Unless the Huskies dramatically improve their defense, UW is looking at its worst start since 2002-03, when Washington opened 0-3 under first-year head coach Lorenzo Romar.
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The Cougars’ final road game of the season is against an Arizona State club that has lost four in a row after starting with five wins in six games.
Highly-touted high school senior Nigel Williams-Goss has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Washington. Coach Lorenzo Romar made the announcement Friday in Uncasville, CT., where Washington will play Seton Hall Saturday in the third round of the Tip-Off Hall of Fame Classic.
The proposed basketball/hockey arena will be nearly twice the size of KeyArena, but slightly smaller than comparable arenas around the NBA.
Washington will finish the 2012 regular season with two day games. The Huskies can also finish with an eight-win campaign for the first time since 2001.
Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Michael Gspurning and forward Eddie Johnson are finalists for three year-end MLS awards, Gspurning for Goalkeeper of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and Johnson for Comeback Player of the Year. Winners will be announced Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, the league said Thursday.
The Mariners announced the busting of a move Thuraday — the biggest video screen in Major League Baseball. No word yet on Josh Hamilton.
The Huskies, off to a 1-1 start, are 1-7 in preseason tourney games away from home since the start of the 2008-09 season. Washington plays Seton Hall Saturday.
CB Richard Sherman, who against the Jets Sunday had a goal-line interception and his first sack of the season, earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Sherman’s pick ended the Jets’ only advance inside the Seattle 40-yard line all afternoon in the 28-7 triumph at the Clink.
A dribble drive through the heart of the Huskies defense by Albany’s Mike Black produced the game-winning layin with 3.7 seconds left to stun Washington 63-62 Tuesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena. Making matters worse was a head injury to starting guard Scott Suggs, who was elbowed, then kneed in back of the head in