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.


November 20, 2024

Never Kenough

After decades at ESPN, Kenny Mayne tells us how he spends his time.


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.


Moll on a roll

Olympia's Hana Moll earns a track title, as does Luke Houser of Woodinville.


December 8, 2023

A man wearing a purple and gold uniform holding a football in the rain.

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.