Baseball and Football Transactions From Tuesday
The Associated Press lists multiple major league trades, signings, and roster recalls across baseball and football. Notable moves include Harald Baines to Baltimore, Ken Hill to Anaheim for Jim Leyritz, and Tony Gonzalez signing a six year deal with Kansas City, with various minor trades and call ups noted. The piece ends with a correction about misidentified relatives in a prior report.
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Jim Pittslay
Omaha
Jed Hansen
NEW York Yankees
Pete Incaviglia
Columbus
Texas Rangers
Ken Hill
Anaheim Angels
Jim Leyritz
Jose Alberto
Oklahoma City
Cary Bailey
San Francisco Giants
Chad Hartiigson
Hartvigson
Toronto Blue Jays
Mariano Duncan
Cash
Angel Ramirez
Colorado Rockies
Ellis Burks
Florida Marlins
Matt Whisenant
Matt Treanor
Cordova Lifts Twins Past Royals with Two Homers
Minnesota Twins outslug Kansas City 11 8 as Marty Cordova homers twice driving in four. He battled injuries this season but found swing work with a tee and changeup before a game that featured a season high eight runs in the third inning led by Cordova and Coomer.
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Terry) Crowley
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Tom Kelly
Boston
Rich Becker
Ron Coomer
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Ricky Bones
Jay Bell
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Joe Vitiello
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Tony Muser
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Browning Duo Wins Family Team Division in Shawnee Triathlon
Father daughter team Russ and Shelby Browning won the Family Team division Sunday in the Shawnee Mission Triathlon finishing in 58 minutes. Shelby swam 250 meters as part of the Ottawa Otters Swim Club and competed in the 11-12 year old division while Russ biked 15 miles and ran five kilometers.
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Gonzalez Joins Chiefs in 7 to 8 Million Contract Deal
Kansas City Chiefs first round pick Tony Gonzalez signed a six year deal worth between 7 and 8 million dollars with a roughly 3 million dollar signing bonus after a 10 day holdout over voidable years. He faced a welcome from Vikings safety Robert Griffith during a scrimmage as he adjusts to the NFL.
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Ottawa 14 Stars finish third at state tournament
Ottawa 14 Stars, led by coach Dennis Tharp, battled through tight games in the Babe Ruth State Tournament at Marysville. The All-Stars went 3-2 with one rain suspension, overcoming an 8-6 first round loss to McPherson and an 9-1 deficit to Gardner to rally for a 14-13 win in 9 innings in extreme heat, then beat Marysville 10-1 before a rain-delayed finish over McPherson and a 6-5 win. They settled for third after a 3-2 eight-inning defeat to Golden Belt. The roster includes Geist, Tharp, Steward, Melton, Altic, Drumright, Evans, Trenari, Hendrix, Garrod, Newland, Ainsworth, Caryl, Ward, Milton.
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All-Stars
Russell Geist
Jason Tharp
Nathan Steward
Eric Melton
Jeremy Altic
Cale Drumright
Kit Evans
Levi Trenari
Drew Hendrix
Travis Garrod
William Newland
Trapper Ainsworth
Travis Caryl
Jerod Ward
John Milton
Bill Ainsworth
Tim Pearler
Big Ten signs record TV deal with ABC ESPN
The Big Ten Conference struck a 10 year football and basketball TV pact with ABC Sports and ESPN worth over 500 million dollars. The agreement covers 1998 through 2007 2006-07 for 11 schools, with about 5 million dollars per team per year plus extra for 1997-98. Steve Bornstein praised moving forward into the next century.
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Ottawa swimmers shine at Missouri Valley Division II meet
Ottawa Otters posted multiple personal bests at the Missouri Valley Division II Championships with nine swimmers earning medals or top times. Notables included Matt Neff 9-10 boys medaling in four events with two seconds, and Katie Ransom 13-14 girls taking silver in the 50 free. Coach Jeff Brewer praised the group for summer effort and PBs.
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Katie Ransom
Dunley Stults
Luke Steelman
Kim Neff
Megan Melodhe
Stacey Miller
Clint Wiseman
Elise Rock
Rae Ann Tharp
Dustin Pyle
Jeff Brewer
Endian
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Marc Lamb
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