No. 5 Gonzaga entertains Merrimack College and its no-3’s zone defense on Thursday before Washington, which has tweaked its full-time zone to man-to-man most of the time, visits on Sunday. The Zags (7-2) are experiencing the variety pack during the non-conference with four ranked foes, three that were in the top five when they faced GU, and a handful of squads transitioning to Division I that included Bellarmine’s quirky no-dribble offense.

The Spokane Indians were named the 2021 Minor League Baseball Organization of the Year for the first time on Monday in Orlando, Florida.

When baseball players agreed a decade ago to restraints on signing bonuses for draft picks, then-union head Michael Weiner said: “If it doesn’t work, we can always try something else.”

Baseball's last labor dispute was devastating, but the comeback had two big things working in its favor.

Among the many formidable players on the Southern Utah roster, Jason Spurgin wasn't one the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team was particularly focused on.

SEATTLE – What do you call a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in 20 years? What’s the label you give a franchise with the longest postseason drought in the four most lucrative American sports leagues?

The Seattle Mariners were still in the middle of finishing their first big deal of the offseason when they started making an aggressive move to land a new ace for their pitching rotation, a signing that would grab even more attention.

During an offseason in which they intended to spend more than they had spent in years but hadn’t seemed to find many players wanting to take their available dollars, the Mariners finally joined Major League Baseball’s free-agent frenzy Monday by adding the reigning American League Cy Young winner to their starting rotation.

MLB sources confirmed a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan early Saturday morning that the Mariners are acquiring second baseman Adam Frazier from the Padres in exchange for a pair of minor league prospects — left-handed pitcher Ray Kerr and outfielder Corey Rosier.

Scott Servais is telling one of his favorite Coon Valley stories — and he’s got a million to choose from.

The Twitter mailbag returns from its own work stoppage that featured mostly rest instead of unrest.

The 2021 Mariners were a monument to overachievement, and that’s a tribute to their manager, Scott Servais.

The Seattle Mariners will induct Ichiro Suzuki into the team’s Hall of Fame during the 2022 season, the club announced Wednesday.

SEATTLE – After four days of feeling the warmth of the Southern California sunshine at the Major League Baseball general managers meeting and listening to MLB executives and high-level agents lament the looming lockout Dec. 2 and the transaction freeze that would coincide with it, most people were left with two glaring realizations:

The Spokane Indians and county have to make a host of upgrades to Avista Stadium and they might add amenities for fans while they're at it. 

Yes, the unofficial start of a Seattle Mariners offseason filled with expectations — some realistic and more than a few unrealistic — began with a picture of high-level cuisine from Marmite on Capitol Hill, elegantly plated and looking quite tasty despite any negative thoughts of consuming the Easter Bunny.

PHOENIX – What a difference a decade has made for Denny Hamlin, the undisputed winner on NASCAR’s opening day of championship weekend.

Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi decided to decline a $13 million player option for the 2022 season, which went into effect when the team declined the club option.

Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t the Braves' year.