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SEATTLE – After outlasting the rival Los Angeles Rams to reach his franchise’s fourth Super Bowl, coach Mike Macdonald uttered four iconic words that encapsulated the Seahawks’ season.

It’s never really a good time to find out you’ve been eliminated from a playoff spot, but the first of June seems a particularly cruel time. Yet, that’s where the Spokane Indians found themselves after their loss Sunday in Pasco.

The Eastern Washington men’s basketball team added junior college transfer Isak Homelius on Monday, a freshman guard coming off of a successful scoring season at Western Texas College.

PULLMAN – Washington State is adding some size to its next prep class.

PULLMAN – Mike Leach, one of the greatest coaches in Washington State football history, is eligible to get his due.

The Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams agreed to terms on a blockbuster trade that will send two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Rams for star pass rusher Jared Verse and a trio of picks, the teams announced. The move alters the balance of power in the NFC and sets Cleveland on a new path without its most accomplished player.

The Protect College Sports Act, co-authored by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), is a more thoughtful version of the SCORE Act that died in the House recently. It has merit on multiple levels, including the provisions that allow athletes five years to play five seasons and prohibit professionals from returning to college. Eventually, it could become the law of the land.

Jack Sikma wasn’t the first center to shoot a jump shot, but he might have been the first one to realize he could be a more effective player going backward than forward.

Mike Leach, the mercurial coach and one of the godfathers of the Air Raid offense, is on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time.

A quartet of former Gonzaga players will be part of the Canadian men’s national team player pool ahead of 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifying games taking place next month in Hamilton, Ontario.

The transfer portal and NBA Draft decision game shaped the college basketball landscape for two months. But with the former closed and the latter concluded, clarity has emerged.

The Vegas Golden Knights were 2023 Stanley Cup champions so it stands to reason they have a lot of championship round experience.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Is it possible the first Monday in June has the same main subjects as, say, the final Friday of May? Sure. The M’s, the Cougars, the U.S. men’s soccer team. Wait, what’s that last one?

An inch, maybe two — and we're likely having a different conversation. If Mariners second baseman Cole Young doesn't leap and make a run-saving snag on a two-out line drive in the eighth, then the outcome might have been piggy-wack. But Young did make the catch, and Seattle's front office suddenly looks like MLB's genius bar. As for how the M's look? Like the World Series-caliber squad so many ...

SEATTLE – The routine recently for Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was pretty mundane and repetitive down in Arizona away from his teammates.

RALEIGH, N.C. – When Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour praises his goaltender – and that’s happened plenty over the last seven weeks, because his goaltender has been remarkable – one particular compliment rises above the rest.

Whenever this Washington State team gets a chance to reflect on its first postseason in about a decade and a half, whenever the Cougars find the time to ponder the way their weekend unfolded, they will likely come back to one theme.