With little offense, and even worse free-throw shooting, Huskies fall into tie for conference lead.

Thais Pinto scored 12 points and Oregon State defeated Washington State 51-39 Thursday night despite making just 1 of 24 three-point shots...

Arizona grinded out a 71-57 win over Colorado Thursday night in Pac-12 men's action.

The Cougars (13-11, 5-7 Pac-12) had lost three of their previous four games.

Guy Lynott had 14 points and 15 rebounds as Lake Washington's boys beat Bellevue 53-42, and Bellevue's girls handled Liberty 54-36.

Revenge can be an ugly thing. The Washington women displayed that, overcoming a sloppy effort to defeat Oregon 72-69 at Edmundson Pavilion...

Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night, handing the Bulldogs their worst conference loss in a decade.

Sophomore pitcher Kaitlin Inglesby hit a two-run, first-inning home run to left-center field to spark 12th-ranked Washington to a 4-0 victory...

Thais Pinto scored 12 points and Oregon State defeated Washington State 51-39 Thursday night despite making just 1 of 24 3-point shots.

Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's put-back attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.

Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State, handing the last unbeaten team in Division I its first loss of the season.

Clarkston 65, East Valley (Spokane) 50 Gonzaga Prep 67, North Central 31 Kettle Falls 40, Springdale 36 Liberty (Spangle) 65, Republic 38...

At this stage, Michael Cooper is working to position Southern California in the best possible spot for the Pac-12 tournament.

A New Jersey sports consultant offered Seattle City Council members a glimpse of financing plans, as interest has intensified in the prospect of bringing an NBA team back to town.

Steve Prohm had never lost a game as a head coach. He doesn't think much of what his first loss will do for his sleeping habits.

Shane Doan scored a power-play goal at 3:05 of overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games.

Dustin Johnson pitched in for eagle on the third hole Thursday at Pebble Beach and wound up with a 9-under-par 63. He was part of a three-way tie atop the leaderboard in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Leading Illinois by one with less 16 seconds left in the game, Ohio State head coach Jim Foster stressed one simple message to his players: don't get beaten off the dribble.

Luis Scola scored 16 points, Patrick Patterson added 14 and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Phoenix Suns 96-89 on Thursday night.

Stephen Curry scored a season-best 36 points and the Golden State Warriors handed the fading Denver Nuggets their fifth straight loss, 109-101 on Thursday night.

Tiffany Clarke scored 23 points, and the Vanderbilt Commodores upset No. 11 Tennessee 93-79 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win overall and a very rare victory over their in-state rival.

Alexis Burke made a game-winning layup with two seconds left to give Illinois a 66-65 win over No. 10 Ohio State on Thursday night.

Chiney Ogwumike had 21 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots and No. 4 Stanford extended its school-record home winning streak at Maples Pavilion to 75 with a 69-52 win over Southern California on Thursday night.

Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.

Storm guards Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright re-signed with the Storm on Thursday. Both players want to finish their WNBA careers with Seattle.

Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State on Thursday night, handing the Racers their first loss of the season.

Despite her ongoing battle with leukemia, the Seattle Christian standout was named to play in the McDonald's All-American Game March 28 in Chicago.

Henrik and Daniel Sedin both scored against Minnesota for the first time in their careers to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Wild on Thursday night.

Freshman point guard Andre Hollins gave Minnesota his best game of the season, guiding a spirited comeback with a career-high 20 points against No. 21 Wisconsin.

Maggie Lucas scored 16 points to help No. 18 Penn State beat Wisconsin 69-54 on Thursday night.

Chris Phillips scored his first two goals of the season in his 1,000th NHL game, Jason Spezza also scored twice and the Ottawa Senators ended a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

Rainier Beach has opened up its head football coaching position, requiring longtime coach Mark Haley to reapply for his job. The school's athletic director says Rainier Beach "just kind of wanted to see what else was out there."

Brad Richards scored 2:37 into overtime to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.

Illinois played like a desperate team Thursday night.

The romantic rival of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend testified Thursday that he saw the defendant with his arm around her neck months before her death.

Sean Bergenheim and Mike Santorelli scored in the second period, sending the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Mississippi's hope of sweeping the season series from rival Mississippi State for the first time since 1998 didn't last long.

Shareta Brown scored 24 points and Senee Shearer added 23 to help Detroit stun No. 9 Wisconsin-Green Bay 70-58 on Thursday night, handing the Phoenix their first loss of the season.

In Boston College's season filled with lopsided conference losses, the Eagles finally have something positive to focus on despite suffering their school-record 11th straight defeat.

The Winnipeg Jets overcame a two-goal deficit in the final 2:15 of regulation and then prevailed in a shootout for a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

Max Pacioretty had three goals, Scott Gomez netted his first in more than a year, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Thursday night for their third straight win.

T.J. Oshie scored the only goal in the shootout and relief goal Brian Elliott was perfect as the St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey 4-3 on Thursday night to end the Devils five-game winning streak.

C'eira Ricketts scored 16 points and had seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Arkansas to a 68-47 win over No. 24 South Carolina.

Jamie Benn scored two goals and Kari Lehtonen had 26 saves to make an early lead stand up in the Dallas Stars' 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

Claude Giroux and Brayden Schenn scored 1:14 apart in the second period to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

HUSKIES WIN: Williams made more key defensive plays, including securing a loose ball as time expired, to seal a 72-69 win at Hec Ed. It was tense, though, because Williams, Davis and Barlow were among the ones missing FTs late that would have shut the door on the Ducks. Instead, UO had multiple chances it couldn't convert. A disappointing way for Jackson to finish her final game in her hometown. She's close friends with Rogers, who said Jackson plans to move back to Seattle once she graduates this spring. Only Johnson had an impressive game for the Ducks. She was 9-for-19 from the field for 26 points and 12 boards in 29 minutes. The rest of the Ducks were 19-for-54 from the floor combined. McCann-Smith had another good night against the Ducks, making four three-pointers this go-round for 12 points. She said UO's crowding UW's posts and playing a zone helped open sight-lines to the hoop for her. "Be ready to shoot," McCann-Smith said of her mantra. Davis led all scorers with 27 points and had only three turnovers compared to the eight she had in the loss in December. My favorite stat, though, is UW outscoring UO 10-4 on fast break points. And Argens should have to buy Davis a Happy Meal for not finishing the wickedest play since the Mendiola era at Hec Ed. Davis jetted down court to beat all her defenders and whipped a no-look pass to Argens, who was waiting on the block. The senior went up and I think Holliday blocked it, but still...UW (13-9, 5-7) is now tied with Oregon (13-11, 5-7) in conference standings. The Huskies host Oregon State on Saturday. The Beavers are on a five-game win streak. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.

Elena Delle Donne had 27 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 12 Delaware to its 11th straight victory, a 76-63 win over Old Dominion on Thursday night.

IT'S OVER --- UW 82-57.

Consultants have recommended that Ohio State University hire a vice president to oversee a new office responsible for monitoring compliance with rules and regulations in the wake of its football program's NCAA infractions scandal.

Jordan Taylor scored 27 points for his first college win in his home state, and No. 21 Wisconsin gutted out a 68-61 overtime victory at Minnesota on Thursday night.

Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points, Dee Bost dished a career-high 13 assists and No. 20 Mississippi State easily beat rival Mississippi 70-60 on Thursday night.

Lynetta Kizer scored 18 points and No. 8 Maryland had six players in double-figure to win their 10th straight game over Clemson, 91-61, on Thursday night.

Turns out Hurricane Katrina was a big blow to Eli Manning's ego, too.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown walked past the crowd of reporters huddled outside the Celtics' locker room and thought, briefly, about joining in.

Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce overcame slow starts to return to the All-Star game, while lengthy runs ended for Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.

Twenty months later, Dustin Johnson finally hit the drive he wanted at Pebble Beach. Ten years later, Tiger Woods must have wondered what kept him away from the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Sounders FC will play Mexico's Jaguares in a final preseason game Feb. 29. Admission for the 7 p.m. kickoff at CenturyLink Field is free.

Nineteen months after "The Decision" sent his personal stock plummeting, LeBron James is as desperate as ever to please and still clueless on how to go about it.

The New York Mets' owners want the Supreme Court to decide whether only those investors who lost money should get a share of proceeds recovered from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

The sturgeon catch and keep fishery in the Columbia River's Bonneville Pool will close starting Feb. 18.

Landon Cassill has a job for the Daytona 500 for the first time in his career.

Sounders FC officials said Thursday that approximately 14,000 tickets have been sold for the team's home leg in a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal against Mexico's Santos Laguna.

Seattle Times photo by Ellen M. Banner

Former Mercer Island boys basketball coach Ed Pepple has been named the boys basketball 2012 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball recipient.

For a team that was seemingly under water before the season even began, the Washington men's basketball team sure is, ahem, Dawg-paddling toward legitimacy now.

The springlike weather that settled into the Northwest last week has given way to a series of weak disturbances, which amounted to a little bit of new snow or light rain at all ski and snowboard areas.

Interlake girls soccer standout Isabel Farrell has been named the Gatorade Washington Player of the Year.

As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over.

American Stacy Lewis and Australia's Sarah Kemp shared the Women's Australian Open lead at 4-under 69 on Thursday, leaving top-ranked Yani Tseng a stroke back in her bid to win the event for the third straight year.

Here's a look at Sounders FC's preseason plans following today's announcement of the Community Shield (times are Pacific and subject to change):

Sandy Ringer, who celebrates her 25th anniversary with The Seattle Times this year, looks back on the days when women reporters weren't allowed in men's locker rooms. Things have come a long way.

Marion Bartoli of France defeated Petra Martic of Croatia 7-5, 6-1 Thursday to reach the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals while Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Christina McHale failed to make it out of the second round.

Katie Collier's story took another turn toward the improbable Thursday.

A look at the latest snow-depth data for various Northwest mountain areas, provided by the National Weather Service:

More than 20 percent of the climbing permits for Mount St. Helens have been sold, including all of the available Saturday and Sunday permits in July and August.

Seattle Times photo by Mark Harrison

Even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson can't resist pointing out the team's financial difficulties.

Veteran Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello said his move to the IndyCar Series depends on finding new sponsors and he may only compete on road and street circuits.

Russian skiers appear more frequently on the World Cup ski circuit in Europe these days, their presence hard to miss at the upcoming Alpine test events for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will began 2013 by renewing their rivalry at one of North America's most iconic stadiums.

One upset stood out when I checked the the high-school girls basketball games played Wednesday night.

Another day, another doping case, another Tour de France result amended.

Tom Lehman looks to continue feasting on the Champions Tour when he begins the defense of his title at the Allianz Championship Friday.

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler:

No one in Saturday's Guess the UW score contest had a good read on Washington's 69-41 win over USC. Got to admit that was a difficult game to predict.

AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz has agreed to a $16 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers.

A commemorative license plate for the New York Giants was unveiled hours after their Super Bowl victory.

Their colonial history notwithstanding, the English often like to think of themselves as being good at doing the right thing.

The SPSL 4A boys and girls basketball championship games will be played Friday at ShoWare Center.

Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving is being evaluated at the Cleveland Clinic as he recovers from a concussion.

The new Mercedes car topped Formula One preseason testing for a second straight day, while Lotus was quickest of the season's new competitors.

The move toward the Pac-12 stretch run begins Thursday night, and there's a bit of weirdness associated with the race.

Here are the 2011-12 upstream transportation totals of fall chinook, coho and steelhead for the Cowlitz River:

Lance Armstrong says he's relieved by the end of a nearly two-year federal investigation into doping allegations against him, and that he always remained confident he would not be charged.

Perhaps because loyalty is becoming uncommon in sports, Storm fans allowed themselves to fret over the future of its star-studded backcourt. As WNBA free agency progressed and All-Star PG Sue Bird's name sat unclaimed in the unrestricted bracket along with cohort G Tanisha Wright, anxiety appeared to mount among the most faithful.

Here is a nice story about Danny Hultzen donating $100,000 to the University of Virginia baseball program.

The Washington Wrestling Report has updated its high-school rankings, for teams and individuals. You can find them here.

It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team.

Sounders FC announced its anticipated Feb. 29 Community Shield match Thursday morning.

Reigning Boston Marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel lead the field of elite runners for the 116th edition of the event.

Rafael Cabrera-Bello made nine birdies in his first 11 holes to finish at 9-under 63 Thursday for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Wednesday's unveiling of Washington's five new assistant coaches marked what may be the last real football news to come from UW for a little while.

Think of it as "Colorado Springs East" - a training spot for U.S. Olympians in London.

Sounders FC draft pick Abdul Aman has been linked to a number of options after being released from training camp a couple weeks ago.

The head of the English Football Association says he will not rush to hire Fabio Capello's successor ahead of this year's European Championship.

Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening.

Eighth-seeded Vania King advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pattaya Open by beating Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-1, 6-3 Thursday.

Sport's highest court has banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years and stripped him of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for a doping violation.

The soccer world was shaken up a bit Wednesday when Fabio Capello resigned as head coach of England's national team.

Prosecutors will continue their case Thursday in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.

Padraig Harrington has been coming to the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for a half-dozen years, for reasons that cause some players to stay away.

American Stacy Lewis and Australia's Sarah Kemp shared the Women's Australian Open lead at 4-under 69 on Thursday, leaving top-ranked Yani Tseng a stroke back in her bid to win the event for the third straight year.

A German runner has won an annual race up 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State Building for a record seventh straight time.

Freshman Austin Rivers buried a three-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night...

Bellarmine Prep 59, Central Kitsap 50 Cascade Christian 60, Life Christian Academy 57, 2OT Ferris 63, Lewis and Clark 46 Foss 64, Capital...

Quincy Pondexter recorded a career-best 17 points and provided an early burst as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with an 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

A series of strokes have all but immobilized the skier Bill Johnson, who once lived life on the edge.