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SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 2009

Idaho smokes Portland on big night 

The final score says Idaho 68, Portland 48. But it wasn't really that close, which should tell you all you need to know about this night for the Vandals. They beat their first ranked team since 1982 on a night when the football team accepted…

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H-Bowl hopes to make announcement 

Humanitarian Bowl executive director Kevin McDonald said this afternoon that he hopes to make an announcement on which WAC team will play in the game after this evening's BCS selection show. It's also possible that both teams for the Dec. 30 bowl in Boise could…

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Gonzaga's Matt Bouldin takes a shot to the chops from Wake Forest's David Weaver in the second half. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Day after Wake Forest 

Good Sunday morning. Had my morning scrap with the computer (explorer can't connect to this web site), but I can finally post the day-after offering from Wake Forest's 77-75 win over Gonzaga.Lots more on Elias Harris, Kong, etc. below, but first the links. Here's my…

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PSU pounds Eastern in Big Sky opener

Eastern Washington got an early -- and ugly -- taste of Big Sky Conference men's basketball action Saturday night, losing on the road to Portland State.You can read the game story that appeared in Sunday's S-R here; access the Oregonian's gamer here, and check out…

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WSU falls in Kansas 17 

COUGARS We're back, for now. We can't catch you up completely, but we can fill you in with what happened last night. A good one for women's basketball, not so good for the men. Read on.

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