By Barry Bearak, New York Times

Quanitta Underwood was 10, her sister Hazzauna, 12. The walls of the house were thin, and the girls could hear every move their father made. Hear him sit up, hear him get out of bed, hear him walking their way.

Quanitta pinched her eyes shut when her father entered the room, but she could imagine the presence of his familiar silhouette. She felt his weight sink into the bed while his hands traveled beneath the covers. As Quanitta feigned sleep, her father groped her sister and often rolled on top.

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GAME: Washington (16-8, 9-3 Pac-12) at Oregon State (15-9, 9-7 Pac-12). WHEN: Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Gill Coliseum. MEETING: 290th (Huskies lead 153-136). RANKINGS: Neither team ranked. TV: ROOT Sports. RADIO: KJR 950 AM, 102.9 FM.

After an abysmal effort Thursday against Oregon in Eugene, Pac-12 co-leader Washington will attempt to recover against the highest-scoring team in the conference, an Oregon State club that averages 80.8 points per game (to Washington's 75.3) and features the likely Pac-12 Player of the Year, Jared Cunningham.

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Because the Mariners are playing their first two regular-season games against Oakland in Japan, they will become the first major league franchise to hit the field for spring training. Pitchers and catchers report to the club's Peoria, AZ., complex Saturday, with position players arriving Friday.

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It’s difficult to imagine a figure more loathsome to sports-minded Seattleites than Clay Bennett, the unscrupulous knave who poached the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008 and spirited them to Oklahoma City. With the NBA's blessing, Bennett instantly re-packaged 41 years worth of Sonics history, records and memories under the nickname “Thunder.”

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Other than an inability to hit from outside, inside or at the free-throw line, things went all right for Washington Thursday night in Eugene. No one died.

The Huskies' confidence, however, took a thumping. Behind 8-0 to start and 43-19 late in the first half, the Huskies took their most lopsided defeat of the Pac-12 Conference season at the hands of the Oregon Ducks, 82-57.

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I write this as I sit in the ground floor coffee shop of Starbucks world headquarters on First Avenue South.  As I look east across the parking lot and street to the industrial area that would be adjacent to the proposed new PRIVATELY FUNDED ARENA (caps and face added by me as the initial name for the place), I see the project's best feature:

The arena would be practically in the grill of Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO who sold out the Sonics.  Thus, the all-time, punk-ass facial ever delivered in the NBA.

Delightfully ironic as it is, that is also part of the problem.

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Having spent nine days in Arizona engaged in intensive training, the Seattle Sounders will take the next few days off before heading to Florida for a series of five exhibition matches designed to get the club ready for its CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal against Mexico's Santos Laguna.

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GAME: Washington (16-7, 9-2 Pac-12) at Oregon (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12. WHEN: Thursday, 8 p.m., Matthew Knight Arena. MEETING: 291st (Huskies lead 186-104). RANKINGS: Neither team ranked. TV: FSN. RADIO: KJR 950 AM, 102.9 FM.

Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies, winners of their past three road games, have won five in a row, eight of nine and 11 of 13. UW is the only Pac-12 team that controls its destiny in the race. If the Huskies win out, they will capture their second regular-season title outright since 2009.

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