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Show M DAILY Thursday, July 17. 2008 HERALD British Open in recent years," R& A chief executive Peter Dawson said. "The forecast seems to be Continued from B 1 moving the wind speeds up Then came the sixth hole, slowly but surely, and I think we're going to have a bit of a severe dogleg to the right breeze for once, which is good at 499 yards that turns toto look forward to." ward the sea. Strieker studied his yardage book, felt the Try telling that to Paul wind blasting into his face, Goydos, who couldnt reach and felt his only chance was the 11th fairway Wednesday to hit driver off the deck. morning. He wasnt the only And he still couldn't reach player who stopped a few the green. yards short of the fairway to search in the wispy rough for "That's what I mean by their tee shots. challenging," Strieker said. Dawson said officials might "The way it's blowing, there's not a lot Of opportunities to play the front of some of the tees, but they would not move make birdies." the markers to forward tees. Hunter Marian, longer off He figures these guys really the tee than Strieker, had to to reach the sixth are good, and a bit of wind rip a never hurt anything. green. "I'm usually answering "I told Hunter that it's a questions about the ball going good thing he transferred to too far," he said. Oklahoma State from USC," The wind might explain said fellow Cowboy alum Scott Verplank. "Because you why there was so little activlearn to keep the ball down in ity on the course or on the the wind. And that's going to practice range on the eve of this championship. This help you this week." The British Open gets under was no time for anyone to be way today at Royal Birkdale searching for a swing key, and there wasn't much to and rarely has it been this wide open. , gain, anyway. "You work on the one shot Woods is out for the rest of the year after reconstrucstraight you might have into the wind at 40 mph," Vertive surgery on his left knee, and Padraig Harrington plank said. The downwind holes presmight have withdrawn with ent their own set of problems. his ailing right wrist if this weren't the British Open and Verplank has moderate length he wasn't the defending cham- at best, and it was rare for him to try to carry a pot bunpion. "I'll be apprehensive hitting ker some 320 yards off the tee with a which is what any shot," Harrington said. he attempted. The betting favorites are And if all that isn't enough Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els, to toy with their minds, playwho have been threats at ers have to wait until the 15th golf's oldest championship most of the decade, with Rose hole before the first par 5. The hole is only 544 yards, but the sentimental favorite as into this wind, Craig Parry he tries to become the first hit driver for his second shot English winner on an English links since Tony Jacklin in simply to stay short of the 1969. greenside bunkers. "This is the toughest golf Rose was a course I've played on the amateur in 1998 when he Open rota," said Masters chipped in for birdie on the final hole to tie for fourth. champion Trevor Immelman, Mark O'Meara won that year who has played five other in a playoff over Brian Watts, links courses in this major. "This is going to be a great after both finished an even-pa- r 280 during a week or rain test this week, especially with some of the weather and wind that might not be that's been forecast. The guy much different. who wins this tournament on The Royal & Ancient sounded delighted by the Sunday is going to be very forecast. deserving of it. "This golf course is going "I think all is set for tomorto give you everything you row for perhaps a windier championship than we've had want." Tiger the big winner at ESPY's 1 Beth Harris ASSOCIATED PRESS ! LOS ANGELES Tiger Woods won three trophies at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night, including his fifth male athlete of the year award, giving him a career-leadin- g 2 1 wins in the show's history Woods surpassed retired cyclist Lance Armstrong for most wins as male athlete. He earned his fourth consecutive ESPY for best golfer and won best championship performance for his playoff victory at the U.S. Open on a bad left knee. Woods is at home in Florida recuperating from last month's knee surgery, caus-in-g him to miss this week's British Open and the rest of the PGA season. Singer Justin Timberlake, an avid golfer and Memphis Tigers fan, hosted the show honoring the year's best sports moments and athletes, which moved this year to the Nokia Theatre downtown. It airs Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN. Timberlake performed an original rock opera that showcased his passion for sports. He repeatedly zinged Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham, who sat in the front row with his wife, Victoria. "Dude, I got to give you props. you made soccer in America this much more popular," Timberlake said, holding his thumb and index finger an inch apart. "I call it soccer because in America we already have a game dudes play called football." The Super Bowl champion New York Giants tied Woods with three victories: best game, best upset and best play, which was David Tyree's leaping catch of quarterback Eli Manning's pass that kept the g drive alive. team's Candace Parker was a double winner, earning female athlete of the year and female college athlete honors. She led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA national championship before becoming the WNBA's No. 1 draft pick and going to the Los Angeles Sparks. Tennis players Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, along with Woods, boxer " Floyd Mayweather Jr., NHL star Sidney Crosby and bowler Norm Duke repeated as winners in their individual sports categories. Like Woods, Federer won his category for the fourth straight year. Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was chosen as comeback of the year, having successfully battled drug addiction to reach the major leagues. Tuesday, Hamilton hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-StHome Run Single-handed- J rr II,. - 0 i J 13 ly !( fl": u A J j I j ) rj I C: game-winnin- O Q CO KEVORK Justin Timberlake hosts Press DJANSEZIANAssociated the 1 6th annual ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Derby. salute on the medals stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The track stars bowed their heads and d fists toward the raised their sky as the national anthem played, an action they said represented the struggle for racial equality but got them kicked out of the games. The Ashe award is given to individuals whose contributions transcend sports. Former Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett was given the Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance, named for the late North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Tommie Smith and John Carlos received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award nearly 40 years after their black power Everett sustained what was thought to be a paralyzing spinal cord injury during black-glove- ar Val-van- the 2007 season opener, but after rehabilitation, he is walking again. The best moment category honored Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky, along with Central Washington's Mallory Holt-ma- n and Liz Wallace, for their sportsmanship during a Division II Softball game. Tucholsky homered, but missed first base and started back to tag it when she collapsed with a knee injury. Holtman and Wallace, her opponents, stunned fans by carrying Tucholsky around the bases so homer would count. fhe three-ru- n Winners in all but the Jimmy V, Arthur Ashe and comeback categories were determined by online fan voting for the fifth consecutive year. FAST FACT On this date in 1994, Scoreboard Brazil won a record fourth World Cup soccer title, taking the first shootout in championship game history over Italy. Source: AP Baseball MLB leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTINS Kinsler, Texas, .337; Morneau, Minnesota, .323; Mauer, Minnesota, .322; Damon, New York, .319; Bradley, Texas, .316; Pedrola, Boston, .314; Youkills, Boston, .314. RUNS Kinsler, Texas, 84; Pedrola, Boston, 67; ISuzukl, Seattle, 63; MIYoung, Texas, 63; JDrew, Boston, 63; Quentln, Chicago, 62; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 62; BRoberts, Baltimore, 62. RBI Hamilton, Texas, 95; Quentln, Chicago, 70: Morneau, Minnesota, 68; JGulllen, Kansas City, 65; Youkills, Boston, 63; DaMurphy, Texas, 60; MRamlrez, Boston, 60. HITS Kinsler, Texas, 134; Pedrola, Boston, 124; ISuzukl, Seattle, 119; Morneau, 'innesnta 118; MIYoung, Texas, 118; H. ,exas, 117; JoLopez, Seattle, 113. DOUBLES Kinsler, Texas, 34; BRoberts, Baltimore, 33; JGuillr, Kansas City, 29; Hiift. d.illimore, 28; Pedrola, Boston. Msrkaklri. Flnlliinore, 26, JoLopez, Seattle. 26: Crosby. Oakland, 26; Ibanez, Seattle, 26. BRobe-- j, TRIPLES Ball 8; AJcnes, Baltimore, 5; Inglet, Toronto. 5; Granderson, Detroit, 5; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 5. HOME RUNS Sizemore, Cleveland, 23; Quentin, Chicago, 22; Hamilton, Texas, 21; Dye, Chicago, 21; Bradley, Texas, 19; New Giambi. New York, 19; ARodrlguez, ?: we. York, 19. STOLEN BASES Ellsbury, Boston, 35; Seattle, 34; Upton. Tampa Bay. 27; BRoberts, Baltimore, 27; Kinsler, Texas, 23; Rios, Toronto, 23; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 23. PITCHING (11 Decisions) Matsuzaka, Boston, .909, 2.65; CLee, Cleveland, .857, 2.31; ESantana, Los Angeles, 11- - 3, .786, 3.34; Sonnanstlne, Tampa Bay, .714, 4.58; Saunders, Los Angeles, 12- - 5, .706, 3.07; GFIoyd, Chicago, .667, 3.63; Duchscherer, Oakland, .667. 1.82; Padllla, Texas, 10-.667, 4.70. STRIKEOUTS Burnett, Toronto, 126; Sabathla, Cleveland, 123; ESantana, Los Angeles, 122; Halladay, Toronto, 121; JVazquez, Chicago, 117; Beckett, Boston, 107; CLee. Cleveland, 106. SAVES f Rodriguez, Los Angeles, 38: Papelbon, Boston, 28; Shernll, Baltimore, 28; Nathan, Minnesota, 27; Sofia. Kansas City. 25; MRIvera, New York, 23; CWIIson, Texas, 22. 112. DOUBLES McLouth, Pittsburgh, 33; Berkman, Houston, 30; McCann, Atlanta, 27; Rowand, San Francisco, 27; Hart, Milwaukee, 26; CGuzman, Washington, 26; DLee, Chicago, 26. TRIPLES JReyes, New York, 10; FLewls, San Francisco, 9; SDrew, Arizona, 5; CJackson, Arizona, 5; BPhllllps, Cincinnati, 5; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5. HOME RUNS Howard, Philadelphia, 28; Dunn, Cincinnati, 26; Utley, Philadelphia, 25; Braun, Milwaukee, 23; Uggla, Florida, 23; HRamlrez, Florida, 23; Burreil, Philadelphia, 23. STOLEN BASES Taverns, Colorado. 39; Pierre, Los Angeles, 35; Bourn, Houston, 32; New York, 32; Rollins, Philadelphia, JReyes, 24; HRamlrez, Florida, 23; Kemp, Los Anjelea, 22; Vlctorlno, Philadelphia, 22. PnCMM (11 Decisions) Lincecum, San Franctsto, .846, 2.57; Lohse, St. .846, 3.39; Volquez, Cincinnati, Loud, 3 .800, 2.29; Sheets, Milwaukee, .769, 2.85; Zambrano, Chicago, .769, 2.84; Webb, Arizona, .765, 3.23; .727, 4.47. Kenddck, Philadelphia, STRIKEOUTS Lincecum, San Francisco, 135; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 128; Volquez, 126; Hamels, Philadelphia, 126; Cincinnati, Cain, San Francisco, 121; JSanchez. San Francisco, 115; JSantana, New York, 114. SAVES BWIIson, San Francisco, 25; Valverde, Houston, 24; KWood. Chicago, 24; BWagner, New York, 22; Gregg. Florida. 20; Lldge, Philadelphia, 20; Lyon, Arizona, 19; FCordero, Cincinnati, 19. Pioneer League ISuzukl, NATIONAL LEAGUE CJones. Atlanta, .376; Pujols, St. Louis, .350; Berkman, Houston, .347; Holliday, Colorado, .337; Nady. Pittsburgh, .321 Therlot, Chicago, .320; CGuzman, Washington, .313. RUNS Florida, 80; Berkman, HRamlrez, Houston, 79; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 69; Utley, Philadelphia, 68; JReyes, New York, 68; Beltran, New York, 67; Bay, Pittsburgh, 64. RBI Howard, Philadelphia, 84; CaLee, Houston, 76; Berkman, Houston, 73; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 71; DWrlght, New York. 70; Utley, Philadelphia, 69; Telxelra, Atlanta, 69. HITS CGuzman, Washington, 126; JReyes, New York, 119; DLee, Chicago, 117; HRamlrez, Florida, 116; Berkman, Houston, 116; Atkins, Colorado, 112; CJones, Atlanta, BATTING (Reds) Falls (White Sox) W L Pet 17 16 11 .607 12 Great 14 14 Helena (Brewers) Missoula (Diamondbacks) 6 22 Southern Division Oram (Angels) Casper (Rockies) Ogden (Dodgers) Idaho Falls (Royals) 8iHlngs 7, Ogden .500 .214 11 3 L Pet GB 9 17 10 11 16 17 .679 .630 .407 .393 8 1tt 7V mutts 3 PCL standings American Conference Northern Division W L Pet 60 40 44 .600 54 45 39 52 60 Lake (Angela) Portland (Padres) Tacoma (Manners) Col. Springs (Rockies) .551 GB 5 .464 131 .394 20 W 11)4 13 50 46 48 50 51 47 .698 421 .490 .480 VA 104 11 , the 16th annuWednesday: At Royal Birkdale Gotl Club Southport, England Pet GB 58 51 Fresno (Giants) 46 Tucson (Diamondbacks) 40 40 48 .592 .515 .474 .404 7)4 11)4 18S4 results Tuesday's No games scheduled Wednesday's games PCL 5 6, IL Today's games No games scheduled Friday's game at New Orleans Albuquerque Colorado Springs at Portland Las Vegas at Sacramento Memphis at Oklahoma Nashville at Iowa Round Rock at Omaha Salt Lake at Fresno Tucson at Tacoma y 11:30 and Los Angeles Sparks Boston Celtics Teem: women's basketball Comeback Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers Athlete: Adrian Peterson, Breakthrough Minnesota Vikings Game: New York Giants Patriots, Super Bowl defeat New England Performance: Brett Favre, Packers Championship Performance Tiger Woods, Green Bay U.S. Open Play: New York Giants 0B David Tyree, Super Bowl Eli Hnlh: Western Kentucky's pass Manning's Moment Centra) Washington's Mallory and Uz Wallace, Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky for sportsmanship to Holtman Ty Rogers hitting buzzer beater to defeat Drake in first round of NCAA men's basketball tournament Upset: New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, Super Bowl Movie: Sports Male College Athlete: Tim " Tebow, Florida football Auto Racing leaders I, Kyle Busch, 2.881. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,619. 3, Jeff Burton, 2,590. 4, Carl Edwards, 2,509. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 2,494. 6, Jeff Gordon, 2,384. 7, Greg Biftle, 2,316. 8, Matt Kenseth, 2,317. 9, Kevin Harvlck, 2,308. 10, Tony Stewart. 2,305. II, Kasey Kahne, 2,295. 12. Denny Hamlin, 2,283. 13, Clint Bowyer, 2,256. 14, Brian Vickers, 2,188. 15, David Ragan, 2,185. 16, Ryan Newman, 2,094. 17, Martin Truex Jr., 2,050. 18, Kurt Busch, 2,038. 19. Bobby Labonte, 1,905. 20. Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,863. I. Kyle Busch, $4,476,763. 2. Carl Edwards, $4,143,125. 3, Kasey Kahne. $4,134,862. 4, Ryan Newman, $4,044,883. 5, Tony Stewart, $3,618,745. 6, Jimmie Johnson, $3,603,629. 7, Jeff Gordon, $3,174,038. 8. Man Kenseth, $3,080,467. 9, Jeff Burton, $3,031,590. 10, Oenny Hamlin, $2,998,467. II, Kevin Harvlck, $2,952,292. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2.878,220. 13, Kurt Busch, $2,865,880. 14, Greg Blflle, $2,699,414. 15. Sam Hornish Jr., $2,662,239. 16. Martin Truex Jr., $2.616,315. 17, Bobby Labonte, $2,610,259. 18, Clint Bowyer, $2,542,720. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,511,712. 20, Reed Sorenson, $2,481,365. Male Action Sport Athlete: Shaun White, skateboardingsrowboarding Female Acton Sport Athlete: Gretchen Bleiler, snowboarding Male Athlete With A Disability: Ryan Kocer, Female Athlete With a Disability: Shay Oberg, Softball Male International Athlete: Rafael Nadal, tennis Female International Athlete: Lorena Ochoa, golf Baseball Player: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees NBA Player: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers WNBA Player: Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm NFl Player Tom Brady, New England Patriots NHL Player Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Bowler Norm Duke Driver: Jimmie Johnson Fighter Floyd Mayweather, boxing Goiter Tiger Woods Jockey: Kent Desormeaux MLS Player David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy Male Tennis Player: Roger Federer Female Tennis Flayer Maria Sharapova Track and Field Athlete: Tyson Gay Outdoor Athlete: Scott Smiley, mountain climber Arthur Ashe Courage Award: John Carlos and Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic medalists Jimmy V ESPY tor Perseverance: Kevin former Buffalo Bills tight end Else Award: George Martin walks Uke Nothing across America Undeniable Moment Warner Robins. Ga defeats Tokyo to win Little League World Series on Dalton Carriker's walk off homer in extra such a short time. Mitchell said all he can remember about his first Softball game was his first that was in the Strawberry Days tournament in at-b- Pleasant Grove. He got a base hit, naturally. "That's all I remember about my first game," Mitchell said of his debut. When asked to compare hitting a Softball compared to a baseball, Mitchell said softball was more difficult. "I think it's harder to hit a good softball pitcher," he said. "The difference is the ball is moving up. In baseball, the ball is moving down." Craig Parry, Lucas Dyson a.m. Gonnet, Pat Perez, Peter Fowler Soren Kjeldsen, 1:52 p.m. 5:03 a.m. Brendan Jones, Matt Kuchar Darren Fichardt, 12:03 a.m. 5:14 a.m. Jerry Kelly, Damlen McGrane Graeme Storm, 12:14 a.m. 5:25 a.m. Scott Strange, Sandy Lyle Mark Calcavecchia, 12:25 a.m. 5:36 am. Richard Green. Anders Hansen Justin Rose, Tom 2:36 a.m. 5:47 a.m. Watson, Aaron Baddeley Geoff Ogllvy, Oliver 12:47 a.m. Wilson, Davis Love III 12:58 a.m. Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen, Justin Leonard Richard Sterne, 1:09 a.m. 6:20 a.m. Henrik Stenson, Jeff Quinney Hunter Mahan, Vijay 1:20 a.m. Singh, 1:31 a.m. Saxton 6:42 a.m. Verplank, :42 a.m. Ernie Els Scott Martin Kaymer, J.B. Holmes, David 6:53 a.m. Andres Romero K.J. Choi, Lee a.m. 1:58 Ben Curtis Westwood, Nick 0'Hern, Ian a.m. 2:09 Poulter, Paul Goydos Phil Mickelson, 2:20 a.m. 7:26 a.m. Hideto Tanihara, Paul Casey Colin Montgomerie. 2:31 a.m. Boo Weekley, Mike Weir Toru Tanlguchi, a.m. 2:42 Richard Finch, John Daly Simon Khan, David 9 a.m. 2:53 Duval, David Frost Pelle Edberg, Rich a.m. 3:04 Sherreard Beem, Michio Matsumura, 3:15 am 8:21 a.m. Tom Glllis, Barry Hume Tim Petrovfc, a.m. 3:26 Shintaro Kai. David Horsey Ariel 3:37 a.m. 8:43 a.m. Barlow, 3:48 Phillip Blizard, 3:59 Jamie Jon Bevan p.m. Joshua Cunllfle 1:16 p.m. Howarth, 4:10 a.m. Aiken, Bradley Lamb 4:41 a.m.-- l :30 p.m. Van de Velde, 4:52 Small, Michael Canete, Andrew p.m. Elson, Adam Blyth, Gary Boyd, p.m. Otto. Kevin Stadler 5:14 a m. 12:03 p.m. Steve Webster, Jean Philip Walton, McDowell, Paul Waring, Hennle Mediate, Paul Rocco Fasth, Mark Rory Sabbatinl, Todd Hamilton p.m. Greg Norman, a.m.-- David 2:25 p.m. Furyk, Camllo Vtllegas 5:58 a m. 12:47 p.m. 8:09 Thomas Tampion Lawrie, Angel Cabrera Nlclas 5:25 p.m. O'Meara, Michael Campbell 5:36 Graeme 5:47 Jamie Letzig 5:03 a.m.-- Craig Archer am 854 a.m. Woody l 2:58 p.m. Robert Allenby, Nick Dougherty, Jim Robert Karlsson, Austin Steve Strieker, Hebert Mitchell continued to play both baseball and softball in the summer while in high school and says he thinks the two sports have been compatible even if fastpitch softball has been misunderstood. "The reaction I get from most people when I tell them about softball is they say, 'Isn't that a girls sport?' They have no idea that there is a men's Olympic team," Norris said. "When they find out about it, they think that it's pretty cool." USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' Transactions Adam Scott, Zach 6:20 a.m.-- l :09 p.m. Johnson, Pablo Larrazabal 6:31 Gregory Havret, Tim p.m. Clark, Stewart Clnk Wen Chong Liang, 6:42 a.m.-- l :31 a.m. Fredrlk Jacobson, Jeff Overton a.m. Soren Hansen, Trevor 6:53 Immelman, Anthony Kim a.m. 7:09 Stephen Ames, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Charles Howell III Peter Hanson, Bart 7:20 p.m. Bryant, Rod Pampllng 7:31 p.m. Sergio Garcia, Ryu)l Imada, Sean 0'Halr Stuart Appleby, 7:42 p.m. Brandt Snedeker, Ross Fisher Azuma Yano, Johan 7:53 p.m. Edfors, Tom Lehman 3 Simon Wakefield. Jay 8:04 p.m. James Kingston Williamson, 8:15 Gregory Bourdy. p.m. Danny Chia, John Rollins 8:26 Wood, Prayad p.m. Marksaeng, Scott McCarron 10:37 p.m. Anthony Wall, Alexander Noren. Ewan Porter Hiroshi Iwata, Peter 8:48 p.m. Baker, Alex Cejka 8:59 p.m. Doug LaBelle II, Chlh- Lima Martin e Bing Lam, 9:10 9 p.m. Oue. Douglas 9:21 a.m. 4:10 p.m. Yoshinobu Tsukada, Angelo Howell, Female College Athlete: Candace Parker Tennessee basketball Woman's Collegiate Team: Tennessee Everett, a.m. 1 Glover, Simon :41 Tennessee Pat Summltt, Vi L 51 59 British Open tee times Male Athlete: Tiger Woods, golf Female Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee GB W Sacramento (Athletics) Las Vegas (Dodgers) ESPY Awards List LOS ANGELES Winners at al ESPY Awards presented Southern Division dedication put in by these players. These guys have built a foundation for the future of Continued from Bl " this program." Mitchell was one of the Australia won the tournament for the fourth straight bright spots for Team USA. He time when it held off Canada in hit three home runs, including a grand slam during the tourextra innings. Team USA finished with a record, which nament. "It was actually probably the is its best record in a World funnest thing I've ever done Championship in almost two in my life," Mitchell said. "Getdecades. "I could not be happier with ting to know kids from other the performance of these guys countries was pretty cool. We over the last eight days," said got pretty close to a lot of them head coach Tim Lyoa "Where from countries like Australia, Mexico, Venezuela and espewe are now from where we were four years ago is a testacially New Zealand." He had come a long way in ment to the hard work and 4 58 39 Pet Golf 9 Innings Warner 5-- 6 L Awards GB wresfling Great Fills 7, Oram 6, 10 Innings Today's games Helena at Idaho Falls Missoula at Casper Ogden at Billings Oram it Great Falls Friday's games Helena at Idaho Falls Missoula at Casper Ogden at Billings Oram at Great Falls kwa (Cubs) Memphis (Cardinals) Omaha (Royals) Nashville (Brewers) Southern Division Pet .566 .475 .449 .429 Division W SaH L 43 .571 W Wednesday's Idaho Falls 5, Helena 3 Casper 6, Missoula 4 Northern GB 11 11 (Marlins) Albuquerque Pacific Conference 56 47 52 44 54 42 56 NASCAR Sprint Cup Northern Division Billings W Oklahoma (Rangers) Nsw Orleans (Mets) Round Rock (Astros) SportlightAssociated Press Baseball American League DETROIT TIGERS to Toledo (IL). Clete Thomas Basketball BOSTON CELTICS Signed C Patrick O'Bryarrt. G Daniel CLEVELAND CAVALIERS contract. Gibson to a NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Agreed to terms with F James Posey on a contract. TORONTO RAPTORS Signed G Roko Uklc to a r contract. Football National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS Signed LB Robert James to a contract. DENVER BRONCOS Signed FB Peyton Hillis. HOUSTON TEXANS Signed LB Xavier Adibi. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Agreed to term with WR Kevin Robinson and DE Bnan Johnston. NEW YORK CB Dwigfit Lowery. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Signed 0G Chilo Rachal. Wiegele, McGuigan Hockey Jonathan Lomas, Peter Appleyard National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS Agreed to terms with G Kan Lehtonen. BUFFALO SABRES Agreed to terms with F Daniel Pallle on a multiyear contract. Announced F Clarke MacArthur and F Mark Mancari accepted their qualifying offers. F COLUMBUS BLUE .IACKETS Alexandre Pkard and D Marc Methot. Signed F Steve Kelly to a contract. EDMONTON OILERS Signed F Shawn Horcoff Tour de France results Wednesday France 11th Stage At Folx, a contract extension. LOS ANGELES KINGS Named Terry Murray F Gabe Gauthier to a coach. contract and G Erik Ersberg, F Matt Moutson and D Joe Piskula to contracts. MINNESOTA WILD Signed LW Peter OJvecky and D Clayton Stoner to contracts. NASHVILLE PREDATORS Signed D Kevin Klein to a contract to A stage from Lannemezan to Folx 1. Arvesen, Norway, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 3 hours, 58 minutes, 13 seconds. 2. Martin Elmlger, Switzerland, AG2R-Mondiale, same time. 3. Alessandro Ballan, Italy. Lampre, same time. 4. Koos Moerenhout, Netherlands, Rabobank, 2 seconds behind. 5. Alexandre Botcharov, Russia, Credit :11. Overall Standings (Alter 11 stages) 1. Cartel Evans, Australia. Silence-Lotthours, 42 minutes, 13 seconds. 46 Luxembourg, Team NEW YORK ISLANDERS Agreed to terms with F Sean Bergenheim and F Jeff Tambelllnl contracts. Announced C Jeremy and C Ben Walter accepted their qualifying offers. NEW YORK RANGERS-Ag- eed to terms with F Niqei Dawes. PHOENIX COYOTES Signed LW Jeff Hoggan on CoWton and 0 contracts. Ryan Larmon to ST. LOUIS BLUES Signed F Brad Winchester. D Jeff to a Woywltka contract. 2. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, :01. 3. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Gsrmln Chlpotte, :38. 4. Bernhard Kohl, Austria. Getolsteiner, :46. 5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank. :57. 6. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 1:28. 7. Kim Klrchen, OF National Basketball Association Cycling Agricole, Opboned Soccer Mafor League Soccer Columbia, 1:56. Also 57. George Hlncaple, United States, Team 39:51. Danny Pate, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 1:32:59. 147. William Fnschkorn. United States, Garmin Chipotle, 1:48:16. COLORADO RAPIDS NEW YORK RED retirement of MF NCAA Columbia, Signed MF Greg Dalby. the Claude Reyna. College Placed Texas Southern on four years probation and suspended the school's Softball and men's and women's tennis programs. NOTRE DAME Named Jack Swarbrtck athletic director. 121. and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four national teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. Fastpitch softball has been a sport overshadowed by baseball and slow-pitc- h softball, but it still has a loyal following around the country and it just so happens that five of the best youth players in the country live in the Spanish Fork area. Fast forward: Mitchell says he plans on attending Utah I Valley University this fall. Black will be playing with com. Page Brake for a junior national tournament at the end of this month and then he will play with a men's team for a national tournament at the end of August. What about Norris? He is now figuring contemplating his future. He has a chance to play softball and track at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. Baseball didn't work out. A change of plans never worked out so well. , Neil Warner can be reached at nwarnerheraldextra. |