Tuesday, May 19


W. basketball: Sleepless in Seattle

Correction appended It has become a tradition. Each time Michelle Greco steps out of the shower after practice with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, she surveys the locker room and takes a quick head count. Read more...


Bruin digest

Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson received a contract extension through 2009. The state Board of Regents approved the deal on Thursday, which is heavy in incentives and could reach up to $1.1 million per year. Read more...


Letters to the sports desk

Accusations are not gamesmanship In David Regan’s April 29 column “Coach Scates’ pretentious behavior just gamesmanship,” Regan concludes that it is “gamesmanship” to publicly make or support false (or, at best, unsubstantiated) accusations about a fellow competitor in order to gain a competitive advantage. Read more...




Softball: Softball selected to host regional game

Despite struggling against the Pac-10’s best earlier this season, UCLA was selected Monday to host an NCAA softball regional. In the past two years the Bruins were one of the three best teams in the nation, but were shipped off to South Carolina and Fresno State for regionals because of the low quality of UCLA’s Easton Stadium. Read more...