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NFL

Hall of Famer Baugh, 94, dies

Sammy Baugh, who set numerous passing records with the Washington Redskins in an era when NFL teams were running most every down, died Wednesday night, his son said.

Baugh, who was 94 and had numerous health issues, died at Fisher County Hospital in Rotan, Texas, David Baugh said.

David Baugh said his father had battled Alzheimer’s and dementia for several years. He had been ill recently with kidney problems, low blood pressure and double pneumonia.

“It wasn’t the same Sam we all knew,” his son told The Associated Press. “He just finally wore out.”

Men’s basketball

Eastern faces Kangaroos

Eastern Washington starts another hectic run tonight at Reese Court when it entertains Missouri-Kansas City in the first of three games scheduled the next five days.

Tipoff is set for 7:05, and the Eagles (6-3) will try to bounce back from last Saturday’s 75-55 road loss to Hawaii against the Kangaroos (4-8), who are coming off a 77-62 road loss to Northwestern on Monday. Missouri-KC is paced by Dane Brumagin, a 6-foot-4 senior guard, who is averaging just more than 17 points per game.

Eastern will play its second game since guards Adris DeLeon and Chris Busch regained their eligibility last week. Both are expected to play more substantial roles tonight than they did in Saturday’s loss to Hawaii.

Junior guard Benny Valentine, who posted his first career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Hawaii, continues to lead the Eagles’ offense with an average of just less than 19 points per game.

Following tonight’s game, Eastern travels to Seattle to play the University of Washington on Saturday, before returning home to entertain Evergreen State on Monday.

College football

More accolades for Idaho punter

Idaho punter T.J. Conley continues to chalk up postseason honors. The latest list includes first-team All-American by ESPN and Sporting News along with second-team Associated Press recognition.

Conley is also a first-team All-American on the Walter Camp team, was a third-team choice by Rivals.com. and is a first-team all-Western Athletic Conference punter.

Conley is the nation’s punter leader with an average of 47.4 yards per kick – an Idaho single-season record. On five occasions, he averaged more than 50 yards per kick during his senior season, which also saw him become the school’s all-time punting yardage leader (9,242) and single-season yardage leader (2,751).