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Basketball

D’Antoni leaves Suns for Knicks

Mike D’Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in its history.

A person within the NBA told the Associated Press on Saturday that the Suns coach has accepted an offer from the Knicks. The offer is reportedly for $24 million over four years, making him one of the league’s highest-paid coaches. D’Antoni replaces Isiah Thomas, who was fired in April.

College tennis

No. 3 UCLA sweeps EWU

The Eastern Washington University men’s team finished its season with a 4-0 loss to UCLA at Los Angeles in the opening round of the NCAA Championships. Today, UCLA will face Wisconsin, a 4-1 winner over Washington.

UCLA took the doubles point when two of its teams defeated EWU duos and collected three singles victories to end the match. The third-ranked Bruins (22-1) led four other matches that ended uncompleted after they had clinched the competition.

The EWU men’s program was competing in its first NCAA Championship. Among school records set were overall Division I victories (18), Big Sky victories (seven) and winning percentage (.720).

College softball

CCS has first perfect game

Heather Coulter pitched what coach Janet Skaife called the first perfect game in Community Colleges of Spokane history when she defeated Big Bend 3-0 in the first game of an NWAACC doubleheader at Spokane Falls CC.

Right fielder Nikiko Johnson preserved the perfect game with a running catch to open the seventh inning. Coulter (17-4) struck out 12 and coaxed six groundouts by the Vikings (3-33, 1-27).

The Sasquatch (30-14, 22-6) capped the sweep when Chantel Booker pitched a two-hitter and Heather Jackson doubled three times in an 8-0 win. CCS, the East Region’s No. 2 seed, opens the NWAACC tourney against Clackamas at Portland Friday.