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Analysis: Oregon State erupted on offense to beat No. 25 WSU. At some point, that falls on coaching.

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CORVALLIS — Maybe the coaches are deploying a bad scheme. Maybe the players are making mistakes. Maybe the pass rush isn’t there. Maybe the entire operation is flawed, or maybe these guys just lose their mojo on the road, or maybe an alien is zapping these guys’ every ability.

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Gonzaga

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

WSU football

Analysis: Oregon State erupted on offense to beat No. 25 WSU. At some point, that falls on coaching.

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Gonzaga women

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

WSU basketball

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

EWU football

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

Updated 10 minutes ago

Idaho football

‘We know we should have a bye’: Idaho awaits playoff position after dominant 40-17 win over Idaho State

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High Schools

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

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Outdoors

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

Updated 3:54 p.m.

EWU basketball

Despite Nic McClain’s 26 points, cold-shooting Eastern Washington falls to Cal Baptist

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Idaho basketball

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

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WSU women's basketball

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

Whitworth

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

Updated 31 minutes ago

Kraken

Kraken fail to build on homestand momentum with 5th straight road loss

Updated 44 minutes ago

Spokane Chiefs

Spokane Chiefs never trail in 5-1 win over Vancouver Giants

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UW football

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’

Spokane Indians

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

Mariners

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

Updated 4:46 p.m.

Seahawks

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

Area sports

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

Gonzaga athletics

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

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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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Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Spokane Chiefs never trail in 5-1 win over Vancouver Giants

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

The Spokane Chiefs are building a win streak.

Sports > NHL

Kraken fail to build on homestand momentum with 5th straight road loss

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

LOS ANGELES — Getting resettled during their recent homestand was precisely what the Kraken needed to stabilize after teetering toward trouble.

Sports > Idaho football

‘We know we should have a bye’: Idaho awaits playoff position after dominant 40-17 win over Idaho State

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

With a decisive 40-17 win against Idaho State in Pocatello, Idaho made a compelling case for a first-round Football Championship Subdivision bye and a second-round home game. The Vandals concluded their regular season 9-3, 6-2 and tied for third in the Big Sky Conference.

Sports > WSU football

Jacob Thorpe: Buddy-buddy time is over. Washington State-Oregon State is now a real rivalry.

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Congrats to the Oregon State Beavers. They deserve to beat the Cougars once a decade.

Sports > WSU football

Difference makers: Oregon State QB Ben Gulbranson leads resurgent offense in win over Washington State

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

CORVALLIS – Here are three difference-makers and a key moment from No. 25 Washington State’s 41-38 loss to Oregon State on Saturday evening.

Sports > High school sports

Volleyball roundup: Ridgeline advances to Class 3A championship

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

YAKIMA – Ridgeline continued its volleyball title chase Saturday night at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

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 > EWU basketball

Despite Nic McClain’s 26 points, cold-shooting Eastern Washington falls to Cal Baptist

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Nic McClain scored 26 points, but the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team couldn’t overcome poor shooting in a 79-68 nonconference loss to Cal Baptist 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

Recap and highlights: Late field goal lifts Oregon State over No. 25 Washington State 41-38

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

It’s the second straight loss for the Cougars (8-3), who dropped a game last weekend to New Mexico. This is a different type of setback, to OSU, which had lost five straight coming into this game. The Beavers’ 41 points are their most all season.

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.

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