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TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 2012

Derrick Pouliot, left, collides with Chiefs’ Colin Valcourt. (Dan Pelle)

Chiefs beat Victoria, end two-game slide

After back-to-back losses to Portland and Tri-City, the Spokane Chiefs scored a 4-2 victory on the road over the Victoria Royals on Tuesday night. Details from the game are below. Also, in case you missed it, here's a feature on Chiefs import forward Dominik Uher…

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Sacre, Harris, Pangos, Bell honored by WCC

The conference office just released its All-WCC team and the four individual awards and Gonzaga was well represented on both. Senior center Robert Sacre was named Defensive Player of the Year and freshman guard Kevin Pangos was voted Newcomer of the Year. Saint Mary's guard…

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Gonzaga seniors Marquise Carter (2) and Robert Sacre (00) thank Bulldogs fans after their McCarthey Athletic Center finale Monday night. (Colin Mulvany)

Day after Longwood

The Bulldogs accomplished pretty much all of their objectives last night, pummeling Longwood 92-60, distributing playing time to everyone on the roster and celebrating a no-stress sendoff for seniors Robert Sacre and Marquise Carter. The links: My game story, Colin Mulvany's photos and A.P. (Programming…

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Huge night for Eagles

If the Eastern men's basketball team wants to stay at home, it needs to win tonight against Idaho State in order to stay there tonight for an even bigger game Saturday - the Big Sky Conference quarterfinals. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. at Reese Court.

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Noon, really?

A GRIP ON SPORTS Really, we were going to bide our time on this subject. Wait until next week to vent. But you can't always control the news cycle. Sometimes your hand is forced by an outside entity. So you have to move before you're…

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A busy Tuesday begins with links 

COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- There's plenty to do in the next 48 hours. But Tuesday's morning post is always like the calm before the storm -- not a ton of reading material, but just enough to prepare myself for another busy week ahead. Read on,…

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