Despite its initial request being denied, Egypt will get a couple of days in Seattle before its final FIFA Men’s World Cup group stage match against Iran.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • As I was listening to some music on my iPhone the other day, I realized two things. The artist playing has been part of the soundtrack of my life for more than 50 years. And if you had told that high school kid back then someday he would be listening to music on a phone that fit in his pocket, he would have probably said “cool” and turned his attention back to the Star Trek re-run on his TV.
The Egyptian national soccer team was denied a request to stay in Seattle after their World Cup match against New Zealand, and the team is instead returning to Spokane, according to its manager.
The Milwaukee Bucks traded Giannis Antetokounmpo, the most accomplished player in franchise history, to the Miami Heat just before the team’s self-imposed deadline of the 2026 NBA draft, league sources confirmed to the Athletic.
SEATTLE – When the Mariners’ brain trust met recently to hash out a strategy for their six-man starting staff, someone threw out a suggestion that maybe the club should call up elite pitching prospects Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan and go all-in with an eight-man rotation featuring four piggyback tandems.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Argentina is chasing the chance to become the first team in 64 years to win back‑to‑back World Cup titles – but the road toward that feat was never going to be free of the drama that so often trails its star, Lionel Messi.
The Ferris High School football team has suffered through some tough times in the last decade-plus. The Saxons hope they have the right man for the job of rebuilding a once-proud program back into a contender.
Framed NBA jerseys take up most of the real estate on the navy concrete wall that runs between the media conference room and home locker room inside a back hallway at McCarthey Athletic Center.
VANCOUVER, B.C. – As a small group of reporters turned a corner in the bowels of BC Place, another even smaller group ahead began shuffling their feet with urgency.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • This time next week, thousands of Spokane residents and others from far and wide will wake up, look outside and wonder why their feet hurt. Then they’ll remember. They just spent the weekend playing basketball. On asphalt. Under the giant heat lamp in the sky.
Star third baseman Mikey Bell has committed to transfer to Georgia after claiming West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in each of the past two seasons at Gonzaga, he announced over social media.
VANCOUVER, B.C. – In a historic moment for Egypt, Mohamed Salah scored a dramatic, 67th-minute go-ahead goal to help deliver his country a come-from-behind 3-1 win and a first World Cup victory in its footballing history.
