Sports | The Spokesman-Review

Featured Stories

Former WSU guard Cedric Coward announces he’s transferring to Duke

Updated 6 minutes ago

PULLMAN — Cedric Coward is taking his talents to a national contender.

Photo Galleries

Three-star prep center Parker Jefferson expected to visit Gonzaga

Updated 21 minutes ago

Gonzaga transfer portal targets 2.0: Could Zags make it Miller(s) time with ASU guard, FAU forward?
Gonzaga frontcourt duo of Graham Ike, Braden Huff to return for 2025-26 season
Gonzaga transfer Jun Seok Yeo stays in WCC, signs with Seattle U

WSU WR Kyle Williams selected by New England Patriots in third round of NFL draft

Gonzaga women announce signing of Saint Mary’s transfer Zeryhia Aokuso

Former WSU guard Cedric Coward announces he’s transferring to Duke

Updated 6 minutes ago

Eastern Washington receiver Efton Chism III signs undrafted deal with Patriots; WSU’s Esa Pole signs with Chiefs

Former Idaho standout Marcus Harris drafted by Titans in sixth round, Tommy McCormick signs with Giants

Cheney runner Cameron Frenk brushes off brain tumor removal as ‘just another obstacle’, competes for first trip to state

Corps of Engineers closes recreation sites along lower Snake River

WHL Playoffs: Chase Harrington scores winner in overtime, Spokane Chiefs take 2-0 lead over Portland with Game 2 6-5 win

Aidan Longwell blows it open with grand slam, Spokane Indians earn split with Eugene 9-6

Spokane Soccer

Spokane relies on defense in a 2-1 victory over Oakland Roots in first round of USL Jagermeister Cup

Mariners hold off Marlins to win Logan Evans’ MLB debut

Analysis: How Seahawks’ draft class might fit on roster

Updated 2:36 p.m.

Eastern Washington’s Emmett Marquardt and Andrew Cook remain committed to basketball team

Idaho basketball

Montana cruises past Idaho 78-55 in Big Sky tournament semifinals

Washington State women lose five players to transfer portal, including guard Astera Tuhina

Despite 22-4 mark and NWC regular-season title, Whitworth basketball passed over for DIII Tournament

Commentary: Was Kraken GM Ron Francis held to same standard as coach Dan Bylsma?

Buddah Al-Uqdah: Transferring from WSU to UW ‘just felt like home’

Former Central Valley standout Dylan Darling reportedly commits to St. John’s

How Gonzaga baseball went from program’s worst start in nonconference to top of WCC

Sounders

Danny Musovski scores again, but Sounders leave Colorado with draw

Jon Wilner

NFL Draft winners and losers: Two different paths for former Pac-12 QBs and current Pac-12 teams

Updated 1:15 p.m.

Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast: Dispatches from the Dance – the good, the bad and the boring

‘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?

John Blanchette: Handing the ball to Marshawn Lynch in Super Bowl XLIX turns the Seahawks into an unstoppable dynasty – or he’s stopped short

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

Latest Stories

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Analysis: How Seahawks’ draft class might fit on roster

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

SEATTLE – As Seahawks general manager John Schneider said of the last day of the NFL draft, “it got a little funky there for a minute.”

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Three-star prep center Parker Jefferson expected to visit Gonzaga

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

Parker Jefferson, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound center at Inglewood (California) High School, is expected to take an official visit to Gonzaga this week.

Sports > National sports

Bob Baffert returns to Kentucky Derby after 3-year suspension: ‘I just want to move forward.’

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

Bob Baffert is a fan of the film "No Country for Old Men." "Oh, it's a great movie,'' the famed trainer tells The Athletic. "You gotta watch it.'' The movie comes up, as things often do with Baffert, as he winds his way through a thought process. Baffert isn't a rambler, but he's a weaver, often zigzagging his way through a story to make a point. In this case, he is searching for a way to explain how he feels about the end of his three-year suspension and return to the Kentucky Derby.

Sports > Outdoors

Corps of Engineers closes recreation sites along lower Snake River

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

Staffing shortages caused by the federal hiring freeze and DOGE-linked deferred resignation program is forcing the Army Corp of Engineers to shutter 10 recreation sites along the lower Snake River.

Sports > MLB

Guardians’ Kyle Manzardo has transformed one of his biggest weaknesses into a strength

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

When the Cleveland Guardians acquired Kyle Manzardo from Tampa Bay for Aaron Civale in 2023, they envisioned a solid contact hitter with moderate power potential. What they’ve gotten instead is an emerging slugger who’s forcing pitchers to think twice about walking José Ramírez to face him.

Sports > NCAA football

NFL Draft winners and losers: Two different paths for former Pac-12 QBs and current Pac-12 teams

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

We’ll start our assessment of the 2025 NFL Draft at the end – not the very end, but mighty close. We’ll start early in the seventh round, with linebacker Carson Bruner becoming the first and only Washington Husky selected in the entire draft.

Sports > NCAA

College sports leaders adamant House settlement’s roster limit issues will be resolved

UPDATED: Mon., April 28, 2025

An ultimatum from a federal judge has lawyers for the NCAA and major college conferences hustling to preserve the landmark House v. NCAA settlement.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: The M’s leading the A.L. West in late April is not new but winning games thanks to the offense is a bit different

Mon., April 28, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Is it summer already in Seattle? I ask because the Mariners usually wait until the weather warms, sometimes considerably, before they usually begin really hitting. That’s not the case this season. Which allows us to look at the American League West standings and see something odd for April.

Sports

On the air

Sun., April 27, 2025

Monday’s TV Highlights

Sports > WSU basketball

WSU earns commitment from High Point transfer wing Simon Hildebrandt as team makeover continues

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

PULLMAN – Washington State has now reeled in a trio of transfers this spring.

Sports > Spokane Chiefs

WHL Playoffs: Chase Harrington scores winner in overtime, Spokane Chiefs take 2-0 lead over Portland with Game 2 6-5 win

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

The thing about having an offensively oriented hockey team is that you’re never out of a game. Unfortunately, that often means the other team isn’t either.

Sports > Seattle Mariners

Mariners hold off Marlins to win Logan Evans’ MLB debut

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

SEATTLE – Sunday couldn’t have gone much better for Logan Evans.

Sports > Area sports

Spokane relies on defense in a 2-1 victory over Oakland Roots in first round of USL Jagermeister Cup

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

Spokane scored two first-half goals and the Velocity battled the Oakland Roots (USL Championship) to a 2-1 victory in the opening round of the group stage in the USL Jagermeister Cup at ONE Spokane Stadium on Sunday.

Sports > Seattle Seahawks

Commentary: Seahawks assemble their most intriguing NFL draft class in recent history

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

RENTON, Wash. – Will this draft help the Seahawks sidestep the “death zone?”

Sports > Spokane Indians

Aidan Longwell blows it open with grand slam, Spokane Indians earn split with Eugene 9-6

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

After a couple of quiet days at the bat, the Spokane Indians broke out in a big way on Sunday.

Sports > Idaho football

Former Idaho standout Marcus Harris drafted by Titans in sixth round, Tommy McCormick signs with Giants

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

A pair of former Idaho defensive backs landed in the NFL over the weekend.

Sports > High school sports

Prep softball: Addison Jay’s dominance in the circle has helped lead Mt. Spokane softball to unbeaten start

UPDATED: Sun., April 27, 2025

Addison Jay, still just a junior, threw a complete game against Mead, allowing just three hits and striking out 10 batters.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: The Seahawks’ draft picks signal a change in direction and emphasis, at least on the offensive side

Sun., April 27, 2025

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Let’s just keep this short this morning, shall we? I have a busy, and long, Sunday ahead. Maybe you do too. Besides, how many more words does anyone want to hear, or read, about the NFL draft by now?

Sports > Outdoors

This new tunnel has instantly become one of Oregon’s best attractions

Sun., April 27, 2025

It can be all too easy to heap accolades upon Oregon’s most beautiful places, but this time we really, seriously mean it.

Sports

On the Air

UPDATED: Sat., April 26, 2025

Sunday’s TV Highlights

Older ›