Sports

SEATTLE – Maybe that long list of Seahawks is made up of some of the world’s most talented actors. Perhaps they’re smiling on the podium and grimacing in private.

From staff reports

Washington’s watercraft inspectors earlier this month scrubbed 21 gallons of zebra and quagga mussels off a tugboat, the largest volume of the tiny mollusks to be pulled off a single vessel in seven years.

The final hunt of the season went about as well as most of the others. I followed the dog with optimism, punching through sagebrush and cattails and willows, thinking there would eventually be a bird somewhere in the scablands that felt like flying within shooting range.

It was a great year for upland bird hunters in Washington.

PULLMAN – Sitting courtside after his team’s latest setback, Washington State coach David Riley sounded frustrated when he explained one of the key reasons the Cougars took a blowout loss to Santa Clara Thursday night.

The outcome of the lawsuit could dictate whether UNLV is available later this year.

RENTON, Wash. – Josh Atencio tapped the right side of his chest a couple of times as he spoke. Yes, the No. 8 jersey number will stay the same even though the midfielder is formally transitioning to play center back for the Sounders this season.

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Roundup of Friday’s Greater Spokane League boys and girls basketball action.

PULLMAN – Washington State’s 2026 and 2027 football schedules are starting to take shape.

BEND, Ore. – It started as a joke on a Facebook forum in August, when news came that Mount Bachelor, one of the country’s biggest ski areas, was for sale.

SEATTLE – Former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll will return to the NFL in 2025 as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, according to multiple reports Friday morning.

This time a year ago, the Seattle Seahawks had Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs under contract, keeping alive the idea that each could return for the 2024 season to anchor the safety position.

The practice plan for the week was obvious since Gonzaga gave up a McCarthey Athletic Center record 103 points last Saturday in a loss to Santa Clara.

We try to avoid repeating the same key matchup when Gonzaga faces a West Coast Conference foe for the second time. Portland’s Max Mackinnon made that much easier after his career night Thursday in the Pilots’ 92-82 home win over San Diego.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • And so it begins. Well, sort of. The great desert of sports. The time between when football ends and baseball begins.

PULLMAN — LeJuan Watts labored to the finish line. As Washington State’s 93-65 road loss to Santa Clara wound down, a Quad 1 defeat for the Cougars on Thursday night, their sophomore wing was battling nagging injuries to both his ankle and knee.

PULLMAN – The Portland women’s basketball team won for the 18th time this season – all 18 by double digits.