While announcing his departure from Gonzaga for the NBA draft, Zags freshman point guard Jalen Suggs announced he’ll be commemorating his most recognizable moment with the auction of a non-fungible token (NFT) – a unique proof of ownership of a digital asset that’s gaining traction among pro basketball players.

Fans hoping to sneak an early look at Nick Rolovich’s football team may now have to wait until September.

Is there a vaccine for whiplash?

Sunday’s 7-2 win over the Astros marked the Mariners’ third consecutive series win and seventh victory in nine games. They kept Houston to one hit, which would have been an out had left fielder José Marmolejos not lost the ball in the sun.

Noland Bertain, a 6-foot-4 guard from Portland, Oregon, who played the last two years at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi after starting his career at Casper (Wyoming) Junior College, has signed with Idaho men’s basketball as a graduate transfer.

Jalen Suggs is leaving Gonzaga for the NBA. As expected, Suggs will enter the NBA Draft, he announced in a Twitter post. The 6-foot-4 point guard is in the running for the top overall pick and he’s in top five in most mock drafts.

One day after it was learned that Washington State’s Pat Chun had interviewed for Northwestern’s vacant athletic director position, it appears the Wildcats are planning to go in a different direction.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • How does that Beatles song go again? “You say goodbye and I say hello?” Yep, that’s it. And that’s probably what’s happening this morning with Gonzaga basketball.

Jalen Suggs held the title for about a year. Hunter Sallis held it for less than a month. Now it belongs to Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 in the 2021 class according to 247sports composite rankings who announced his commitment to Gonzaga live on ESPN on Monday.

MISSOULA – As Teck Resources hopes to expand its mountaintop-removal coal mining in British Columbia, water quality monitors in Canada and the United States warn the company’s existing mines already cause significant ecological damage.

Washington State Parks has a long list of improvements to make at Steptoe, including rehabilitating the park’s roads and parking lots, adding a turnaround for safety and traffic flow, new traffic signs and changes to address accessibility and pedestrian safety at each parking lot.

This Date in Baseball for April 19, 2021

Tanner Groves, who scored 35 points against the Jayhawks in Eastern Washington's first-round NCAA Tournament loss last month, is headed to the Big 12 Conference after committing to Oklahoma

Only three weeks after the end of the season, the Gonzaga women are looking ahead to the next one.

Four seniors on the Eastern Washington football team – linebackers Ty Graham and Jack Sendelbach, defensive end Jusstis Warren and offensive center Conner Crist – have been recognized by The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame as members of the 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society.

Weeks after his name surfaced in the search for Kansas’ vacant athletic director position, Pat Chun is apparently being targeted by another Power Five school.

Eastern Washington will travel to North Dakota State in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs at the Fargodome.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Let’s see what is on tap for today. Spend some time reading the Sunday paper. That’s a given. Wait for the eldest son to return from his second vaccine shot and hope he feels well enough to enjoy his scheduled round of golf. Turn into ESPNU and see where Eastern Washington is headed in the FCS playoffs. Watch the M’s and the Astros. That’s more than enough, isn’t it?

The Ben Burr Trail, the mile-long forested path that slices across the South Hill, is a magical swath of urban wildness. During my walks there, I’ve seen coyotes and skunks, Cooper’s hawks and lazuli buntings, bald eagles and turkey flocks. And when two bison busted loose from their pasture last year, where did they go? Straight to the Ben Burr.