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Loss doesn’t define season for Few

March 22, 2010 on Page B2 BUFFALO, N.Y. – Mark Few stood off to the side of a hallway at HSBC Arena. The walls were drab, the air stale. The Gonzaga head basketball coach had already …
Orange crush

March 22, 2010 on Page B2 BUFFALO, N.Y. – New York was no kinder to Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament than it was in the regular season. Same goes for Gonzaga’s ongoing struggle against No. 1 …
Arena thrillers

March 22, 2010 on Page B3 Korie Lucious and his Michigan State teammates received the official word on the status of teammate Kalin Lucas at halftime of Sunday’s second-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament showdown against fourth-seeded …
Gonzaga lands second shot at Texas A&M

March 22, 2010 on Page B3 SEATTLE – Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair knows he has an excellent team, which is a good thing – otherwise there would be no reason to play the …
Written-off teams thrive at Arena

March 22, 2010 on Page B3 All those second chances Americans love to give? It seems as if you have to take a mistress, use a needle or wind up in front of a judge to …
Series heads to Spokane with Chiefs leading 2-0

March 22, 2010 on Page B3 PORTLAND – Every time the Portland Winterhawks had a glimpse of hope, the hard-working Spokane Chiefs and goalie James Reid snuffed it. Reid had 39 saves and teammate Kenton Miller …
Sunday’s NCAA results

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Johnson breaks through for first win at Bristol

March 22, 2010 on Page B4 BRISTOL, Tenn. – There’s an aura about Bristol Motor Speedway, a track that drivers and fans love equally for its electric, throwback-style racing. Jimmie Johnson never chalked it up as …
Scoreboard

March 22, 2010 on Page B4 Baseball Spring training
In brief: Furyk ends long drought with victory

March 22, 2010 on Page B4 Golf: Jim Furyk showed the nerves of a player trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. Considering how long it had been since his last victory, … 1
Today’s Best

March 22, 2010 on Page B4 Marvin Williams Atlanta forward scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 119-114 OT win over San Antonio.
Newsmakers

March 22, 2010 on Page B4 Injured Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan will miss the 2010 season because of a right elbow injury that will require surgery. Nathan, who leads the major leagues with 246 saves …
UConn cruises

March 22, 2010 on Page B5 Tina Charles scored 22 points and Maya Moore added 21 to help the Connecticut Huskies (34-0) beat the Southern University Jaguars (23-9) 95-39 in the Dayton Regional of the first …
Zags adjust for Aggies

March 22, 2010 on Page B5 SEATTLE – Watch the Gonzaga women play defense tonight against Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA tournament and get a sense of how basketball coaches make adjustments …
Gonzaga’s rally comes up short

March 22, 2010 on Page B5 Gonzaga fell behind early and couldn’t come back in an 8-5 nonconference baseball loss to No. 15 UC Irvine on Sunday in Irvine, Calif. The Bulldogs (8-11) recorded 15 hits. …
M’s, Figgins pound Angels

March 22, 2010 on Page B5 TEMPE, Ariz. – The Seattle Mariners pounded Jered Weaver for eight hits and six runs – five earned – over 4 1/3 innings in a 12-6 win over the Los …
Huskies edged in WBI

March 22, 2010 on Page B5 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Trailing by 13 points with 6:38 left, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi used a 16-2 run to end the game for a 59-58 win over Washington in the …
Purdue survives

March 22, 2010 on Page B6 In a game that had the feel of a grind-it-out matchup between familiar conference opponents, a defensive specialist made the winning shot. Senior guard Chris Kramer hit a driving layup …
Aggies bigger; Boilermakers winners

March 22, 2010 on Page B6 What the Purdue/Texas A&M men’s basketball game lacked in offensive aesthetics, it more than made up for in lock-down defense. Points didn’t come cheaply, and it was odd that a …
Today’s menu

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On the air

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Box score

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Bouldin’s run over

March 22, 2010 on Page B13 BUFFALO, N.Y. – Matt Bouldin just wouldn’t let it enter his mind. “I was just doing all that I could to make it not my last game,” he said Sunday … 2
Purdue nips Aggies in OT

March 21, 2010 In a game that had the feel of a grind-it-out matchup between familiar conference opponents, a defensive specialist made the winning shot. Senior guard Chris Kramer hit a driving layup …
Michigan State wins thriller

March 21, 2010 Korie Lucious and his Michigan State teammates received the official word on the status of teammate Kalin Lucas at halftime of Sunday’s second-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament showdown against fourth-seeded …
Zags’ season comes to abrupt end

March 21, 2010 BUFFALO, N.Y. – New York was no kinder to Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament than it was in the regular season. Same goes for Gonzaga’s ongoing struggle against No. 1 …
Chiefs seize 2-0 series lead

March 21, 2010 PORTLAND — Every time the Portland Winterhawks had a glimpse of hope, the hard-working Spokane Chiefs and goalie James Reid snuffed it. Reid had 39 saves and teammate Kenton Miller …
Syracuse knocks out Gonzaga, 87-65

March 21, 2010 Wes Johnson scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds and Andy Rautins added 24 points as Syracuse hit a dozen 3-pointers to stun Gonzaga 87-65 on Sunday … 12
GU women reach new level with win over Heels

March 21, 2010 on Page C1 SEATTLE – Sometimes the size was intimidating and the speed was always a concern but the Gonzaga women’s basketball players never doubted they were going to beat storied North Carolina …
Gonzaga gears up for challenge

March 21, 2010 on Page C1 BUFFALO, N.Y. – With roughly a 39-hour turnaround, the Gonzaga Bulldogs go from facing the nation’s best field-goal percentage defense to tangling with the nation’s top field-goal percentage offense. Not …