Sports Ethics Expert Praises Ex-WSU Footballer For Speaking Out
A Pac-12 spokesman said Monday that the athletic conference does not have a timeline for completing a review of the WSU football program.
View ArticleOregon's Gold Medalist Eaton Wins Another Honor
Eugene-based track star Ashton Eaton already has a world record to his name and a gold medal in decathlon from this year's London Olympics.
View ArticleFour Northwest Football Programs Secure Bowl Invites
‘Tis the season for college football fanatics to consult their travel agents. That’s because four Northwest teams received bowl game invites Sunday night.The Oregon Ducks (11-1) are headed to the...
View ArticlePac-12 Review Clears WSU Football Program Of Abuse Allegations
An investigation by the Pac-12 athletic conference released Tuesday finds no evidence that Washington State University football coaches physically or mentally abused players. WSU's president requested...
View ArticleAt 69, Northwest Swimmer Says You’re Never Too Old For Gold
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Sometimes life hands you disappointment and humiliation. That happened to Suzie Aldrich in a swim meet in college. The Walla Walla-native didn’t swim again for nearly 50 years. But...
View ArticleGonzaga Fans Nervous After Rocky Opening Game
SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University basketball fans are jittery after a near-loss for the small Catholic school with high hopes for March Madness. Gonzaga's men's basketball team narrowly won its first...
View ArticleBasketball Daughters Bring All-Out Pride To Umatilla Indian Reservation
MISSION, Ore. – When Louisville plays Connecticut in the NCAA women’s championship Tuesday, fans in Northwest Indian country will be cheering. That’s because two Native American sisters are leading the...
View ArticleOregon Decathlete Ashton Eaton Pursues World Championship In Moscow
Olympic athletes from the Northwest are steering clear of politics as they head for Moscow, Russia this week for the 2013 World Championships in track and field.Springfield, Oregon half-miler Nick...
View ArticleHow They Fared: Northwest Olympians Bring Home Silver & Gold
Short track speedskater J.R. Celski of Federal Way, Wash., led Team USA to a silver medal in the men's 5000-meter relay Friday, ending a medal drought in the discipline for the Americans. Russia took...
View ArticleWant More World Cup? 2015 Women's Final In Vancouver, BC
Organizers of the next FIFA Women's World Cup hope to leverage the unusually high interest in this year's men's tournament in Brazil to their benefit. Group play and the 2015 World Cup final will take...
View ArticleHockey Inquiry Turns On Whether Players Are 'Student Athletes' Or Workers
The Western Hockey League opens its regular season next weekend. The players you'll see on the ice are mostly teenagers. That fact has state labor investigators asking if the four Washington teams are...
View ArticleNorthwest Hockey Teams Targeted By Lawsuit Over Player Wages
The pay and treatment of top Northwest hockey players is the subject of a new class action lawsuit that commenced earlier this week in Canada.
View ArticleConfidence Reigns At Chambers Bay As U.S. Open Nears
Organizers of the U.S. Open men's golf championship are exuding confidence that Chambers Bay Golf Course overlooking Puget Sound will be ready for the tee off in less than three weeks.
View ArticleAdventurers To Race Up Inside Passage Beginning Thursday
At 5 a.m. Thursday morning, a wide range of catamarans, sloops, kayaks and ocean rowboats will launch from Port Townsend, Washington, in the inaugural Race to Alaska.
View ArticleWomen's World Cup Host Canada Strives To Put Shine Back On Soccer
The corruption investigations swirling around soccer's world governing body could cast a shadow over the FIFA Women's World Cup. It kicks off Saturday in Canada.
View ArticleA Place Where Watching Grass Grow Is Anything But Boring
They say there's nothing more boring than watching grass grow. But cultivating immaculate grass is a serious, intense and fascinating business when you work at the golf course that will stage the first...
View ArticleFirst Stage Of Inside Passage Adventure Race Thins Field
The first stage of the inaugural 750-mile Race to Alaska -- a non-motorized endurance race up the Inside Passage -- has thinned the field.
View ArticleSeven Years Of Planning For Golf's 2015 U.S. Open About To Pay Off
Many of the world's best golfers will descend on a public course near Tacoma, Washington, this coming week for the 2015 U.S. Open.
View ArticleChambers Bay Getting Better Reviews From Pros After U.S. Open Practice
Some of the favorites to win this year’s U.S. Open are saying nice things about the golf course after practice rounds at Chambers Bay near Tacoma, Washington.
View ArticleNo Home Field Advantage Says Local Boy Trying To Make Good At U.S. Open
Six players with ties to the Northwest are entered in golf’s U.S. Open as the event tees off in the Pacific Northwest for the very first time this week.
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