Starting tonight, SportsTriCities.com will be offering more coverage of Friday night football around the Mid-Columbia.

Here's an item that fans of the Seattle Seahawks or Mariners may find interesting but not surprising.

This certainly is not Ichiro Suzuki's best campaign, but don't look now. A third batting title is within reach of the 34-year-old right fielder.

It’s a timing pattern that could not have played out any better for Mark Allen and Kennewick-based KALE 960 AM.

It says a lot that the Los Angeles Times assigned Bill Plaschke to cover the U.S. women's soccer semifinal.

The Wenatchee AppleSox face an elimination game Monday night in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League championship series -- an eight-team, wood bat circuit.

The Kansas City Star is reporting that WSU product Devard Darling appears poised to start the regular season as the Kansas City Chiefs' No. 2 wide receiver.

Kickoff of the college football season is less than two weeks away, and so the stories about training camps are coming fast and furious.

It was 20 years ago today — Aug. 9, 1988 — when the Edmonton Oilers traded "The Great One" to the Los Angeles Kings.

This afternoon, the Seattle Mariners did it. Jose Vidro has been sent packing.

Mark it down as the first "L" for the Oklahoma City Carpetbaggers, and a huge "W" for Seattle Sounders FC.

Whether or not Seattle Mariners fans realize it, there are teams who would like to see Raul Ibañez playing for them.

Travis "Moose" Mattair has lifted his batting average to .255 and earned mention in today's Baseball America Prospect Report.

Until Sept. 11, 2001, driving from Washington into British Columbia was nearly as easy as negotiating the Oregon/California border.

Kim Welch, a former two-time All-American for Washington State University, rolled to victory in the final round of The Golf Channel's reality program Big Break: Ka'anapali.

Last week, I'm rather certain I drove my wife to the edge. While we painted our house in the searing heat, I heaped the punishment on her by plugging into XM Radio's baseball coverage.

He's my favorite player, and he has been since June 4, 2001 when I dragged my wife to Safeco Field and we sat in the right-field bleachers.

This morning’s update on XM Radio’s MLB Home Plate 175 reminded me that Pasco native Jeremy Bonderman is having season-ending surgery today in Dallas for thoracic outlet syndrome.

I will be curious to hear if James Carville talks again today about Washington State University football on his 60/20 Sports program with Luke Russert on XM Satellite Radio.

I was remiss in not sharing some thoughts about Ed Chynoweth when he passed away April 22 at the age of 66.

Today, I sat in the newsroom and openly applauded when I saw the story flash across the wire.

I was pleased to pick up the Herald this morning and see that Spokane native Tom Phillips, 55, had won the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Senior Men's Amateur on Thursday.

Washington State University's football program suffered a number of punishing body blows in the past few months.

Thankfully, the Mariners didn't play Thursday night because I needed to go to bed early.

I’m trying to reduce my carbon footprint, and the work of the Tri-Cities Rivershore Enhancement Council and the Washington State Department of Transportation gives me the guts to do it.

These days, it might be more satisfying for some Seattle baseball fans to follow the team at Montlake than the one at SoDo.

Earlier this spring, the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League made a major announcement. It hired Ken Wilson as its league President.

Southridge grad Travis "Moose" Mattair is on a tear.

Baseball's version of the Apple Cup begins today in Seattle with Washington State visiting Husky Ballpark to play Washington.

It is the best feel-good sports story of this young century.

So much of what people see in the news section of newspapers centers on tragedy and ugliness.

Washington State's Kevin Tucker capped his solid sophomore season today by shooting a 6-over-par 77 to finish 23rd overall at the Pacific-10 Conference Golf Championships in Fairfax, Calif.

The Pac-10 women's golf championships ended Wednesday in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., and Washington State would like to play in at least one more tournament.

Pasco product Ryan Tolar won't be playing football for the University of Washington in Saturday's Purple and Gold game.

If the amount of snow at lower elevations is an indication, then it will be a fair spell before some of the most popular campgrounds are open at Mount Rainer National Park.

One of the great treats in sports TV viewing is "Coach's Corner," which is aired during an intermission of Hockey Night in Canada on CBC.

Sure, it's all about WSU men's basketball right now, but a trio of Tri-Citians have helped the University of Washington baseball team win 11 straight.

March Madness has got me watching more TV than I've seen in several years.

It had been three years since I attended the Seattle Golf Show.

The Paul Wulff era at Martin Stadium begins today with the opening of Washington State University spring football.

It will be Hydro Sunday in the Tri-Cities, but July 27 will be Induction Day for Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus.

Friday marks the opening of the 2008 Seattle Golf Show, the three-day extravaganza at the Qwest Field Event Center that ends Sunday.

Friday marks the opening of the 2008 Seattle Golf Show, the three-day extravaganza at the Qwest Field Event Center that ends Sunday.

Washington State University is on spring break this week, and the men’s varsity crew will spend much of it on the water.

So far, so good.

There's a 10-acre parcel of shrub-steppe habitat in Richland that is a relatively undeveloped gateway to the Yakima River and a link to several recreation areas.

There’s a 10-acre parcel of shrub-steppe habitat in Richland that is a relatively undeveloped gateway to the Yakima River and a link to several recreation areas.

The Northwest Golf Media Association issued its first newsletter of the year last week. It included a nice listing of courses in the Northwest that are scheduled to be unveiled in 2008. It appears that most will be available to the public.

The University of Washington baseball team hits the road to open its season, starting this weekend at University of California-Riverside.

An old friend of mine above the 49th parallel checked in Sunday morning in response to my weekend post regarding National Hockey League referee Kelly Sutherland -- a product of the Western Hockey League.