Horizon League reshapes men's basketball playoff format
The Horizon League Executive Council approved a new tournament plan moving from a single site to multiple sites for the first time since 1982. The top two seeds receive byes to the semifinals, with hosting duties tied to teams finishing in the top three and shifting games to Tuesday through weekend rounds across host sites. Commissioner Jon LeCrone called the change aimed at boosting attendance and student athlete experience across the league.
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Gravity Games Open In Cleveland With Extreme Events
Cleveland joins Gravity Games starting today at North Coast Harbor with downhill skateboarding, street luge, and wakeboarding. Local events include bike and inline vert prelims, bike dirt prelims, skateboarding drills, and evening concerts by The Color Red, Trapt, and Stroke. A Elyria fifth grader, Tan Ward, ages 10, will compete in six events at the Central Zone Swim Meet in Wichita, Kan., Aug 3-10, after qualifying in multiple freestyle and backstroke events. Ward also posted top national times in the 100 back and 200 and 400 freestyle before junior education at St Jude.
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Rincon dealt to Oakland in trade for McDougall
In Oakland California the Indians traded left handed reliever Ricardo Rincon and his 1.6 million salary to the Athletics for 23 year old Marshall McDougall. The deal, framed by GM Mark Shapiro, aims to add a future piece while preserving financial flexibility for next year. McDougall, at Double-A Midland, batted .303 with 22 doubles five triples nine home runs and 56 RBIs in 323 at bats, with versatility on infield positions.
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Wright battles for starting role amid rough outing
Oakland reporter notes Jaret Wright's second rookie season start yielded 2.72 innings, five earned runs and seven walks as coach Skinner calls it a rehab year and says he will pitch again in Seattle. Ellis Burks misses second straight game with left shoulder tendinitis. Mark Wohlers earns first save in four years but mishandles a dirt ball. David Justice touts strong winning percentage since 1975. Todd Dunwoody activated from DL and optioned to Buffalo.
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Hatteberg, Elis power Tribe past foes as streaks rise
Br Scott Hatteberg singled home a run in the seventh and Mark Elis hit a two run homer in the eighth. Tejada extended his hitting streak to a career high 19 games, the longest in the AL this season, with a fifth inning single. Vizquel extended his career high hitting streak to 16 games with a sixth inning double. Eric Chavez was out of the lineup with a mild hamstring problem.
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Fragmented baseball play by play notes and stats
The text records erratic in play notes and player abbreviations with outs and innings, mentioning Saenz Mabry Vizquel and Mullloland. It lists lines like LOB Cleve land Oakland 15 28-Viequal and HR Meles off Mulolland, plus incomplete fielding and batting abbreviations indicating a chaotic box score snippet.
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Curse and trades reshape teams from Colavito to Thome
The piece reflects on old baseball power dynamics, noting pay cuts after peak seasons and how trades like Colavito for Kuenn altered the Cleveland franchise for decades. It warns about the risks of close relationships with players and the perils of trading beloved stars, citing fictional cautions and management lore.
Floyd traded to Boston from Expos in late-season deal
The Montreal Expos sent slugger Cliff Floyd to Boston for minor league pitchers Seung Jun Song and Sun Woo Kim as baseball edges toward a possible work stoppage. Floyd, an All Star last year, is eligible for free agency at season end and had earlier returned to Montreal after a stint with Florida.
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