Busch Leads NASCAR Texas Qualifying At Fort Worth
After Thursday qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth Kyle Busch led the field with a lap at 189.847 mph driving a Chevrolet. Greg Biffle and David Green followed in second and third with Ford and Pontiac entries, as Martin Truex Jr Clint Bowyer and others posted top speeds on the 1.5 mile track.
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Baseball Standings and Thursday Results Across Leagues
The American League and National League standings show teams led by Minnesota Montreal and Milwaukee with wins totals and paces. Thursday’s results include Detroit’s 13 11 Cleveland and St Louis 8 Florida 5, plus Texas 6 Arizona 2 in varied matchups. Friday’s schedule lists multiple games across Florida Arizona California and Texas venues with times.
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Auto racing and boxing card from SPEED ESPN2 schedules
Formula One practice in Bahrain at Sakhir and Busch Series and Nextel Cup events in Fort Worth Texas on same day. IBA junior welterweight title clash Alex Trujillo versus Emmanuel Augustus in Tucson. Algarve Open de Portugal second round and NASDAQ-100 Open semifinals at Key Biscayne. Plus BellSouth Classic and The Office Depot Championship rounds and NBA game in Milwaukee.
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Ulysses at Hoisington headline high school events
On Tap outlines today’s high school athletics with baseball at 4 p.m. featuring Ulysses versus Hoisington, softball at 4 p.m. including TMP Marian at Garden City and Ulysses at Hoisington, and track at 2 p.m. with Garden City Hugoton Ulysses at Liberal plus Cimarron at Ashland Invitational at 3 p.m.
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College Baseball Scores and Upcoming Matches Across Regions
Thursday results include Lafayette over Wagner 14 to 3 and several ties and extra innings. Notable games feature Lenoir-Rhyne 18 over Belmont Abbey 5, North Dakota 18 over Minn Crookston 5, and Erskine 6 over S C Spartanburg 5. NCAA tournament semifinals set for Oklahoma State and Duke winners. In the NIT, Rutgers beat Iowa State 84-81 in OT and Michigan defeated Oregon 78-53 at Madison Square Garden.
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Prep Baseball Holcomb sweeps Healy Leoti in two games
In game one Holcomb defeated Healy Leoti 19 to 13 with strong hitting by Holcomb and key extra base hits from Staab. Game two went to Healy Leoti 11 to 4 as Geyer earned the win for Healy Leoti while Griebel and Holloman combined for the loss.
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Major League Baseball and NBA moves listed in brief
Transactions cover Angels and several other MLB clubs placing players on the 15 day DL and minor league moves. NBA notes include Atlanta Hawks appointing Mullin as president and CEO and Wilkins as VP of basketball operations. NFL and NHL changes noted with Jets signings and Verot suspension. College updates name coaches at Eastern Washington Michigan and Ohio State staff resignations.
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Youth umpire and scorekeeper clinics announced in Garden City
The Garden City Recreation Commission will host a USSSA led umpire clinic at 4 p.m. Sunday and a scorekeeper session at 1 30 p.m. The same schedule applies on May 9 for youth baseball softball officials with sanction fees set at 35 dollars for USSSA officials and 18 dollars for youth umpires. For details call 276 1200. Summerall’s longtime agent confirmed the broadcaster was flying to Florida for a transplant.
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Olazabal ties for BellSouth Classic lead in first round
Jose Maria Olazabal fired a seven under 65 to join rookie Roger Tambellini at the top of the BellSouth Classic leaderboard in Duluth Georgia. One stroke behind are Craig Bowden, Tim Petrovic and Shaun Micheel, with Adam Scott three back in a group including defending champion Ben Crane.
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Indians to Bradley Trade Talks Heat Up in Florida
The Cleveland Indians consider Milton Bradley a problem and move to trade him after he was benched at spring training for not hustling on a pop fly. GM Mark Shapiro has held talks with eight teams, with four or five showing real interest.
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Raptors fire Grunwald as general manager
Toronto appoints Jack McCloskey interim GM as Glen Grunwald is dismissed amid a second straight losing season and clashes with the coach. Grunwald served seven seasons with the Raptors since their 1994 inception.
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Summerall to have liver transplant
Veteran broadcaster Pat Summerall is scheduled for a liver transplant after a flight to Jacksonville Florida. The procedure is planned for this weekend at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, as reported by The Dallas Morning News.
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Michigan Wins Postseason NIT Title Over Rutgers 62 55
Michigan caps a turbulent season by defeating Rutgers 62 to 55 to capture the National Invitation Tournament title in New York. Daniel Horton scores 14 and Dion Harris 13 as Michigan earns its first postseason appearance since 2000 under coach Tommy Amaker, reclaiming a measure of pride after NCAA sanctions.
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