Pity the poor Mercury-Lincoln dealers back in the mid-1960s. Flush with acres of Continentals, Park Lanes and Montclairs, not to mention a few assorted econobox Comets, these folks could only stare in hopeless exasperation as eager prospects flocked down the road to the nearest Ford store.

Maya purrs like the 10-month-old kitten she is. She's been declawed, has her shots and even has had her canines removed.

Powered by 16 hits and four Washington State errors, second-ranked Arizona State beat the Cougars 15-3 Friday in the opener of a three-game Pac-10 series at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman, Wash.

PULLMAN, WASH. - Daven Harmeling scored a career high 28 points to help Washington State beat No. 7 Arizona 77-73 in overtime Saturday night. Arizona (12-2, 3-1 Pac-10) tied the score at 67 to force overtime, but was outscored 10-6 in the extra period to see its 12-game winning streak snapped.

TUCSON - The Washington State Cougars are no longer upstarts. Not after they defeated 20th-ranked Arizona 72-66 on Thursday night to complete their first season sweep of the Wildcats since 1983.

PULLMAN, WASH. - Washington State coach Sherri Murrell watches Arizona State play basketball and she can only wonder what might have been if a few of the Sun Devils had come to WSU.

After his Washington State defensive linemen started suffering injuries at an alarming rate earlier this season, Robb Akey turned his front four into a front three as a matter of necessity. He has found it to be good for a little trickery.

CASA GRANDE - Tailback Harnish Ayora had two first-half touchdown runs and the Casa Grande defense dominated the second half in a 20-7 victory at home over Tucson Flowing Wells.

PULLMAN, Wash. - Followers of Arizona State’s basketball team can come up with two interpretations of the Sun Devils’ loss at mighty Washington Thursday night.

McClintock may have jumped out to a big lead early, but all visiting Tucson Sahuaro needed to come back was to get into a zone.

TUCSON - When Washington State coach Dick Bennett announced his retirement this week, his team tried to come up with a memorable going-away present.

McClintock may have jumped out to a big lead early, but all visiting Tucson Sahuaro needed to come back was to get into a zone.

January 28, 2005

Jeff Mousser continued his pitching success against Washington State.

Conventional wisdom was Washington State would no longer be a pushover with the hiring of Dick Bennett to replace Paul Graham.

“See Sammy run” may be a new battle cry in the Palouse.

Chase Budinger has part of a shoe print still on his chest after being stepped on, but he will take the scare and Arizona's come-from-behind 96-90 overtime victory against Houston on Saturday.

After last week’s 59-28 loss at home against Arizona, the Washington State football team is feeling much better about itself.