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• Pac-12 picks KeyArena for women’s tourney

  March 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Pac-12 women’s basketball has a new home in the Northwest. In a move that commissioner Larry Scott said will generate unprecedented television exposure for the sport and a better game …

• Aggies conquer

  April 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 INDIANAPOLIS – No one was paying too much attention last week when Texas A&M coach Gary Blair proclaimed: “We’re going to win a national championship.” Who could have known what …

• Diggins drives Irish into women’s Final Four at Indy

  April 2, 2011 in Sports on Page C6 SOUTH BEND, Ind. – In her middle-school days, Skylar Diggins often was too young to get into the parties she wanted to attend. She found her way around that by …

• Graves signs 10-year deal with Gonzaga

  April 1, 2011 in Sports Fresh from taking the Gonzaga women’s basketball team to the NCAA round of eight, coach Kelly Graves said Friday he has signed a 10-year contract to remain at the school.

• Graves repeats vow to stay with Gonzaga women’s basketball

  April 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Kelly Graves made it official – again. The Gonzaga women’s basketball coach said he was not interested in the same position at the University of Washington, although he was on …

• Texas A&M, Connecticut women advance to Final Four

  March 30, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Sydney Carter scored 22 points and Texas A&M finally beat Baylor – when it counted the most. The Aggies are going to the NCAA Final Four for the first time …

• Vandersloot lands on AP second team

  March 29, 2011 in Sports Courtney Vandersloot achieved another milestone on Tuesday, becoming the first Gonzaga and West Coast Conference women’s basketball player to earn Associated Press second-team All-American honors. 4

• Graves compares Vandersloot to Stiles

  March 28, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 It’s a credit to Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves that he can tell a tale so well his team understands what he’s talking about even if they don’t know what he’s …

• GU women, Stanford get rematch in Elite Eight

  March 28, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The faces haven’t changed but the teams have. Though Stanford and Gonzaga played four months ago, the teams that square off tonight for a berth in the Final Four of …

• Blanchette: Perfect storm draws big Arena crowds

  March 28, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 I was ready to concede that the very concept of attending women’s basketball games was hatched right here in our city until I peeked into the Spokane Arena during the …

• Gonzaga women zoom to first Elite Eight

    March 27, 2011 in News, Sports on Page C2 They are Elite. The magical season for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team continued Saturday night – to the delight of 10,717 fans at the Spokane Arena – as the Bulldogs … 5

• Stanford slips past Tar Heels to set up final with Zags

  March 27, 2011 in Sports on Page C15 A fourth straight trip to the Final Four is within Stanford’s reach. A national championship? That, too, is in sight.

• Blanchette: Bekkering steps up when Zags need new star

  March 27, 2011 in Sports on Page C2 Say, that wasn’t entirely the Gonzaga group hug everyone began anticipating. For a few minutes there, throats couldn’t have been tighter if a drill sergeant with a toothbrush and latrines …

• Bekkering steps up when Gonzaga needs new star

  March 26, 2011 in Sports Say this about the Bulldogs’ 76-69 victory over Louisville on Saturday night in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Routine went on vacation. But with the result …

• Stanford wins, will play Gonzaga

  March 26, 2011 in Sports A fourth straight trip to the Final Four is within Stanford’s reach. A national championship? That, too, is in the Cardinal’s site.

• Gonzaga women reach Elite Eight

    March 26, 2011 in Sports The Gonzaga women’s basketball survived a frenetic Louisville second-half rally, and the Bulldogs are headed to their first Elite Eight. 1

• Stanford women hope for fast start against North Carolina

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 Slow starts and fast finishes have been the pattern for the Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball team in the postseason. In Stanford’s Sweet 16-qualifying win Monday, it built a 38-30 halftime …

• Young fan makes friends with Gonzaga’s Schick

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C4 Kiandra Jacobsen went to her first Gonzaga women’s basketball game this season. It was the Bulldogs’ season opener. The 12-year-old sixth-grader from Sheridan Elementary was immediately hooked.

• Matthews & Co. did prep work for today’s Gonzaga women’s basketball team

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 Sometime Friday, the 10,000th ticket was sold to tonight’s regional semifinals of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament at the Spokane Arena, so the latest cult of Gonzaga hoops is officially …

• Gonzaga takes on Louisville at the Spokane Arena

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 Louisville has been through the Big East wars and just produced what is probably the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The Cardinals believe …

• Point guards are talk of the town in Spokane Regional

  March 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 Like the pitcher in baseball and the quarterback in football, everything starts with the point guard in basketball. That’s why the Arena is the place to be tonight for the …

• Matthews & Co. did prep work for today’s Bulldogs

  March 25, 2011 in Sports Virtually every basketball phenomenon is rooted in some sort of early humility and marked by baby steps, stubbed toes or unrequited hopes which serve as a foundation for the sort …

• Stanford vs. North Carolina in women’s nightcap

    March 25, 2011 in Sports Top-seeded Stanford plays North Carolina in the second game of the Spokane Regional at the Arena on Saturday night.

• Gonzaga women take on Louisville

    March 25, 2011 in Sports The Louisville Cardinals, coming off an upset of Xavier, take on high-octane Gonzaga at the Spokane Arena on Saturday in their Sweet 16 matchup.

• Defender from Down Under

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The longest pause in Gonzaga’s game with UCLA in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Monday came when Bulldogs forward Kelly Bowen got whacked in the nose. While she sat …

• Selection committee gave Gonzaga’s women big advantage

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 So how cool is it that the Gonzaga Bulldogs not only won their first two games of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – both wildly entertaining affairs on their own … 3

• Ohio State women’s coach Foster pulls no punches about Lady Vols

  March 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State coach Jim Foster spent 11 years at Vanderbilt battling the women’s basketball juggernaut just 160 or so miles away that is mighty Tennessee. He gets …

• ‘Mr. Cranky’ takes issue with GU’s advantage

  March 24, 2011 in Sports Hello. Mr. Cranky here to siphon the sunshine out of a giddy civic moment. 4

• Bowen helps GU in every way

  March 24, 2011 in Sports Kelly Bowen has the ability to guard a power forward to a high-scoring guard, versatility the Gonzaga Bulldogs (30-4) are going to need when they face seventh-seeded Louisville (22-12) Saturday …

• Zags set sights on Louisville

  March 24, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 If you think the Gonzaga players are glad they don’t have to play Xavier in their next NCAA basketball tournament game, you’re right. But if you think that means the …

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