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• Kinda like Zags of lore, and kinda not

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 DENVER – Maybe these Gonzaga Bulldogs aren’t so much different from their basketball forebears. Or maybe they’re completely different. Whatever.

• Gonzaga storms past St. John’s to open NCAA tourney

  March 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 DENVER – The Gonzaga Bulldogs have picked an ideal time to be playing their best basketball of the season. It seems the bigger the game, the better the Zags perform. … 2

• Gonzaga’s focus against St. John’s centers on zone

    March 17, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 DENVER – Gonzaga has experience against some of college basketball’s most heralded zone defenses: Syracuse’s trademark 2-3 in last year’s NCAA tournament, Baylor’s extended 1-1-3 in December. The Bulldogs will …

• St. John’s vs. Gonzaga comparison

  March 17, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 6 St. John’s Region: Southeast

• Supporters, detractors can both work up a lather over Steve Lavin

  March 16, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga coach Mark Few fondly describes St. John’s coach Steve Lavin as “warm and genuine,” and that has to count for something, especially given that the Zags are the next …

• Injured senior leader Kennedy keeps St. John’s enthusiastic

  March 16, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 DENVER – St. John’s lost a standout player in the Big East tournament, but gained a quasi-assistant coach. D.J. Kennedy, a 6-foot-5 swingman who ranks in the Red Storm’s all-time …

• Injured St. John’s player stays optimistic

  March 15, 2011 in Sports DENVER – St. John’s lost a standout player in the Big East tournament, but gained a quasi-assistant coach. D.J. Kennedy, a 6-foot-5 swingman who ranks in the Red Storm’s all-time …

• Blanchette: Field set, Gonzaga relieved to be in it

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Greg Gumbel, the Bert Parks of Selection Sunday, hadn’t even taken his first breath when the yowling began drifting in from Bracket Nation. UAB? Clemson? If the NCAA committee was … 2

• A look at Zags’ bracket

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Gonzaga will be the No. 11 seed, taking on No. 6 St. John’s in Denver on Thursday in the Southeast bracket. The other side of the bracket has No. 3 …

• Gonzaga will open with St. John’s in Denver

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The Gonzaga Bulldogs waited so long to see their name to pop up on the television screen on Selection Sunday that junior center Robert Sacre had to do a quick … 5

• Gonzaga will open with St. John’s in Denver

  March 13, 2011 in Sports The Gonzaga Bulldogs waited so long to see their name to pop up on the television screen on Selection Sunday that junior center Robert Sacre had to do a quick … 1

• In brief: St. John’s upsets No. 3 Duke

  January 31, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 College Basketball: In New York, Dwight Hardy scored 26 points and St. John’s stunned No. 3 Duke 93-78 on Sunday, capping the Red Storm’s run of eight straight games against …

• St. John’s Cathedral wants to buy renovated Carlyle from city

    October 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 For many residents of the Carlyle Care Center, choices are limited – and often harsh. Without the Carlyle, Priscilla Shadowens said, “I’d be homeless.” 4