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Kicker Blake Mazza opens up about decision to transfer after record-setting tenure at Washington State

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

Blake Mazza was on the phone with Washington State coach Nick Rolovich Wednesday morning and simultaneously navigating through the NCAA transfer portal page when he pressed submit, officially making one of college football's most accomplished kickers a free agent.

Sports > International sports

Plans for breakaway European Super League spark FIFA warning

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

Plans by the world’s richest clubs to launch a closed breakaway European competition worth $4 billion annually have jolted Champions League organizer UEFA into securing a warning from FIFA against clubs splitting to run their own competition.

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A Grip on Sports: The Pac-12 stays true to form, making its most significant move in years on a day the nation looks elsewhere

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

A GRIP ON SPORTS • As our nation made its usual four- or eight-year pivot yesterday, the Pac-12 Conference decided it was a good time to announce it was pivoting away from longtime commissioner Larry Scott. That’s not news you want overshadowed, is it?

Sports > Outdoors

Conservation groups ask federal judge to halt salmon plan

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

Salmon and steelhead advocates have returned to court and are once again asking a federal judge to overturn the government’s plan to operate dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers in a way that avoids pushing the fish closer to extinction.

Sports > Outdoors

What’s killing Idaho moose? In many cases, infestations of ticks and other parasites

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

Nearly a year after launching a research effort to study why moose populations in Idaho have been declining, researchers with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are starting to get some answers.

Sports > Area sports

Pandemic has deflated region’s NCAA II, III, NAIA and junior college basketball seasons

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

As NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball continues to push through a global pandemic in a mostly fanless, postponement-heavy and logistical frenzy of a season, regional small college programs have faced considerable hardship.

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Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

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Sports > UW basketball

Washington snaps 8-game skid, topples Colorado 84-80

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

Marcus Tsohonis scored a career-high 27 off the bench, Erik Stevenson added 17 points before fouling out, and Washington picked up its first conference win of the season beating Colorado 84-80 on Wednesday night.

Sports > Whitworth

Back in action: Whitworth football returns to the field ahead of four-game spring season

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

The Whitworth Pirates won’t get the chance to play for a conference championship this season, and long ago Division III canceled its national postseason competitions for 2020 fall sports.

Sports > Whitworth

Whitworth senior transfer Miguel Lopez believes now is his time to shine

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

It is not often that the Whitworth men’s basketball program brings in a senior transfer.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga-Santa Clara game rescheduled for Feb. 6

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

The Gonzaga-Santa Clara men’s basketball game that was postponed Jan. 7 has been rescheduled for Feb. 6.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott stepping down at end of June

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is stepping down at the end of June, ending an 11-year tenure in which the conference landed a transformational billion dollar television deal but struggled to keep up with some of its Power Five peers when it came to revenue and exposure.

Sports > Outdoors

In brief: Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show cancelled

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

The Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show has been canceled for the second year in a row.

Sports > EWU basketball

Eastern Washington to test well-rounded offense at defensive-minded Northern Colorado

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

The preseason Big Sky favorite Eagles (3-4, 2-1) now go on the road to face one of the league's better programs at Northern Colorado (7-6, 4-4) on Thursday and Saturday.

Sports > NCAA football

Pac-12 football early look: Our projections for the 2021 division races

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 21, 2021

Seven months from the start of the 2021 season, we’re calling our shot: The South will be the superior, and perhaps even the dominant division next season.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Larry Stone: Mariners’ long-term outlook is promising, but fans will need to be patient (again) in 2021

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

The Mariners are a team whose foundation was built on roster miscalculations.

Sports > Pro

By backing Raphael Warnock against Kelly Loeffler, Sue Bird and the WNBA helped flip the Senate

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 20, 2021

Five days before WNBA players wore black T-shirts that read “VOTE WARNOCK” last summer, the Rev. Raphael Warnock was polling at 9% and fourth among 21 candidates vying for a Senate seat in Georgia.