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College basketball

Pan Am basketball on ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes will televise the USA Men’s Basketball team’s preliminary contests at the Pan American Games, next Thursday and Friday.

Washington State guards Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver were selected to the 12-man 2007 USA Pan American Games men’s basketball team earlier this week.

The United States opens preliminary round play in Group A with Uruguay, Wednesday at 6 p.m. (PDT) in a non-televised game.

The Americans play Panama on Thursday and Argentina on Friday, with both games starting at 3:45 p.m.

If the USA advances to the semifinals, it will play July 28 at a time to be determined. The final on July 29 will air at 6:50 a.m.

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Arena football

Shock sign defensive lineman

The Spokane Shock signed Odell Willis, a 6-foot-2, 252-pound defensive lineman, on Thursday.

Willis is a former teammate of Shock lineman Kelvin Morris at West Georgia University, where he was selected first team All Gulf-South Conference in 2005. In his four-year career at West Georgia, he collected 126 tackles and 20.5 sacks.

Willis is immediately eligible but is not expected to play on Saturday at Amarillo, Texas.

Golf

GU sophomore wins Nebraska Amateur

Gonzaga University sophomore Brandon Crick of McCook, Neb., held on to win the 99th Nebraska Amateur Championship Thursday by one shot over Trent Price of Lincoln.

Crick finished at 287 after rounds of 69-71-75-72, while Price had rounds of 74-77-67-70.

Crick never relinquished his lead, but bogeys on No. 16 and No. 17 at Firethorn Golf Club reduced his lead to one entering the final hole.

Crick, the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year last spring for the Bulldogs, had a 25-foot birdie putt lip out on the 18th that could have wrapped up the title. But after tapping in his 1-footer for par he had to watch as Price lined up a 12-footer for a birdie and the tie. But Price left it short and Crick had his first Nebraska Amateur title after being the runner-up last year.