Fans praise Griffey backer and Coach K loyalty
Journalist Joey Sprinkle celebrates fans returning Griffey 500th ball and Ken Griffey Jr. gifting autographs and All Star Game tickets, while noting Mike Krzyzewski turning down an $8 million Lakers offer to stay near family, and critiquing Royals leadership.
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Ken Griffey Jr
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McCovey Cove
Barry Bonds
Crummley
Cincinnati Reds
Bonds, Feliz power Giants past Rockies to halt skid
Barry Bonds slugged his 681st homer and Pedro Feliz drove in three as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 8-4, snapping a four game skid. Kirk Rueter earned the win, while the bullpen withstood late pressure after pregame doubts about their reliability.
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San Francisco Giants
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Barry Bonds
Feliz
Giants
Colorado Rockies
Bonds
Brian Sabean
Colorado
Sabean
Felipe Alou
Jason Schmidt
Alou
Matt Herges
Tyler Walker
Luis Gonzalez
Scott Eyre
Jim Brower
Brower
Kirk Rueter
Armstrong captures the yellow jersey at Tour de France
Lance Armstrong leads as the Tour reaches Amiens to Chartres with rain and wind. Jan Ullrich sits 55 seconds back as Armstrong’s USPS team wins the day in the 40.08 mile team time trial. Tyler Hamilton of Phonak finishes second after slowdowns from flats. Armstrong plans to shift focus to the Pyrenees.
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Cambrai
Arras
France
Amiens
Chartres
Germany
Jan Ullrich
Armstrong
Ullrich
T-Mobile
U.S. Postal Service
Champs-Elysees
Pyrenees
Tyler Hamilton
Phonak
Hamilton
Blues split with Rangers in doubleheader setback in eight innings
The Garden City Blues won 6 5 in the opener but lost 7 5 in eight innings to the Dodge City Rangers. Pancho Magallanes worked 7 13 innings, the longest by a Blues pitcher this season, giving up seven runs on nine hits with six strikeouts. Blues left 11 runners on base in the nightcap.
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Garden City Blues
Blues
Dodge City Rangers
Wayne Claar
Garden City
Pancho Magallanes
Magallanes
Claar
Ohlde and White named Big 12 athletes of the year
Kansas State's Nicole Ohlde and Oklahoma's Jason White win Big 12 athlete of the year honors. White threw for 3,846 yards and 40 touchdowns, led Oklahoma to the championship game, and adds AP Player of the Year to his list. Ohlde is the conference's all time leading scorer in women's basketball with 2,241 points and was drafted sixth overall by Minnesota in 2004.
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Sooners
Oklahoma
Stacey Dales-Schuman
Josh Heupel
Ohlde
Minnesota Lynx
Wildcat
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Bart Connor
Kansas City Pushes For College Hoops Hall And Arena
Kansas City gathers support for a downtown 250 million Sprint Center arena with a 60,000 square foot college basketball hall. NABC plans a 10 million fundraising drive and aims to relocate headquarters there with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and Kentucky’s Tubby Smith endorsing the effort. Bond vote set for August 3 to finance the project.
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Mike Krzyzewski
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Tubby Smith
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Sprint Center
Krzyzewski
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Smith
Missouri
Norm Stewart
College
NABC
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Brad Nading
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Clint Lightner
Ohlide
Sooner
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Nicole Chide
Los Angeles Sparks
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St. Paul
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