
"Clint Eastwood's my hero," Denzel Washington says. "That's the model. He's the guy." At this stage of his career, the two-time Oscar winner is most interested in going the actor-turned-director route, citing George Clooney, Sean Penn and Ben Affleck as examples. "There's a generation of us now that are moving in that direction."
Three men were killed and a fourth was wounded in a gunfight at a house, police said Thursday.

Homemade cow and goat cheese from Twin Oaks Farm and Creamery has been a staple at the Olympia Farmers market for three years.

Denzel Washington screened "The Great Debaters" in the town that is home to the 1930s debate team portrayed in the Golden Globe-nominated film.
Pittsburgh is still undefeated — barely.

There is no official ultimatum from Washington president Mark Emmert, but it might as well be implied — Tyrone Willingham must win in 2008.
High-tech robots that could prune trees or pick fruit are often discussed at the annual meetings of Washington's tree fruit growers, along with other proposals for reducing the need for farm workers.

Colt Brennan threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen with 44 seconds left and No. 11 Hawaii overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Washington 35-28 on Saturday night to finish the regular season 12-0 and virtually assure a BCS berth.

Derrick Low made six second-half 3-pointers and scored 19 points to help No. 9 Washington State beat Air Force 71-62 on Sunday in the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge.

Caleb Forrest scored a career-high 13 points and No. 9 Washington State beat Mississippi Valley State 71-26 Saturday in the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge.
The Bush administration's approach to Iran in 2007 has been tough talk mixed with glimmers of reaching out diplomatically. A look at some of the statements since January:

Taylor Rochestie scored 17 points and No. 9 Washington State beat Montana 66-55 on Friday night in the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge.

Freshman Donte Greene scored 25 points and No. 21 Syracuse overcame some poor free-throw shooting over the final two minutes for a 91-85 victory over Washington in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off on Friday.

Donald Sloan scored a career-high 18 points and No. 16 Texas A&M; held Washington without a field goal for a key 5-minute stretch in the second half to beat the Huskies 77-63 on Wednesday night in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.

There was no power struggle between Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe on the set of their new crime drama, "American Gangster." Instead, they worked as a team when filming their scenes together.
Republican Dino Rossi, who lost the closest race for governor in U.S. history in 2004, said Thursday he'll seek a rematch with Washington Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire next year.

Jonathan Stewart can handle the entire rushing load for Oregon just fine. Still, he didn't mind a little help from Andre Crenshaw and Dennis Dixon.

No. 14 Arizona State remained unbeaten after its usual early struggles. Trailing Washington by four at halftime, the Sun Devils stormed back for a 44-20 victory on Saturday night behind a 76-yard touchdown run by Keegan Herring and a 57-yard touchdown run by Dimitri Nance.

Thomas Weber kicked a 37-yard field goal with 50 seconds left to lift No. 18 Arizona State to a 23-20 win over Washington State on Saturday, keeping the Sun Devils undefeated under coach Dennis Erickson.

"Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington said racism was a factor in his firing from the hit ABC series after he twice used an anti-gay slur.


