Another 5-touchdown game from Russell Wilson, defense holds on final play to beat Dallas 38-31
SEATTLE — Instead of needing a fourth-quarter comeback, the Seattle Seahawks are making a habit in 2020 of building a big…
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Pac-12 CEO group votes to start football season Nov. 6
Over a month after the Pac12 conference decided to postpone all Fall sports competition until 2021, the group…
Wilson throws 5 TDs, defense gets last second stop, Seahawks beat Patriots 35-30
SEATTLE, Wash. — As it often does, a game between the Patriots and Seahawks came down to the final five seconds. It was…
Pac12 conference changes course, makes heavy push to play football this fall
There is no longer such a thing as one single piece of breaking sports news, especially in college football. The pressure was put on the Pac12 conference this morning after the Big Ten conference reversed their initial decision regarding football,…
Big Ten decides to play football this fall, Pac-12 becomes lone Power 5 conference sitting out
The Big Ten started the trend, and most others followed. Now, after watching the SEC, ACC and Big 12 compete during the coronavirus pandemic, they're switching course. On August 5, the Big Ten was the first to wipe out their…
Walton drives in 3 as Mariners beat Diamondbacks 7-3
PHOENIX — Donovan Walton had three RBI, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3 on Sunday. Jose Marmolejos had two hits and drove in a run, helping Seattle take two of three in the weekend series. Phillip Ervin scored twice and drove in a run. Casey Sadler (1-0)…
Seahawks start 2020 season with 38-25 win over Atlanta
ATLANTA - A quiet stadium in the South amplified the sound of big hits from the Seahawks' defense and provided serenity for Russell Wilson to operate the…
Former Spokane Indian Jordan Akin scores TD in NFL season opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In March, the NFL season felt so far away, almost too much time to wait and see. On…
Ol’ Crimson goes virtual: Former Coug Tony Thompson carries out College Gameday tradition while eating popcorn
PULLMAN, Wash. — The coronavirus pandemic is preventing the Washington State Cougar football team from playing, but Ol'…
242 weeks and counting through COVID-19: Ol’ Crimson’s streak continues via WSU’s Tony Thompson
PULLMAN, Wash. — Cougar fans won't get to watch WSU football until the spring, but the Ol' Crimson College Gameday tradition…
Highlights from North Idaho’s slate of Friday night football
Several schools in North Idaho were able to play under Friday Night Lights, and 4 News Now has the highlights. Post Falls at Sandpoint Lakeland…
Sandpoint Bulldogs will play on brand new football field tonight, with limited fans
SANDPOINT, Idaho - Friday Night Lights will turn on across the state of Idaho for high school football tonight. "The buzz in town this week is amazing," Sandpoint athletic director Kris Knowles can't compare the start of this season to…
Report: Seattle Mariners to boycott Wednesday’s game against Padres
The decision was made in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, as well as the shooting of two people protesting police brutality in Wisconsin.
NBA players choose to boycott Wednesday playoff games in the name of social justice
Orlando - All three games set for Wednesday in the NBA playoffs will not be played. Players from all six teams are deciding to boycott the games after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The Milwaukee Bucks, one of the…
Crawford, Gonzales lead Mariners to 8-3 win over Padres
SAN DIEGO — J.P Crawford homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Seattle Mariners, who beat San Diego 8-3 Tuesday night…
Idaho high school football ready to kick off Friday
POST FALLS, Idaho — High schools within 30 minutes of Spokane will play football this Friday, Aug. 28 while Washington will wait until the spring. Post Falls plays at Sandpoint at 7 p.m., and each varsity football player will be…
Skyler Thomas returns to WSU, Tay Martin transferring to Oklahoma State
PULLMAN, Wash. — For a few days, it looked like the Cougars were losing talented seniors on offense and defense. After the weekend, it looks like they will lose just one. Defensive back Skyler Thomas entered his name into the…
Rookies Haggerty, Lewis, Dunn lift Mariners past Rangers 4-1
SEATTLE — Sam Haggerty and Kyle Lewis homered, Justin Dunn pitched one-hit ball over six innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Sunday. The trio of rookies sent the sliding Rangers to their eighth straight loss and helped the Mariners to their first series win and…
NCAA decides to grant extra year of eligibility to all fall sport athletes, but won’t pay for it
Many fall sports were canceled or postponed by their respective conferences, which has left uncertainty over how the NCAA will handle the potential lost season for those college athletes. On Friday, the NCAA Division I Board of Governors adopted a…
WSU wide receiver Tay Martin enters NCAA transfer pool
PULLMAN, Wash. — There aren't just questions over whether the Cougars will play this season. There are now four big questions marks in regards to their offense. Senior outside wide receiver Tay Martin has entered the NCAA transfer pool, reported…
Blazers make playoffs, oust Grizzlies with 126-122 victory
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A fourth consecutive down-to-the-wire finish, a fourth consecutive win for the Portland Trail Blazers. They needed all that just to get into…
WSU President and Athletics Director comment on Pac-12 sports being postponed until 2021
PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Pac-12 announced Tuesday they are suspending all sports until January of 2021, this includes the start to winter sports. “Today, the Pac-12 Conference announced that all fall sports will be postponed,” said Washington State University President…
Pac-12 postpones 2020 football season
The Pac-12 is the second Power 5 conference to cancel their football season for the fall of 2020. Their decision comes just hours after the Big 10 conference made the same call Tuesday morning. https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1293273364778364928 There is hope they…
Joel Dahmen of Clarkston ties for 10th in PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO - Joel Dahmen entered PGA Championship Sunday just four strokes off the leader in a competitive field, and he held his own in the final round. Dahmen shot his tournament-best 67, nailing four birdies and only one bogey…
Local college stars link up in NBA bubble; Idaho’s Tatum and Gonzaga’s Hachimura
ORLANDO, Fla. - Landon Tatum always finds a basketball gym, and opportunity finds him. He was playing pick up in Washington D.C., where his…
Eastern football game with Florida canceled after SEC moves to conference-only schedule
CHENEY, Wash. — The Eastern Washington Eagles will miss out on an SEC opponent in Florida and at least $750,000 after the Southeastern Conference announced Thursday that they will play a conference-only schedule. https://twitter.com/SEC/status/1288938722113851392 The Big12 is now the only…
NFL cancels preseason schedule for 2020
All 32 teams in the NFL will have to start the regular season without any fine tuning in preseason games. https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/1287840699874816001 This has been a stipulation that a majority of the NFL Players Association has fought for with the league…
Seattle Mariners lose to Astros in season opener
HOUSTON - Dusty Baker has managed thousands of games in his big league career, and none were quite like his debut with the scandal-ridden Houston…
EWU QB Eric Barriere named Big Sky preseason offensive MVP
CHENEY, Wash. - A pair of standout seniors on the Eastern Washington University football team have been selected to the 2020 Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference Team announced Friday (July 24) by the league as part of the Big Sky's…
Yankees top Nationals in shortened game, Dodgers dominate Giants in MLB’s opening night
Major league baseball's return was questiona ble, with the global pandemic creating fights ownership an d players on pay…
EXCLUSIVE: Gonzaga’s Filip Petrusev on why news of his pro contract in Serbia came as a surprise to coaches, teammates
The idea that Filip Petrusev might elect to play professionally was not a surprise, but the fact that his teammates and coaches had to find out over social media is another case of a sports media leak. He talked exclusively…
WSU linebacker Jahad Woods named to Butkus Award watch list
CHICAGO - Washington State linebacker Jahad Woods was named to the 2020 Butkus Award Watch List, the Butkus Foundation announced Monday. Woods is one of eight Pac-12 Conference linebackers name to the watch list for the awards given to the…
Russell Wilson, NFL players call out league for lack of COVID-19 protocol days before training camp
Just as the Major League Baseball players united on Twitter, uniting with the "Tell us when and where" tweet, the NFL players stood together on social media Sunday morning using the #WeWantToPlay hashtag. Almost every well-known player called the NFL…
IHSAA releases guidelines for safe return of high school sports
The Idaho High School Activities Association released guidelines for the safe return of sports across the state on Thursday, recognizing that there will be a variation in which sports and activities will be allowed this year. Partnering with the NFHS…
West Coast Conference delays fall sports competition until Sept. 24
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Several NCAA conferences are making individual decisions when it comes to competition in the fall and winter. The West Coast Conference doesn't compete in football, but they delayed all of their competition for other fall sports…
Idaho football to limit home games to 5,100 fans in Kibbie Dome
MOSCOW, Idaho - In the interest of health and safety, seating in the Kibbie Dome for the 2020 football season is being adjusted. Capacity is limited to approximately 5,100 fans this season, to maintain healthy operations for large events. With…
Pac-12 officially scraps non-conference schedules for fall sports in 2020
One day after the Big10 became the first power-five conference to announce a conference-only schedule for all of their fall sports, the Pac-12 decided to do the same Friday.
The Money Team with GU, EWU and Idaho players falls in the round of 16 in TBT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The only live, televised basketball in the United States right now is The Basketball Tournament. Basketball fans in the Inland Northwest had extra rooting interest…
MLB releases schedule for 2021 regular season, Seattle Mariners open with Giants at home April 1
SEATTLE, Wash. — As we wait to see if the 2020 MLB season will actually start, the MLB is already looking ahead to the 2021 season. The league released the official schedule for next year on Thursday morning. The Mariners'…
Gonzaga, Eastern and Idaho players join forces for TBT, backed by Floyd Mayweather
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kyle Wiltjer, Jacob Wiley and Jeff Ledbetter are college basketball names the Inland Northwest knows well. Wiltjer was a Gonzaga…
Ivy League will not play fall sports in 2020
Fall sports will not be played in the fall for the Ivy League conference. On Wednesday afternoon, they became the first conference to officially delaying any competition until the end of the semester at the earliest.
NBA releases restart schedule starting July 30, Lakers and Clippers part of double-header
Three long months ago, the NBA was the first professional sports league in America to put their season on an indefinite pause after Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert was the first player to test positive for the coronavirus. On Friday,…
NHL Seattle announces Climate Pledge Arena, first zero-carbon facility in the world
SEATTLE, Wash. - We still don't have a mascot for the new National Hockey League team coming to the city of Seattle, but we have a name for the arena. Amazon has the naming rights, and on Thursday morning, the…
NASCAR says noose was found in garage stall of driver Bubba Wallace
TALLADEGA, Ala. - A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the stock car racing series to ban the…
Former Cougar coach Mike Leach’s return to Pullman booked, but not until 2031
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State athletics announced Wednesday that the Cougars have agreed to a home-and-home series with Mississippi State in 2030 and 2031. Former WSU head coach Mike Leach is about to start his first season in charge of…
Spokane native, NHL forward Derek Ryan likes the league’s return-to-play format
SPOKANE, Wash. — Before he was a forward in the NHL, Derek Ryan was a Shadle Park Highlander and a Spokane Chief for several seasons.…
MLB Players Association rejects third straight proposal from MLB
It's getting ugly between the MLB Players Association and the MLB. The third proposal from the league was rejected by the players union a full day early of the deadline, wihtout a counter offer. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1271944713097154565 The players are still fighting…
Northwest League, Spokane Indians season postponed
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Indians' opening day was supposed to be less than a week away, but the Northwest League announced Friday that their season will be postponed. It's…
Seattle Mariners draft picks 2020
The MLB draft was 35 rounds shorter than normal this season because of the overall impact of COVID-19 on sports. The Seattle Mariners were consistent in selecting all six of their players from the college level instead of high school.…
Washington State and EWU basketball to square off in each of the next 3 seasons
Washington State and Eastern Washington both play the University of Idaho every year. Even before Idaho joined the Big Sky conference. But 2012 was the last time WSU and Eastern played each other, despite being within 100 miles of each…
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