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Basketball

Red Auerbach dead at 89

Red Auerbach, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA titles in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.

Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, Auerbach, who celebrated wins with a postgame cigar, was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Auerbach’s death was announced by the Celtics, for whom he still served as team president. He died of a heart attack near his home in Washington, according to an NBA official.

Football

Campbell retiring

Former Washington State player and Whitworth coach Hugh Campbell is retiring at the end of the year as the CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He will remain with the team as a consultant. As a player, coach and general manager in the CFL, he went to the Grey Cup 17 times and was on the winning side 10 times. Campbell played at WSU from 1959-62 and coached at Whitworth from 1970-76.

Carroll beaten

Don Saisbury rushed for a 1-yard TD with 11:51 left in the fourth quarter to lift Montana State-Northern to a 10-3 upset of top-ranked and four-time defending NAIA national champion Carroll College at Havre, Mont. The loss ended Carroll’s 29-game win streak.

Idaho at Hawaii

Idaho played at Hawaii Saturday night and the game had not ended by press time. Look in Monday’s editions for a report on the game.

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