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FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 2012

Gonzaga freshman Przemek Karnowski burned Southern Utah for 22 points in the Bulldogs' season opener Friday. (Associated Press)

Zags roll in season opener

Good evening. It was a good night for Gonzaga in general, and 7-1 Polish center Przemek Karnowski in particular. Karnowski (pictured above) poured in 22 points in his Gonzaga debut and five other Zags scored in double figures as GU crushed Southern Utah 103-65 in…

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Vandals fall flat in opener

Idaho never found a rhythm in its season opener Friday night. Some of that was due to Wright State's frantic ball pressure. But mostly, the Vandals didn't have much energy. Which was hard for Don Verlin to swallow. We've got our game story from Memorial…

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Pac-12 pick 'em, week 11 

As usual, your straight-up and against the spread picks, please. Colorado at Arizona, Arizona by 30.5 Oregon State at Stanford, Stanford by 4 Arizona State at USC, USC by 9 Oregon at California, UO by 28 Utah at Washington, Utah by 1.5 UCLA at Washington…

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EWU and Big Sky links

The best EWU-related story of the day: John Blanchette's profile of fomer Eag and current CFL star J.C. Sherritt. We had a live Live Chat yesterday, and here is the transcript. The Eags play UC Davis tomorrow, and here are the details from EWU and…

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A trio of subjects

A GRIP ON SPORTS What do we talk about today? Gonzaga opening what could be one of the more successful basketball seasons in its history (hence the poll question)? Eastern getting ready for a push to the playoffs and how nice that sounds when talking…

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