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| Lee primed for early call Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:42:59 -0500 If most NBA Draft prognosticators are correct, former Western Kentucky standout Courtney Lee will be a first-round NBA Draft pick tonight. Since helping the Hilltoppers reach the Sweet 16 in March, Lee’s goal to be an NBA Draft pick has been a three-month odyssey which ends tonight with the NBA Draft (6:30 p.m., ESPN). During his quest, he’s apparently performed like a first-round pick. “He’s been very strong and very consistent since day one,” said Stu Lash of Levien Sports Representation, which represents Lee. “I’m not going on record as guaranteeing he’ll be a first-round pick, but during the process he’s looked like one.” There’s plenty of difference between a first- and second-round pick. First-rounders receive a guaranteed contract for at least two years. Second-round picks typically are guaranteed nothing and must fight for a roster spot. But Lash wouldn’t say being a first-round pick is the goal tonight. “I look at it a little bit differently,” Lash said. “I see the goal as playing 10-plus years in the league and I think he can do that and have a lot of success.” Numerous calls and text messages to Lee over the past 10 days have not been returned. Lee also did not call the Daily News on Wednesday after an interview was arranged through Levien Sports Representation. According to Lash, Lee will be watching tonight’s draft with his family in his hometown of Indianapolis. It’s been a rare opportunity for Lee to be at home. According to Lash, Lee has worked out for 14 NBA teams. By many reports, Lee had a favorable workout with the Orlando Magic. The Magic own pick No. 22, and it could be Lee’s first realistic opportunity to be selected. Four of eight NBA mock drafts surveyed had the Magic picking Lee at No. 22 tonight. Draftexpress.com wrote, “The Magic have been looking for a quality (shooting guard) for some time now and Lee is a high character, extremely versatile defender who can space the floor for (Magic center) Dwight Howard.” Other projections had Lee going No. 25 to the Houston Rockets or No. 30 to the recently crowned NBA champion Boston Celtics, who have the last pick in the first round. If Lee is picked in the first round, he’ll become the seventh Hilltopper in school history to be picked in the first round of the NBA Draft. Tellis Frank was the most recent first-round pick. Frank was selected No. 14 by the Golden State Warriors in 1987. Chris Robinson was the most recent Hilltopper drafted, when he was picked No. 51 overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies. Some have speculated that playing in the Sun Belt Conference would hurt Lee’s draft stock. Others have played stronger college competition on a more routine basis, but Lash said that won’t hurt him. “I think that’s something the media says,” Lash said. “He was on (teams’) radar last summer and they know what kind of player he is.” Lee is one of the most experienced players in the draft. While much of the draft class is underclassmen, Lee had four successful seasons with the Hilltoppers. He averaged 20.4 points and 4.9 rebounds last year. Ian Thomsen of SI.com wrote, “Lee is an excellent shooter and smart player who can play now.” |
| ABA plans to add team in city Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:42:59 -0500 The red, white and blue ball of the American Basketball Association is coming back to Kentucky - more specifically, to Bowling Green. The ABA - a professional basketball league that includes more than 40 teams nationally - plans to introduce its newest member, the Kentucky Mavericks, at a news conference next month with the intention to begin play this December. “With the franchise of the Kentucky Mavericks, we had a choice to go to Owensboro or come to Bowling Green,” team president and CEO Jason Smith said. “We decided to go to Bowling Green - the reason we chose Bowling Green is because, and I have to be honest, I just really like the city. “I’m from Memphis and I’ve been through here a few times and really like the city, and I think this team will be a great addition to Bowling Green.” The league shares a name with the old ABA, which was in operation in the 1960s and 1970s before several teams merged with the National Basketball Association. Still, the current ABA hasn’t achieved the level of national recognition as its predecessor. League co-founder and chairman Joe Newman said the decision to place a team in Kentucky had a lot to do with the roots of the old ABA, which included the Louisville-based Kentucky Colonels. “Last week (Smith) made an application, and because we’ve added teams in Knoxville and Nashville and due to the fact that the state has great success with Western (Kentucky), Louisville, and (the University of) Kentucky, we saw Bowling Green as being a hotbed of basketball,” said Newman, who said he hopes to soon bring a team back to Louisville as well. “We figured not having a team in Kentucky was wrong. Since the old Kentucky Colonels were one of the mainstays of the original ABA, we were really excited about it. “We looked at Jason and what he does and thought the city of Bowling Green would be a perfect place.” Teams throughout the league typically contain former college players who were unable to make a higher jump directly out of school. The squads usually play in smaller venues, such as high school gymnasiums, of about 2,000- or 3,000-seat capacities. The season runs from December to March. Smith, 24, said he’s trying to work out a deal with WKU to use E.A. Diddle Arena as a home venue. But at this point, nothing is certain. “Right now we’re in talks with Western Kentucky, we’d like to have it at a college because we’re looking for a big turnout,” said Smith, who is the former owner of the North American Football League’s Memphis Panthers. “Whenever teams come in from out of town they tend to bring in big crowds and we’re hoping that works.” However, WKU athletic director Wood Selig said Wednesday that a reporter’s question was the first time Selig had heard of a possible ABA franchise in Bowling Green. Selig said he was not aware of any current talks about using Diddle Arena as a venue for the Mavericks. Newman said the team will most likely be placed in a south-central division, taking on teams in both Knoxville and Nashville, as well as possibly St. Louis, Winston-Salem, N.C., and perhaps a few games in Georgia. Smith said he has high hopes for the franchise. While he admits the early going might be tough, he envisions eventual success. “For the first year, I want to do well, I really do - but it takes time to put the right people in the right positions and to do the right things. It’s going to be a tough road, but in a year or two I think we’ll be fine,” Smith said. Smith said a there’s even a chance a future NBA player might get his start with the Kentucky Mavericks. “At every game there is an NBA scout,” he said. “And, hey, you never know, somebody might get lucky and we’ll have an NBA player come out of Bowling Green.” |
| Gordon's always played with big boys Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:04:00 EST The executive director of the Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center in Indianapolis was approached by his sports director with a unique inquiry. A precocious youngster wanted to play in a basketball league with older players, a request Jaffee, head of the JCC since 1984, hadn't heard before or since. |
| UK's Crawford an NBA winner Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:45:00 EST I've studied the videotape, crunched the statistics and settled upon five reasons why former University of Kentucky guard Joe Crawford looks like a value pick in the second round of the NBA draft tonight. |
| Cardinals' Radzionau will swim in Beijing Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:53:00 EST University of Louisville swimmer Andrei Radzionau will swim in the Beijing Olympics for his native Belarus after he set a national record in the 50-meter freestyle last weekend. |
| Cooler, hotter Wigger back in Women's Open Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:19:00 EST Leah Wigger, the 23-year-old Louisville golfer who picked up her first five-figure paycheck a couple of months ago, will tee off in the U.S. Women's Open this afternoon in Edina, Minn. |
| Four former champs reach quarterfinals Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:54:00 EST The first two rounds of match play at the Women's Kentucky State Amateur golf championship have set up some interesting dynamics for today's championship flight quarterfinals. |
| Dutrow suspended 15 days over meds Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:20:00 EST Rick Dutrow, the controversial Kentucky Derby-winning trainer, is facing a 15-day suspension after one of his horses that raced on Kentucky Oaks Day was found in violation of state medication rules. |
| Super Hi-5 payoff: $107,647 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:55:00 EST Palm Princess held off Miss Causeway to score a head victory in yesterday's $42,070 feature for fillies and mares 3 years old and up at Churchill Downs and key a track-record $107,647 Super Hi-5 payoff. |
| Rochester rattles Pettyjohn early as Bats fall 10-8 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:55:00 EST Louisville Bats starting pitcher Adam Pettyjohn regressed from arguably his best outing of the season to easily his worst. |
| Reds edge Toronto 6-5 on Bruce RBI in 10th Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:55:00 EST Jay Bruce figured bunting for a base hit might shake him out of a slump. Six innings later, a fly ball worked much better. |
| Stremme hopes success leads him back to Cup Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:55:00 EST David Stremme decided the only way to rebuild his racing reputation was to throw his career into reverse. |
| Churchill Downs Entries Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:56:00 EST |
| Churchill Downs Results Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:57:00 EST |
| PREP BASEBALL: Elizabethtown upends Central Hardin Thu, 1 May 2008 23:03:08 -0500 ELIZABETHTOWN What a difference two weeks can make. |
| PREP BASEBALL: John Hardin sweeps North Hardin Thu, 1 May 2008 23:03:06 -0500 RADCLIFF It’s been said that hitting is contagious and the John Hardin Bulldogs certainly had a bad case of it spread through the team Thursday night. |
| PREP SOFTBALL: Krupinski, Central Hardin shut out John Hardin Thu, 1 May 2008 23:03:06 -0500 CECILIA Having been shut out in their previous two games, the Central Hardin Lady Bruins were in a little bit of a funk. |
| PREP SOFTBALL/BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Lady Panthers fall; Mayfield moves to 7-1 Thu, 1 May 2008 23:03:07 -0500 The slumping Elizabethtown Lady Panthers lost for the 10th time in 13 games, falling to visiting Warren Central on Thursday, 3-1. |
| BOYS'/GIRLS' PREP TENNIS RESULTS: Thursday's Matches Thu, 1 May 2008 23:03:07 -0500 Results from Thursday's area high school tennis matches: |
| Roddick ousted; Nadal moves on at Wimbledon Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:09 EDT Two-time runner-up Rafael Nadal came from behind to win his second-round match, while another two-time finalist, Andy Roddick, was a stunning loser Thursday at Wimbledon. Dangerous Janko Tipsarevic proved to be just that on Day 4, as the 40th-ranked Serbian shocked a sixth-seeded Roddick in four sets, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) on the famed Centre Court at the All England Club. With Roddick's untimely exit, the men's draw has already lost four of its top-seven seeds, as No. 3 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko and No. 7 David Nalbandian were all shown the door over the first three days of this fortnight. Already trailing two-sets-to-one, Roddick blew some set-point opportunities in the fourth set, leading 5-4 at the time. Tipsarevic would manage a key hold of serve, and the second tiebreak of the match would follow soon thereafter. In the fourth-set tiebreak, Tipsarevic ripped a backhand winner for a 4-2 lead and scalded another backhand winner for a 5-4 edge, setting the stage for his very big win. Tipsarevic went up 6-4 when Roddick netted a sloppy backhand, and the Serb sealed the deal with an unreturnable serve on his first match point of the evening. |
| Lexington's Gay top attraction at Olympic Trials Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:12 EDT All eyes will be on a Lexington native son at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field. A bit of advice: Don't blink. You might miss him. The Trials begin Friday at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., concluding July 6. The main attraction is Lexington's Tyson Gay. |
| Four out-of-state players commit to Cats Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:24 EDT Football camp season is generally when high school prospects start to commit to colleges. And now that the University of Kentucky has completed its camps, the commitments have started rolling in. The Wildcats have received four commitments from prospects in the past couple of days, including a set of brothers from Louisiana. Jarvis and Myron Walker, seniors-to-be at Archbishop Rummel High in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, told the UK staff that they plan on signing with the Wildcats in February. Jarvis is a 6-foot-2, 202-pound linebacker, while Myron is a 5-foot-10, 264-pound defensive tackle. Both Walkers are listed as three-star prospects by Rivals.com. |
| Trainer Asmussen notified of drug violation Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:52 EDT Steve Asmussen, trainer of reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, was notified by the Texas Racing Commission on Thursday morning that the filly Timber Trick in his barn tested positive for the presence of the anesthetic lidocaine after winning a maiden race at Lone Star Park on May 10. Texas has a zero-tolerance standard for performance-enhancing medications, meaning the presence in a post-race sample of any prohibited substance is considered a violation. Asmussen's New York-based attorney, Karen Murphy, said the Texas Racing Commission would not quantify the level of medication found in the filly's system. .We requested our sample to have a quantification, and that was denied to us without any further explanation,. Murphy said Thursday. .There has to be a context for it, otherwise you don't know anything and what might have happened. Lidocaine is a very common medication found in numerous over-the-counter products. .We're trying to find out the circumstances of what went on because ... this is extremely important for our industry and it's extremely important to Mr. Asmussen.. |
| U of L defensive lineman gives up football Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:14 EDT University of Louisville defensive tackle Aundre Henderson has decided that he no longer wants to play college football, the school announced Thursday in a press release. "Aundre has decided not to play college football anymore," said UofL Coach Steve Kragthorpe. "He has given up his scholarship, but will not be transferring to another institution. He will continue his education at U of L, and I wish him nothing but the best." Henderson, who attended Manual High School, played in four games last season, recording three tackles. |
| Are the Legends recession resistant? Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:37 EDT On the field, the Lexington Legends are, shall we say, struggling. First half, the Legends won 21 and lost 48, the worst record in the South Atlantic League. Second half, after Wednesday's 2-1 loss to visiting Kannapolis, the Legends are 1-6. But off the field, at the turnstiles, in line at the concession stands, things are not so grim. |
| Rajon Rondo sets up camp in Lexington Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:38 EDT There once was a time when Rajon Rondo could barely stay on the court much less imagine competing for an NBA championship. Speaking in front of about 200 kids at his week-long Rondo Camp at the Kentucky Basketball Academy on Wednesday, the former University of Kentucky standout told aspiring basketball stars that he was suspended .about 15 times. during his freshman year in high school. Early in Rondo's career at Eastern High School in Louisville, he continually butted heads with Coach Doug Bibby. There were times that Rondo just wanted to go back to his childhood dream of playing football. |
| Several with state ties hold breath on draft day Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:38 EDT A handful of basketball players with Kentucky ties will have their eyes on the NBA Draft Thursday night. They likely will have to watch every last minute of coverage on ESPN, especially former Kentucky guards Joe Crawford and Ramel Bradley. Neither is expected to get picked until late in the draft, if at all. Most major mock drafts haven't included Crawford or Bradley in their latest versions, leaving both in a cloud of uncertainty heading into Thursday night's draft. Western Kentucky's Courtney Lee is expected go somewhere in the mid- to late-first round. |
| Fresno wins College World Series Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:02 EDT OMAHA, Neb. . Fresno State was smashing in its final performance as college baseball's team of destiny, winning a championship that would have been impossible to predict. With Steve Detwiler providing all the offense Justin Wilson needed, the Bulldogs captured their first national championship in a men's sport with a 6-1 victory over Georgia in Game 3 of the College World Series finals Wednesday night. Detwiler homered twice and drove in all six runs, and Wilson allowed five hits in eight innings to cap Fresno State's wild ride to a title. Fresno State was forecast to be a Top 25 team coming into the season, but the Bulldogs lost 12 of their first 20 games. They needed to win the Western Athletic Conference tournament just to make the NCAA field of 64, fought off elimination in regionals and super regionals, and became the first No. 4 regional seed to reach the CWS since the tournament expanded in 1999. |
| Bruce, Griffey lead Reds past Jays in 10 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:57 EDT Jay Bruce drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Ken Griffey hit his 602nd career home run and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Wednesday night. Toronto reliever Brian Wolfe (0-2) began the 10th by walking Norris Hopper and Paul Janish and both runners advanced when David Ross sacrificed. Left-hander Jesse Carlson came on to face the left-handed Bruce, who hung in against the tough southpaw to loft a fly ball to left that easily produced a run. Jared Burton (4-1) worked two scoreless innings for the win and Francisco Cordero closed it out for his 15th save as the Reds won for just the third time in 10 games. Toronto dropped to 2-3 under new manager Cito Gaston. The Blue Jays are 6-15 in June and 3-7 in extra-inning games. Griffey opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first, his ninth of the season. |
| Venus Williams struggles but wins at Wimbledon Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:45 EDT After a marathon first set lasting longer than many of her matches, defending champion Venus Williams overcame another erratic performance and pulled away to beat Britain's Anne Keothavong 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday and reach the third round of Wimbledon. For the second straight match, the four-time champion faced a modest British opponent in the opening contest on Centre Court and was tested to the limit in the first set. The pattern and result were almost identical from her 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Naomi Cavaday on Tuesday. The first set alone lasted 1 hour, 9 minutes as Williams struggled to take command against a determined 92nd-ranked player who came into the tournament with only one win at Wimbledon in seven attempts. "I lost a little bit of focus but got it back thankfully," the American said. In men's play, second-seeded Rafael Nadal rallied to beat 19-year-old Latvian star Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Court 1 as he continued his bid of becoming the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. |
| Kendrick pitches Phillies past A's Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:33 EDT Kyle Kendrick pitched eight strong innings, allowing just four hits in the longest start of his career, to help the Philadelphia Phillies end a season-long six-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Chase Utley, batting second for the first time this season, snapped out of a slump with a 4-for-5 performance as the first-place Phillies finally gained ground in the NL East for the first time in nearly two weeks. Chris Coste drove in a pair of runs for the Phillies and Pedro Feliz and Pat Burrell each had an RBI. Kendrick (7-3) didn't allow a hit until Jack Hannahan's ground-rule double in the fifth. The right-hander retired 13 of the first 14 batters; 11 in a row after walking Jack Cust in the first inning. He walked one and struck out four. J.C. Romero pitched the ninth to preserve the win for Kendrick, who gave up a season-high six runs in three innings in his last start and had allowed six of his 11 home runs in his previous four starts. |
| Greg Maddux's winless streak reaches 9 games Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:28 EDT Greg Maddux's winless streak reached nine starts, the second-longest drought of his brilliant career, when the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 9-3 Wednesday night for their eighth straight victory. Brendan Harris hit his second go-ahead homer in two nights, a two-run shot, and Maddux (3-6) squandered an early 3-0 lead. Pinch-hitter Craig Monroe added a two-run drive for the Twins and Carlos Gomez had three hits. Justin Morneau went 0-for-4 with a walk, ending his 12-game hitting streak. The Twins are last in the majors with 50 homers yet have hit four in two games at spacious Petco Park. Minnesota's entire winning streak has come against NL teams. San Diego has lost four in a row and nine of 11. Maddux's longest winless stretch is 13 starts from May 11 to July 14, 1990, with the Chicago Cubs. |
| Stults shuts out White Sox in Dodgers' 5-0 win Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53 EDT Eric Stults pitched his first career complete game and capped a three-run fourth inning with a sacrifice fly, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-0 victory over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Stults (2-0) scattered four hits, struck out three and walked one. The 28-year-old left-hander, a 15th-round draft pick in 2002, was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on June 17 when Brad Penny went on the disabled list with a sore shoulder. Stults beat Cincinnati 7-4 last Thursday in his season debut after taking a shutout into the seventh. Stults threw 116 pitches. The Dodgers' only other complete game this season was on June 6, when Hiroki Kuroda beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 with a four-hitter. Kuroda has been sidelined since June 13 because of tendinitis in his shoulder. Gavin Floyd (8-4) gave up five runs - four earned - and six hits over 5 1-3 innings after going 4-0 in his previous five starts. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 10.50 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers, including two with Philadelphia in 2006. Floyd, who gave up six unearned runs in the second inning of last Thursday's 13-8 loss against Pittsburgh after a throwing error by third baseman Pablo Ozuna, gave up another unearned run during the Dodgers' two-run first. |
| Ramirez leads Rangers over Astros with 1st homer Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:33 EDT Max Ramirez got his first two major league hits and the second one - a two-run homer - gave the Texas Rangers a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. On the other side, it was a lost night for the Astros. Before the game, pitcher Shawn Chacon was indefinitely suspended after he reportedly grabbed Houston general manager Ed Wade by the neck and threw him to the ground. Then in the ninth inning, Miguel Tejada grounded out with the bases loaded to end it. In his second major league game after being recalled from Double-A Frisco on Saturday, Ramirez hit a single in the second inning. In the fourth, his two-run homer to center field put the Rangers ahead 3-2. Ramirez was 0-for-3 in his big league debut on Sunday after hitting .363 with 17 homers and 50 RBIs for Frisco this season. He made his first start at catcher for the banged-up Rangers, having played first base in his earlier game. |
| Sharks re-sign Roenick, Pavelski and Boucher Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53 EDT The San Jose Sharks got off to a head start on their offseason moves, re-signing forwards Jeremy Roenick and Joe Pavelski and backup goaltender Brian Boucher on Wednesday, six days before the start of the free-agency period. Roenick and Boucher, who each received a one-year contract, would have become unrestricted free agents on July 1. Pavelski, who would have been a restricted free agent, got a two-year deal from the Sharks. General manager Doug Wilson believes Pavelski showed only a glimpse of what he can do in the NHL during a strong stretch run and postseason that capped a successful second year in the league. Pavelski had 19 goals and 21 assists in 82 regular-season games. He was at his best late in the season, recording 15 points in his final 18 games. "He's a big-time player," Wilson said. "We think he's right on path. I'm not going to limit expectations on him. I think he can be a heck of a player in this league. ... He wants the puck on the stick when the game's on the line." Pavelski continued that high level of play in the postseason, tying for the team lead with five goals and adding four assists before the Sharks got knocked out by Dallas in six games in the second round of the playoffs. |
| Aaron joins Boone family club with 1,000th hit Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:08 EDT Aaron Boone became the fourth member of his family to get 1,000 hits in the majors, reaching the milestone Wednesday night in Washington's 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Boone hit the mark with an infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning. He joined grandfather Ray (1,260), father Bob (1,838) and brother Bret (1,775) in the achievement. Boone became the 1,171st player in major league history to get at least 1,000 career hits. |
| Agent: Bonds won't play in minors to spur interest Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:57 EDT Barry Bonds has no desire to play for an independent minor league team in an effort to spur interest among major league clubs. The indicted career home run leader remains unsigned, even though he batted .276 last season with 28 homers, 66 RBIs and a major league-leading 132 walks. Just last week, outfielder Jay Gibbons agreed Monday to a contract with the minor league Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. Gibbons failed to receive a major league offer after Baltimore released him near the end of spring training. "He has nothing to prove there," Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, said Wednesday. "He doesn't need to go to an independent team and hit two home runs a night hoping to get attention to prove that he still has the skills that would warrant him playing at the major league level. His performance in 2007 demonstrates that he's capable of playing at the major league level for the 2008 season." The players' association expressed concern to the commissioner's office last month over the lack of offers to Bonds and asked for additional information about the offseason's free-agent market. The union, which hasn't filed a collusion grievance, is still investigating, general counsel Michael Weiner said this week. The commissioner's office maintains that each team has acted independently and that there has not been a concerted effort against Bonds. |
| Fresno State forces Game 3 in CWS Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:19 EDT Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing. After spotting Georgia a five-run lead in the third inning, Fresno State struck for 15 runs over the next three innings for a 19-10 victory in Game 2 of the College World Series finals. Tommy Mendonca put Fresno State in front with his record-tying fourth home run of the CWS in his team's six-run third inning. The Bulldogs from Fresno State (46-31) and Bulldogs from Georgia (45-24-1) will meet in Game 3 on Wednesday night to determine college baseball's top dog. Fresno State scored five runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to trip up a Georgia team that appeared on the verge of sweeping through the CWS to its second national title and first since 1990. |
| Royals win 5th in row, move to 12-3 in interleague Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:03 EDT Luke Hochevar pitched a career-high eight innings, Ross Gload drove in two runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. The last-place Royals swept the series and improved the majors' best interleague record to 12-3. Kansas City has won 10 of 11, all against National League teams. Hochevar (5-5), born in Colorado and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft, held the Rockies to two runs and seven hits. After he gave up a two-out double to Todd Helton in the third, Hochevar retired the next 10 batters before Brad Hawpe homered to leadoff the seventh. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth for his 21st save in 22 opportunities. |
| Chamberlain dominant as Yankees rout Pirates 10-0 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:38 EDT Joba Chamberlain was dominant in his first major league win as a starter and the New York Yankees bounced back from one of their worst losses of the season, routing the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0 Wednesday night. Derek Jeter went 3-for-3 and scored three runs, Bobby Abreu had a three-run homer among his three hits and Robinson Cano added a solo shot as the Yankees got 16 hits to shake off a 12-5 loss Tuesday that prompted manager Joe Girardi to say they "stunk." The Yankees, winning their ninth in 12 games, were helped by two throwing errors by normally reliable Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson while taking a 3-0 lead in the third against Zach Duke (4-5). Abreu and Cano both went deep in a four-run sixth against reliever T.J. Beam. Not that Chamberlain (2-2) needed much help while winning for the first time in five career starts. He regularly hit 99 mph on the radar gun while striking out seven and walking one in 6 2-3 innings. He threw 114 pitches. Chamberlain has a 2.03 ERA since making his first start June 3 - and the Yankees are 4-1 when he starts - but he didn't get a decision in any of his first four starts. He has allowed only two runs in his last 18 1-3 innings. |
| Rays' 10-run 5th fuels easy 15-3 win over Marlins Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:28 EDT Carl Crawford had two home runs and a career-high five RBIs, and the first nine Tampa Bay batters reached and scored in what became a 10-run fifth inning in the Rays' 15-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. Evan Longoria had three hits, including his 13th homer, and drove in three runs for the Rays, who came within one run of matching the biggest inning in franchise history. James Shields (5-5) allowed four hits, one run and struck out five over seven innings, getting his first win in eight starts for the Rays, who beat Florida for the second straight night and clinched the season series against their Sunshine State rival. Ben Zobrist also homered for Tampa Bay, which remained one game behind Boston in the AL East. Mike Jacobs hit his 18th home run and Dan Uggla notched his 58th RBI for Florida, which has lost eight of its last 12 games. Jeremy Hermida and Uggla each finished with two hits, and Matt Treanor scored in the ninth on the Rays' fourth error of the game, when second baseman Akinori Iwamura threw wide of first. |
| Flores' RBI in 9th ends Nats' losing skid at 4 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:18 EDT Jesus Flores lined an RBI single to right-center with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday. The Nationals snapped a four-game losing streak and ended the Angels' five-game winning streak. The injury-riddled Nationals, who have seven players on the disabled list, had lost seven of eight and blew a two-run lead late against the Angels. But Elijah Dukes began the ninth with a single to center off Scot Shields (3-2) and moved to second when Lastings Milledge grounded to third. Flores, who had been 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, then lined a shot that scored Dukes easily. Closer Jon Rauch (4-1) threw 1 2-3 scoreless innings and got the victory. He retired all five batters he faced. |
| O'Neal confirms Pacers sending him to Raptors Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:14 EDT The Indiana Pacers are trading six-time All-Star forward Jermaine O'Neal to the Toronto Raptors for point guard T.J. Ford, center Rasho Nesterovic, the 17th pick in the draft and a player to be determined. O'Neal confirmed the trade Thursday, saying he was pleased with the move by team president Larry Bird. "He wanted to get me to a place where I could contend and do what I'm capable of doing," O'Neal told The Associated Press. "We both agreed that the timing was perfect. His focus on getting them (the Pacers) to a level where they can grow and start to be competitive was tremendous." Pacers spokesman David Benner said he could not confirm the trade. "We're stuck in our role here, the players can say whatever they want, we can't say anything," Benner said. |
| Ji Young Oh jumps to Open lead, as Ochoa saves par Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:04 EDT Korean Ji Young Oh surged to a two-stroke lead Thursday in the first round of the U.S. Women's Open, using seven birdies to shoot a 6-under 67 in dry and calm conditions at Interlachen Country Club. Louise Friberg was tied for second with a 69 when she just missed a birdie on No. 9 after her putt skimmed the left side of the cup on the tricky, sloped green. The Swede was tied with Colombian amateur Maria Jose Uribe. Laura Davies, who last won this event in 1987, formed a three-way tie for fourth at 70. Yani Tseng, who won the McDonald's LPGA Championship, was in a bigger group at 71. Lorena Ochoa struggled to a 73, turning in three birdies over the final five holes after playing the first 13 without one. Michelle Wie imploded on No. 9, taking a quintuple-bogey 9 on her way to an 81. Uribe was one of the stars of this sunny day, walking the long course featuring the most total yardage in tournament history with defending champion Cristie Kerr and Ochoa, the world's No. 1 woman golfer. |
| Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53 EDT Go first, and go home to Chicago. Fall to No. 2, and land in the Miami backcourt alongside Dwyane Wade. Either one sounds good to Derrick Rose. "I'm in like a win-win situation," Rose said Wednesday. So are his hometown Bulls. Chicago has the No. 1 pick in Thursday's NBA draft and can choose between Rose, the point guard from Memphis, and Michael Beasley, the power forward who put up huge numbers in his one season at Kansas State. |
| Astros' Chacon reportedly throws GM to ground Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:23 EDT Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Chacon, upset after getting demoted to the bullpen over the weekend, told the Houston Chronicle this problem began when Wade saw him in the dining room before the game against Texas. Wade wanted to meet with Chacon in manager Cecil Cooper's office, the pitcher said. "I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, 'You need to come with me to the office,'" Chacon said. "I said, 'For what?' I said, 'I don't want to go to the office with you and Cooper.' And I said, 'You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.' He's like, 'Oh, you want me to tell you right here?' And I said, 'Yeah.' I'm not yelling. I'm calm." Chacon said things went downhill from there. "He started yelling and cussing," Chacon said of Wade, according to a story on the Chronicle's Web site. "I'm sitting there and I said to him very calmly, 'Ed, you need to stop yelling at me. Then I stood up and said, 'You better stop yelling at me.' I stood up. He continued and was basically yelling." |
| Mediate makes the most of his brush with Tiger Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:43 EDT Rocco Mediate was told a story about how a father and his 3-year-old daughter were riveted to the U.S. Open, walking from "Dora the Explorer" to watch the 72nd hole when Tiger Woods made a putt to force a playoff. "I think that's so cool," Mediate said. Before playing in the first round of the Buick Open on Thursday, Mediate took a look back at his memorable matchup with Woods that attracted millions of viewers from coast to coast. "The amazing thing is how many people said, 'My mother or my father who never watches golf couldn't take his eyes off the television,'" he said. "Obviously wasn't because of me, it was because of Tiger. But it was because of the match it turned into. "I heard hundreds of stories like that." |
| Sheffield's single gives Tigers 8-7 win over Cards Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:43 EDT Gary Sheffield's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Detroit Tigers an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night in a game that included a nearly 2 1/2-hour rain delay. Sheffield, who came off the disabled list Tuesday, and Carlos Guillen each had four hits for Detroit. Rick Ankiel hit two homers and drove in three runs, and Skip Schumaker also homered for St. Louis. Clete Thomas led off the ninth with a double off the left-field wall. Sheffield then lined Kyle McClellan's 3-2 pitch into right-center to score Thomas. Todd Jones (3-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the win. McClellan (0-3) took the loss. |
| Murphy needs transplant to live Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:03 EDT NEWPORT . Kentucky's first-ever Miss Basketball is fighting for her life in an intensive care unit, hoping for a liver transplant. Donna Murphy, a pioneer of girls' basketball in Kentucky and a former girls' basketball coach at Lexington Christian, was hospitalized in Cincinnati this weekend. After collapsing this weekend while visiting family, Murphy was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, a rare form of hepatitis that attacks liver cells, the Kentucky Enquirer reported on its Web site Wednesday night. |
| Scoreboard Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11 EDT Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS. Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Langwell and 1B Nate Recknagel. |
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