Fast Break

College basketball

Battle in Seattle: Zags vs. Vols

Gonzaga will take on Tennessee in the Battle in Seattle next basketball season, according to John Hines of Northwest Sports Entertainment.

The game will be Dec. 29 at Seattle’s KeyArena with tickets going on sale in September.

The annual game started in 2003 with a Gonzaga overtime win over No. 3 Missouri. In 2004, the Zags beat Massachusetts; Adam Morrison banked in a last-second shot to beat Oklahoma State in 2005; and Nevada beat GU last season.

The Vols finished 24-11 last season and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament with wins over Long Beach State and Atlantic Coast Conference co-champion Virginia. SEC Player of the Year Chris Lofton (pictured) returns for his senior season. The second-team All-American averaged 20.8 ppg last year.

Baseball

Brown gets big-league call

Former Spokane Indians outfielder Dee Brown had his contract purchased by the Oakland Athletics.

Brown, hitting .285 with seven home runs and 41 RBIs at Triple-A stops Tucson and Sacramento this season, will make his first major league appearance since 2004.

Oakland also recalled infielder Donnie Murphy, another former Indians player.

To make room, outfielder Travis Buck (Richland) was placed on the D.L.

Football

Levingston goes record 129 yards

Former Eastern Washington player Bashir Levingston returned a missed field goal for 129 yards and a TD for the host Toronto Argonauts in a 24-22 Canadian League Football loss to the B.C. Lions Thursday, setting a league record.

In the second quarter, Levingston caught a 33-yard missed field-goal attempt 19 yards deep in the end zone and returned it for a touchdown.

Levingston was an All-Big Sky player for EWU in 1998 and was the CFL’s outstanding special teams player in 2003.