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Who says 49ers fans have to be instructed by their team in how to be fans? They are learning from the masters — the 12th Man. After Seattle fans hired a small plane to trail a 12th Man banner over Candlestick Park during the Seahawks game, 49ers fans are plotting a counter-move — a billboard

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Washington took a 3-2 lead in the first minute on Mike Anderson’s 3-pointer and led by as many as 12 on the way to a 73-62 victory over the Tulane Green Wave Tuesday night at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans. Washington improved to 6-4 with a date against No. 10 Connecticut looming Sunday (12:30 p.m.,

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The Sounders Monday re-signed 33-year-old defender Leo Gonzalez, who matched his career high last season with 27 starts and was voted the club’s Defender of the Year. Gonzalez has made 98 appearances for Seattle since joining the club in 2009, the fifth-most appearances in club history.

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Washington used a bombardment of 3-pointers and the best inside play senior Perris Blackwell exhibited this season to rout Idaho State 85-66 Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Idaho State cut what had been a double-digit deficit to 70-65 with 7:02 to play, but Washington went on a 15-1 spree to improve to 5-4.

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A winter storm will move over the Northeast this weekend and drop snow Saturday in the New York metropolitan area, but it may warm up for freezing rain by 10 a.m. PT Sunday, when the Seahawks play the Giants at MetLife Stadium in the Jersey swamps. But it won’t be the concern of WR Percy

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The Sounders Friday acquired the rights to forward Kenny Cooper and allocation money from FC Dallas in exchange for midfielder Adam Moffat. Cooper, 29, has made 188 career appearances since joining MLS in 2006, scoring 72 goals with 16 assists. The seven-year MLS veteran ranks seventh among active players in goals, and sixth in MLS

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