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Show DAILY C2 Briefing Baseball Minor-Leagu- e HERALD TODAY TODAY Pioneer League Orem at Idaho Falls PCL Tacoma at Salt Lake 7 p.m. 700 AM 7 p.m. ON THE AIR Ivan Contreras blasted a IDAHO FALLS, Idaho two-ou- t, d triple in the fourth inning to rally and help the Orem Owlz to an ignite a four-ru- n Falls in Pioneer League action Idaho over victory Friday in Idaho Falls. Donato Giovanatto had four of the Owlz's 12 hits lead and also drove in three runs as Orem took a in the top of the second and Idaho Falls could never bases-loade- 8-- 2 2-- 0 recover. Angel Castillo had three hits, drove in one run and scored twice to help the Owlz. Jayson Miller earned the win on the mound, going six innings, giving up five hits, no earned runs and striking out one. Francis Cabrera and Reyes Dorado combined for two-hi- t relief with two strikeouts. 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Yankees 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 FOX Swimming Jaromir Jagr signed with a Russian MOSCOW team a day after his split with the New York Rangers, leaving the NHL after nearly two decades and returning to the club he joined during the 2004-05 lockout. The Russian League team Avangard Omsk anCzech winger nounced the signing of the on its Web site Friday. "It was the toughest decision in my life, hockey-wis... No question about it. I hate making changes," Jagr told The Canadian Press. Jagr's agent, Pat Brisson, confirmed the signing in He and Jagr, as well the team, wouldn't an comment on contract terms. However, the deal is believed to be for two years plus an option for a third, and will pay Jagr about $7 million tax free, the equivalent of about $11 million a season in the NHL. "It was a very difficult but personal decision to make in light of the many NHL teams interested in his services," Brisson said. "He is grateful to the NHL and especially the Rangers in recent years." Jagr enjoyed his experience in Omsk during the U.S. Olympic Trials 6 p.m. NBC Wimbledon Tennis Women's final Track and Field 7 a.m. NBC U.S. Olympic Trials 3 p.m. NBC auto Racing j not hurt SILVER STONE, England Formula One points leader Felipe Massa spun off the track and hit a wall during Friday's practice for the British Grand Prix, but only after setting the fastest time in his Radio Ferrari. one-yea- Pioneer League Baseball Orem at Idaho Falls 7 p.m. 1 "I'm thankful for the three years I had in New York," Jagr said. "They were great years. I understand that I'm older and the team decided to go in a different direction because they couldn't get the deal done." If Jagr had reached 84 points or won a major NHL award this season, his expiring contract would have been automatically extended for one year. He just missed being league MVP two years ago when he was the runner-u- p after breaking Rangers records for goals (54) and points (123) in a season. Bon Jovi's Soul hallway to AFL title Continued from CI ; 1 Dan Gelston The Soul won their first nine games and the Eastern Division title, earning a bye and Without home-fiel- d VOORHEES, N.J. advantage throughout the playoffs. Matt D'Orazio plucking a guitar or writing infectious lyrics for a generathrew for 3,331 yards and 72 touchdowns (with only four intion of fans to memorize, Jon Bon Jovi has scored himself terceptions), and lineman Gabe another No. 1 hit. Nyenhuis set a team record with 9.5 sacks. Wide receiver The rocker and his band already have a Grammy, video Chris "Money" Jackson was second in the league in recepmusic awards and a slew of JerNow tions (140) and yards (1,719) smashes. 40 the top and had 49 touchdowns. sey native and Philadelphia "I think Chris has been the has something Soul MVP of the league," said Soul new to put on his lengthy list of career accomplishments: the coach Bret Munsey. Jackson has posted big numbest regular season team in the bers even with the Soul forced Arena Football League. The Soul ( start their bid to use two quarterbacks. for an ArenaBowl championTony Graziani wasn't ready to go after injuries cost him ship tonight in the playoffs most of the season, so D'Orazio against the New York Dragthe offensive player of the ons. The Soul believe they have the team to beat and can game for Chicago in ArenaBowl XX title end Philadelphia's gets the nod against the Dragons. For the drought. rest of the playoffs, the quar"There's absolutely no terback will be decided on a question that myself and that people that have lived in this "game by game" basis, Muntown for the past 25 years sey said. want a championship," said "Tony's played well, he's Soul president Ron Jaworski, done a lot of great things and the former Philadelphia Eagles I've always brought him back quarterback. "They don't care as our starter," Munsey said. "The difference this time is what sport it is. It would be a story. Philadelphia's Tony's had no practice time a city that's been beaten down and hasn't played in games in the last 25 years." practices in four of five weeks and I can't afford to do that." Not this season, at least not The Soul beat the Dragons in the wild and wacky AFL, 6242 in the third game of the where nightly score recaps in the last season and sound more like temperatures in a five-daforecast. game of the year. THE pre-gam- ' j ... r n . ..... f A -- vt I ' ASSOCIATED PRESS 13-- JEFF ROBERSONAssociated Press St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols points skyward as he touches home after hitting his 300th career home run during the eighth inning Friday in St. Louis. -- (9-3- 22nd save in 26 chances, and 12th in a row. Looper ) gave up only four other hits, and one other runner got into scoring position against him. He threw 120 pitches in seven innings. "Unfortunately, their guy just did a little better," Looper said. "Those two mistakes really hurt me." skid with his Fukudome snapped a first homer since June 24. Soto's 14 homers are the most by a Cubs rookie since Rafael Palmeiro also hit 14 in 1987. Pujols added an infield hit in the sixth after slump over the first four entering in a homestand. Aaron games of a seven-gam- e Miles was hitting ending a streak during which he batted .400. (9-6- 0-- 2 lis A (3 y V ' The Brazilian, who leads the Formula One standings by two points, climbed out of his car a few minutes after the crash and did not appear to be hurt. He already had posted the fastest time in the first practice of minute, 19.575 seconds when he spun on some oil at the end of the fastest straight of the Silver-ston- e circuit. His car spun 180 degrees and went into the safety wall backward, damaging the rear. With Massa unable to continue, his rivals resumed chasing his time. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was closest in his final lap just before the session ended, leading Massa's time at the first two intermediate timings but crossing the finish line 0.012 slower. McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton was third, 0.048 behind. Massa's time held up in the second practice session, when he returned for 17 laps and placed eighth, 0.954 slower than Kovalainen, who was fastest with a 1:19.989. Another round of practice will be staged today and followed by qualifying for Sunday's race. Also Friday, FIA president Max Mosley and Formula One Manufacturers boss Bernie Ecclestone announced that the British GP was moving from Silverstone to Donington Park in 2010. AM was probably the biggest offer I got. It was a great offer, to be honest with you." Jagr had long been reported to be considering lucrative offers from Russia. Rangers general manager Glen Sather grew impatient waiting for serious negotiations with Jagr's side and went in another direction Thursday, signing former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund and making Jagr's return unlikely. Cubs days, beating Hall of Famer Mel Ott by one day. Alex Rodriguez is the youngest to 300 homers at 27 years, 249 days. "What milestone? It's 300 homers," Pujols said. "I don't play for records, I play to help my team win." Edmonds' first game in St. Louis as an ope discussions, posing player dominated especially after St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said he'd ignore him rather than applaud or boo. La Russa was miffed about Edmonds' recent comments that he was happy to be with the Cubs and tired of talking about his past, and Edmonds said he ducked him before the game. "He ran inside," Edmonds said. "That's his choice. He did what he wanted to do and I'm over it." Edmonds, who got a prolonged ovation with three before his first at bat, was Busch Stadium, which strikeouts in he's never liked. "I haven't struck out three times in a while," Edmonds said. "I couldn't hit here when they built it, and I still can't." As the game progressed, fans in a sellout crowd of 46,450 were more vocal booing during Zambrano's at bats. The pitcher singled in the third and is batting .360. Making his first start since June 18, Zambra-n- o ) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five. The Cardinals had two men on in the second and sixth, the best shot coming in the sixth with their Nos. 5 and 6 hitters coming up and one out. But Troy Glaus fouled out and Chris Duncan grounded into a force play to end the threat. with a 5.75 Zambrano, who had been ERA in his previous three starts, was pulled limit. three pitches shy of a "I felt strong enough to throw one or two more innings, but I appreciate the way they took the situation," Zambrano said. "We have a good bullpen and we let the bullpen do the job." Neil Cotts struck out Rick Ankiel for the last out of the eighth and Kerry Wood, pitching with a riverfront fireworks display as a backdrop, gave up a hit in the ninth before finishing for his 700 V Wt ( i "41. 25-ye- feel-goo- d 59-3- 0 y am n id f. V K ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. Al- though Dan Boyle felt betrayed when the Tampa Bay Lightning decided to trade him, the standout defense-ma- n is feeling much better about it after landing with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks acquired Boyle from Tampa Bay in a deal Friday, trading defenseman Matt Carle and top prospect Ty Wishart to the Lightning to add their second star defenseman in two days. The Sharks also picked up veteran defenseman Brad Lukowich, one of Boyle's closest friends, while giving up a first round pick in 2009 choice and a fourth-roun- d in 2010. San Jose then made room for its new talent and replenished its draft stock by trading defenseman Craig Rivet to Buffalo for two seconfour-play- er -- d-round Massa crashes in British GP practice, is e. lockout. "Don't forget I'm from Europe," Jagr told the CP. "Russia is nothing new for me. It's close to the Czech Republic. It would be different for American or Canadian players. But for me, I enjoy it. The people love hockey and I had a great time out there." Pittsburgh, Edmonton and the Rangers are believed to have had the most interest in Jagr. All ofr deals. fered "I want to thank all the teams that still believed in me and still made an offer," Jagr said. "Edmonton Greg Beacham THE Abe Thompson scored in the FRISCO, Texas 91st minute to help FC Dallas tie the Kansas City on Friday night. Wizards Thompson, who entered the game as a substitute for forward Dominic Oduro in the second half, scored his second goal of the season on a header from 7 yards away. Eric Avila setup the score with a crossing pass from 25 yards away on the left side to Thompson who angled a header into the right corner of the net. Scott Sealy's second goal of the year in the 39th minute snapped a span where no Kansas City player had scored a goal. Sealy took a pass from Claudio Lopez and dribbled a few steps past FC Dallas defender Drew Moor before firing a Wizshot from 15 yards away for a ards' lead. The last Wizard to score was Lopez in the 40th minute against Los Angeles on May 24th. Kansas streak came City's only score during the off of an own goal in the 89th minute of a win against Real Salt Lake on June 28th. FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman is still looking for his first MLS win since taking over on June 17, Hyndman is FC Dallas had a goal disallowed after Kenny Cooper was ruled offsides in the 78th minute. Cycling m Sharks grab - SOCCER Owtz run past Idaho Falls h?wr Saturday. July 5, 2008 picks. San Jose lost defenseman Brian Campbell to Chicago on Tuesday in a lavish free-agedeal, but the Sharks quickly compensated by adding three proven winners to their blue line. After signing longtime Los Angeles Kings bruiser Rob Blake to a $5 million free-age- contract Thursday, the Sharks fought off several suitors to land Boyle, one of g the NHL's top puck-movin- defensemen. "It's pretty rare when a player like Dan becomes available," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said. "He's one of the elite players in this league. He's won a Stanley Cup. ... He'll be the quarterback of our power play for a long time." Boyle, who turns 32 next weekend, went on a premature honeymoon to Hawaii shortly after the Lightning's awful season ended. He got married just two weeks ago, never realizing he was about to change teams after signing a $40 million deal with Tampa Bay in February. The Lightning's new ownership group was eager to rid itself of Boyle's large contract, but he only found out this week after flying home for Canada Day festivities. "I don't have the nicest things to say about what happened, but I don't want to dwell on this," Boyle said in a phone interview from his Ontario cottage. "I was misled and disrespected, and it was really not the right way to do a lot of things. I don't have anything good to say about how all this went down." Boyle, who had a clause in his deal, looked at several possible destinations and quickly chose an Jose, which finished last season with the NHL's second-bes- t regular season record and a Pacific Division title before losing in the playoffs' second six-yea- r, no-tra- round for the third straight season, leading to rookie coach Todd McLellan replac- ing Ron Wilson. "San Jose was obviously the top team I wanted to go to," said Boyle, who has suited up for Canada alongside Sharks stars Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Blake. "The second I hung up with Doug, I just felt good," said Boyle, who also played with San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov in the minors. "I heard Blakie was excited about having me go there, and that just made me feel great. I'm the type of player that's had to prove myself my whole career, and this is just another chapter in my book. I'm just absolutely pumped to prove what I can do. This team is just a couple of pieces away from winning, and hopefully we're the right guys." I cr r' n V World Famous Dutch Oven 9 qt nt one-yea- r, |