Colin Simpson collected two hits, two RBIs and three runs and the visiting Spokane Indians beat the Hillsboro Hops 10-4 in the first game of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Ron Tonkin Field on Tuesday.

Former Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch has been arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of driving under the influence, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday.

I don’t know what the most touching storyline was from Sue Bird’s final regular-season home game Sunday.

The Seahawks’ tallest pass-catcher, Colby Parkinson, might also be one of the team’s biggest mysteries heading into the 2022 season.

Retirement is the one opponent Serena Williams can’t overpower. All great athletes, no matter how masterful they are, no matter how in charge of their field or court, have to reckon with this moment, when they realize with a sense of rank injustice that their sports immortality has run bang into their human mortality. There is no victory over retirement, other than to accept it gracefully – and it’s hard to do the thing more gracefully than to bow out on the cover of Vogue, in blue Balenciega and dripping Bulgari.

Former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich filed a $25 million tort claim in April against the university, alleging he was wrongfully terminated last year after failing to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

In early June, weeks before the storm broke, the Hotline placed a series of calls to veterans in the sports-media space seeking insight into how the Big Ten’s ongoing contract discussions would impact the Pac-12.

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PULLMAN – Washington State will hold 25 practices ahead of its season opener Sept. 3 against Idaho. The Spokesman-Review will be in attendance for each of those, tracking relevant storylines, notes, depth-chart developments and key plays as the Cougars prepare for the 2022 football season – their first under coach Jake Dickert. Below are observations from the sixth day of fall camp in Pullman.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • There are many ways to measure greatness. Too many, actually. Which is why it is nearly impossible to determine who is the greatest of all time in any sport. Even in individual ones like tennis. We can say, without hesitation, however, one of the greatest to ever pick up a racket is leaving the game later this year.

A lineup that has welcomed Mitch Haniger back still clearly misses Julio Rodriguez’s presence at the top of it. And the timetable for his return seems to vary from day-to-day based on how his right wrist/hand feels.

RENTON – The Seahawks’ tallest pass-catcher, Colby Parkinson, might also be one of the team’s biggest mysteries heading into the 2022 season.

LAS VEGAS – Robert Franks didn’t need to spend much time pondering the question when recently asked how he’d characterize his professional basketball career to this point.

The following ballot was submitted to the Associated Press last week and will be updated with each team’s ranking when the preseason poll is released Aug. 15.

Two Spokane boys figured in a four-way tie for first at the end of 54 holes in the 46th Washington Junior Golf Association Championship 16- to 18-year-old division last week at Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club in Blaine with 4-under par 212s, but wound up settling for a share of second following four playoff holes.

Washington State will hold 25 fall-camp practices ahead of its season-opener Sept. 3 against Idaho. The Spokesman-Review will be in attendance for each of those, tracking relevant storylines, notes, depth-chart developments and key plays as the Cougars prepare for the 2022 football season – their first campaign under coach Jake Dickert. Below are observations from the fifth day of fall camp in Pullman.

The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs will wear throwback jerseys when they meet Thursday amid the cornfields in Dyersville, Iowa, in Major League Baseball's second "Field of Dreams" game. For the second straight year, the game will be played in a temporary, 8,000-seat ballpark adjacent to the site of the classic 1989 movie.The Reds are the designated home team and will wear uniforms based on what they sported in 1919, when they defeated "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the White Sox in the World Series. The win was later tainted after it was discovered that Jackson and seven of his teammates conspired to throw the Series. (Jackson, played by Ray Liotta, features prominently in the movie, which stars Kevin Costner.)The Reds' 1919 World Series-inspired uniforms feature white caps, jerseys and pants with royal blue pinstripes. The cap features a red stylized 'C' and a red band above the brim, while the jersey features "Reds" in capital letters inside an elongated 'C.' The Reds wore 1919 World Series throwbacks in 2019 when they celebrated their 150th season.The Cubs will wear navy caps with a logo of a white bear holding a bat, which the team wore in 1914. The Cubs' uniforms are cream, with a blue version of the bear-with-bat logo within a red 'C.' The Cubs wore similar jerseys from 1927 to 1936, during which time they made three World Series appearances.The Reds and Cubs were a combined 40 games under .500 through Sunday, but players from both teams are looking forward to Thursday's spectacle."Everybody's excited," Reds shortstop Kyle Farmer told reporters last week. "Wearing the 1919 uniforms and walking out of the corn and after everybody watching it from last year, I think everybody's pretty excited.""That was one of my favorite movies," Cubs second baseman Nick Madrigal said. "I always liked watching it, so I always wanted to go there since I heard they were playing a game there. It's pretty cool."The White Sox defeated the New York Yankees, 9-8, in last year's inaugural "Field of Dreams" game on Tim Anderson's walk-off home run.

Andrew Von Lossow has been involved in golf for most of his 34 years and he’s come to a few realizations.