Basketball and baseball action across majors and minors
The Bulls face Tracy McGrady and the Magic in NBA play while the Yankees and Devil Rays renew their series in Japan. Carbondale hosts Marion in girls soccer at the Superblock as Saluki softball travels for a doubleheader at Tennessee Martin. NIT crowns a champion in New York. FRIDAY SIU baseball helps Southwest Missouri State open Hammons complex with a 7 p.m. game in Springfield. SATURDAY Murphysboro Invitational brings area prep track and field for a big weekend.
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Southwest Missouri State
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Springfield
Parker wins Miss Basketball in Illinois after title run
Naperville Central's Candace Parker earns Illinois Miss Basketball for the third time after guiding her team to the Class AA state title. Kassie Drew of Anna Jonesboro finishes second, becoming the first Class A player with 1000 season points. Parker earlier claimed the Naismith National Player of the Year.
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Candace Parker
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Anna Jonesboro
Kassie Drew
Parker
Drew
Missouri
Lady Wildcats
Colts receivers coach feted at FCA banquet in SIU hall
Joel Sambursky introduced Clyde Christensen at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Home Team Banquet in SIU Student Center. Christensen urged attendees to lead like Moses, while Sambursky, a Chiefs fan, called the moment bittersweet. Local coaches prayed and honored Josh Franklin. FCA marks 50th national and 10th local anniversaries.
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Carbondale
Joel Sambursky
Southern Illinois University
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Sambursky
FCA
SIU
Clyde Christensen
NFL
Indianapolis Colts
Kansas City
Chiefs
Colts
Christensen
Moses Christensen
Moses
God
Brian Summerville
Pinckneyville
Brian Crawford
Harrisburg
Joe Thompson
Carterville
Kurt Martin
Roger Sipe
Cobden
Josh Franklin
Summerville
Yankees slump in Tokyo opener as Rays dominate
In Tokyo Dome the New York Yankees fell 8-3 to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the season opener. Jose Cruz Jr tied the game with a homer, Tino Martinez hit his 300th career homer to finish the Rays’ win, while Mussina struggled. A-Red and Matsui provided some highlights as New York was outhit 15-7 and outplayed in the field.
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Toby Hall
New York Yankees
Japan
Tampa Bay Roughs
Mussina
Yankees
Tokyo
Tokyo Dome
New York
Jose Cruz Jr
Tino Martinez
Mike Mussina
Alex
Rodriguez
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A-Red
Bronx
Texas
Hideki Matsui
Former Terrier shines as top JUCO prospect in Missouri
Carbondale graduate Maurice Gibbs, a freshman at Moberly Area CC in Missouri, emerges as a leading JUCO talent averaging 18.4 points per game and earning an All-Region 16 second team nod. Coach Pat Smith praises his dual focus on basketball and academics with a 3.70 GPA, aiming for an ACC-like level of play.
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Carbondale
Moberly Area Community College
Missouri
Moberly
Pat Smith
Gibbs
Smith
Maurice
Humor in Sports Writing and its Tough Craft
A columnist reflects on the challenges of humor in sports prose and broadcast, noting that written humor lacks inflection and timing. He cites Frank O. Pinion and Mike Bianchi, discusses abortion as a serious topic, and recalls a Post-Dispatch piece about Cinderella stories in the Sweet 16.
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Frank O. Pinion
Pinion
George Carlin
Johnston City
Mike Rude
Rude
Bill Scheft
Sports Illustrated
Scheft
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Mike Bianchi
Orlando Sentinel
Alabama
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Thesouthern.com
Justin Walkef
Tampa Bay
Pontiac Crand AM CT
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West Frankfort
Gregweeks.com
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Maurice Gibbs
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