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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

• Iverson hits the big shot
The Trail Blazers' wild-and-crazy homestand rolled on Monday night with more dramatics, but this time, the Blazers couldn't hit the big shot -- or free throw -- giving the Denver Nuggets just enough opportunities to sneak away with a critical 105-103 overtime victory at the Rose Garden.

• AT PSU, IT'S ALL IN THE NAME
A list of Portland State's targeted high school football prospects is on the whiteboard on the wall directly across from Jerry Glanville's desk.

• Heating up competition for the cool
Competition? Not cool.

• Admit it, he's still awesome, baby!
We're going to write this once and once only, because it's a sentence we never thought we'd type, and we're pretty sure we're never going to type it again.

• Portland State basketball:
BracketBuster matchup set The Portland State men's basketball team will play at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Feb. 23 for an ESPN BracketBuster pool game, it was announced Monday. The other Big Sky Conference team in the pool, Northern Arizona, will host Wichita State on the same day. Game times will be announced later, and neither matchup has been selected for the TV package.

• Santa Clara 52, Portland 50 Pilots keep it close but lose to Broncos
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Robin Smeulders made a strong drive to the basket. The Portland forward took a shot but it clanked off the rim. He got his hand up to tip it and again the ball came off. He got his hand on the ball for one more tip. Again, the ball wouldn't go down.

• Super Bowl scores its highest TV ratings
NEW YORK -- The 97.5 million viewers who saw the New York Giants' last-minute win over the New England Patriots made it the most-watched Super Bowl ever and second biggest event in U.S. television history.

• Top QB Pryor passes on UO
Terrelle Pryor, the Jeannette (Pa.) High School quarterback regarded as the nation's top prospect, said he will no longer consider attending the University of Oregon, telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he is crossing UO off his list.

• Track and field notebook Ducks, Bruins set rare dual meets
The first Oregon-UCLA men's dual track and field meet in 23 years is more than two months away, but already the woofing has begun.

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