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Stanford handed first loss of season\nSEATTLE -- Top-ranked Stanford lost for the first time this season, falling 75-62 to unranked Washington Saturday.\nTre Simmons scored 16 points to help Washington end the Cardinal's effort to complete the first 18-0 season in Pac-10 Conference history. Thursday night, the Cardinal rallied to beat Washington State with a last-second shot.\nStanford (26-1, 17-1) shot only 39 percent, had 18 turnovers and was in foul trouble for most of the game that ended with Huskies' fans storming the floor and dancing in jubilation.\nThe loss left Saint Joseph's (27-0) as the only undefeated team in the country. The Hawks are attempting to become the first team to enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten since University of Nevada Las Vegas in 1991.\nNBA suspends Zach Randolph for role in altercation\nNEW YORK -- Zach Randolph of the Portland Trail Blazers was suspended for one game by the NBA Sunday for his role in an altercation with the Utah Jazz.\nNBA Vice President Stu Jackson suspended Randolph for taking a swing at Utah's Raja Bell during Portland's victory over the Jazz Saturday night.\nRandolph, who was an Indiana high school All-Star after he led Marion to the 2000 Class 4A state championship, missed Portland's game Sunday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.\nThe scuffle erupted when Shareef Abdur-Rahim stole the ball from Bell and charged down court. Bell, in pursuit, appeared to try to pull Abdur-Rahim to the ground before the Blazers' Ruben Patterson jumped into the fray and knocked Bell to the court. Other players, most notably Randolph, also moved in.\nO'Meara regains putting touch; first win in nearly six years\nDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Mark O'Meara was a winner again for the first time in nearly six years, and Tiger Woods was there to greet him with a hug.\nO'Meara, using his new "saw" putting grip, closed with a 3-under 69 Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Ireland's Paul McGinley.\n"Chalk one up for the old boys," said the 47-year-old O'Meara, whose last official victory came at the 1998 British Open, just months after he won the Masters.\n"It's been a big day for me, it really has. It's been a long time. It gives me a huge boost of confidence. Anytime you win a golf tournament, it's another notch. At 47 years of age, it tells me I can still do it."\nO'Meara finished at 17-under 271 and earned $333,330, a fraction of Woods' $3 million appearance fee.