Fast Break
NBA
Pippen wants another chance
Scottie Pippen is tired of retirement. He wants to return to the NBA for a chance to win his seventh championship ring.
With most of the league’s stars and decision-makers gathering at the All-Star weekend festivities in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old Pippen announced he’s hoping for a late-season return to a contending team – preferably in a warm-weather city – nearly 2 1/2 years after he left the league.
“I know that I have the skills,” Pippen said Friday. “I think it’s sort of been on my mind the last couple of months. It’s just about me going out and polishing my skills.”
The forward hasn’t played since his retirement on Oct. 5, 2004, following a 17-season career with Chicago, Houston and Portland.
College baseball
Gonzaga upsets Oregon State
Aaron McGuinness drove in Evan Wells with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning as Gonzaga upset defending national champion and No. 9-ranked Oregon State 6-5 in the opening game of the Coca-Cola Spring Training Tournament in Surprise, Ariz.
The win improves the Bulldogs to 2-5 on the season and marks their first win against a ranked opponent this year. The loss marks the first of the season for the Beavers, who fall to 7-1 overall.
Reliever Matt Fields (1-0) got the win and CJ McClure the save.
In the ninth, Wells singled and went to second on a throwing error before McGuinness drove him in with a hit up the middle.
Wells led the Zags at the plate, going 3 for 4 with three RBIs. Wells’ double in the third inning was the lone Bulldogs extra-base hit for the afternoon.
Hockey
Chiefs tickets have wrong time
Just to be clear: Yes, today is a college basketball-hockey doubleheader at the Spokane Arena. And, yes, the starting times are wrong on tickets for both events.
Gonzaga meets Memphis in a nationally televised game, which starts at 3 p.m. That time is two hours later than that on the tickets and also affects tonight’s Spokane Chiefs game.
The Chiefs agreed to move their start time back to 8:30 p.m. so the Gonzaga game could be shown on national TV.
SportsLink
Zag fans can brag, vent online
Online columnist Vince Grippi will have one of the best seats in the Arena today to watch Gonzaga take on No. 8 Memphis.
Check in at spokesman- review.com/sports and click on SportsLink for postgame analysis and a chance to sound off about the game.