February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 In response to the letter (Feb. 17, “Offensive? Really?) from Brian McInerney regarding the name of the Washington Redskins.

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 Included in The Spokesman-Review’s Feb. 21 coverage of Gonzaga’s win over Santa Clara was a photo showing Zags student fans taunting SC players during pregame introductions. 1

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Forgive Juan Pablo Montoya if he doesn’t find the fireball jokes very funny. He’s just totally over them a year after crashing into a jet dryer …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C4 Patrice Toston scored 22 points and the Southern Idaho women’s basketball team beat North Idaho College 64-53 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game on Saturday in Twin Falls, Idaho. …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C4 Going into the weekend, Saturday afternoon’s BracketBuster men’s basketball game at Reese Court looked like more of a momentum-buster. Instead, Eastern Washington made the most of its only game over …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C4 POCATELLO – Connor Hill scored 20 points and Stephen Madison added 19 points as Idaho defeated Idaho State 75-69 in a nonconference basketball game on Saturday. Hill had 12 of …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C4 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jeremy Lin’s jersey hangs in the lounge overlooking the Lavietes Pavilion, and dangling above Harvard’s home court are the banners for the 2011 and ’12 Ivy League …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C5 PROVO, Utah – Stephanie Golden scored a career-high 16 points Saturday afternoon and Gonzaga captured the West Coast Conference women’s basketball title outright with a 66-55 win over Brigham Young. …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C6 TEMPE, Ariz. – Scott Suggs scored 16 points and hit a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left, helping Washington hold off Arizona State 68-59 Saturday night in Pacific-12 Conference men’s basketball. …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C6 Whitworth punched its dance card with extra emphasis. The No. 8-ranked Pirate men captured their seventh straight Northwest Conference basketball tournament championship, crushing archrival Whitman 93-72 Saturday night in a …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C6 Johnathan Loyd had season highs of 15 points and nine assists to lead No. 23 Oregon to a 77-66 Pac-12 basketball victory over Stanford on Saturday night at Eugene. Carlos …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 ELLENSBURG – Pullman knew it could count on Corey Langerveld to come through offensively in Saturday’s State 2A regional boys basketball game at Central Washington University’s Nicholson Pavilion. And Langerveld …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 PUYALLUP, Wash. – The Central Valley boys basketball team made a deep postseason run last year by winning close games, riding a wave of nail-biters all the way to the …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 Keaton Corr made three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored 13 of his 16 points to lead Post Falls past Eagle 57-48 in a 5A state boys basketball play-in …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 There seems to be little doubt the Northeast 2B League has a bit of the edge over the rest of the state. At least, that would seem to be the …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 NEW YORK – Marathoners are set to cross the finish line in Central Park today. The 26.2-mile race in Manhattan will look and feel very different from the one that …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 Tanner Feider scored 21 points and Pomeroy pulled away in the third quarter and held on to beat Odessa-Harrington 60-52 in the opening round of the State 1B boys basketball …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 POCATELLO – Drake Foster was well aware that his opponent in the Idaho State High School Wrestling Tournament’s 5A 120-pound finals, Madison senior Chase Green, took home a state title …

February 24, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 PEORIA, Ariz. – Jason Bay signed with the Seattle Mariners looking to resurrect a career derailed by injury and ineffectiveness. Bay regained health and reworked his swing in this offseason, …