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Washington, Gonzaga in top six for O’Dea five-star forward Paolo Banchero


Banchero tweeted himself of a row of jerseys from Kentucky, Washington, Gonzaga, Arizona, Tennessee and Duke.





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Helen Molina, who loved her Huskies and worked in the UW athletic department, dies of coronavirus


Small in stature, Helen Molina had a big heart when it came to her family and Washington Huskies athletics. Ms. Molina died April 3 due to complications from COVID-19 and end-stage Alzheimer's disease. She was 85.




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Andonovski of Reign FC named NWSL’s top coach


Reign FC coach Vlatko Andonovski, reportedly set to take over the U.S. women’s national team, was named the National Women’s Soccer League’s Coach of the Year.




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Former Reign coach Vlatko Andonovski is aware of expectations as the new US women’s coach


Vlatko Andonovski is well aware of the expectations he faces as the new coach of the U.S women's national team. His predecessor, Jill Ellis, led the team to consecutive World Cup titles — an accomplishment her successor can only hope to equal.




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Megan Rapinoe won a Woman of the Year award. She thanked Colin Kaepernick.


Megan Rapinoe, star of the U.S. women's national soccer team and MVP of the 2019 Women's World Cup, singled out Colin Kaepernick in a speech Monday as she accepted an award for being one of Glamour magazine's women of the year, saying, "I don't feel like I would be here without" him.




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Reign FC in negotiations to be sold to Olympic Lyon; team plans to remain in Tacoma


If the sale takes place, current owner Bill Predmore will remain as CEO of Reign FC and home games will still be played at Cheney Stadium.




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US captain, Reign star Megan Rapinoe wins Ballon d’Or award for top soccer player


Lionel Messi won a record sixth Ballon d’Or while World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe earned the women’s prize on Monday.




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Megan Rapinoe is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, only the fourth woman chosen alone


Megan Rapinoe was Sports Illustrated's choice for Sportsperson of the Year, joining Chris Evert, Mary Decker and Serena Williams as the only women in the 66-year history of the award to win it by themselves.




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Reign FC changes its name again, to OL Reign, and has new team colors


Another season, another change for the area’s National Women’s Soccer League team. The club will now be referred to OL Reign after branding as Reign FC last season and Seattle Reign FC before that. The rebranding includes new colors — red, white, and blue — with a new badge that features a tongue-wagging lion and […]





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NWSL announces delay to start of season because of coronavirus


The league announced that it is imposing a moratorium on training through April 5.




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How former UW QB Mark Brunell overcame an ‘absolutely horrible’ NFL draft day


With guests over and nothing to celebrate, UW's Mark Brunell went through an "absolutely horrible" draft day. But his career is proof that what matters isn’t what round you are drafted in, but “the situation you find yourself in."




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Three-star 2021 defensive lineman Kuao Peihopa verbally commits to UW Huskies


Ikaika Malloe is no stranger to Kamehameha High School. Before he played safety and outside linebacker at Washington from 1993 to 1996, Malloe — UW’s co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach — starred for the Kamehameha Warriors in Honolulu. Perhaps he saw part of himself in his newest pupil. Kuao Peihopa — a 6-foot-3, 306-pound […]




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After falling to Indianapolis Colts in fourth round of NFL draft, former UW QB Jacob Eason vows to prove critics wrong


Former UW quarterback Jacob Eason fell to the fourth round, where the Indianapolis Colts selected him on Saturday to learn from aging veteran Philip Rivers.




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Former UW Huskies C Nick Harris selected by Cleveland Browns in fifth round of NFL draft


On Saturday, Nick Harris was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 160th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.




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Analysis: After juniors Salvon Ahmed and Hunter Bryant go undrafted, UW Huskies fans left wondering what might have been


When the 2020 NFL draft ended, Washington running back Salvon Ahmed and tight end Hunter Bryant — both true juniors — were listed as ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr.'s top two available players.




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Analysis: Pac-12 winners, losers, trends and takeaways from the 2020 NFL draft


Here's a look at how the Pac-12 stacked up against other conferences during the NFL draft.




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Analysis: Projecting the top Pac-12 prospects in the 2021 NFL draft


Oregon produced the top pick from the Pac-12 in the 2020 NFL Draft and is the heavy favorite to produce the Pac-12’s top pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.




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Edean Ihlanfeldt, amateur golf star and first UW women’s coach, dies at 90


Ihlanfeldt (her maiden name was Anderson), grew up in Helena, Montana, and won the first of six straight state amateur championships at age 14. She went on to win four Washington amateur titles and five Pacific Northwest Golf Association titles.




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Washington, Gonzaga in top six for O’Dea five-star forward Paolo Banchero


Banchero tweeted himself of a row of jerseys from Kentucky, Washington, Gonzaga, Arizona, Tennessee and Duke.




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After earning Donovan’s recommendation, new UW Huskies tight ends coach Derham Cato eager to make his mark


First-year UW offensive coordinator John Donovan placed his faith in a familiar face when it came to the Huskies' new tight ends coach. Now Derham Cato — previously a UW offensive analyst — must prove he's up to the task.




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Led by ex-Husky Tanner Swanson, Northwest-based MLB coaches band together for ‘Coaches vs. COVID’ program


The idea is to impart the baseball knowledge of himself and others he recruited to the cause — many of whom are part of the wave of Northwest-based coaches who have infiltrated professional baseball — while raising money for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to support COVID-19 research.





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How pitching, flying and filmmaking make UW baseball’s Logan Gerling feel alive


UW junior pitcher Logan Gerling unsurprisingly has aspirations of becoming a professional baseball player. But his passion for flying and filmmaking also inspire him and push him to improve.




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Helen Molina, who loved her Huskies and worked in the UW athletic department, dies of coronavirus


Small in stature, Helen Molina had a big heart when it came to her family and Washington Huskies athletics. Ms. Molina died April 3 due to complications from COVID-19 and end-stage Alzheimer's disease. She was 85.





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Asia shares mixed, eyeing economies reopening, central banks


TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed Tuesday as governments inch toward letting businesses reopen and central banks step in to provide cash to economies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost earlier gains, dipping 0.4% to 19,706.19. South Korea’s Kospi stood virtually unchanged, inching down less than 0.1% to 1,921.39. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.2% to […]




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Asian stocks gain after France, Spain unveil reopening plans


BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained Wednesday after France and Spain joined governments that plan to ease anti-virus controls and allow businesses to reopen. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney and Southeast Asia advanced. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Wall Street retreated overnight, hurt by declines in health care and tech stocks […]




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Earnings season is in full swing and uncertainty is certain


The most active week of the earnings season is on and the rush of quarterly reports Tuesday, 39 in all, captured the maneuvering of companies from almost every sector as they feel their way through an unprecedented economic shockwave. Companies are being affected in different ways but if there’s a common theme, it’s that the […]




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Google’s growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market


BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter. The January-March earnings for Google parent Alphabet offer a first look at how the digital ad market has fared amid widespread orders requiring consumers to stay at […]




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Asian shares rise on hopes for drug to treat coronavirus


TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Thursday, riding a wave of optimism about a possible treatment for the coronavirus that set off a rally on Wall Street powerful enough to override data showing the U.S. economy had logged its worst quarterly performance since 2009. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 2.6% in morning trading to […]




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Amazon prepares first earnings report from coronavirus era, as pandemic accelerates retail trends in its favor


The company’s first-quarter earnings report will provide a view of how the pandemic has accelerated trends already working in its favor, and the extent to which coronavirus restrictions on businesses and consumers have boosted Amazon’s sales.




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Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline


BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s profit dipped slightly while revenues rose in the January-March quarter, reflecting early fallout from a coronavirus pandemic that shut down its factories and then forced hundreds of Apple retail stores to close. The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world’s best-known companies is faring […]




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Asian shares advance following rebound on Wall Street


BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia early Tuesday after Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended with modest gains thanks to another solid showing from big technology companies. Shares rose in Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore. Markets in Shanghai and Tokyo were closed for a holiday. Wall Street shook off a weak […]




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Democrats Challenge Trump’s Pick to Oversee Pandemic Funds


(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats challenged a vow of “fairness and impartiality” by Brian Miller, President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee trillions of dollars being spent in the effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus pandemic. “President Trump has shown outright hostility to anyone who has tried to hold him accountable to the American people,” […]




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Asian shares mixed after Wall St dips on pandemic worries


TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after a decline on Wall Street after more depressing data rolled in on the devastation sweeping the global economy. Comments by President Donald Trump on trade with China and casting blame on Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic have further dampened sentiment. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.2% […]




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Uber loses $2.9 billion, offloads bike and scooter business


The ride-hailing giant said Thursday it is offloading Jump, its bike and scooter business, to Lime, a company in which it is investing $85 million. Jump had been losing about $60 million a quarter.




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School nurses are joining ranks in testing clinics, health departments to boost coronavirus efforts


School nurses are finding themselves on the frontlines of COVID-19 public health efforts.




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Cora Jean Howard, 77, a veteran Seattle teacher who leaves a legacy of empathy, dies of coronavirus


"Sometimes you take your car in to get service, and that person takes care of your car like it's theirs. She did that for her students, and so many other people, too," said Theodore "Ted" Howard II, her son. 




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University of Oregon plans for in-person classes this fall


EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — University of Oregon students may have in-person classes this fall, officials said. University President Michael Schill announced Monday that leaders are making plans to bring students back to campus after spring and summer terms are conducted online to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Register-Guard reported. “I want to let […]




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Oprah, Awkwafina and Miley Cyrus sign on for Facebook’s ‘Class of 2020’ virtual graduation


The pandemic has shut down graduation celebrations across nation. On Tuesday, Facebook and Instagram announced plans to celebrate this year's graduating class with a streaming event on May 15, featuring Oprah Winfrey as commencement speaker.




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‘My perspective is of a teenager, interrupted’: 8 young people share how coronavirus pandemic is changing them


From feeling scared to feeling resolved to see change, eight young people, ages 10 to 15, share how they're coping with the pandemic, in their own words.




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Free college: Can Washington keep that promise during a recession?


Washington state and the city of Seattle have both made far-reaching promises to cover college tuition costs for many students. Despite the economic downturn, they say they will keep those promises.




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The life of a Seattle school social worker during coronavirus: a hospital trip and a racing heart


Rocío Luquero spends her days in the darkest and poorest corners of the city’s education system, trying to spread thin resources across as many kids as possible. The coronavirus has made that job even harder.




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Tiny Montana school to be among first in US to reopen


In opening to several dozen of its 56 students (some families don't plan to send their kids) and 18 staff members on Thursday, Willow Creek School is going against the advice of some education officials and against the grain of the vast majority of U.S. schools.




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New studies on transmission of coronavirus bolster case for keeping schools closed


Two new studies offer compelling evidence that children can transmit the virus. They are indeed less susceptible than adults, but while in school they have triple the human contact as adults and therefore triple the opportunity to become infected.




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DeVos announces new rules on campus sexual assault, offering more rights to accused


WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday released a sweeping new directive governing how schools must handle allegations of sexual assault and harassment, granting new rights to the accused and handing colleges a clear but controversial road map to navigating these highly charged investigations. The new rule bars universities from using a single official […]




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Should I still go to college? Families, students in Washington reevaluate plans amid coronavirus


More low-income, first-generation students may instead go to community college, even if they were accepted to a four-year school, to help with family finances.




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23rd-ranked BYU men end No. 2 Gonzaga’s winning streak at 19; Zags women beat Pepperdine


Yoeli Childs scored 28 points for host BYU. Gonzaga dropped to 27-2 on a day where No. 1 Baylor and No. 4 San Diego State also lost.