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

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...

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.

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

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...

The Washington softball team, ranked No. 12 by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and No. 14 by ESPN, will begin the season at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday.

Gonzaga freshman guards Gary Bell Jr. and Kevin Pangos are playing key roles in Bulldogs' battle to return to the NCAA tournament.

The University of North Dakota resumed using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname Wednesday even though it triggered NCAA sanctions.

The University of North Dakota resumed using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname Wednesday even though it triggered NCAA sanctions, leaving some fans weary of the seven-year fight over a moniker that critics believe is demeaning.

Top-ranked Kentucky beat No. 8 Florida 78-58, extending its home winning streak to 49 games.

Could this be a year that only one Pac-12 team is invited to the NCAA tournament? Or a year that the regular-season champion doesn't go? It's been a strange season, that's for sure.

Kyle Barone had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead Idaho to a 70-69 victory against Seattle University on Tuesday night. Barone tied the score...

Kent Simpson made 29 saves, and the Everett Silvertips earned a 3-2 road victory against the Victoria Royals on Tuesday night. Cody Fowlie scored in...

Apparently, it's not a good idea to test Mike Leach, the new WSU football coach. Late Tuesday morning, the Cougars announced that sophomore linebacker C.J. Mizell "will not be retained" on the WSU squad after an eventful couple of seasons.

Fourth-ranked Missouri won 71-68 at Oklahoma to move into the Big 12 Conference lead.

The Spokane Chiefs earned a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds before 3,506 Monday night. The Chiefs took a 3-2 lead in the first...

Larry Scott led conference's expansion, helped negotiate new TV deal.

In the middle of a forgettable season of Pac-12 basketball, maybe it's natural that occurrences peripheral to the games themselves stand out, and that's what happened over the weekend.

Not a big surprise, but Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott's contract has been extended through 2016 by the league's board of directors (presidents and chancellors). Since he took over 2 1/2 years ago, Scott has transformed completely the profile of the league, negotiating the biggest football and basketball TV contract (for now) of all conferences, and implementing the Pac-12 TV Networks set to start in the fall. Here's the link:

Miami's Reggie Johnson collected 27 points and 12 rebounds in a 78-74 overtime victory at No. 7 Duke.

The Huskies' Denise Dy won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles and teamed with Samantha Smith for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles.

Kevin Pangos and Robert Sacre each scored 15 points, helping No. 24 Gonzaga to defeat host Pepperdine 72-60.

Marcus Denmon scored 29 points to lead No. 4 Missouri to a 74-71 victory over eighth-ranked Kansas. The Tigers, who scored the last 11 points of the game, beat Kansas for the second time in the last 12 meetings of the border rivals.

Jobi Wall and David Downs combined for 46 points Saturday — 33 coming via three-pointers — as the Seattle Pacific men shot down Alaska Fairbanks 79-53 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference basketball game at the Patty Center.

Nate Tomlinson was fouled with one second remaining by E.J. Singler and sank the first free throw before deliberately missing the second to give Colorado a 72-71 win over Oregon on Saturday night.

Katelan Redmon of Spokane scored 24 points and Kayla Standish of Ellensburg had 15 points and 13 rebounds, leading 20th-ranked Gonzaga past visiting San Diego 69-58.

Joslyn Tinkle had a career-high 22 points and matched her career best with 11 rebounds, leading five starters in double figures in No. 4 Stanford's 91-51 rout of Arizona on Saturday, the Cardinal's 17th win in a row.

The Green Bay quarterback won the 2011 Associated Press award in a landslide.

Urban Meyer, new Ohio State football coach, faced off with at least a couple of Big Ten Conference coaches who have been reported saying they question his poaching of recruits who had orally committed to other programs.

A 30-race stakes schedule featuring the 77th running of the Longacres Mile, four stakes doubleheaders and Washington Cup X was announced Friday for the 2012 meet at Emerald Downs.

Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, 69, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence. He has been suffering for the last few months from spinal stenosis, a condition that causes him severe pain and hampers mobility.

With another football signing date now in the past, I'm reminded of a whimsical question asked years ago by George Raveling, the former basketball coach:

Brigham Young had another tough night making outside shots, hitting 3 of 12 from three-point range Thursday against Gonzaga. The Cougars made up...

Isaiah Canaan scored 24 of his 32 points in the second half and No. 10 Murray State remained unbeaten with an 81-73 win over Southeast Missouri...

Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 22 points and 16 rebounds, her sister Chiney had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 4 Stanford overpowered ASU in the second half for a 62-49 win Thursday.

Kyle Fogg scores 23 points

Maddie Meyers, who has won 12 prep state championships in track and field and cross country for Northwest School, signed a letter of intent Wednesday to run for the University of Washington.