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‘Dynamic’: Winger Andrew Cristall brings scorer’s touch, automatic chemistry to Spokane Chiefs lineup

Updated 9:59 p.m.

Over the past few seasons, every move Spokane Chiefs general manager Matt Bardsley has made has been in preparation for acquiring high-scoring winger Andrew Cristall – if not Cristall himself, then someone of that caliber.

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Gonzaga

Gonzaga falls out of AP top 25 after 0-2 week, slides to No. 19 in NET rankings

Gonzaga 'open to anything' after posting historically bad numbers during rough defensive stretch in WCC
Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast: Bubble talk, defensive deficiencies and what might reverse the slide
Gonzaga yields 100 points for first time in McCarthey history, drops second straight game in 103-99 loss to Santa Clara

WSU football

‘It feels unreal’: Former WSU WR Jamire Calvin trying to recover from losing aunt, home in LA fires

Gonzaga women

Women’s basketball: Gonzaga, Washington State lead midseason logjam atop WCC

Updated 10:01 p.m.

WSU basketball

As WSU gears up for Quad 1 games against Santa Clara and Saint Mary’s, ‘there might be’ a chance Isaiah Watts returns

Updated 9:59 p.m.

EWU football

Commentary: Cooper Kupp uncertain about future, could this be the end with Rams?

Idaho football

Idaho looks to rebuild around new coach Thomas Ford Jr. despite several entrants into transfer portal

High Schools

Tough defense, balance scoring helps Gonzaga Prep boys down rival Mt. Spokane; Bullpups girls overcome shooting woes against Wildcats

Updated 10:01 p.m.

Outdoors

Michael Wright: Bonefish, spoonbills and tuna-on-wheat in Mexico

EWU basketball

Eastern Washington goes cold in second half, fall 74-64 at Montana State

Idaho basketball

Idaho’s second half rally falls short in 72-67 loss to Montana

WSU women's basketball

Washington State women blow out Santa Clara 74-47 behind strong second quarter

Whitworth

Whitworth overcomes slow start to beat Pacific 82-74

Kraken

Kraken fall victim to bad bounce, lose to Winnipeg in final minute

Spokane Chiefs

‘Dynamic’: Winger Andrew Cristall brings scorer’s touch, automatic chemistry to Spokane Chiefs lineup

Updated 9:59 p.m.

UW football

Analysis: Sizing up Washington Huskies roster after transfer portal closes

UW basketball

Commentary: Tough Big Ten stretch shows challenge facing UW men’s coach Danny Sprinkle

Spokane Soccer

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

Spokane Indians

‘The most interesting man in baseball,’ former Spokane Indians player Lenny Randle dies at age 75

Mariners

Ichiro elected into Baseball Hall of Fame, 1 vote shy of unanimous selection

Updated 9:59 p.m.

Seahawks

Dave Boling: Good grief! It’s been a decade since Jon Ryan went all ‘Charlie Brown’ and led Seahawks back to Super Bowl

Area sports

Cooper Kupp says Rams ‘draw closer’ together with home playoff game moved due to L.A. fires

Gonzaga athletics

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

Sounders

Healthy Albert Rusnák prepared to bounce back in latest Sounders campaign

Jon Wilner

College Football Playoff lessons: Format tweaks needed, but expansion worked as designed

Hooptown Hall of Fame

‘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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Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

Wednesday’s TV Highlights

Sports > WSU basketball

As WSU gears up for Quad 1 games against Santa Clara and Saint Mary’s, ‘there might be’ a chance Isaiah Watts returns

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

PULLMAN – Reinforcements may soon be on the way for Washington State.

Sports > Whitworth

Garrett Long scores 22 as Whitworth knocks off Whitman, closes to within a game in NWC

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

From staff reports

Sports > High school sports

Tough defense, balance scoring helps Gonzaga Prep boys down rival Mt. Spokane; Bullpups girls overcome shooting woes against Wildcats

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

It might be a little early in the season to discuss a league title, with a more than half of the regular -season games left on the schedule. But when the last two undefeated teams in the league face off, it has to be mentioned. Especially since the two opponents are perennial state qualifiers and own the last four league titles between them.

Sports > High school sports

GSL roundup: Addison Wells Morrison leads Mead girls; Caden Andreas goes for 36 points in Ridgeline boys win

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

From staff reports

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Ichiro elected into Baseball Hall of Fame, 1 vote shy of unanimous selection

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

When he first arrived in Seattle in 2001, Ichiro wasn’t sure what kind of reception he would get from American baseball fans.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

‘Dynamic’: Winger Andrew Cristall brings scorer’s touch, automatic chemistry to Spokane Chiefs lineup

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

Sports > NCAA football

College Football Playoff lessons: Format tweaks needed, but expansion worked as designed

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

Ohio State won the national championship, but access was the greatest beneficiary of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.

Sports > Gonzaga women

Women’s basketball: Gonzaga, Washington State lead midseason logjam atop WCC

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

Significant movement took place in the logjam at the top of the West Coast Conference women’s basketball standings last weekend.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Commentary: Seahawks GM John Schneider faces most crucial offseason

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

When Pete Carroll was let go last January, the Seahawks became a team shrouded in mystery. But amid all the unknowns, one thing became clear: This was general manager John Schneider's team now. All praise and criticism regarding transactions fell squarely on him.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: Now that college football season is over and the preseason favorite has become the champion, it’s time to think about other things

Tue., Jan. 21, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • The college football season is over. After five months of discussion, argument and, yes, games, a champion has been crowned. Funny thing. It was the team everyone expected to win back in August, though Ohio State’s $20-million road to the title was marred by a couple potholes.

Sports

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Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Tuesday’s TV Highlights

Sports > EWU basketball

Eastern Washington goes cold in second half, fall 74-64 at Montana State

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

From staff reports

Sports > NCAA football

Ohio State tops Notre Dame to cap inaugural 12-team CFP with first national title in 10 years

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

ATLANTA – Ohio State broke in another new College Football Playoff system for college football by winning it all, rising from the wreckage of a devastating rivalry game loss and running through a gantlet of blue bloods to a national title.

Sports > Idaho basketball

Idaho’s second half rally falls short in 72-67 loss to Montana

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

From staff reports

Sports > NHL

Kraken use response goals from unlikely sources to take down Sabres 6-4

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

For all the times this season where the Kraken have done a poor job of handling bad bounces, a soft goal or a defensive breakdown, it’s notable when they provide an immediate response.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast: Bubble talk, defensive deficiencies and what might reverse the slide

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Is Gonzaga basketball back on the bubble? Following back-to-back West Coast Conference losses, the Zags dropped out of the Top 25 on Monday, and dropped to No. 19 in the NET rankings. CBS Sports' Jerry Palm's latest bracket projection has GU as a No. 9 seed.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Highlighting Ichiro’s top moments as Baseball Hall of Fame news nears

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

SEATTLE – It’s hard enough picking the top 10 moments of Ichiro’s brilliant baseball career, much less ranking them in order. Ask 10 people, and you would likely get 10 different answers.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Best of the West power rankings: Gonzaga slips to No. 3 following back-to-back losses, while WSU jumps to No. 7

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Utah State on top, Saint Mary's rises after wave of losses hits the top teams.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks position overview: Hawks’ pass rush remains ‘work in progress’

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Jan. 19—Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald several times in 2024 called the team's pass rush "a work in progress." He also often noted how judging the pass rush is about far more than just examining the play of the edge rushers. An effective pass rush, Macdonald said often, is about "marrying the rush and coverage together." By the most traditional measure — sacks — Seattle did that pretty well in ...

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