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Kris Bubic, Stanford baseball: The former Archbishop Mitty High star (Class of 2015) is 5-0 with a 2.52 ERA in nine starts this season for Stanford, which is 31-5 overall and 12-3 in conference. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound left-hander has 58 strikeouts and 17 walks. Jake Haener and Peyton Henry, University

Condoleezza Rice-led panel calls for ending NBA's 'one-and-done' rule and life-time to college coaches caught cheating, but doesn't address the NCAA's 'amateur' model.

Before he began swallowing up blocks and devouring ball carriers at the University of Washington, Vita Vea took on a steak. And won. On his recruiting visit to Seattle, the jumbo-size nose guard of Tongan ancestry was taken to dinner at SkyCity, the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle. And he inhaled

Two days before last year's draft, Tony Pauline of Draftanalyst.com reported that the Falcons were looking to jump the Cowboys for a pass rusher. Two days later, the Falcons did indeed jump the Cowboys, trading up from #31 to #26, two spots ahead of the Cowboys at #28, and selected Takkarist McKinley

Yuan and Washington State’s Zach Anderson are among five golfers tied for fourth. Washington State is 6th, eight strokes ahead of the Huskies.

The last three NCAA champions have come from the Pac-12, all by teams finishing no higher than sixth in the conference championship. The Huskies won the 2016 NCAA title after placing sixth at the Pac-12 championship.

Vita Vea is widely projected as a first-round selection Thursday in the NFL draft. If so, he would become the fifth Husky to be drafted in the first round in the past four years.

Vita Vea Position: Defensive tackle School: Washington Height/weight: 6-4, 347 Draft projection: Round 1 Why Vita Vea makes sense for the Bucs: Vea's combination of size and quick feet is rare. He ran a 5.1 40-yard dash and bench pressed 225 pounds 40 times. He can become a Pro Bowl nosetackle and

The Bruins are on top of the individual scoreboard as well as Patty Tavatanakit and Lilia Vu are tied at 6-under 138.

Background Bierria came to UW as a mid-level three-star recruit (whose point person was, incidentally, Jacob Sirmon's uncle Peter) from Narbonne High School in LA. After redshirting in 2013, he was a part of the youth movement of Chris Petersen's first season, playing in all 14 games and starting

It's fair to say that without Lavon Coleman the Washington Huskies would not have gotten the chance to play Alabama in the 2016 College Football Playoff. Coleman's performance with 181 yards on 11 carries including a 55-yard TD kept the Huskies afloat in their 35-28 OT victory at Arizona to keep

Thybulle, the reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year winner, will return for his senior season with the Huskies.

Adam Jude offers his key takeaways from UW spring football.

Reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Matisse Thybulle will return for his senior season at Washington, ending speculation about whether he would leave early for the NBA draft. “The NBA is really enticing and it was definitely something that I seriously considered when the season was over,” Thybulle

The Huskies concluded their monthlong spring workouts on Saturday at Husky Stadium. Adam Jude offers his key takeaways from spring football and catches up with QB Jake Browning and defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake after the spring finale. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or

TCU came into the season shooting for a fifth straight trip to the College World Series. With a month left in the regular season, the Horned Frogs will be hard-pressed to even make the NCAA Tournament. The Frogs (19-17, 6-8) are fifth in the Big 12 and No. 86 in the RPI after losing three straight at Baylor over the weekend. They'll likely have to win the Big 12 Tournament to make an NCAA regional for the 14th time in 15 years. "No question about that," coach Jim Schlossnagle said Monday. "If we went on some crazy run, we might be able to do it. It's certainly headed toward a conference tournament situation." For the second straight year, TCU will finish the season without offensive star Luken Baker.

The Miami Dolphins will undoubtedly be looking for a defensive tackle during this week's draft. The team released five-time Pro Bowler Ndamukong Suh last month and they didn't sign a player at his position during free agency. Peter King of MMQB released his 2018 NFL mock draft on Monday morning

The Huskies return home to host Oregon starting Friday. The three losses put UW in third place in the Pac-12 standings. Oregon sits in second place behind UCLA.

UW's Chris Petersen: "Our kids, they understand who Auburn is. ... We’re talking about playing the best of the best right now."

Police responding to reports of early morning gunfire found a 29-year-old man in the street.

Third-ranked UCLA beat top-ranked Washington for the second consecutive day in Los Angeles as Madeline Jelenicki hit a walkoff solo homer with two outs in the seventh inning for a 3-2 victory Saturday.

Myles Gaskin opted to forego the NFL draft to play his senior year at UW, with a chance to stamp himself as the greatest Husky running back ever. His only regret? That he didn’t get to play at all during the live scrimmage that ended the afternoon.

The Huskies kept things pretty vanilla for the few thousand fans who showed up for UW's one public practice of the spring. But Chris Petersen manufactured some drama at the end.

Haener has been one of the Huskies’ most pleasant surprises of the spring, and that continued Saturday during the spring preview scrimmage inside Husky Stadium.

Turner was an academic qualifier out of high school, but he opted to attend junior college for the exposure. He spent less than one year at Los Angeles Pierce College and parlayed that into scholarship offers from Washington, Oklahoma, Arizona State and numerous other schools. Now, after playing three

Sophomore Rachel Garcia pitched a three-hit shutout as third-ranked UCLA beat No. 1 Washington 3-0 and replaced the Huskies at the top of the Pac-12 standings. The teams meet again at 1 p.m. Saturday and the game will be on ESPN2.

New Zealanders Wenyung Keh and Julianne Alvarez are hoping to lead the Huskies on another deep postseason run, starting Sunday at the three-day Pac-12 women’s golf championships at Seattle’s Broadmoor Country Club.

Having finally found his confidence, Roberts is thriving at left tackle in Trey Adams' absence. Once the All-Pac-12 tackle returns, however, Roberts could play a significant role next season, perhaps as the versatile sixth man on the line.

In a press conference Friday, Petersen talked about Vita Vea, Jake Browning, Myles Gaskin, recruiting and more.

The final spring practice is set for noon Saturday on the Pac-12 Network.

The Georgia football team had high hopes for the 2017 season. Those hopes were nearly crushed before the team could finish one half of football. On the third drive of the Bulldogs' opening game, sophomore quarterback Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury. A late hit out-of-bounds by an Appalachian

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz looks at the top five quarterbacks of the 2018 NFL Draft and the teams that would be the best fit for each. The top defensive line prospects entering the 2018 NFL draft: 1. Vita Vea, Washington (6-4, 347): Remarkable athlete for his size

Fuller has followed up his strong finish to the 2017 season with an impressive spring. "I love having that pressure on me," Fuller says of being a go-to receiver for the Huskies.

This was originally gonna be a preview of the offensive line this spring. Then most of spring practices happened, so instead we're gonna just talk “offensive line stuff that vaguely pertains to what we've learned this spring and what to expect this next season because that makes more sense now

SEATTLE (AP) — Jacob Eason is ready to become arguably the most highly touted scout team quarterback in the country. The former Georgia starter is nearing the end of his first spring with Washington and preparing for a season spent as a spectator. But waiting at the end of that long year of watching is the expectation that when 2019 begins, the transfer will be the Huskies' starter. "This year is going to be a great year for learning and getting better in this program and making relationships with some of the guys and the coaches on this team," Eason said Monday. "It's going to be a different year for sure but that's doesn't mean I'm not going to compete like I can play.

The Titans had an intriguing pre-draft on Thursday. They met with Washington wide receiver Dante Pettis according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. The Titans are doing their homework on prospects from a wide array of positions in the upcoming draft. Their biggest needs are obvious, but they

In a widely anticipated move, Bitumba Baruti is going to transfer from Washington and plans to play basketball next season at another school. The 6-foot-6 sophomore guard, who scored 11 total points in 17 games as a reserve during the 2016-17 season, never found a role with the Huskies under new coach

Ryan Clark at the Tacoma News Tribune is reporting that Bitumba Baruti has been granted his release and will transfer from the University of Washington. The news has not yet been made official by the school or Baruti himself but Clark cites a UW spokesman as the source of the information. Baruti'

SEATTLE (AP) — Adidas will become Washington's official apparel and footwear provider under a 10-year deal announced by the school Tuesday. The university's board of regents must still approve the contract, which would run through June 2029. The Seattle Times, citing a source with knowledge of the contract , reported that the deal will be worth almost $12 million annually, making it one of the richest apparel deals in college athletics. The new deal also ends the Huskies' 20-year partnership with Nike.

the Huskies announced Tuesday they have agreed to a 10-year deal with adidas, making the company the official footwear and apparel sponsor through June 2029. The deal, which is pending approval from the UW Board of Regents, officially begins July 2019.

1. If the primary purpose of a 1T in Rod Marinelli's defense is to occupy two blocks, act as a run stopped, and usually play only 2 downs, then how will VV be used differently and what special impact will he have that other 1Ts later in the draft will not? 2. How many DT (1Ts or NTs, but not including

Muscular back with adequate wiggle and vision between the tackles. Not as powerful as his frame would suggest. Burst and long speed are mediocre. Comfortable receiver. Sturdy in pass protection. Mid-to-late round value. A 247Sports Composite three-star recruit out of Lompoc, California, Coleman played

Daniel Bridge-Gadd, the Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year in 2015 at Phoenix Paradise Valley High School, is transferring from Washington to Northern Arizona. Huskies head coach Chris Petersen made the comment at the start of Washington's spring practice session on Wednesday. On Thursday, Bridge-Gadd

Caption Close Myles Gaskin made the decision to return to the University of Washington, a surprising choice to many but one that feels completely logical when you hear the senior running back explain it. "First off, I want to graduate -- I didn't go to school this long for no reason," Gaskin

After nearly four months off following an appearance in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, the Washington football team opens spring practice today. The Huskies will have 14 practices over the next four weeks, culminating in the annual Spring Preview April 21 at noon. Here are a few storylines to look out