sports
December 9, 2024
Sprinkle of success
Formerly of Utah State, Husky basketball coach Danny Sprinkle brings a winning record (and memories of Montlake) to the UW.
August 27, 2024
Benefits of Big Ten
Partnering with national academic and athletic powerhouses brings tremendous advantages for the UW.
August 16, 2024
Pitching in
The UW's oldest club on campus fell on tough times, but they're bouncing back with help from alumni.
June 7, 2024
Husky Basketball's new home
Crews have broken ground on the 36,000 square-foot, $60 million facility.
December 8, 2023
Jake Browning is an NFL star
From practice squad to AFC Player of the Week, Jake Browning is on an upward trajectory in the NFL.
September 11, 2021
Eyes on the goal
Sociology Professor Alexes Harris, ’97, works closely with UW Athletics to help student-athletes succeed.
September 4, 2021
The ‘Renton Redhead’
Kermit Jorgensen was part of a Husky team that notched back-to-back Rose Bowl victories.
Gold in Tokyo
Kelsey Plum, ’17, captured a gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 3x3 women’s basketball. She was one of 31 current and former UW athletes competing.
June 10, 2021
Going the distance
Junior Haley Herberg was named the Pac-12 women’s cross-country athlete of the year.
June 3, 2021
Reliving ’91
The story of the greatest coach in Husky football history and how he led the 1991 team to the national championship is the subject of a new book.
March 9, 2021
Focus on equity
Sheridan Blanford, ’16, has the opportunity to make a big impact as she incorporates two of her passions—sports and inclusion.
January 16, 2021
Catch up with Jake Locker
Husky football fans remember Jake Locker for his determined play during some down years for the program.
Hockey heights
Now an agent, Ryan Minkoff, ’15, became the first student-athlete from the Husky club hockey team to make it to the professional hockey ranks.
July 16, 2020
Sports talk hosts with the most
710 ESPN’s Stacy Jo Rost, ’11, and KJR’s Dick Fain, ’96, earn national acclaim for the way they talk the talk.
November 24, 2019
Building the bones
Chip Lydum, ’84, parlayed a journalism job into a prominent role in Husky athletics.
Gallimore’s goodbye
UW women’s soccer coach Lesle Gallimore is retiring after 26 years, the longest run for a coach in the Pac-12.
June 4, 2019
Give Me 5
Melanie Jackson, a 1993 All-American soccer player at the UW, is now a senior editor and writer with ESPNW.
June 3, 2019
Frazer Cook named UWAA Golden Graduates Distinguished Alumnus
Frazer Cook and the Husky Marching Band worked in harmony for 57 years.