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TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2014

WHL notes: Chiefs, Seattle may collide

This week's Western Hockey League notebook leads with the possible first-round playoff matchup between the Spokane Chiefs and Seattle Thunderbirds. Seattle plays at Spokane on Wednesday night and hosts the Chiefs in Kent, Wash., on Friday. Read story

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Zags try to even score with Portland

Gonzaga's lone loss of the WCC season came last month against Portland, 82-73, at the Chiles Center. It wasn't a fluke as the Pilots dominated at both ends of the court, drained eight 3-pointers and snapped a 20-game losing streak in the series. The rematch…

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Pac-12 basketball Power Rankings

From Pullman -- Tomorrow Washington State will be looking for payback against Colorado. When the two teams met earlier this season the Cougars fell in Spokane, 71-70, in overtime, without leading scorer DaVonte Lacy. Now it's the Buffaloes turn to play without a key contributor…

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Four Shock games on CBS Sports Network

Four Spokane Shock games, including two matchups with rival Arizona, will be televised among CBS Sports Network’s 20 regular-season broadcasts of the Arena Football League. The network will air Spokane’s games at Arizona on March 23, at Tampa Bay on April 26, at San Jose…

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Gonzaga's Kyle Dranginis takes shooting instruction from coach Tommy Lloyd before practice on Monday. (Dan Pelle)

A lot to Dranginis' game

Media day Monday and I checked in with versatile guard/wing/forward Kyle Dranginis. I'm not much of a stat guy, but his numbers across the board are hard to ignore. He's earning big minutes with his ability to play several positions and fill up several columns…

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Tuesday morning Pac-12 links

From Pullman -- Tomorrow high school football stars all across the country will fax in letters of intent to play college football and with that in mind we've got a story on a kid who plans to travel all the way from Florida to run…

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