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‘Still the best job in the world.’ Former Gonzaga wing Corey Kispert reflects on career with NBA’s Wizards during Spokane visit

Updated 5:25 p.m.

Corey Kispert’s antennae stay up this time of year, no different than any other NBA player trying to monitor and follow the endless trail of trades and transactions that usually keep front offices occupied and fans engaged during the league’s free-agency period.

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‘Still the best job in the world.’ Former Gonzaga wing Corey Kispert reflects on career with NBA’s Wizards during Spokane visit

Updated 5:25 p.m.

WSU football

Pac-12 officially adds Texas State as ninth member

Gonzaga women

On way to Hooptown Hall of Fame, Heather Bowman laid the groundwork for Gonzaga women’s basketball and became a hometown hero

WSU basketball

Analysis: Memphis’ pick of Cedric Coward among NBA draft winners

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

Gaffing chinook: Nez Perce anglers practice ancient fishing method

Spokane Chiefs

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

Spokane Indians

Spokane Indians Notebook: Charlie Condon, Jared Thomas to be promoted to Hartford; Split series with Tri-City on tap

Spokane Soccer

Las Vegas blanks Spokane 2-0 in USL Jagermeister Cup play

Mariners

Randy Arozarena, Cal Raleigh power Mariners to victory over Royals

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

Kraken open free agency period by signing defenseman Ryan Lindgren

UW football

Washington Husky football early-season kickoff times announced

Area sports

Hoopfest elite: Repeat champions abound, headlined by Hub Northwest’s seventh straight title

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

Commentary: Texas State isn’t Texas, but move makes sense for Pac-12

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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Sports > Area sports

‘He knows he earned it’: Upcoming Mead senior Rocky Wells continues to develop after signing academy contract with Spokane Velocity

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

In October 2022, 14-year-old Rocky Wells heard that Spokane was announced as an expansion site for the USL League One.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Former Spokane Chiefs star Kailer Yamamoto signs one-year deal with Utah Mammoth

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

The Utah Mammoth signed former Spokane Chiefs forward Kailer Yamamoto to a one-year, two-way contract on Monday.

Sports > NHL

Kraken open free agency period by signing defenseman Ryan Lindgren

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

The Seattle Kraken signed unrestricted free agent Ryan Lindgren, a defenseman, to a four-year contract with an average annual value of $4.5 million hours after the UFA window opened.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Seattle U is officially back in the West Coast Conference

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

SEATTLE – Forty-five years after leaving the West Coast Conference, Seattle University is back in the WCC, becoming an official member Tuesday.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Commentary: Texas State addition completes Pac-12’s new look, but is it enough?

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

Let’s say you’ve been working a job you love for as long as you remember while making $150K a year doing it. It’s the life you’ve known, the reality you’ve embraced — the future you were depending on.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

‘Still the best job in the world.’ Former Gonzaga wing Corey Kispert reflects on career with NBA’s Wizards during Spokane visit

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

Sports

A Grip on Sports: The rebuilt Pac-12 has reached the NCAA’s legal football age but there is one more school it needs to tap to be complete

Tue., July 1, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Welcome back Pac-12. And a big hearty welcome to Texas State, the conference of champions’ most-recent addition. Is it possible for you to continue to grow your football program while also significantly improve your basketball ones? Asking for eight friends.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Report: Gonzaga to face Alabama, Maryland in opening games at Players Era Festival

UPDATED: Tue., July 1, 2025

Gonzaga can expect to have its hands full with its first two opponents at the Players Era Festival in November.

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Mon., June 30, 2025

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Sports > Seattle Mariners

Randy Arozarena, Cal Raleigh power Mariners to victory over Royals

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

SEATTLE – Randy Arozarena was the star of the main set.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Mariners notebook: Jorge Polanco out of lineup again; Bryce Miller resumes throwing

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

SEATTLE – Mariners designated hitter Jorge Polanco was out of the lineup Monday for the third game in a row because of swelling in his surgically repaired left knee.

Sports > Spokane Indians

Spokane Indians Notebook: Charlie Condon, Jared Thomas to be promoted to Hartford; Split series with Tri-City on tap

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

According to multiple published reports, the Colorado Rockies will promote OF/CI Charlie Condon and OF Jared Thomas to Double-A Hartford for Tuesday’s game.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Notebook: Why lineup protection for Cal Raleigh could be a concern for the Mariners

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

Taking a walk without ever swinging the bat seems like it’s going to be part of Cal Raleigh’s life moving forward.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Commentary: Texas State isn’t Texas, but move makes sense for Pac-12

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

It took 35 years, five swings and a near-death experience, but the Pac-12 finally is planting its flag in Texas.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Top Spanish prospect Mario Saint-Supery signs financial aid agreement with Gonzaga

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

Months after initially being linked to Mark Few’s program, top Spanish guard Mario Saint-Supery has finalized a long-anticipated move Gonzaga.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Pac-12 officially adds Texas State as ninth member

UPDATED: Mon., June 30, 2025

The Pac-12 officially added Texas State to its membership, cementing the revamped league’s status as a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: There are numbers that are so high they play tricks with the mind and then there are numbers that seem to be too low to believe

Mon., June 30, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • There are a lot of numbers thrown out there that are near-impossible to wrap your mind around. How about $36 trillion, which Google’s AI informed me is the U.S. debt as our nation closes in on its 250th July 4. Or the $52.6 million the L.A. Lakers will pay a 40-year-old LeBron James to play next season. Or the $5.23 (or so) it costs Hoopfest to give each winner and consolation champion a T-shirt.

Sports > Area sports

Hoopfest elite: Repeat champions abound, headlined by Hub Northwest’s seventh straight title

UPDATED: Sun., June 29, 2025

With his orthopedist appointment looming on Friday, Parker Kelly sent a message to his Hub Northwest teammates.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Mitch Garver lifts Mariners past Rangers in another extra-innings marathon

UPDATED: Sun., June 29, 2025

ARLINGTON, Texas — Inside the tunnels of Globe Life Field strode a Mariner Hall of Famer with his arms in the air, saying, “Thank you,” in the direction of Mitch Garver.

Sports

Hoopfest nets over 800 injuries, down from previous years

UPDATED: Sun., June 29, 2025

Broken arms, ruptured Achilles and many other minor injuries were seen during Spokane’s Hoopfest, but with 892 total incidents as of 4 p.m. Sunday, numbers were down from previous years.

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