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Idaho introduces head coach Thomas Ford: ‘People want to be a part of this program.’

Updated 30 minutes ago

MOSCOW, Idaho – Thomas Ford said that he began coming to the University of Idaho to attend high school football camps in the late 1990s.

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Seasoned squads Gonzaga and Bucknell square off Saturday at the Kennel

Updated 48 minutes ago

Updated: Key matchup: Gonzaga's Ryan Nembhard, Bucknell's Josh Bascoe go way back
'We're not panicking.' Recent losses haven't impacted Gonzaga's resume – or confidence – as nonleague slate winds down
Gonzaga's Mark Few makes Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ballot for first time

Guest commentary: Why this cat, too, is considering transferring away from WSU

San Francisco women beat Gonzaga 73-58 in WCC opener

Turnovers and poor shooting doom WSU in 89-73 loss to rival Washington

Eastern Washington OC Jim Chapin leaves for same job at Central Michigan

Idaho introduces head coach Thomas Ford: ‘People want to be a part of this program.’

Updated 30 minutes ago

‘Rubber Chicken’: Sadie Pierce takes over in fourth quarter, paces Lewis and Clark to victory

Holiday tradition: Cheney tally part of 125th Christmas Bird Count

Updated 5 p.m.

Women’s basketball: Area programs must limit turnovers as conference play approaches

Idaho basketball

Idaho basketball: Kolton Mitchell’s 26 not enough in loss to UC Davis; UI women squander big league in defeat

Washington State women cruise past San Diego 65-42 in first WCC game

Whitworth basketball: Colton Looney carries unbeaten men’s team to 79-66 win; Pirate women fall to Cal Lutheran

Lightning hand Kraken 5-1 loss, snapping Seattle’s three-game point streak

Rasmus Ekström records hat trick; Spokane Chiefs go into break on two-game skid after 6-4 loss at Portland

Sun Bowl: Washington will clash with Louisville on Dec. 31 in El Paso

UW basketball

Washington pulls away in second half to beat Eastern Washington 87-69

Spokane Soccer

Spokane Zephyr skid into break with 3-2 loss at Tampa Bay Sun

Brett Sports, owners of Spokane Indians, Chiefs sell ownership interests in Tri-CIty, Rancho Cucamonga MiLB franchises

Commentary: Skeptical the Mariners will make a splash this winter? It’s warranted.

Seahawks will get Kenneth Walker III back for Sunday’s showdown with Vikings

Updated 5:13 p.m.

Boston Bruins waive Spokane native Tyler Johnson

Locally: Gonzaga pitcher Payton Graham named one of top MLB prospects

Sounders

Sounders allow late goal in loss to Galaxy in Western Conference final

Jon Wilner

Best of the West MBB power rankings: There’s a new No. 1 (hello, UCLA) after Gonzaga falls and ASU slips

‘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 > Idaho football

Idaho introduces head coach Thomas Ford: ‘People want to be a part of this program.’

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – Thomas Ford said that he began coming to the University of Idaho to attend high school football camps in the late 1990s.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks will get Kenneth Walker III back for Sunday’s showdown with Vikings

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

RENTON, Wash. – The Seahawks will be fully healthy in their offensive backfield for Sunday’s critical game against the Minnesota Vikings, as quarterback Geno Smith and running backs Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet are all expected to play.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Can DK Metcalf, JSN outshine Vikings’ star WR duo? Seahawks’ hopes might depend on it

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

RENTON, Wash. – The Seattle Seahawks expect quarterback Geno Smith to start Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings after suffering a knee injury in the team’s loss to the Green Packers in Week 15.

Sports > NFL

Sam Farmer’s Week 16 NFL picks

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 13-3 (.813); season 154-70 (.688). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 9-7 (.563); season 120-102-2 (.541).

Sports > Outdoors

Holiday tradition: Cheney tally part of 125th Christmas Bird Count

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

Stop-and-go traffic is the norm when Alan McCoy is birding. Especially on the relatively empty back roads near his home south of Spokane.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett keeps focus on present despite unclear future

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

Tyler Lockett will be entering the final year of his contract in 2025, a deal that he agreed to redo in March to save Seattle $8 million in cap space for 2024 but that moved roughly $4 million in cap space to 2025, increasing his cap hit for next season to just over $30 million. It also has no guaranteed money. With the Seahawks having obvious needs to create cap space in 2025, speculation has arisen Lockett could either be asked to again redo his deal, or possibly even be released.

Sports > Outdoors

Company offers hunters another testing option for chronic wasting disease

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

LEWISTON – Deer and elk hunters worried that the animals they harvested may have chronic wasting disease have a new testing option but it comes with important caveats.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Seasoned squads Gonzaga and Bucknell square off Saturday at the Kennel

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

Gonzaga and Bucknell don’t share too much in common with each other and, in a more general sense, college basketball these days. The transfer portal, as well as name, image and likeness (NIL), have changed college sports, particularly basketball and football. However, both the Zags and Bison boast loads of familiar faces and rank among NCAA Division I’s oldest teams.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Key matchup: Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, Bucknell’s Josh Bascoe go way back

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

Saturday marks the first meeting between Gonzaga and Bucknell, but this won’t be the first time GU standout Ryan Nembhard and Bison point guard Josh Bascoe have faced each other. Both are from Ontario, Canada, and their hometowns are separated by an hour’s drive. Bascoe is a year older, but Nembhard’s Vaughan Panthers and Bascoe’s Milton Stags, coached by Josh’s dad, Shane, tangled several times before embarking on their college careers.

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A Grip on Sports: With all the preliminaries – read, the regular season – finally done, we can settle in this weekend and watch as the College Football Playoffs begin

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Thank goodness it’s Friday. This Friday anyway. It’s actually possible to forget the doom and gloom of college football – here’s looking at you Pullman – and turn our sites on something completely different. The 12-team College Football Playoff.

Sports > Outdoors

Relocated grizzly bears roaming Yellowstone National Park, FWP data shows

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

BILLINGS – A female grizzly has explored a vast swath of Yellowstone National Park since being translocated to the region in July while her male counterpart has been more of a homebody.

Sports > Gonzaga women

San Francisco women beat Gonzaga 73-58 in WCC opener

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

Shooting betrayed the Gonzaga women’s basketball team Thursday, especially in the first half.

Sports > WSU football

WSU players react to coach Jake Dickert’s departure, plus mixed signals on CB Steve Hall’s status

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

PULLMAN – Like many Washington State players, Djouvensky Schlenbaker didn’t know coach Jake Dickert was leaving the program until Wednesday morning.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Jaden Ghoreishi leads Mt. Spokane boys at Curtis tournament; Gonzaga Prep girls escape Clarkston with win

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

From staff reports

Sports > NHL

Boston Bruins waive Spokane native Tyler Johnson

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

BOSTON – The Tyler Johnson experiment is over before it ever really got off the ground.

Sports > WSU basketball

Washington State women cruise past San Diego 65-42 in first WCC game

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

From staff reports

Sports > High school sports

‘Rubber Chicken’: Sadie Pierce takes over in fourth quarter, paces Lewis and Clark to victory

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

Ferris and Lewis and Clark high schools have been waging an intense but friendly rivalry since 1983, when a student competition between the schools was adopted to increase student spirit at both . The symbol of the rivalry, an ugly rubber chicken, was chosen to symbolize a reward “deeply sought but without actual value.”

Sports > NCAA

What former WSU coach Jake Dickert said in his Wake Forest introductory press conference

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

PULLMAN – In some of Jake Dickert’s opening remarks as Wake Forest’s new head coach, taking the dais for an introductory news conference on Thursday, the former Washington State head coach didn’t mince words when it came to his new recruiting area.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

‘We’re not panicking.’ Recent losses haven’t impacted Gonzaga’s resume – or confidence – as nonleague slate winds down

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

When drawing parallels between Gonzaga’s current team and the 2023-24 group that extended the program’s streak of consecutive Sweet 16 appearances, the easiest place to start is the win-loss column.

Sports > Area sports

Spokane horse trainer Tim McCanna closes season with win, future of Northern California racing uncertain

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

Although Spokane thoroughbred trainer Tim McCanna has neared the end of another successful year, Northern California horse racing stands face-to-face with its uncertain future.

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