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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014

Stanford 74, WSU 63

From Las Vegas -- The Cougars went on a 7-0 run to take a second-half lead against the heavily favored Cardinal. The game was a face-off of the team's starting fives -- both teams received just two points from their bench. Though the Cougars played…

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Chiefs' playoff picture blurry

The Spokane Chiefs could conceivably skate off the ice Saturday night in Kennewick, finished with their Western Hockey League regular season, and not know their assignment for the first round of the playoffs. Read story

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David Stockton got the Zags fired up early in the WCC championship game in Las Vegas on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Day after BYU

Gonzaga took all the guesswork – other than seeding, opponent and location -- out of Selection Sunday by winning the WCC Tournament title over BYU on Tuesday. Had the Zags lost, most pundits still had them in the NCAA field as an at-large team but…

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16 is sweet ... and sublime 

A GRIP ON SPORTS It's almost a little ridiculous. Sixteen consecutive years in the NCAA tournament. For those of us who were around here in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Dan Fitzgerald's Gonzaga teams were battling to break through and make the NCAA…

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Wednesday morning Pac-12 links 

From Las Vegas -- Today the Washington State men will take on Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament. Here's our advance on WSU's do or die situation. We'll also be covering the top-seeded Idaho women. Josh Wright has the preview here. We've also got the news…

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