A stark contrast in styles defines the matchup in the Holiday Bowl, pitting No. 21 Washington State against No. 18 Michigan State Thursday at SDCCU Stadium.
Washington has gone from uncertainty to beating No. 2 Kansas to feeling confident facing in-state rival No. 12 Gonzaga, which is in need of a morale boost after losing big to Villanova.
Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis had two hits apiece and each drove in a run as the Houston Astros jumped on James Paxton and cruised to a 5-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night to move closer to clinching the American League West.
Gonzaga, often cast as the gutty underdog, finally finished the climb to its first Final Four, doing so as a No. 1 seed. The Bulldogs' reward: playing a gutty underdog.
One team will make history in the NCAA Tournament's West Regional final Saturday. Either top-seed Gonzaga or 11th-seeded Xavier will make its first Final Four.
Our fifth annual prediction piece to the WHL season, your guide to everything that will happen with the Seattle Thunderbirds and the league in general.
Russell Wilson has tended to start slow when it comes to fantasy-football scoring. With that in mind, a good play this year would be to buy low and trade for him later in the season.
Ernie Els was 2 feet from a par to start the Masters before six-putting to finish with a nine, the worst score recorded on the first hole in tournament history.
Washington and Syracuse have already met once this season, with the Orange jumping to an early 21-point lead before holding off the hard-charging Huskies 66-62. But a lot has changed in that time, especially at Washington.
Robinson Cano hit an RBI double in his last at-bat of spring training and Nathan Karns was sharp over six innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 on Saturday.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez pitched three innings in the Mariners' 7-5 loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday in his final start before opening day.
Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in first spring game for San Francisco, but Hisashi Iwakuma threw three scoreless innings to lead Seattle to a 5-4 win on Friday.
Chris Boucher had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 8 Oregon withstood a late flurry to hold off Washington 83-77 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals Thursday.
Dejounte Murray scored 25 points, Marquese Chriss had 18 and 10 rebounds, and Washington routed Stanford 91-68 Wednesday in the opening game of the Pac-12 tournament.
Hisashi Iwakuma, who missed 10 weeks last season with a strained right lat, pitched two spotless innings in his first spring outing as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday.
Hisashi Iwakuma, who missed 10 weeks last season with a strained right lat, pitched two spotless innings in his first spring outing as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday.
<p>The Thunderbirds picked up their seventh straight win Saturday night as they beat the Portland Winterhawks 2-1. Landon Bow made 32 saves on the night as Ethan Bear and Nolan Volcan scored. With Everett losing the T-Birds have sole possession of first place in the U.S. Division</p>
