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Gonzaga’s Braden Huff to miss 4-8 weeks with left knee injury

Updated 31 minutes ago

PULLMAN – Gonzaga's Braden Huff will miss the next four to eight weeks with a left knee injury, potentially jeopardizing the forward's chances of suiting up for the ninth-ranked Bulldogs again this season.

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Gonzaga’s Braden Huff to miss 4-8 weeks with left knee injury

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Updated: Live updates: Washington State hosts No. 9 Gonzaga without leading scorer Braden Huff
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EWU football

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Idaho football

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High Schools

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Outdoors

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Mariners

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Updated 5:16 p.m.

Seahawks

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NFL Locals

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NBA locals

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Spokane Chiefs

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EWU basketball

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Idaho basketball

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WSU women's basketball

Despite best offensive showing, Washington State women fall at home to Santa Clara

Whitworth

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Kraken

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UW football

UW coach Jedd Fisch, QB Demond Williams Jr. begin work to ‘mend any fences’

Updated 4:50 p.m.

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Sounders

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Spokane Soccer

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Jon Wilner

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Hooptown Hall of Fame

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What if?

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Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga’s Braden Huff to miss 4-8 weeks with left knee injury

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Juan Rijo, Gregory Pio headline Mariners’ international signings

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

SEATTLE – The 2026 international signing period for Major League Baseball opened Thursday morning, and teams were able to sign free agents from outside the United States and Canada who aren’t subject to draft rules.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Live updates: Washington State hosts No. 9 Gonzaga without leading scorer Braden Huff

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

Follow along as the Cougars (8-10, 3-2 WCC) host the Bulldogs (17-1, 5-0) at 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.

Sports > UW football

UW coach Jedd Fisch, QB Demond Williams Jr. begin work to ‘mend any fences’

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

Jedd Fisch understands his quarterback needs to rebuild some important bridges.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Analysis: How Seahawks rebuilt roster into championship contender

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

On the day the trade of Russell Wilson was officially announced March 16, 2022, all involved on the Seattle Seahawks side stated vehemently that they did not view the team as heading into a rebuild.

Sports > National sports

Commentary: NASCAR just radically changed its playoff format. Will it be enough?

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – If you were a fan of NASCAR in the 2000s but fell off the bandwagon at some point, this sport has got a deal for you.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks add QB Sam Darnold to injury report for 49ers game

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

RENTON, Wash. – The Seahawks will be mostly healthy going into Saturday’s NFC divisional playoff game against San Francisco, with one surprising question.

Sports > Area sports

How the late legendary Northwest driver Greg Biffle ‘left an impact’ on entire racing community

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

Greg Biffle, one of the greats of Northwest short-track racing who went on to compete in the top tiers of NASCAR, will be celebrated on Friday in Charlotte, N.C.

Sports > NBA

NBA midseason awards: League’s injury rules could wreak havoc on ballots

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

The NBA’s end-of-season award races are always hotly debated, but this year’s ballots could be complicated by a tangle of unintended consequences.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: Little notes are fine, especially when the big news is overwhelming everything else

Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Gone are the days when there used to be Post-it notes all over our home. Little yellow (at first) reminders of this and that, aimed at everything from school events to bills due. Which reminds me, for those of us who pay estimate taxes, the government needs its dues today. Is there a Post-it note about that on the fridge? Nope. Everything is in the phone these days.

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Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

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Sports > NHL

Seattle Kraken fall in overtime to slumping New Jersey Devils

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

The Kraken could only shake a single standings point out of the slumping New Jersey Devils, falling 3-2 in overtime at Prudential Center on Wednesday night. Seattle is 1-1-1 so far on a five-game road trip.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Gonzaga Prep boys wrestling handle Central Valley; Rogers girls romp over Shadle Park

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

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Sports > High school sports

‘Let’s do it’: Greater Spokane League kicks off trial flag football season; organizers hope to adopt varsity schedule next school year

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

Wednesday evening’s weather wasn’t so bad as far as winter in Spokane goes – upper 30s, foggy, no precipitation. But you might not want to spend an hour and a half out in it.

Sports > WSU basketball

WSU to try and pull massive upset on No. 9 Gonzaga and earn first win over Zags since 2010

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

PULLMAN – David Riley has been around the Pacific Northwest basketball scene for too many years to count, enough to remember all the great post play that Gonzaga has put on display. Sitting in a chair courtside at Beasley Coliseum, the site of his Washington State team’s home matchup with the No. 9 Bulldogs at 7 p.m. Thursday, he begins to list off a couple names.

Sports > Outdoors

Chronic wasting disease found in deer killed south of Grangeville

Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

A deer harvested in Idaho's Game Management Unit 15 south of Grangeville tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Sports > Outdoors

Organization offers reward for information on grizzly killing

Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

A conservation organization announced this week that it's adding to the amount of money already available for information leading to the conviction of whoever shot and killed a grizzly bear in October near Perkins Lake, located northeast of Moyie Springs and near the border with Montana.

Sports > Outdoors

Outdoors reader photo gallery: Cruising altitude

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

A northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, flies over the Saltese Flats Wetland Area on Jan. 8 in this photo from Terry Sanborn.

Sports > Outdoors

Ammi Midstokke: Sailing and other forms of magic

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

There are some things that are better for us to not ask about. Like how a tube of mixed metals crammed with 300 people flies over an ocean, or how foie gras is made.

Sports > Outdoors

Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for Jan. 15

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 14, 2026

Silver Bow Fly Shop says stonefly and worm nymphs, hot bead anything and streamer patterns will get it done this time of year.

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