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A Grip on Sports: No fireworks after a Fouth of July baseball game seems almost sacrilegious, which may partly explain why Cal Raleigh supplied a couple of star-spangled home runs

A GRIP ON SPORTS • I realized this morning I broke my routine yesterday. Never delved into TV’s weekend sports. Shame on me. How could I have skipped over the highlight of the summer, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest?

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Gonzaga

Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, Nolan Hickman to reunite on Mavericks’ Summer League squad

WSU football

WSU’s Anne McCoy details House settlement’s impact at WSU, plus other nuggets

Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women’s basketball has plenty to evaluate during offseason with only one returning starter

WSU basketball

WSU rounds out roster with addition of veteran Spanish guard Adria Rodriguez

Hooptown Hall of Fame

‘I miss playing’: Hooptown Hall of Famer Angie Bjorklund, among the best ever from Spokane, adjusts to life as a coach

EWU football

Former EWU star Efton Chism III was the darling of the Patriots’ spring. Now, can he make the team?

Idaho football

Idaho notebook: Vandals slated for two national broadcast games, ranked No. 10 in preseason poll

High Schools

‘Can’t believe it’s taken this long’: MODE Prep brings national prep circuit basketball to Spokane

Outdoors

Little lynx: Colville Tribes confirm Canada lynx kittens in the Kettle Range

Spokane Chiefs

The path of champions: Looking back at Chiefs’ title-winning 2008 team as members of current group eye pro ranks

Spokane Indians

Indians comeback falls short in 4-3 loss to Dust Devils

Spokane Soccer

Spokane concedes second-half goal to tie with Texoma in a League One match on Wednesday

Mariners

Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr.’s HR record in Mariners’ win over Pirates

Seahawks

Analysis: Here’s what Seahawks roster might look like this season

EWU basketball

Through retention and recruiting, Eastern Washington women feel good about rebuilt roster

Idaho basketball

‘Kings of the Palouse’: Bound for Hooptown Hall of Fame, 1981-82 Idaho Vandals dazzled with defense, efficiency

WSU women's basketball

Washington State women lose five players to transfer portal, including guard Astera Tuhina

Whitworth

Whitworth baseball bows out of NCAA regional after loss to Pomona-Pitzer 10-9

Kraken

Commentary: Why Kraken need homegrown prospects like Berkly Catton to hit to become perennial contenders

UW football

Washington Husky football early-season kickoff times announced

Area sports

In first year as Indiana Fever assistant, Briann January brings ‘intensity,’ Spokane connection with Lexie Hull

Gonzaga athletics

Gonzaga runner Rosina Machu places 7th in 10,000 meters at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Sounders

Sounders show skill under pressure, blank Austin 2-0 in MLS return

Jon Wilner

Hotline mailbag: Pac-12 revenue breakdown, the Memphis factor, champ game locations, the ‘State 8’ and more

Zags insiders podcast

Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast: Dispatches from the Dance – the good, the bad and the boring

Greatest Spokane League

Greatest Spokane League: From Shadle Park to Central Valley, GSL girls have earned 18 basketball championships in 33 years

What if?

John Blanchette: Looking at the great ‘what if’ had the Spokane Indians remained a Triple-A team

Gone, but not Forgotten

Out of the rough: Despite shoestring budget, EWU men’s golf made run for top of Big Sky before program was cut

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A Grip on Sports: No fireworks after a Fouth of July baseball game seems almost sacrilegious, which may partly explain why Cal Raleigh supplied a couple of star-spangled home runs

Sat., July 5, 2025

Sports

On the Air

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

Saturday’s TV Highlights

Sports > Spokane Indians

Indians comeback falls short in 4-3 loss to Dust Devils

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

A throwing error put the Spokane Indians on the wrong side of a 4-3 loss to the Tri-City Dust Devils on Friday at Avista Stadium.

Sports > MLB

Presenting the MLB All-Quarter Century Team, the very best in baseball since 2000

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

Wait. It’s 2025 already? Boy, that 21st century is flying by, isn’t it?

Sports > NBA

How free agency — and Achilles tears — have shifted the Eastern Conference pecking order

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – Following the February trade deadline, Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey said that “I know you have to squint a little, but we feel like this group” is still capable of winning a championship.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr.’s HR record in Mariners’ win over Pirates

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

SEATTLE – Within a short span during the first couple of weeks of what’s officially summer, there are several benchmarks that show up in a baseball season.

Sports > Outdoors

Little lynx: Colville Tribes confirm Canada lynx kittens in the Kettle Range

Fri., July 4, 2025

The den was in a boulder field high up in the Kettle Range, in a rugged spot no one would visit without a reason.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Commentary: MLB trade deadline moves won’t solely make Mariners a real contender

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

SEATTLE – The trade deadline is a crutch, not a cure.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Commentary: MLB trade deadline moves won’t solely make Mariners a real contender

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

The trade deadline is a crutch, not a cure.

Sports > Outdoors

Washington fishery managers limit Upper Columbia sockeye fishing as run size drops

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

A decreased forecast for returns of sockeye salmon has Washington fishery managers moving to limit angling for them in the Upper Columbia River starting on Monday.

Sports > Outdoors

WA State Parks officials say budget cuts won’t be felt by visitors

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

Although Washington State Parks, like other parts of state government, did not make it through this year’s legislative session with its budget unscathed, park visitors shouldn’t notice any staffing or service changes this summer, according to the agency.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

MLB draft preview: What will the Mariners do with the No. 3 pick?

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

SEATTLE – In a stunning turn of good fortune, the Seattle Mariners won the No. 3 pick in the 2025 MLB draft during the draft lottery held at the winter meetings in Dallas last December. That’s a 12-spot jump from where the Mariners were projected to pick.

Sports > NCAA

Hotline mailbag: Pac-12 revenue breakdown, the Memphis factor, champ game locations, the ‘State 8’ and more

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline

Sports > Outdoors

Trump administration spikes update to dam study

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

LEWISTON – The Trump administration is formally ending the government’s nascent effort to update the environmental documentation of federal dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: Baseball’s season is long and full of losses, some that you can blame on the players, others the manager must own and some where the responsibility is split

Fri., July 4, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • The plan was simple. Not work today. Go on a hike. Revel in the revelations the outdoors provides. On Independence Day. The plan changed. Give an assist to Alaska Airlines. And a managerial decision.

Sports

On the air

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

Friday’s TV Highlights

Sports > Spokane Indians

Braylen Wimmer solo home run lifts Spokane Indians over Tri-City 1-0

UPDATED: Fri., July 4, 2025

From staff reports

Sports > WSU football

WSU’s Anne McCoy details House settlement’s impact at WSU, plus other nuggets

UPDATED: Thu., July 3, 2025

PULLMAN – As the athletics ecosystem department at Washington State changes, most notably cutting field events from its track and field program three weeks ago, more clarity is also beginning to surface about the impact of the House v. NCAA settlement at WSU.

Sports > NCAA

Washington State AD Anne McCoy says decision to scale back track and field program not made for ‘financial reasons’

UPDATED: Thu., July 3, 2025

More than two weeks after dropping the ax on the “field” of half of Washington State’s track and field program, Cougars athletic director Anne McCoy emerged on Thursday to insist it wasn’t done with an eye to budget considerations.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Logan Evans strong in return from minors, but Mariners’ bullpen falters

UPDATED: Thu., July 3, 2025

SEATTLE – With how much they’ve been asked to pitch lately, there was bound to be a time when the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen would eventually falter.

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