Posted: 4:13 PM A Washington State official has told The Associated Press the school has hired Portland State's Ken Bone to be its new basketball coach.

Updated: 5:20 PM Mark McLaughlin has asked the University of Nevada to release him from his letter-of-intent.

Posted: 1:43 PM Utah State men's basketball coach Stew Morrill says he's no longer a candidate for the head coaching job at Washington State University.

Posted: 1:38 PM Los Angeles Clippers forward Zach Randolph was arrested for investigation of drunken driving early Monday, hours after his team's 88-85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Posted: 1:35 PM Gary Player is calling it a career at Augusta National after his 52nd Masters appearance this week.

Posted: 1:33 PM Xavier coach Sean Miller is headed to Arizona.

Updated: 8:51 PM Nevada catcher Travis Simas has been named the Western Athletic Conference baseball player of the week after driving in seven runs with three home runs and two doubles.

Posted: 1:25 PM North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue thinks her counterpart from Michigan would look good in blue. But she could be left wearing green and white.

Posted: 1:22 PM Quarterback Jeff Garcia is returning to the Bay Area after agreeing to a deal with the Oakland Raiders.

Posted: 1:15 PM Cookie Miller and Alonzo Edwards plan to transfer from Nebraska after helping the Huskers to an 18-13 finish last season.

Updated: 11:56 AM Hundreds of friends, family members and complete strangers came to the Squaw Valley Ski Resort to honor one of skiing's all-time greats.

Posted: 10:49 PM Danica Patrick's season is off to a tough start after she crashed out early in the season-opening Honda Grand Prix.

Posted: 10:46 PM The season opener between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox scheduled for Monday has been postponed because snow is in the forecast.

Posted: 10:43 PM Tyler Hansbrough might win the national championship, but he was denied a second Naismith Award by Oklahoma's Blake Griffin.

Posted: 10:39 PM Xavier head coach Sean Miller has turned down an offer to become the next head coach at Arizona.

Posted: 10:32 PM Lamar Odom had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Kobe Bryant added 18 points and the Los Angeles Lakers edged the Clippers 88-85 Sunday night to remain a game behind Cleveland for the NBA's best record.

Posted: 10:18 PM The Reno Bighorns beat the Thunderbirds 115-101 on Sunday afternoon. It's Reno's third consecutive victory.

Posted: 9:42 PM Renee Montgomery scored 26 points, Maya Moore added 24, and unbeaten UConn cruised to its first title game in five years with an 83-64 victory over Stanford on Sunday night.

Posted: 8:49 PM Kelenna Azubuike had 30 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors hung on to beat the Sacramento Kings 105-100 Sunday night with just seven healthy players in uniform.

Posted: 8:39 PM Derek Lowe pitched eight superb innings, three Braves homered off Brett Myers and Atlanta beat the defending champions 4-1 in the major league opener on Sunday night.

Posted: 8:37 PM Angel McCoughtry and Louisville played the second half like it belonged in its first Final Four.

Posted: 8:34 PM Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Sunday that there's an "outside chance" Andrew Bynum could return to the team's lineup this week.

Posted: 8:30 PM Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo scored the tying and go-ahead goals during power plays, and the San Jose Sharks set a franchise record with their 52nd victory, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Sunday night.

Posted: 8:24 PM A Costa Rican newspaper is reporting New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen got hitched - again.

Posted: 6:23 PM Tony Schumacher raced to his second straight Top Fuel victory and third in a row in Las Vegas, beating Brandon Bernstein in the SummitRacing.com Nationals final Sunday with a 3.874-second run at 311.77 mph.