CMT's Music City Madness is the ultimate online search for singer-songwriters and Chance McKinney is a finalist! Chance was here in Astoria and performed at The Liberty Theater with Nathan Chance opening for Steve Azar! The winner of CMT's Music City Madness will be revealed Dec. 15. Let's vote for Chance and help him come out on top!! Click here for more details and to vote!
Pondexter leads Huskies over Marquette SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Quincy Pondexter drove for a tiebreaking bank shot with 1.7 seconds left, and 11th-seeded Washington extended its late-season run into the NCAA tournament with an 80-78 win over Marquette in the first round of the East Regional last night. Pondexter scored 18 points and Isaiah Thomas 19 as the Huskies won their eighth game in a row in dramatic fashion, rallying from a 15-point deficit with 13½ minutes left.
Seahawks get another quarterback SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers have traded third-string quarterback Charlie Whitehurst to the Seattle Seahawks. Whitehurst has never thrown a pass in the NFL and has played in only two games, both as a rookie in 2006. The teams swapped second-round picks in this year's draft, allowing the Chargers to move up 20 spots to No. 40 overall, while giving up the 60th choice. San Diego also gets a 2011 pick, likely a third-rounder.
OSU loses in first round of CBI CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — John Holland had 26 points and five rebounds as Boston rolled to a 96-78 win over Oregon State in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational at Gill Coliseum. Carlos Strong added 22 points and Tyler Morris 18 points for the Terriers, who celebrated their first postseason victory since 1959 and their first 20-win season since 2004-05. Jared Cunningham had 21 points for Oregon State, who finished 14-18.
Blazers dismiss VP of Basketball Operations PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers have dismissed Tom Penn as vice president of basketball operations. The team issued a statement that said Penn was dismissed Tuesday for "philosophical differences." Penn was regarded as a salary cap specialist. He joined the Blazers as an assistant general manager in 2007. He was a candidate for the GM's job with Minnesota last May, but stayed in Portland after the Blazers promoted him.
UO fires Kent EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has let go of Ernie Kent after 13 years as men's basketball coach at his alma mater. The dismissal has been rumored for the past two weeks, after Eugene's KVAL-TV reported that Kent had been informed he would not return as the Ducks' coach on Feb. 22. Oregon went 16-16 overall and 7-11 in the Pac-10 this past season, finishing with a 90-74 quarterfinal loss to California in the conference tournament.
