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NFL
Hanson, Cogdill make Lions’ list
There is a decidedly heavy Spokane and Washington State University influence on the Detroit Lions all-time team announced Friday in celebration of the Lions’ 75th season.
Kicker Jason Hanson (above) and receiver Gail Cogdill are both on the 36-member squad that represents the greatest players in franchise history.
Players on the all-time team span the entire 75 seasons the team has played in Detroit, from QB Earl “Dutch” Clark (1934-38) to Hanson (1992-present). The list includes Barry Sanders, Bobby Layne and Alex Karras.
Cogdill, who lives in Spokane Valley, played at Lewis and Clark High School and WSU before his nine-year career with Detroit started in 1960. He was named the NFL rookie of the year in 1960.
Hanson, who played for Mead High School and WSU, has spent his entire NFL career with the Lions.
The players will be introduced at the Lions’ home game against Jacksonville on Nov. 9.
Men’s basketball
No. 10 Zags face Wayne State
Gonzaga, ranked No. 10 in the first Associated Press poll of the season, entertains Wayne State College in an exhibition game tonight at 5 at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
“It seems early, really early,” GU coach Mark Few said.
Wayne State, an NCAA Division II school in Wayne, Neb., went 16-13 last year and tied for fourth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Jerry Krause, Gonzaga’s director of basketball operations, earned his bachelor’s from Wayne State. He received the school’s Alumni Achievement Award and spoke at the 2007 Winter Commencement.
•The Eastern men open their season with an exhibition against Carroll College at 6:30 p.m. at Reese Court.
NFL
Seahawks’ Kerney out indefinitely
Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowl defensive end Patrick Kerney is out indefinitely and getting a second look at what’s wrong with his surgically repaired shoulder. Coach Mike Holmgren said Friday that Kerney is returning to Alabama to see Dr. James Andrews. Andrews is the surgeon who repaired torn labrum cartilage in Kerney’s left shoulder after last season.