The Walla Walla Bruins salvaged a split with the Apple Valley Blues in an American Legion Class AA baseball doubleheader Wednesday in Wenatchee, bouncing back from an 11-9 loss in the opener to take the second game 14-2.
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When Major League Baseball stripped 40 teams of their affiliation in a drastic shakeup of the minor leagues this winter, most were compensated with an alternative high-level club, such as a college summer league team.
The expansion Seattle Kraken have hired Dave Hakstol as the franchise's first coach.
The Sounders (7-0-3) won 2-1 and pushed their franchise-record unbeaten streak to 10 games.
NHL referees have pocketed whistles for decades come playoff time, ignoring obvious infractions under the guise of managing a game's pace. But the inconsistency this year has been a field day for conspiracy buffs and should force the league to act.
The Mariners avoided getting no-hit but still lost 5-2 to a Rockies team that has been abysmal on the road this season. Colorado improved to 6-28 in games away from Coors Field.
Despite significant changes to the back line since the beginning of the season, the Sounders have managed to keep the ball out of the net through the flow of play this season, and have allowed just four total goals in nine matches.
Here's a complete roundup of MLB action from Tuesday.
After ending the game Sunday in grand fashion, Shed Long Jr. returned to T-Mobile Park on Tuesday and delivered the Mariners’ fifth consecutive victory.
Tina Charles had 34 points and 16 rebounds as the visiting Washington Mystics beat the Storm 87-83 in Everett.
The Storm's star trio of Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd are heading to Tokyo this summer to compete for the U.S. Olympic women's basketball team.
MLB's rule change involving pitchers and foreign substances has generated a collective eye roll from players, who have criticized the midseason timing and said it will cause injuries. The Mariners play their first game under the new rule Tuesday.
Jon Rahm’s road to becoming a U.S. Open champion might have started with a pair of bogeys.
Shed Long Jr. hits a dramatic homer to give the Mariners their fourth consecutive victory.
Beginning Monday, pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games if caught using foreign substances to doctor baseballs.
J.P. Crawford scored the winning run on Mitch Haniger's 10th-inning single and hit a grand slam to lift the Seattle Mariners over the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Saturday night.
Raúl RuidÃaz scored the tiebreaking goal early in the second half, and the Seattle Sounders extended the longest unbeaten start to a season in team history with a 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy.
The NFL is holding its inaugural General Manager Forum next week in an effort to increase minority hiring in front offices.
Ron Crockett, 82, has been called the savior of horse racing in the state, making good on his promise to keep the sport alive in Washington.
Long before Usama Young’s father co-starred with him in a Super Bowl commercial, he influenced his love for football.
Not playing each other all season until now doesn't seem to have bothered the Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal Canadiens or the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders.
On the final day of Seahawks minicamp, most of Seattle's pass rushers were in attendance. Aldon Smith was not.
Though it's not his nature to be bitter or angry, it would be understandable if James Paxton broke from his norm of being personable and easygoing to be a little resentful toward the baseball injury gods, who seem to have cursed him and his body to this existence.
This week's three-day minicamp that concluded Thursday, June 17, made clear that another player could force himself into the Seahawks' receiver competition — Penny Hart.
Breanna Stewart was not about to concede a thing and was at her dominant best when it mattered most to lead Seattle to its fifth straight win — a 79-69 victory against the Indiana Fever.
The Arizona Diamondbacks set a major league record with their 23rd straight road loss, making dubious history in getting trounced by the San Francisco Giants 10-3 on Thursday, June 17.
The first time Kyle Seager stepped into the batter's box of T-Mobile Park on Thursday night, June 17, came as a pinch-hitter in a tie game with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the winning run on third base.
Russell Henley's visit to the rough-and-tumble South course at Torrey Pines went a lot better Thursday, June 17, than the last time he played, especially under the circumstances.
Just a few miles from the home where he spent his teenage years, Jeff Gordon strapped himself into a midget car, was pushed onto the 1/4-mile dirt track in the third turn at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started turning laps. He felt like a kid again.
For Ty France, his Tuesday night, June 15, at the plate in the Mariners' 10-0 win over the Twins represented two trends that he hopes will change in the coming months.
Through the Seahawks' 2021 offseason program, one voice has stood out among the crowd, that of defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, who signed with the Seahawks in April. Nkemdiche finishes every drill with loud shouts and exhortations that are impossible to miss even in the din of the usual practice noise.
When the Sounders entered this past three-week FIFA international break, coach Brian Schmetzer expected a different roster upon return to MLS play.
The return to Torrey Pines for the 121st U.S. Open means another prime-time show along the Eastern seaboard, and that's happening with greater frequency for the U.S. Open.
Jacob deGrom was pulled from a second straight start with an arm injury, this time leaving after three perfect innings with right shoulder soreness, but the New York Mets bullpen stepped up to finish a three-hitter in a 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, June 16.
Justus Sheffield allowed seven runs in five innings and the Mariners' offense, despite scoring 10 runs the night before, couldn't match that sort of production at the plate leading to a 7-2 loss Wednesday night, June 16, to the Twins.
Mitch Haniger is ready to return to the starting lineup on Wednesday night, June 16. "That's my plan," he said.
It didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary Tuesday, June 15, when Seahawks left tackle Duane Brown took the field at the VMAC for the team's first mandatory minicamp practice wearing a hoodie instead of a helmet.
Storm stars Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd are making a case as the greatest trifecta the league has seen.
Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start Monday, June 21.
Chris Flexen throws eight shutout innings, Mariners hitters also come through in 10-0 win over Twins
The Mariners' 10-0 trouncing of the Twins on Tuesday night, June 15 — their most convincing win of the season — guaranteed a win in the three-game series with a chance for a possible sweep Wednesday night.
The list of potential Kraken coaching candidates thinned notably Monday, June 14, as Gerard Gallant reportedly agreed to a four-year deal with the New York Rangers.
Upon her arrival in Seattle in February, Candice Dupree made it clear her main motivations for joining the Storm were money and winning. But after 12 games and a dramatic decline in production from the seven-time All-Star forward, it's become clear that fitting in with the Storm has been more difficult than she expected.
José RamÃrez picked up a pair of RBIs — made possible by Baltimore blunders in the field — and the Cleveland Indians extended the Orioles’ road losing streak to 16 games with a 4-3 victory on Monday night, June 14.
Could the Mariners and Mitch Haniger finally get a break (not a literal one) when it comes to his latest unfortunate injury?
Jake Bauers' first home run with Seattle, a solo blast, proves to be the difference Monday night, June 14, in the Mariner's 4-3 victory over the Twins.
Trainer Bob Baffert sued in federal court Tuesday, June 15, in an effort to get his suspension by the New York Racing Association lifted.
Novak Djokovic came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final Sunday, June 13, for his 19th Grand Slam title.
Just one step remains in the Seahawks' offseason — a three-day minicamp that begins Tuesday, June 15. When it ends Thursday afternoon, players will head into the summer, not to return until they report July 27 for training camp, which starts July 31.
Can anyone stop the Storm? It's a fair question after the defending WNBA champions throttled the Connecticut Sun, 89-66, on Sunday, June 13, for their third straight win.
Mariners rookie Logan Gilbert delivered a brilliant outing, perhaps his best of his rookie campaign, and his teammates provided unexpected run support, scoring five runs off Shane Bieber, to end the 12-game road trip with a 6-2 victory over Cleveland on Sunday, June 13.
Teoscar Hernández hit a pair of three-run homers over the Green Monster — two of Toronto’s eight longballs as the Blue Jays routed the Boston Red Sox 18-4 on Sunday, June 13.
