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7/7/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

7/7/22 (Centralia, WA) The college sports world was rocked last week with the announcement that UCLA and USC would be leaving the Pac 12 to join the Big 10. While…

7/6/2022 With little fanfare new federal regulations regarding horse racing went into effect Friday night. The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) was created under legislation pushed by Kentucky…

7/4/2022 The annual Fireworks display on July 3rd began in 1998, marking this as the 25th year of the night before tradition. Unfortunately it rained and made things a bit…

7/3/2022 Saturday Racing Saturday afternoon racing featured an 8 race card with a total of 49 starters for an average of 6.1 per race. The Betting Window The big news…

Where It All Starts Young Racers Hit Richland Waters Story and Photos by Jamie Council Tri-Cities, Washington is known as Hydro-Town. Surrounded by three rivers, hydro races are a summer…

Anything exciting happen this week? A fight?! In baseball?! You bet we talk about the brawl in Anaheim and so much more! In an all baseball episode we start with…

6/30/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

Washington-Native Sebastian Gutierrez Hoping to Protect Russell Wilson This Season Denver Broncos Signed DII Offensive Lineman as UDFA by Jamie Council The year is 2010. Pasco-native Sebastian Gutierrez is watching…

6/29/2022 Jockey Kassie Guglielmino suffered a broken leg last Friday night when her mount Secret Saga threw her off as the 2-year-old gelding in his first career race tried to…

6/27/22 (Yakima, WA) This past weekend, ESN went over to Parker Faller Field at Yakima Valley Community College for the 2022 All-State Baseball Series. Four games over a two-day span…

6/28/2022 (Auburn, Wa) One of the fun things about being at the track on any given day you never know who may be there. Over the years we ran into…

Richland Regatta a Success Despite Setbacks NWPBA Talks About 2022 Event Story and Photos by Jamie Council (Richland, WA) More than 40 boats hit the water of the Columbia for…

6/28/2022 Two Stakes races were on the 10-race card Sunday afternoon at Emerald Downs with sunny skies and sunny weather. The annual visit from our friends to the North at…

6/26/2022 Summer arrived and weather came with it to kick-off the 2nd Stakes weekend of the season. The Budweiser and Hastings will be run on Sunday afterfnoon. In the meantime…

6/24/2022 This year’s Baseball All-State series begins on Saturday with 2 games and then another 2 games on Sunday and will be played at Yakima Valley College. The 4 teams…

6/23/2022 O’Dea High School grad Paolo Banchero made state history Thursday night by becoming the first basketball player picked #1 in the NBA draft to graduate from high school in…

6/23/2022 There was so much that happened over the past weekend, 2 Stakes, the Muckleshoot Gold Cup, Father’s Day and finally some sunshine! We wanted to go back and highlight…

After a late notice cancellation last week, the crew is back for a busy week! First, Luke stops by as he and Matthew wrap up the NBA season after the…

6/23/2022 A lot of movement in this week’s Power Rankings. Remember this is a week-to-week measurement not an overall score. Two stakes races also play into this weeks rankings. The…