But the expresses Cardinal wouldn' gathers t score again, and the Beavers iced the game at the free- throw line. To see them compete and succeed under these circumstances is something I will remember forever " His players say he' s downplaying his influence. Harris' talk seemed to ease much of the tension among his players, many of whom are seniors now, and they went about the rest of the season relaxed and confident, not nervous and tentative " I don' t know how much I said made that much difference, but we knew we were better than we were playing " Harris said " Just like this year we knew we were better than the way we were playing, especially on defense, and we' re in the process of making that happen " Despite losses this season to Toledo and Notre Dame that knocked them out of the Top 25 briefly, the Panthers( 5- 2, 2- 0 in Big East) are No. I' ve logged so many thousands of miles on the nation' s interstates with so many broadcasters on the car radio that I should have been allowed to use the carpool lanes.

He signed a five- year$ 55 million contract with Toronto during the offseason and is 0- 1 with a 6 30 ERA in the two starts he has made for the Jays this year Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press . 5 percent of his passes for 1, 472 yards and 16 touchdowns " I don' t know if we laid a hand on him all night " Iowa State coach Dan McCarney said " He played like a Heisman Trophy contender, at our expense " Heisman? Why not, Stoops said " I don' t know how anyone could argue " he said " His numbers to this point are probably better than most others and he' s directed a team that' s playing pretty well and is the No 1 team in the country . that' s why I really started to wear it " Houston teammate Berkman believes the pad serves another purpose " He just tries to contact the ball with his pad " Berkman says, smiling " He sticks his arm out there, and that' s how he does it " An intentional intentional pass? A half- dozen pitchers who have plunked Biggio over the years agree: He doesn' t try awfully hard to get out of the way " I think he tries to get on base any way he can " says the Padres' Greg Maddux " Sometimes, he' ll just stick his arm out there if he has to . That' s not all bad- Boldin is coming off a record- shattering debut in Detroit where he caught 10 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns in a 42- 24 loss to the Lions . Brock made four straight free throws in an upset of Stanford, and came up with five boards in a win over defending national champion Syracuse.

For God' s sake, how did they not show up at home against the Bucs last week? And how many times has something like that happened in the Jim Haslett Era? San Francisco( 6- 7- In Week 13, they lost by 38 points In Week 14, they won by 36 points It' s been that kind of season . Sixth in the nation and first in the conference with 14 double- doubles, Langhorne has had eight 20- plus point games and 15 10- plus rebounding games this season In the win at Miami on Feb 17, she had 29 points and 22 rebounds to lead the Terps . Although soccer, rugby and cricket teams in Europe and Asia traditionally feature huge advertisements on jerseys, no major American sports league has logos on their jerseys, other than that of the team and the manufacturer . The 18th- ranked Hawkeyes of the Big 10 won 40- 21 to get the trophy back for the first time in six years . Jackson was sidelined by a scratched eye in the first half but missed only three minutes and finished with 15 points. Weis said he was pleased overall with the play of the defense " I thought the first half, with the exception of the one drive which we gave up, I thought the defense really came and set the tempo in the game " Weis said.

But it' s a big game for everyone who does get on the field " A lot of guys are battling for starting jobs " Haslett said " A lot of guys are battling to make the team . Soriano misplayed a ball in the first inning that led to an Astros run, but he was 2- for- 4 with a home run, a walk and three runs scored to help the Washington Nationals beat Houston 13- 6 on Sunday . Rice added a 10- yard TD run to cap Rutgers' first possession of the second half . Boise State only got the win after Tulsa failed to recover the onside kick " If we had knelt on the ball at the end of the game, wouldn' t that have been the end of the game? Yeah, it would have been " Hawkins said " But Gandhi didn' t take a knee, Martin Luther King didn' t take a knee, Thomas Edison didn' t take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee " The boosters responded with applause . Instead, Roberson' s fumble led to the Longhorns' game- winning drive in Texas' 24- 20 victory " I was a little rusty, but I don' t think I was that rusty " said Roberson, who ran for two touchdowns but threw two interceptions and was only 5- for- 18 passing " I knew what I had to do, but I just didn' t perform my best " Neither did Kansas State' s offense, which was just 1- for- 12 on third- down conversions and 0- for- 2 on fourth- down tries " It' s a plethora of problems. February or March, maybe( would) be a fun time to go experience Tokyo.

5 and we' re finishing the schedule' Coaches and athletic directors at Penn and Saint Joseph' s got involved to act as mediators during the scheduling strife Nicastro said the Nov . Dallas lost its last three home games, surrendering 104 points . Versyp signed a six- year contract and will bring her entire Indiana staff- assistant coaches Jody Benner, Martin Clapp and Nadine Morgan and basketball operations supervisor Theresa Kix- with her to Purdue Versyp averaged 13 2 points and 4 . For the record: 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and the game- winning trey to put the Bulls up 3- 2 in the series 2 . He also refused to name the Cardinals players who were interviewed. Updated: June 30, 2007, 8: 42 PM ET Former Vanderbilt star Price named nation' s top amateur player Comment Email Print Share Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn- Former Vanderbilt pitcher David Price won the Golden Spikes Award on Saturday as the nation' s best amateur baseball player. Receivers ran several routes short of first downs, and Vinny Testaverde misfired on a few other passes The run- blocking was poor in the second half.

After Thursday' s series finale, New York visits Fenway Park for a three- game series^ Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 3= BOSTON- Todd Walker hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning as Boston overcame a three- run deficit for its sixth win in seven games . An MRI exam Monday showed Clemens had a scar tissue injury in the right groin . And Ohio State( 17- 3, 5- 1 Big Ten) hung on for its fourth straight win . Think of organ crescendos from 4, 410 pipes as the commissioner approaches the podium! Instead, low- quality, ear- splitting, swelling electronic sounds like you hear at amusement parks were played the entire day, the same numbing recording over and over and over again .

LOS ANGELES( AP- Many in the crowd of 9, 247 at Galen Center made their sentiments clear regarding Southern California freshman O J . There are more important and much deeper scars that need to heal at VT this academic year, but there also is no doubt that the ripples from the April tragedy are everywhere- even on the basketball court . On Sunday the Bears looked awfully like the traditional offense- less Chicago squads . Parker' s dunk is important not because she got her hand above the rim and scored two points by pushing the ball through the hoop, but because it highlights the player at the forefront of an athletic revolution in women' s basketball .

Jamal Durham added 12 points for Winston- Salem, which outrebounded the Bison 36- 24 Adam Walker and Eugene Myatt scored 15 apiece for the Rams . They rushed for only 71 yards on 31 carries against the Cougars " More yards would be good " Carroll said, smiling " BYU gave us problems and we didn' t handle it very well . Nevin spoke well of the Padres, including Towers " I realize there were things I said or did, to be honest with you " the 36- year- old Nevin said " I have absolutely nothing negative to say about the people here . 12 AP) Wisconsin was already difficult by the time Saturday' s game tipped off at the Kohl Center The Badgers weren' t exactly hospitable, either . Louis TV reporter asked him Monday about the wondrous, cosmic coincidence of having the basketball Cardinals coming to the home of baseball' s Cardinals, veteran Pitino watchers tensed, waiting for the eviscerating comeback. The former girlfriend said that she and Pettis had a " really unhealthy relationship " Police said the latest incidents involving Pettis' former girlfriend may have occurred after a judge ordered Pettis to stay away from her. PITTSBURGH( AP- South Florida feels very comfortable when the ball is in the hands of quarterback Matt Grothe, who is as much of a threat to score to run for a touchdown as he is to throw for one Olympics 2010 Bobsleigh Tickets .

The players they put on the field nowadays, they couldn' t make it in my day . After running in the outfield, he said he was ready to play but was advised by trainer Mark O' Neal to give the injury two more days to heal . If the Buckeyes can find a fullback from a group of walk- ons and linebackers, Wells might just make a run at 2, 000 yards in 2008 . Updated: May 16, 2007, 9: 36 PM ET Morrow will replace Capps at Texas- Arlington Comment Email Print Share Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas- Samantha Morrow was named the new women' s basketball coach at Texas- Arlington on Wednesday .

He stayed in and scored the winning run on Willie Bloomquist' s single . Duchscherer hasn' t pitched since May 6 against Tampa Bay because of tightness and soreness in his right elbow . Sometime right after Simpson' s infamous Ford Bronco chase on Interstate 405 in June 1994, the school' s trophy was stolen from Heritage Hall . He finally bites on a stutter- step by McCareins, and gets burned for 35 yards to help set up the Jets' first score .