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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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After four losing seasons, former Coastal Carolina player Michael Hopkins gave up on turning around his alma mater and resigned as basketball coach after an 8-19 season… . Australia’s Emma George regained the world indoor pole vault record, adding nearly 3 inches to the previous mark in a meet in Adelaide, Australia. George cleared 14 feet, 11 inches, after first beating the previous mark of 14-8-1/4 with a 14-9 clearance… . Services are set for Sunday for race car driver Chris Trickle, who fought for more than a year before succumbing to a bullet wound to his head. Trickle, 25, died Wednesday after spending more than a year in a coma, the result of being shot in the head on a darkened freeway overpass near the Las Vegas Strip.