Pratt Wednesday Legion Baseball and District Playoffs
Pratt Wednesday Legion baseball features Osage City at Ottawa at 6 p.m. Babe Ruth District 7 games Princeton at Pomona at 7:30 p.m. Game 1. District 7 games Princeton at Pomona: game 2 at 6 p.m. with a potential Game 3 at 8 p.m. Triple A All-Star game airs 7 p.m. ESPN2. WNBA Portland at Minnesota noon ESPN. Awards show ESFY Awards 8 p.m. ESPN. PGA Greater Milwaukee Open 2:30 p.m. FSN. Senior PGA Players Championship 2 p.m. ESPN. Yankees at Cleveland 6 p.m. ESPN. Anaheim at Kansas City 7 p.m. Channel 8 Houston at Phoenix 9 p.m. ESPN2.
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Major NFL and NHL Roster Moves Hit Multiple Teams
Cincinnati Bengals release Darnay Scott and sign Michael Westbrook. Packers add cornerback Marcus Anderson. Titans ink Darrell Hill and Carlos Hall to multi year deals. Flames sign Martin Sonnanberg and Darcy Verot. Hurricanes add Daniel Boishair on a three year deal. Panthers sign Sven Butenschon. Kings sign Cristobal Huet for two years. Wild add Tony Tuzzalino. Lightning name Norm Maciver as Springfield AHL assistant coach. Capitals sign Hip Miller and Dwayne Zinger to deals. College programs name coaches including Delaware Valley Ed Andrewlevich and Illinois State Jim Brownlee. UNC Wilmington hires Jim Mayer. Northwestern State names Eileen Schmidt softball coach. Texas A&M Corpus Christi names Jodi Best women’s basketball coach.
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Selig Ends All-Star Game In Milwaukee Tie After Labor Turmoil
Bud Selig halted the All-Star game in Milwaukee at 7-7 after 11 innings amid bitter labor talks and fan anger. The 7-7 tie, the first since 1961, followed empty stands and calls for action as managers debated pitcher availability and safety.
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Zabel takes lead as Armstrong fights back in Tour de France
Erik Zabel finished second in stage three near Reims, grabbing the yellow jersey and eight second edge on Robbie McEwen who won the stage. Lance Armstrong, aiming for a fourth straight title, was 33rd and slipped to fifth overall, 17 seconds behind the leader.
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Ottawa Babe Ruth team eyes state title despite sore arms
Ottawa's 13 year old Babe Ruth squad, hampered by a heavy 50 game summer schedule and three of its top four pitchers nursing sore arms, heads into District 7 Tournament in Paola aiming for the state championship. Coach Randy Miller notes fatigue but emphasizes a strong core that has trained together since February. Ottawa opens district play 8:30 pm Friday vs Paola and hopes for a rematch with Scott City and Parsons at state.
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Legion TV raffle ends tonight in Ottawa sports brief
The Ottawa American Legion raffle concludes tonight with a drawing for a 27 inch TV between games at Harvey M. Drake field. Tickets costing $1 are sold throughout the first contest against Osage City.
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OHS Boosters Sponsor 4 Man Scramble at Ottawa CC
The Ottawa High School Booster Club sponsors a four man scramble at Ottawa Country Club Saturday. Team fee is 200 dollars covering cart food and one mulligan. To register call Bill Allegre at 242-8545 or Gary Sheffield at 242-1311.
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Baker hires Baldwin Regan Dodd as tennis coach
Baker University hires Baldwin Regan Dodd a Shawnee Mission South standout as pee and women tennis coach. Dodd will begin August 5 after serving as Northwest Missouri State University men and women assistant tennis coach and earning a master’s in physical education.
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Princeton Babe Ruth team shocks metro squads in weekend play
The Princeton Beavers went 3-1 in a Kansas City area tournament, beating KC Knights 6-2 and Lansing 8-0 before a 5-2 bracket loss to Topeka Hawks. Coach Blaine Brown praised the field as momentum toward Babe Ruth postseason, with Princeton advancing to a best-of-three with Pomona.
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KU instructor wins award for senior golf program
Lawrence KU health sport and exercise sciences instructor Chris Thompson won the 2002 Science in Golf Prize for a study on how fitness affects club speed in older golfers. An eight week program of cardio weight and flexibility training improved swing speed by about four mph, translating to roughly 10 to 15 extra yards per drive.
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