home stand against Tri-City last week, securing their first series win since the three-game season-opening series in April against Everett.

The Spokane Chiefs have signed head coach Brad Lauer and assistant coach Jake Toporowski to multiyear contract extensions, the team announced Monday.

For the first time this season, Cal Raleigh’s name in the lineup hasn’t been in the No. 2 spot in the batting order.

SEATTLE – The list of possible opponents for the Seahawks’ season-opening game at Lumen Field was cut by two Monday morning.

MINNEAPOLIS – The subject of Anthony Edwards’ late mother goes largely undiscussed. Whatever pain remains from losing her 11 years ago, whatever motivation he mines from her impact, remains locked away behind his rollicking aura. He doesn’t talk about the great trauma he endured at 14, and still carries at 24.

With a month until the World Cup kicks off, this was not the week that U.S. men’s national team fans would have hoped for.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Our brains work in mysterious ways, don’t they? This morning mine certainly did. While trying to find the words to describe the M’s recent play, the predicament Washington State finds itself in or whatever else seemed worth writing about, my brain ended up being fixated on mud. Or mud bogs. Or lost shoes. And finally settled on one of the funniest baseball stories it could remember.

On an average autumn morning last year, Gary Verbrugge would walk off his front porch and watch as a full-grown bull moose took to pruning his apple tree 20 feet away.

There are these cheese, salami and taralli bread snacks I walk past regularly at QFC. It’s a moderately sized pack, maybe the size of a Lunchable, and I tried them once when they were discounted at about $2. Delicious.

Gonzaga’s baseball team wrapped up a title-clinching weekend with another dominant win.

Forward Anuar Pelaez propelled the Spokane Velocity with a goal and an assist as they scored in each half to earn their first victory since mid-April in a 2-1 triumph over fourth-place FC Naples at ONE Spokane Stadium on Sunday. 

CHICAGO – One run was never going to be enough.

With temperatures in the mid-70s for Mother’s Day on Sunday and absolutely no breeze for most of the game, Avista Stadium lived up to its reputation as something of a home run haven.

NCAA Tournament expansion has been lambasted by everyone except the executives running college basketball. Even prominent coaches hate the move to a 76-team field, with Gonzaga’s Mark Few telling CBS Sports recently that he’s “adamantly opposed. It’s totally unnecessary.”

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Another Mother’s Day is upon us. Another chance to say thanks to the person who brought us into the world. Who nurtured us. Who gave flight to our dreams. In a perfect world, of course.

Davis Fogle’s first offseason as a college basketball player is officially 50 days old.

Although midfielder Emma Jaskaniec is one of Spokane's most consistently available players as she ranks in the top three in minutes played and has started in 25 of 27 matches, she has struggled to find the back of the net.