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Meet the mastermind behind Mike Leach’s quirky ‘Big Gulp Left’ play that sprung James Williams’ TD
Patrick Baumgartner, brother of Washington state senator Michael Baumgartner, is a former Microsoft engineer who helped WSU coach Mike Leach design the play 'Big Gulp Left' that the Cougs have used to great success this season.
AP source: FIFA proposes annual Club World Cup
A person with knowledge of the talks tells The Associated Press FIFA President Gianni Infantino is doubling down on his Club World Cup plans with a proposal for an annual tournament despite European soccer’s resistance to any competition that challenges the supremacy of the Champions League. The revised proposal amends an initial plan to play […]
LSU’s Orgeron hopes coaches demand change to targeting rule
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron hopes coaches will band together and demand changes to NCAA football’s targeting rule and how it is enforced. Orgeron’s suggestion comes just days after a target foul called last weekend LSU linebacker Devin White, a penalty which triggered White’s suspension for the first half of the fourth-ranked […]
Texas requires large schools to report player concussions
DALLAS (AP) — Texas officials are requiring that the state’s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation’s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school sports, on Monday ordered the schools to submit individual […]
Baseball’s best: long nights, strikeouts & pitching changes
BOSTON (AP) — Games have averaged 3 hours, 35½ minutes, up six minutes from the 2017 postseason and more than a half-hour over the regular season. Strikeouts have topped hits in seven of eight postseason matchups. Starting pitchers usually don’t finish the fifth inning and use of relievers is up markedly in an era when […]
Seattle Times Week 8 NFL Power Rankings: Seahawks beware, the Lions are steadily rising
The Seahawks plummeted the 25th right after their 0-2 start, but after winning three of their last four games, they've steadily inched into the top half of Mike Vorel's NFL Power Rankings.
‘So pumped’: Die-hard fans ready for World Series in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — When Nicolas Doherty couldn’t get a ticket to watch the Red Sox play in the World Series in 2013, his mom promised they would get inside the park next time the team made it. So she got to Fenway Park on Monday afternoon to be first in line when tickets started selling […]
Analysis: Three reasons why the Seahawks may be turning a corner
A look at Seattle's statistical turnaround of late and some thoughts on why it has happened.
Ashes, ashes, at every major league ballpark
Jeff Hall set off to spread his brother’s ashes at every major league ballpark, and no one was supposed to know about it. That included the incident at Fenway, where the ashes were spread in a different way. Hall tells PodcastOne Sports Now co-hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg that he completed his mission earlier […]
Giants trade cornerback Eli Apple to New Orleans Saints
The New York Giants have sent “the other Eli” to the New Orleans Saints. Not Eli Manning. Eli Apple. The Giants on Tuesday traded the cornerback who was the 10th pick overall in the 2016 draft to the Saints for a fourth-round pick in 2019 and a seventh-rounder in 2020. Like all trades, it will […]
Seahawks live chat rewind: Bob Condotta answers questions on Doug Baldwin’s knees, Seattle’s playoff prospects, promising rookies and more
Did you miss Bob Condotta's weekly Seahawks live chat? That's OK, you can read the transcript here.
Purdue’s Edwards headlines preseason AP All-America team
Carsen Edwards went through the NBA draft combine and multiple workouts before deciding to return for his junior season at Purdue. The Boilermakers are sure happy he did after losing four seniors and most of their scoring. The prolific guard was the leading vote getter in The Associated Press preseason men’s All-America team released on […]
World Series at bat: Red Sox’s Sale vs Dodgers’ Kershaw
BOSTON (AP) — The World Series opens in October chill on Tuesday night, with Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw pitching at Fenway Park for the first time and facing a Red Sox team that had the best record in baseball. Kershaw will confront a lineup loaded with the likes of Mookie Betts and J.D. […]
Police say former boyfriend fatally shot Utah athlete from Pullman before killing himself
Lauren McCluskey, a senior from Pullman, Wash., at the University of Utah, competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon. Her accused killer, a sex offender, was someone she had dated and who was harassing her, according to her mother.
Esport betting platform gets license for video game gambling
Video gamers in the United States and elsewhere will soon be able to bet on themselves. The live-betting esports platform Unikrn had its wagering license approved by the Isle of Man on Tuesday, clearing the way for users to legally gamble on competitive video games. “There is finally a legitimate, regulated operator in the space […]
Pac-12, Conference of Champions? Right now, ‘Conference of Credibility Issues’ is a better nickname
After reports about a Pac-12 executive interfering with an officiating decision, and reports of WSU coach Mike Leach's incensed text messages to the Pac-12 questioning whether the conference is trying to protect student-athletes, the Pac-12 is at a crossroads, and its credibility is in jeopardy.
5 things to know about the Seahawks’ next opponent, the Detroit Lions
Like the Seahawks, the Detroit Lions enter Sunday's game at 3-3, having won three of their last four.
Naomi Kawase named to direct 2020 Tokyo Olympic documentary
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Naomi Kawase, named Tuesday to make a documentary film about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said she hopes to focus on reconstruction efforts in the northern Fukushima region of the country. The area was devastated in 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami and a resulting nuclear disaster. The Japanese government hopes […]
LEADING OFF: Kershaw, Sale set for Game 1 of World Series
A look at what’s happening around the major leagues today: FENWAY FRESHMAN Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will pitch at Fenway Park for the first time when he starts Game 1 of the World Series against the Red Sox. The oldest park in the majors has a lot of quirks that can present many challenges for […]
Washington golfers suffer through tough second round at Tavistock Invitational
After a solid 287 team score in the first round Sunday, the Huskies dropped to a 308 Monday and are now in 13th place out of the 15 teams.
Patrick Baumgartner, brother of Washington state senator Michael Baumgartner, is a former Microsoft engineer who helped WSU coach Mike Leach design the play 'Big Gulp Left' that the Cougs have used to great success this season.
AP source: FIFA proposes annual Club World Cup
A person with knowledge of the talks tells The Associated Press FIFA President Gianni Infantino is doubling down on his Club World Cup plans with a proposal for an annual tournament despite European soccer’s resistance to any competition that challenges the supremacy of the Champions League. The revised proposal amends an initial plan to play […]
LSU’s Orgeron hopes coaches demand change to targeting rule
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron hopes coaches will band together and demand changes to NCAA football’s targeting rule and how it is enforced. Orgeron’s suggestion comes just days after a target foul called last weekend LSU linebacker Devin White, a penalty which triggered White’s suspension for the first half of the fourth-ranked […]
Texas requires large schools to report player concussions
DALLAS (AP) — Texas officials are requiring that the state’s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation’s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school sports, on Monday ordered the schools to submit individual […]
Baseball’s best: long nights, strikeouts & pitching changes
BOSTON (AP) — Games have averaged 3 hours, 35½ minutes, up six minutes from the 2017 postseason and more than a half-hour over the regular season. Strikeouts have topped hits in seven of eight postseason matchups. Starting pitchers usually don’t finish the fifth inning and use of relievers is up markedly in an era when […]
Seattle Times Week 8 NFL Power Rankings: Seahawks beware, the Lions are steadily rising
The Seahawks plummeted the 25th right after their 0-2 start, but after winning three of their last four games, they've steadily inched into the top half of Mike Vorel's NFL Power Rankings.
‘So pumped’: Die-hard fans ready for World Series in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — When Nicolas Doherty couldn’t get a ticket to watch the Red Sox play in the World Series in 2013, his mom promised they would get inside the park next time the team made it. So she got to Fenway Park on Monday afternoon to be first in line when tickets started selling […]
Analysis: Three reasons why the Seahawks may be turning a corner
A look at Seattle's statistical turnaround of late and some thoughts on why it has happened.
Ashes, ashes, at every major league ballpark
Jeff Hall set off to spread his brother’s ashes at every major league ballpark, and no one was supposed to know about it. That included the incident at Fenway, where the ashes were spread in a different way. Hall tells PodcastOne Sports Now co-hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg that he completed his mission earlier […]
Giants trade cornerback Eli Apple to New Orleans Saints
The New York Giants have sent “the other Eli” to the New Orleans Saints. Not Eli Manning. Eli Apple. The Giants on Tuesday traded the cornerback who was the 10th pick overall in the 2016 draft to the Saints for a fourth-round pick in 2019 and a seventh-rounder in 2020. Like all trades, it will […]
Seahawks live chat rewind: Bob Condotta answers questions on Doug Baldwin’s knees, Seattle’s playoff prospects, promising rookies and more
Did you miss Bob Condotta's weekly Seahawks live chat? That's OK, you can read the transcript here.
Purdue’s Edwards headlines preseason AP All-America team
Carsen Edwards went through the NBA draft combine and multiple workouts before deciding to return for his junior season at Purdue. The Boilermakers are sure happy he did after losing four seniors and most of their scoring. The prolific guard was the leading vote getter in The Associated Press preseason men’s All-America team released on […]
World Series at bat: Red Sox’s Sale vs Dodgers’ Kershaw
BOSTON (AP) — The World Series opens in October chill on Tuesday night, with Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw pitching at Fenway Park for the first time and facing a Red Sox team that had the best record in baseball. Kershaw will confront a lineup loaded with the likes of Mookie Betts and J.D. […]
Police say former boyfriend fatally shot Utah athlete from Pullman before killing himself
Lauren McCluskey, a senior from Pullman, Wash., at the University of Utah, competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon. Her accused killer, a sex offender, was someone she had dated and who was harassing her, according to her mother.
Esport betting platform gets license for video game gambling
Video gamers in the United States and elsewhere will soon be able to bet on themselves. The live-betting esports platform Unikrn had its wagering license approved by the Isle of Man on Tuesday, clearing the way for users to legally gamble on competitive video games. “There is finally a legitimate, regulated operator in the space […]
Pac-12, Conference of Champions? Right now, ‘Conference of Credibility Issues’ is a better nickname
After reports about a Pac-12 executive interfering with an officiating decision, and reports of WSU coach Mike Leach's incensed text messages to the Pac-12 questioning whether the conference is trying to protect student-athletes, the Pac-12 is at a crossroads, and its credibility is in jeopardy.
5 things to know about the Seahawks’ next opponent, the Detroit Lions
Like the Seahawks, the Detroit Lions enter Sunday's game at 3-3, having won three of their last four.
Naomi Kawase named to direct 2020 Tokyo Olympic documentary
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Naomi Kawase, named Tuesday to make a documentary film about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said she hopes to focus on reconstruction efforts in the northern Fukushima region of the country. The area was devastated in 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami and a resulting nuclear disaster. The Japanese government hopes […]
LEADING OFF: Kershaw, Sale set for Game 1 of World Series
A look at what’s happening around the major leagues today: FENWAY FRESHMAN Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will pitch at Fenway Park for the first time when he starts Game 1 of the World Series against the Red Sox. The oldest park in the majors has a lot of quirks that can present many challenges for […]
Washington golfers suffer through tough second round at Tavistock Invitational
After a solid 287 team score in the first round Sunday, the Huskies dropped to a 308 Monday and are now in 13th place out of the 15 teams.
