Stanford’s Nicole Gibbs protected her territory Monday at the University of Illinois’ Atkins Tennis Center, winning the NCAA women’s tennis singles championship for the second consecutive year. Gibbs is the first woman to repeat as the NCAA singles champ since former Stanford star Amber Liu won in 2003 and 2004.…
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UCLA and USC both advanced in women’s doubles play on Sunday, setting up a crosstown showdown for Monday’s NCAA championship match and guaranteeing the Pac-12 a champion in NCAA women’s doubles competition for the sixth consecutive year.
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First up on the doubles court were UCLA’s Robin Anderson and Skylar Morton, who endured a rain delay before seeing action against Alabama’s pair of Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane.…
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Last Sunday, Stanford golfer Mariah Stackhouse shot 10-under-par 61 at the Peg Barnard Invitational, setting a Stanford Golf Course and NCAA women’s record in the process. She also recorded a nine-under on the front nine to post a course-record 26 to jump-start winning performances for Stackhouse and the Cardinal.…
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Arizona State honored former Sun Devil and current Houston Rockets superstar James Harden Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Arena, dubbing it “James Harden Beard Night.”
Harden and his majestic beard were not present as he was busy dropping a career-high 46 points on his old teammates from Oklahoma City, but the Sun Devil student section celebrated both entities nonetheless: The crowd remained (mostly) silent until ASU scored its 13th point, an homage to Harden’s No.…
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Stepfan Taylor finished his senior season as Stanford’s all-time leader in touchdowns (45) and rushing yards (4,300). He also has a Rose Bowl ring and three consecutive BCS bowl appearances in his pocket. Successful college career, yes?
That’s all behind him now as he looks ahead to what he calls the biggest show of his life: the NFL Combine. …
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Tuesday night in Tucson, Arizona senior Davellyn Whyte did something no other Arizona women’s basketball player had ever done since the program’s inception in 1972: achieve the elusive triple-double. The guard racked up 31 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in a double-overtime loss to archrival Arizona State on the Pac-12 Networks.…
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What a night for USC basketball. The Trojans held a lead as big as 15 against crosstown rival UCLA, allowed the Bruins to chip away at that lead until they forced overtime, and then played to a 75-71 victory in the new Pauley Pavilion. …
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Barack Obama, brother-in-law of Oregon State men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson, watches his Beavs on the Pac-12 Networks when he isn’t busy running the country. Aspiring Presidents of the United States, I think it’s clear what you need to do to reach the White House.…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – As I wrote in my two previous posts, Bill Walton’s intent for his Pac-12 campus tour is to let students into his head – to share his stories and thoughts on any and every topic. Aboard the bus from Eugene to Corvallis, I asked him to share the key nuggets of wisdom he wanted to deliver while on the tour.…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The inside is simple: A couple of brown leather couches line the front and back with 12 bunks beds sandwiched between them – charmingly dubbed “coffins” by the mustachioed driver, Matt. A bare-bones kitchen stares across the narrow hallway at a claustrophobic’s nightmare for a bathroom.…
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