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Live updates: No. 25 Washington State takes on Oregon State season’s only Pac-12 Conference game

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Follow along as the Beavers (4-6) host the Cougars (8-2) at 4 p.m. on KSKN.

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Dave Boling: A little reminder as Gonzaga basketball heads to the Bahamas – former guard Quentin Hall can still sizzle

Updated 2:24 p.m.

Updated: 'They're tough as all get out.' Why ESPN's Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg & Fran Fraschilla believe in this Gonzaga team
"Iron was sharpening every single day:" Gonzaga's Graham Ike, Braden Huff push each other to improve
Business as usual as No. 3 Gonzaga rolls past Long Beach State 84-41

Live updates: No. 25 Washington State takes on Oregon State season’s only Pac-12 Conference game

Updated 2 minutes ago

Women’s basketball notebook: Gonzaga navigates early season injuries and inexperience

Washington State gets hot early, cruises to 96-81 win over Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington says goodbye to Efton Chism III, seniors in season-ending loss to Northern Arizona 30-18

Updated 57 minutes ago

Things to watch: Idaho QB Jack Layne can build on impressive resume against rival Idaho State

State roundup: Freeman football advances to State 2B semifinal; Scotties girls soccer earns program’s first state title

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First tracks: Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center hires first full-time director

Updated 3:54 p.m.

EWU’s present, led by Dan Monson, and past – led by David Riley, who’s now at WSU – face off Thursday at the Spokane Arena

Idaho basketball

Idaho defense can’t slow Southern Utah, falls 82-67 in men’s basketball

Updated 6:05 p.m.

Washington State women use free throws to beat Idaho 71-60

Whitworth defense steps up to secure 21-13 playoff win over Pomona-Pitzer

Updated 5:39 p.m.

Kraken face uncertainty after captain Jordan Eberle leaves with injury

Dawson Cowan leads Chiefs to 4-3 shootout win over Silvertips

Analysis: Evaluating Washington Huskies’ 2024 bowl options

UW basketball

Tyler Harris is one of 10 newcomers for UW men. Is this last stop before NBA?

Spokane Soccer

Spokane Velocity outmatched by Union Omaha in USL1 championship 3-0; remain ‘proud of what we achieved this year’

Avista Stadium receives new playing surface, dugouts in ‘Phase 2’ of MLB-mandated stadium renovations

Mariners position analysis: How long will Cal Raleigh be catching in Seattle?

Updated 4:46 p.m.

Commentary: Why a simple shrug explains the brilliance of Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Led by Ferris grad Jadon Bowton, UW men’s soccer advances in NCAA tourney

Former Gonzaga standout Eli Morgan traded to Chicago Cubs

Sounders

Notebook: Sounders still missing key players ahead of Saturday’s playoff semifinal

Jon Wilner

Mailbag: Why the Hotline is tough on Washington, Big Ten TV matters, options for the Pac-12, the SEC and the CFP and more

Updated 4:41 p.m.

‘My life was chaos’: Hooptown HoF inductee Tammy Tibbles, a former Gonzaga and Creston star, used basketball as a great escape

Greatest Spokane League

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

What if?

Shawn Vestal: Looking at the great ‘what if’ had Evel Knievel landed the Snake River Canyon jump

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 > EWU football

EWU notebook: Northern Arizona special teams tries to negate electric returner Michael Wortham

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – Special teams ended up as a moot point in Saturday’s game at Walkup Skydome, but it got to that point of equilibrium in an interesting way.

Sports > EWU football

Eastern Washington says goodbye to Efton Chism III, seniors in season-ending loss to Northern Arizona 30-18

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – Aaron Best stood near the 30-yard line of Findlay Toyota Field after Eastern Washington’s season-ending 30-18 loss to Northern Arizona on Saturday and took turns hugging the seniors who walked up to him at Walkup Skydome.

Sports > High school sports

State roundup: Freeman football advances to State 2B semifinal; Scotties girls soccer earns program’s first state title

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Freeman put up a bunch of points on Saturday, but its defense really came to play.

Sports > Whitworth

Whitworth defense steps up to secure 21-13 playoff win over Pomona-Pitzer

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Style points aren’t required in postseason football.

Sports > Idaho basketball

Idaho defense can’t slow Southern Utah, falls 82-67 in men’s basketball

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

The Idaho men’s basketball team struggled on the defensive end and fell 82-67 to Southern Utah in a nonconference game in San Diego on Saturday.

Sports > Whitworth

Stephen Behil’s hot shooting carries Whitworth men’s basketball past Caltech

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

PASADENA, Calif. – Stephen Behil scored 16 points as the Whitworth men’s basketball team rolled to an 87-44 victory over Caltech in a nonconference game on Saturday.

Sports

Sam Farmer’s Week 12 NFL picks

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 9-5 (.643); season 107-59 (.645). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 8-5-1 (.615); season 90-74-2 (.549). Off: Bills, Bengals, Falcons, Jaguars, Jets, Saints. Times Pacific.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Commentary: Can Seahawks and fans reassert home-field reputation vs. Cardinals?

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

It's easy to lose a national narrative. It's harder to conjure a new nightmare.

Sports > WSU football

Live updates: No. 25 Washington State takes on Oregon State season’s only Pac-12 Conference game

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Follow along as the Beavers (4-6) host the Cougars (8-2) at 4 p.m. on KSKN.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Dave Boling: A little reminder as Gonzaga basketball heads to the Bahamas – former guard Quentin Hall can still sizzle

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Some three decades ago, Quentin Hall was a young Bahamian guard who turned out to be a gem that would play a key role in establishing the foundation for the basketball phenomenon that Gonzaga would become. And the coach that recruited him – Mark Few – would become the winningest active coach in college basketball.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Mariners don’t offer contracts to two key players, freeing up payroll

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

With 10 players eligible for salary arbitration, including a handful earning significant raises, the Mariners opted to not tender 2025 contracts to two contributing players from last season.

Sports > NCAA

Mailbag: Why the Hotline is tough on Washington, Big Ten TV matters, options for the Pac-12, the SEC and the CFP and more

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

The fact that Washington fans think we hate the Huskies and love the Ducks and Oregon fans think we hate the Ducks and love the Huskies indicates we are probably in the right space with our coverage.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: From baseball – this time of year? – to a Pac-12 showdown to one needed upset, this Saturday has caught our attention

Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

A GRIP ON SPORTS • A Pac-12 championship on the line in Corvallis. An MLS showdown in L.A. The most-important football game of the day before noon. And some offseason Mariner thoughts. It’s not your usual Saturday this time of year.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

‘They’re tough as all get out.’ Why ESPN’s Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg & Fran Fraschilla believe in this Gonzaga team

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

A few weeks ago, longtime ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla was courtside at the Toyota Center for a nonconference matchup between top-10 heavyweights Auburn and Houston – teams that currently sit No. 4 and 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Dawson Cowan leads Chiefs to 4-3 shootout win over Silvertips

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

Spokane Chiefs goalie Dawson Cowan made three stops in a penalty shootout to help beat the Everett Silvertips 4-3 at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett.

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Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

Saturday’s TV Highlights

Sports > High school sports

State football: Gonzaga Prep snaps “quarterfinal curse” with 34-28 road win over Kennedy Catholic

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

BURIEN, Wash. – With all the winning in program history, it might be hard to believe Gonzaga Prep had something of a “quarterfinal curse.” Entering play Friday, the Bullpups had never won a playoff game outside of a state championship game while west of the Cascades.

Sports > High school sports

State roundup: Mt. Spokane girls soccer falls in semifinal; Freeman advances to first state championship

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Sometimes, despite proper planning, training and the best of intentions, the ball just doesn’t bounce your way.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Commentary: Why a simple shrug explains the brilliance of Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

RENTON, Wash. – Sometimes, a shrug communicates what words never could.

Sports > EWU football

Things to watch: Can Northern Arizona slow Eastern Washington’s red-hot rushing attack?

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – The records are what they are.

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