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PULLMAN – Here is the third installment of our countdown to Washington State fall camp, which starts on July 31. This issue covers the Cougars’ presumptive starting quarterback.

PULLMAN – Jaylen Wells’ first run as a pro has come to an end.

The Big Sky Conference extended its broadcasting deal with ESPN through 2030, league commissioner Tom Wistrcill announced Monday.

Nineteen-and-a-half-pounds of lacquered Douglas fir shaped like a giant spud and resting atop a wood base dominated the University of Idaho’s table at the Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff media day.

Here is the second installment of our countdown to Washington State fall camp, which starts on July 31. This issue covers the Cougars’ edge rushers.

Jaylen Wells took it upon himself to make sure the Memphis Grizzlies got at least one more day at Las Vegas Summer League.

If Eastern Washington goes on to reach the FCS playoffs this year, it would be overachieving in doing so.

As the majority of guests settled into their seats for the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night, a swath of name tags sat unclaimed until the final minutes before the program began.

PULLMAN – The first Washington State football season under a new reality, without the Pac-12 as we know it, is about a month away.

About the Globe Trotter series: The Spokesman-Review is planning to connect periodically with Gonzaga coach Mark Few to highlight his on- and off-court experience as an assistant coach with the U.S. Olympic basketball team.

Russell Grove isn’t at 100 percent due to an undiagnosed shoulder issue, but you’d never know it by looking at his scorecards. Grove has pretty much left his driver in the bag and relied on hitting fairways, his short game and putter to do the heavy lifting through two rounds of the 37th Rosauers Open Invitational.

Spokane’s Andrew Von Lossow and the University of Idaho’s Dalton Dean led a strong showing by area amateurs in Friday’s first round of the 37th Rosauers Open Invitational.Von Lossow and Dean each birdied all three par-5s and carded 6-under 65s at Indian Canyon Golf Course to move to the top of a crowded leaderboard. Amateur Nate Plaster, who recently played at Washington State, is one of six players trailing the co-leaders by one stroke.

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Isaac Jones blocked a potential go-ahead layup inside the final 30 seconds, but the former Washington State forward’s defensive efforts weren’t enough to help the Sacramento Kings complete a comeback against the Washington Wizards Thursday night during a 73-69 NBA Summer League loss at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

MOSCOW, Idaho – When Orlando Lightfoot travels to Spokane Saturday to be inducted into the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame, it will validate that more than three decades ago, when he came to the University of Idaho, he was at the right time in the right place.

Those hoping to see how the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team looks under new head coach Dan Monson will have a handful of in-person opportunities to do so even before the end of the upcoming football season.

Gonzaga and UCLA will resume their interesting non-conference rivalry in December each of the next two seasons. The West Coast powers agreed to a two-game series back in May. The dates are now set for the matchups: Dec. 28th at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and Dec. 13, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, according to a Gonzaga release.

Gonzaga is bringing another high-profile recruit to town for its annual Kraziness in the Kennel showcase this fall.

Rightly so, Erik Meyer calls Spokane his second home.