By DANIEL LYGHT
The Fresno Bee
Photo by Kurt Hegre
Fresno Bee
Fresno State tight end Bear Pascoe (85) caught 45 passes for 553 yards and four touchdowns last season.
Every diehard Fresno State football fan knows No. 85, tight end Bear Pascoe. It's impossible to miss him.
He'll catch a pass in the flat, turn and flatten a defensive back.
BOZEMAN, MONT. -- Justin Koehler told Nick Bernardi that his change-up looked like a spaceship coming out of his hand.
The ball just seemed to pause in midair and then drop.
The Merced Volunteers made a remarkable run at the Northwest Regional American Legion tournament.
BOZEMAN, MONT. -- Nobody expected it to end this way.
At Bozeman, Mont.
Surely you saw it. Some part of the drama, at least, or maybe the whole thing -- race after race after race.
A year ago at this time, the direction of Fresno State's football program was in question and its national reputation in decline.
How about a quick barrage of weekend thoughts while we debate whether or not Michael Phelps actually was created in a laboratory?
BOZEMAN, MONT. -- Art Corona continues to be the Merced Volunteers' secret weapon.
The Merced Volunteers coach rolled the dice with his decision to start Tynan Pedretti in Tuesday's elimination game against Billings, Mont., and came out a winner.
You might see an abandoned park bench in a plaza and think nothing of it. Same goes for the hand rails that line the walkways and the short wall further down.
Softball
MC softball coach stepping down after 607-win career
Mallory Bair isn't known for keeping things to herself.
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At Bozeman, Mont.
BOZEMAN, MONT. Coach Rollo Adams felt the Merced Volunteers let one get away.
I'm still waiting to catch the Olympic fever that has swept up most of the office.
Merced Volunteers coach Rollo Adams has seen some talented catchers come through his American Legion program.
FRESNO -- Same old, same old.
ATWATER -- Aly Gleason has known Diane Gallagher since first grade.
When did swimmers start trash-talking?
FRESNO -- With the excitement of a Top 25-ranked football team, Bulldog Sports Properties and Fresno State announce a four-game football and a seven-game men's basketball schedule for the upcoming 2008-09 seasons on the Bulldog Sports Network.
The way Butch Hughes looks at it, when you've never worked at a real job at any point in your life, it's difficult to know when to retire.
Every four years, I resolve to ignore the Olympics.

