No. 5 Oregon leads the Pac-12 baseball standings entering the final weekend of the regular season. But No. 13 Arizona, one game back, still can win or tie for the title. So can No. 9 UCLA, No. 13 Stanford and, unofficially, No. 14 Arizona State, all two back. It's that close with three games remaining and four rivalry matchups to be played: Oregon at No. 23 Oregon State, ASU at UA, California at Stanford and USC at UCLA. All of the top six teams other than ASU, ineligible due to NCAA violations, are bound for the 64-team NCAA Tournament. Oregon, UCLA and Stanford likely will be regional hosts, with Arizona also bidding to be among the 16 host sites that will be announced Sunday. So ... Continue reading →

Former ASU center Eric Boateng in mix for British Olympic basketball team Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Eric Boateng. Those three actually go together at least when it comes to figuring out the composition of Great Britain's Olympic men's basketball team. Deng of the Chicago Bulls insists that playing for Britain, where he grew up after moving from his native Sudan, is more important than undergoing wrist surgery for an injury suffered Jan. 21. Even if that means post-Olympic surgery would sideline the 6-9 forward early in the 2012-13 NBA season when the Bulls also will be without Derrick Rose, recovering from knee surgery. Deng has been a British citizen since 2006 and played with the senior National team since 2007 and the junior team before ... Continue reading →