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Forget The Cougs; Now Let’s Discuss That Corner Office

Short-attention span theater: Let's file away those Jim Harrick/Lute Olson testimonials. If Washington State couldn't beat a UCLA team that had Kevin Dempsey and Bob Myers gobbling up major minutes on Saturday, NCAA selectors won't and shouldn't - waste a second of valuable debate time on the Cougars today. It's easier to buy Harrick's other call - Cougs to win the NIT especially if they can ram through a no-substitutions proviso on all the teams before the tournament begins. Phil Jackson thinks Dennis Rodman should be on the Dream Team? And I'm thinking Mark Fuhrman for the next opening on the North Idaho human rights commission.
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Refusing To Run From Her Past

Kim Jones closes in on third attempt at making U.S. Olympic team. The 33-year-old Spokane woman is eager to run in Saturday's trials at Columbia, S.C. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
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Move Is Just Another Sleazy Behring Trick

This is a first: Dennis Erickson's team leaving town before he does. Sorry. Just a reflex, a defense. Lashing out is the only reasonable reaction in times of utter violation, and the truth is, Dennis Erickson must feel as violated as the rest of us.
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Coach Lambright Talks Good Game; Will UW Play One?

The working definition of a Husky fan? He's the one who wanted Jim Lambright fired last year - and the year before that - because he couldn't coach the University of Washington into the Rose Bowl. As if being on NCAA probation was any sort of an excuse.
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Edgar Joins Dreaded Oh-Fer-Indians Club

Make that hitless for Seattle. That's Edgar Martinez. After bludgeoning New York Yankees pitching over the course of the best-of-five Division Series, the American League batting champion has gone strangely silent against the Cleveland Indians.
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M’S Fate At Jake Falls On Johnson

Fear and loathing in Cleveland: the Indians now get their crack at Randy Johnson in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. So is Albert Belle cowering in the corner of the Tribe locker room? Has Manny Ramirez been fitted for a brace to keep his neck from swiveling? Will Jim Thome come down with Wade Boggs disease?
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Slumping Blowers Discovers His Remedy

Never mind the roster switch. If there was one move it seemed like Seattle manager Lou Piniella had to make, it was benching Mike Blowers. Seattle's power-hitting third baseman has been in a dismal slump since getting sick on an August road trip to Boston and losing "a bunch of pounds." From Sept. 1 on, he hit just .226 with four homers and 12 RBIs and in the five-game Division Series against New York, he had just three feeble singles in 18 at-bats, a .167 average.
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Yankees Placed On Big Unit Alert

Would you believe Randy Johnson one more time? Lou Piniella would. Not as a starter, mind you. But the Seattle Mariners manager allowed that if his club managed to win Game 4 of the American League Division Series on Saturday, he wouldn't have a problem with using his ace in a relief role in today's deciding game.
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Nebraskans Go Flat-Out Huskers Don’t Think Hospitality Is Corny

(From For the Record, Monday, October 2, 1995): A Nebraska fan in a Sunday photograph was Jeff Kuhnel, not Bob Parker as the caption implied. Sharry Parker of Spokane attends a tailgate party with husband, Bob. Sharry Parker is originally from Shelby, Neb., and had divided loyalties. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Matters In The Who, What, When, Why, Where

Time out for a little provincialism. In choosing up teams, "who?" matters and "where?" doesn't. But with football drills beginning at Washington State this weekend, we couldn't help but notice something. Spokane.
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Great News: M’S Don’t Lose The Pennant!

For the Seattle Mariners, it doesn't get much better than this. This past week alone, the M's have: Put together a five-game winning streak; Climbed to two games above .500 in the standings;
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Never Question A Good Dream

On the court, Stockton and Malone are inseparable. That goes for the Olympics, too. File/The Spokesman-Review