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

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Montana State named Tracey Sheehan of the University of Denver its women’s basketball coach. … Gene Iba, a former basketball coach at Baylor and nephew to coaching legend Hank Iba, was named coach at Pittsburg (Kan.) State. … Liselotte Neumann, the second-ranked LPGA golfer last year, has received threats and this week played a one-day tournament in Stockholm, Sweden, under guard, a Swedish newspaper reported. … The funeral for tennis great Pancho Gonzalez, who died Monday at 67, is Saturday in Las Vegas. … Roberto Baggio, soccer’s world player of the year in 1993, left Juventus of Turin and signed a three-year contract with AC Milan. … Germain Barrette, who spent 12 years coaching with the Canadian men’s downhill ski team, was named women’s coach. … In Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 1992 Hartford Whalers draft choice Jarrett Reid was acquitted of sexual assault. … PBA Hall of Famer Roy Buckley of New Albany, Ohio, used a 300 game to vault from 10th place into the lead after the fourth round of the $55,000 PBA Twin Falls (Idaho) Senior Bowling Open. Buckley’s match-game record is 10-6, with his 34-game pin total at 7,998. Spokane’s Jim Frazier (8-8, 7,810) remained ninth.