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• GU’s No. 3 puts the heat on Knights

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C15 Haiden Palmer’s confident swagger doesn’t just exist on the basketball court. While fielding questions in a postgame press conference following No. 11 Gonzaga’s first-round NCAA tournament victory over sixth-seeded Rutgers, …

• GU men’s notebook: Buckeyes had plenty of weapons

  March 17, 2012 in Sports Gonzaga was satisfied with its defensive effort on Ohio State standout forward Jared Sullinger. But the rest of the Buckeyes, particularly sophomore point guard Aaron Craft, sophomore forward Deshaun Thomas … 8

• Gonzaga men can’t buck Ohio State

  March 17, 2012 in News, Sports Gonzaga clawed back from a 10-point deficit to forge a tie and somehow had a Consol Energy Center crowd roaring despite a preponderance of Ohio State scarlet in the stands. … 10

• Blanchette: Don’t try to pigeonhole Gonzaga

  March 16, 2012 in Sports This is about the stage of March Madness when the Gonzaga apostle begins peeking at Faust’s bracket and weighing the bargain. 19

• West Virginia ‘hillbilly’ unabashed about loyalties

  March 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 Deep in the heart of Zag Nation, a hillbilly stands alone. Charles R. Huggins is the name, although “Hillbilly Huggins” is how he introduced himself to me on the phone. 1

• Blanchette: No banner outcome for Zags

  March 5, 2012 in Sports It’s been 15 years in the making, but finally someone took it all away from the Gonzaga Bulldogs. All right, not all of it.

• Zags roll on Senior Night

  February 27, 2012 in Sports Gonzaga’s entire roster made sure Robert Sacre and Marquise Carter enjoyed their Senior Night. Carter had 13 points and five assists and Sacre chipped in five points and six rebounds … 2

• Bulldogs men sneak past San Diego, 65-57

  February 25, 2012 in Sports If you’re going to play your best basketball, might as well bring it out for crunch time in a close game.

• Bulldogs hold out hope for WCC title

  February 24, 2012 in Sports The outcome won’t impact Gonzaga’s seeding in the WCC men’s basketball tournament or its first-round opponent in the semifinals, but the Bulldogs are still playing for something against host San …

• BYU humbles Gonzaga women

  February 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PROVO, Utah – Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night at the Marriott Center, …

• Blanchette: Gonzaga showed its power in rematch

  February 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Game long over, a Gonzaga operative pushed a wheelchair through a ground-level corridor at the McCarthey Athletic Center and toward the court, where he encountered Randy Bennett – more resigned …

• Blanchette: GU women develop new identity with similar results

  February 4, 2012 in Sports Steal, pass, layup. It can still be that elementary. In the deciding moments of Gonzaga’s 69-58 women’s basketball victory over San Diego on Saturday, it happened twice in the space …

• Katelan Redmon, Gonzaga women top Toreros

  February 4, 2012 in Sports Head coach Kelly Graves’ unhurried tempo and ease in tone was contrary to his team’s delivery of an adrenaline rush to the fifth-largest Gonzaga women’s basketball crowd in McCarthey Athletic …

• Standish guides No. 20 Gonzaga women to win

  February 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 You hate to consider any game a gimme. In fact, you’ll never hear a coach – and rarely a player – even consider making such a statement.

• Gonzaga women hold off Saint Mary’s for victory

  January 28, 2012 in Sports Taelor Karr made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 minutes left then added three free throws in the final 31 seconds to help No. 22 Gonzaga beat Saint Mary’s 75-70 on …

• Gonzaga pushes past stubborn Portland

  January 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PORTLAND – Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few suggested earlier this week that the Bulldogs’ rematch with Portland probably wouldn’t resemble the first meeting. He was right. About the only …

• Blanchette: Turns out, VIPs not the only BMOCs

  January 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 It was a galoshes kind of day and a sneakers-in- a-snowdrift kind of night at Gonzaga’s McCarthey Athletic Center – not for basketball aesthetes, perhaps, but not to be thrown …

• Saint Mary’s women snap Gonzaga’s WCC win streak

  January 14, 2012 in Sports It was a surprise party, all right. On the 49th birthday of Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves, Saint Mary’s handed his Bulldogs, ranked No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today …

• Gonzaga women power past San Francisco

  January 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 It was a night of individual firsts for the Gonzaga University women’s basketball team. Winning was not one of them, as those come quite often for the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs.

• Zags’ freshmen guards play with veteran savvy

  January 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr. apparently didn’t get the memo that true freshmen guards tend to struggle at times against quality collegiate competition, especially on the road in packed …

• Zags’ freshmen guards play with veteran savvy

  January 3, 2012 in Sports Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr. apparently didn’t get the memo that true freshmen guards tend to struggle at times against quality collegiate competition, especially on the road in packed …

• Gonzaga men win WCC opener

  December 28, 2011 in Sports Kevin Pangos hit 5 of 7 3-point shots and scored 19 points Wednesday night as Gonzaga opened West Coast Conference play with a 90-51 win over Portland.

• GU men open WCC play against Portland Wednesday night

  December 27, 2011 in Sports At this time a year ago Portland was 12-3 with solid home wins against UC Santa Barbara, Saint Louis, Boise State, Nevada and Utah and a road victory at Montana. … 2

• Solid WCC should be tougher with addition of BYU

  December 24, 2011 in Sports National pundits have suggested the West Coast Conference could be a three-bid league. Gonzaga, BYU and Saint Mary’s are a combined 30-7. Many have argued the WCC is better than …

• Gonzaga counters Air Force’s precision

  December 23, 2011 in Sports Kevin Pangos scored 23 points and Sam Dower added 16 points and eight rebounds — all in the second half — as Gonzaga grinded out a 70-60 victory over Air … 2

• In this particular case, familiarity breeds respect

  December 21, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 It is rare – in the same way that finding a touch of refinement on “Jersey Shore” is rare – that the Gonzaga Bulldogs hook up with one of their …

• Pangos, Harris lead Zags past Butler

  December 21, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 That’s three straight for Gonzaga. Wins, of course, but also three tough, grind-it-out efforts. The Bulldogs were pretty efficient on offense, better on the defensive end and it added up …

• Blanchette: ‘E’ is for Electric

  December 17, 2011 in Sports The “E” in Elias Harris has suggested, at various times, both enticing and enigmatic during his stay at Gonzaga. In a 71-60 not-quite-stomping of Arizona in the Battle in Seattle …

• Gonzaga wins Battle in Seattle

  December 17, 2011 in Sports Elias Harris scored 12 of Gonzaga’s first 19 points and the Bulldogs held on late to defeat Arizona at Seattle’s KeyArena.

• Gonzaga holds off Oral Roberts

    December 15, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga picked a good time to stop turning the ball over – the last four minutes – and Mike Hart picked an ideal time to make his first 3-pointer of … 5

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