PULLMAN – After only 11 games, the Nick Rolovich era at Washington State is over.

By From staff and news services

A record-breaking offensive performance Saturday brought national attention to both the Eastern Washington football team and its starting quarterback, Eric Barriere.

Gonzaga’s Andrew Nembhard is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to college basketball’s top point guard.

Make it eight straight afternoon games for Washington State.

Gonzaga will begin the college basketball season precisely where it wants to end the season in April. The Zags were voted No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll released Monday. Gonzaga received 55 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel. No. 2 UCLA, which faces GU on Nov. 23 in Las Vegas, received the other eight votes.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s gotten to the point in Pullman we sort of expect Arnold Schwarzenegger to stomp out to a podium this morning and make some announcement about Judgment Day.

When snowflakes started falling a few miles into a 50-mile ultramarathon through the Utah mountains, Annie Macdonald wasn't worried. An experienced long-distance runner, she had expected some snow.

Geno Smith’s one big mistake — a fumble that led to a 23-20 overtime victory — will be hard for Seattle to shake off as the Seahawks fall to 2-4 and dig a further hold in the NFC West.

ATLANTA – The Braves won with a walk-off hit for the second night in a row when Eddie Rosario lined a two-out single off shortstop Corey Seager’s glove, giving Atlanta a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night and a 2-0 NL Championship Series lead.

For the past few months, an unprecedented situation at WSU involving second-year coach Nick Rolovich and the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate has overshadowed the Cougars’ on-field performances, and created a politicized fissure between the school’s supporters. The conclusion to this strange saga, which has been making national headlines, is finally in sight.

There have been moments of joy and occasional causes for celebration. But the reality is this: The Huskies just aren’t a very good football team.

It’s been just three games. We don’t know anything about what kind of a team the Seattle Kraken will become.

Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp have reached the mind-reading phase of their quarterback-receiver relationship.

Courtney Vandersloot added 10 points and 15 assists for the Sky, who won the series 3-1, rallying from a 72-65 deficit with 4:42 left.

Days after being waived by the Los Angeles Lakers, Joel Ayayi has signed a two-way contract with the Washington Wizards, reuniting the former Gonzaga guard with college teammates Corey Kispert and Rui Hachimura.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Over the years, we’ve witnessed quite a few crowded Saturdays in these parts. Heck, when the boys were young, almost every Saturday seemed to be non-stop “fun.” But that was personal. Yesterday was public. And the action never seemed to slow.

A massive male cougar that was captured and tagged by biologists in 2018 was legally killed by a hunter on Sept. 9 in eastern Washington.