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Had the Washington Huskies done anything of consequence in the first half, they might have had a chance against Colorado Thursday night at Alaska Airlines Arena. But a feeble (and season-low) 17-point showing on 25 percent shooting before intermission ultimately doomed UW, which fell 64-47 to the Buffaloes. Washington has lost three in a row and 10 of 11.

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Major League Soccer and the MLS players union avoided the first work stoppage in league history, reaching an agreement in principle Wednesday evening on a new collective bargaining agreement, sources with knowledge of the talks told ESPN.

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Missing Nigel Williams-Goss (sprained ankle) and Shawn Kemp Jr. (concussion), the already depleted Washington Huskies couldn’t keep pace with a bad USC team and fell to the Trojans 70-55 Saturday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. UW (15-13, 4-12) has lost nine of its past 10 and will close out the regular season

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Washington sophomore point guard Nigel Williams-Goss became the first academic All-America in the program’s history Thursday when he was named to the third team. The group was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. 

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Sounders FC 2 Thursday signed Gambian midfielder Amadou Sanyang, a 23-year-old with MLS experience, and former Sounders Academy 19-year-old midfielder Duncan McCormick. They become the first two players officially signed by S2 ahead of the team’s inaugural season in United Soccer Leagues play.

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Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch’s cinematic biography, “Family First: The Marshawn Lynch Story,” has issued a four-minute trailer for the movie that is still in post-production. The story traces Lynch’s rise from junior football in Oakand to college at Cal and on to the NFL.

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The U.S. Golf Association Tuesday said two state courses, The Home Course (Dupont) hosting May 11 and Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla hosting May 12, are among 111 local qualifying sites for the 2015 U.S Open, set for June 18-21 at Chambers Bay in University Place.

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