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A night after a spirited overtime victory in St. Louis, the Kraken dropped yet another back-to-back finale in Dallas.

In their first season last year, the Spokane Velocity made it to the USL League One title match but lost to Union Omaha. They went into this season with unfinished business and are now one step from winning it all.

SEATTLE – Three instant takeaways after the Seahawks thumped the Cardinals 44-22 for their fourth straight victory:

SEATTLE – As a reminder, this season’s Super Bowl is in Santa Clara. Feb. 8.

SEATTLE – There was hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperature was a balmy 59 degrees at the 1:05 p.m. kickoff.

SEATTLE – Lenny Wilkens, one of five people inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach, and an ambassador of Seattle basketball for more than 50 years, died at his home Sunday.

The new Pac-12 is beginning to resemble the old Pac-12 in one unflattering fashion. It’s early November, and the conference is effectively (but not officially) eliminated from the College Football Playoff race.

It was the type of game the Gonzaga women’s basketball team found a way to lose a year ago.

After biding his time and playing limited reps off the bench for the New England Patriots for nine weeks, Kyle Williams (Washington State) had a breakthrough Sunday, introducing himself to the NFL world with one of the weekend’s top highlights.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released the state football playoff brackets on Sunday, so the teams that moved on in the Round of 32 and crossovers at the lower levels found out their seeds and opponents for first-round games.

Within the larger goal of winning Saturday’s nonconference game against Oklahoma, Tyon Grant-Foster and Jalen Warley had another objective Saturday night at the Arena.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • A Saturday in November featuring college football games that seemed as if they should have been broadcast in black and white? All in with that. A Gonzaga men’s team that looks capable of defending at a higher level than we’ve seen in a while? All in with that as well. A Seahawks squad struck down in mid-momentum by a bunch of injures? No, that’s not good for us at all. It seems a little too early on a Sunday morning to be sharing such deep thoughts.

SEATTLE – A year ago, the Mariners’ outfield felt set as they headed into the offseason.

MOSCOW, Idaho – At 4-5, with three games remaining, all of them were do-or-die as Idaho sought to qualify for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the fourth straight year. Facing 11th-ranked University of California Davis, the Vandals made it clear they understood the magnitude of the stakes. They gambled throughout like they had found a pot of house money.

SALEM, Oregon – Whitworth clinched a spot in the NCAA Division III playoffs and claimed at least a share of the Northwest Conference title with a lopsided win over Willamette.

Six players scored in double figures for Whitworth, which opened its season with a smooth win at home.

PORTLAND – Owen Martin scored an insurance goal in the middle of the second period, and the Spokane Chiefs withstood a furious comeback to edge the Portland Winterhawks 4-3 in a Western Hockey League game at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.