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The Sounders Monday loaned 19-year-old forward Victor Mansaray to FC Cincinnati for the 2017 USL campaign. Mansaray will join the Ohio club when he returns from camp with the U.S. U-20 squad. The youngest Homegrown Player in franchise history when he signed with the Sounders in 2014 at 17.

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Following a pair of routs last week, the Gonzaga Bulldogs remained No. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball rankings for the second consecutive week. The Zags (24-0), the only remaining undefeated team in Division I, Monday received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.

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The Mariners Tuesday signed veteran major league reliever Nick Hagadone, a Sumner native and former University of Washington star, to a minor league contact, a day after also inking another veteran reliever, Jean Machi. Both are likely to start the season with the AAA Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League.

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Takeaway After building a nine-point lead against No. 7 Arizona in the first half, the Washington Huskies were unable to hold off the Pac-12 Conference-leading Wildcats in a 77-66 loss at the McKale Center in Tucson, AZ Sunday (box). The loss was UW’s seventh in the past nine games, yet was winnable if star guard

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