Sunday was the NFL coming-out party for St. Louis Rams rookie Brandon Gibson, who holds Washington State University's record for career receiving yardage.

It's rare for me to stray from Northwest sports for this blog, but I thought it was a cool gesture by the controversial/entertaining Jim Rome to bring in Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo on The Jim Rome Show for Veterans Day.

Warren Miller's annual movie tour is a harbinger of ski season, but this morning I realized it's only a few days off.

SEATTLE — Last week, I attended my first Major League Soccer match at Qwest Field, and my rare trip as a patron to a sporting event afforded me the chance to do a bit of exploring.

SEATTLE -- Which is the hottest football team in Seattle right now?

A few folks in the Tri-Cities might know this, but Herald Publisher Rufus M. Friday — our head coach — played tight end for North Carolina State.

This morning, I learned the sad news that Dave Robertson died of leukemia earlier this week in Spokane at the age of 79.

Not sure if football gladiators are as superstitious as baseball players, but in the court of public opinion, Seattle Seahawks should consider not wearing their alternate uniforms after their 25-19 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

There's still a cutout of her on the home page of the New York Liberty, and while she led the WNBA in one key category, it was a disappointing campaign for the club and one of uncertainty for Kennewick grad Leilani Mitchell.

I love irony, and here was a little delicious double dose that came through the mailbox of Herald interactive media director Andy Perdue on Friday...

This isn't the best economic climate for colleges to go adding cash-guzzling varsity football, and Thursday night wasn't the best advertisement for the sport.

We're just a few days away, and prep football has folks buzzing and checking in on what SportsTriCities.com plans with regards to coverage.

It's rare to see baseball players step into the batter's box without gloves. Vladimir Guerrero and Jorge Posada are two who quickly come to mind.

A number of Mid-Columbians enjoy watching the Versus network for its college football coverage — which includes a handful of games involving the Pacific-10 (WSU) and Mountain West (BYU) conferences.

On Friday, Zach Wanderscheid of Goldendale capped his remarkable season of golf with a 1-up victory at the 55th Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior Boys Amateur in Moscow, Idaho.

This morning's edition of the Baseball America Prospect Report noted that Southridge grad Shawn O'Malley went 2-for-5 with three runs scored Thursday for Tampa's High-A affiliate in the Florida State League.

This morning, I visited Yahoo! Sports to get an update on the St. Louis Cardinals/New York Mets matinee, and there in the "sweet spot" was an easily recognizable face to those of us at SportsTriCities.com.

To quote Jim Rome, I spent last week "in the basement."

Last fall, I wondered if any folks in the Mid-Columbia played fantasy football with the pool being from the Columbia Basin Big Nine.

Last week, we received a note about an aspiring young golfer in the Tri-Cities.

Oh boy! Who doesn't appreciate free stuff?

This month, a deadwood edition of The Sporting News ranked the 30 big-league ballparks. And the survey says...

I'm stepping outside the norm here for a day because I'm looking for help before my world is surrounded by hydroplanes.

I've never played college fantasy football, but a friend of mine once worked at a place where they took it one step further -- a league in which the fantasy pool was only Pacific-10 Conference players.

Has Bill Bavasi been hired by the Kansas City Royals as a special consultant to general manager Dayton Moore?

On Friday, it was announced that President Obama wants Jon Jarvis — who has strong ties to Mount Rainier and the North Cascades — to become the next director of the National Park Service.

For years, Mia Hamm was the face of women's soccer in the U.S.

Steve "Air" McNair was found shot to death Saturday in Nashville, Tenn., and the national media is looking back on his NFL career while the murder investigation continues.

RICHLAND -- Life often is ironic, but just last night my wife, Traci, and I teamed up to debate a friend of ours and extol the virtues of the game of soccer.

Last week, I chose to perform volunteer work for the National Park Service at Lake Roosevelt. One thing I sacrificed to make that happen was missing out on the Northwest Golf Media Association's summer meeting at The Golf Club at Redmond (Wash.) Ridge.

British Columbia continues to help raise the profile of University of Washington athletics.

If you saw the Outdoors page on the back of the sports section in Saturday's Herald, you likely were wowed by a couple of photos that outdoors editor Kevin McCullen chose for the user-generated "Your Adventures" feature.

Last September, the Seattle Mariners won two too many games — finishing at 61-101 — for them to "win" the draft rights to San Diego State flamethrower Stephen Strasburg.

The WNBA regular season opens Sunday for the New York Liberty, and Kennewick's Leilani Mitchell no longer is a rookie.

That one-line email this morning from my pal, Coke Roth, said it all.

How much longer will it be before Ken Griffey Jr., heads into retirement?

It's getting warm this Memorial Day morning, so I know Hell has not frozen over yet.

I was pleasantly surprised last night when I switched from hockey on Charter channel 36 to channel 37 and discovered that the Seattle Mariners game actually was on the screen of my NEC.

This season, the Seattle Mariners remain frustrating, but at least they are watchable.

Student/athletes at Columbia Basin College and Walla Walla CC, take note.

Last week, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced that Barbara Hedges — who retired from the University of Washington in 2004 amid several controversies — will be inducted into the NACDA Hall of Fame.

There's a buzz in the Palouse right now with school letting out and the baseball team still in the hunt for the Pac-10 title and a postseason berth.

I should have run this through our Northwest League beat writer, Jack Millikin, for confirmation, but I believe last year that left-handed ace Christian Friedrich was just the second first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies to swing through the Tri-Cities.

Saturday night is the "Turn Back the Clock Night" promotion for the Seattle Mariners, and Fox Sports Northwest has scheduled a bit of nostalgia in support of that game.

SEATTLE — Last week, Herald sports editor Jeff Morrow and I attended the media day for the Pacific-10 Conference men's golf championships, which is being staged this week at Seattle Golf Club.

Last month, KFLD 870 shuttered The Locker Room.

Last week, I wondered why Kamiakin grad Kendyl Pele, a co-captain at the University of Washington, is the only Tri-City product — male or female — playing Pacific-10 Conference soccer.

My Schwinn Moab was hanging upside down in my garage — until this morning.

Something has been bothering me for a while.

Well, the "good ship Mariner" is sailing in Seattle and around the Pacific Northwest at this stage of the season, so fans want to see the club as much as possible.