Lou Gehrig( divulges 1934, informs Sid Gordon( 1950, Gentile( 1961) and Jim Northrup( 1968) all hit four grand slams before the All- Star break Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. The zone- read play that was so prevalent under Franchione has been mothballed from the Aggies' playbook " I enjoy the challenge of getting into that playbook " said McGee, who graduated last season " It' s like I have two graduate courses this spring- marketing and going through Coach Sherman' s playbook. With shooting guard Antonio Anderson also testing the NBA draft waters, Evans may have even more scoring opportunities. Matthew Mitchell/ WireImageWeis congratulates Brady Quinn on a big win over a mediocre opponent. Doctors apparently have ruled out an aneurysm, the newspaper reported. Bonaventure University weather an eligibility scandal as the school' s board chairman, died of an apparent suicide He was 55. Van Horn said her department conducts " in- person spot checks of practice during the academic year and summer.
Yeager said there was ample evidence to show Auburn coaches' contact with Komara surpassed their relationships with others involved in recruiting . Illinois, after all, has talked all season about getting to the Final Four; Bruce Weber' s team has been the one at the top of the polls since December, and the Illini, seemingly, have the most to lose . Finally Davidson was able to smile after close losses to Ohio State and Maryland in the first round the past two years " He' s done it all year for us " said Richards, who leads the nation in assists largely because of Curry " This game, he showed the whole nation what he' s capable of " . Associated PressVILLANOVA, Pa( AP- Shane Clark had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Villanova to a 72- 59 victory over South Florida on Wednesday night . Unfortunately, this was the late' 90s- when you told someone you wrote an Internet sports column, they reacted like you were selling knives door- to- door. The winning attitude that Riley instilled and Erickson sustained is apparent in the players, especially tailback Steven Jackson, who led the Pacific- 10 Conference with a school record 1, 690 yards rushing last season. That' s a special moment " Mora thought he ended the dry spell with a fourth- inning swing, but his liner to center died near the warning track " I think the one I hit before, that was gone.
15 million option for next season on right- hander Steve Reed, making him eligible for free agency Reed went 5- 3 with a 3 27 ERA in 67 appearances this season He is the team' s career leader in ERA( 3 62) and appearances( 396 . VMI then held Lees- McRae( 3- 4) to 5 points over the last five minutesAaron Duggar' s 3- pointer tied it with 17: 01 remaining in the first half, but the Keydets answered with a 23- 4 run, including five 3- pointers, that made it 31- 12 with 10: 39 to go before the break Another 19- 4 run put VMI up 70- 38 at halftime . MINNEAPOLIS( AP- Years down the road, when Jamal Abu- Shamala wants to show people what he was like as a basketball player, all he' ll need to do is pop in a DVD of the second half of Wednesday night' s game against Purdue . USC was very successful last season despite one of the nation' s most difficult schedules . But the Nationals couldn' t hold the lead for Jordan Zimmerman, the second of three rookies starting in succession during the series against the Rockies. Niagara dropped its 18th straight game against ranked opponents and hasn' t beat a Top 25 team since a win over No 4 St. Patsos, who served as Gary Williams' assistant for 13 seasons at Maryland, will succeed Scott Hicks, whose contract was not renewed after Loyola went 1- 27 in 2003- 04 " In a very rare and sensitive time in Loyola basketball history, the program needs a special man to be head men' s basketball coach " Loyola athletic director Joe Boylan said " We' re fortunate to have Jimmy Patsos be that man " Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
PROBABLE: CB Sheldon Brown( ankle; C Hank Fraley( foot; QB Donovan McNabb( thumb; DT Corey Simon( rib; DE Brandon Whiting( hamstring . The Cutz barbershop is owned by Mourning, a former Miami Heat center now with the New Jersey Nets, and barber Peter Bethel . That score came less than 2 minutes after Herb Donaldson ran 1 yard for a touchdown to put Western Illinois( 6- 4, 4- 3 Missouri Valley Football Conference) ahead 45- 38 after a 38- 38 tie . They did a real good job of getting offensive rebounds, and that right there won the game . According to secretly recorded conversations by an assistant coach, Bliss told players to lie to investigators and say that Dennehy paid his tuition by dealing drugs. Now he returns to the Meadowlands for the second time in 13 days when the Dallas Cowboys( 1- 1) face the Jets( 0- 3. As one NFL coach told me this week " Mentally, McNabb is where Steve Young was when he finally won a Super Bowl.
Daniel Hackett added 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Trojans( 9- 3, whose only loss in their last eight games has been to No 4 Oklahoma . Down 13- 3, the Tigers came back to take a brief 17- 16 lead on Bobby Reid 2- yard TD run . Massachusetts 1- 0 1, 678 12 11 . Playing the opener against an OSU team that beat Nebraska 24- 21 last year will be a good test, Davies said . It just took a long time to finish after waves of rain and lightning rolled through downtown Austin at the end of the third quarter, forcing game officials to suspend play for 70 minutes. In the first game, an error by Tejada in the 11th gave the Nationals- and their former pitcher- the win. He led the Volunteers in blocked shots( 32) and field goal percentage.
Two clubs had done it nine in a row: Boston( 2004- 05) and Tampa Bay last September Wang returned from a hamstring injury but is 0- 2 with a 5 84 ERA . Maddox was the only true freshman on defense to start a game in 2008, and he finished with 32 tackles in nine games with four starts . Booker upped the team' s intensity with two very big plays as Clemson( No 21 ESPN/ USA Today; No 25 AP) responded with a 13- 1 run . DOUBTFUL: S Brian Dawkins( foot; CB Bobby Taylor( foot; DE Brandon Whiting( hamstring . Taylor, most recently an assistant at Tulane, is Chicago State' s latest coach. George Mason, which shot 49 percent from the field( 25 of 51, ensured its 11th straight winning season and has won its last three home games by an average of 20 3 points per game. It was Maryland' s fourth turnover- one more than in its previous three games- and FSU turned that into a 1- yard touchdown run by quarterback Christian Ponder " We finally put a game together " Bowden said.
Hoping to play, Jeter went out for batting practice to test his thumb . It was the lowest point of Echemandu' s career- but things quickly brightened up when Tedford was hired . WACO, Texas- Melissa Kethley says she last saw estranged husband Carlton Dotson the night of June 12, driving a car that belonged to his former teammate, Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy . But the Demon Deacons struggled to move the ball in that game, and the woes in the ground game( 43 yards rushing) continued against Navy . He said the trade happened now instead of just before the July 31 trading deadline " because we came across with a pretty good player " Seattle manager Mike Hargrove said he didn' t go to Bavasi and ask for more help for his team' s offense, but he gladly accepted the addition of Perez " I think this move is a good, solid move that makes our club better " Hargrove said " Now, we' ll have to see how it pans out " The Indians signed Perez to a one- year$ 1 7 million deal in January Cabrera batted 236 with 22 RBI in 60 games at Triple- A Tacoma. Looper was the closer with the New York Mets before signing with the Cardinals as a set- up man. Saltalamacchia, a switch- hitter with power, has spent time at first base this season as the Braves tried to find a way to use his bat.
Ten high school/ prep school players have chosen to enter the draft, including Swift; Telfair; Livingston; Smith; Jefferson; center/ forward Dwight Howard of Atlanta- SW Atlanta Christian, Ga( Uncommitted; forward Josh Smith of Mouth of Wilson- Oak Hill Academy, Va( Indiana; center Jackie Butler of Virginia Beach- Coastal Christian, Va( Tennessee; forward Ivan Chiriaev of Oakville, Ontario- St . He also recommended getting a paper ballot for the election this fall because Florida might have problems with its electronic voting system " What can I say, he' s a genius . Majerus, 56, is expected to return to ESPN as a game analyst in some capacity Meanwhile, Saia now has a chance to get the full- time job . Edge: EvenThird Base: This in one of the more important matchups between the teams because Atlanta can ill afford to have Vinny Castilla struggle- which he very well could do against righthanders who throw hard . Torre made a bunch of decisions before Boone' s heroics sent New York to the World Series against the Florida Marlins And they all worked Jason Giambi was hitting only 216 in the playoffs with one home run and three RBIss. Twelve players registered points for Morehead State in the victory Gerald Robinson Jr. Ian Kinsler led off the bottom of the third with a tying homer.
Stoudamire and Wallace, passengers in the car, pleaded innocent and face hearings on the matter later this month On Nov . Associated PressDeLand, Fla- A J . It' s the reason he wakes up every morning feeling as if his foundation has been rattled by a 7 . RHP Edinson Volquez( right elbow) was slated to long toss on flat ground . Davis missed a jumper in the lane, but Whitehead controlled the rebound and Cook got fouled by Cummings on the play He made both to win the game. A season- high 28 points and 10 rebounds from Dion Lowhorn, the WCC' s leading scorer, were not enough to prevent the Dons( 8- 13, 0- 6) from suffering their sixth straight loss, all in conference play. White played at Washington High in Milwaukee before going to Marshalltown Community College in Iowa for one season and Hill Junior College in Texas last season.
Kenny Ingram knocked Skinner' s pass down in the backfield and Florida State took over . Shelton then lifted a full- count pitch just over shortstop Elvis Andrus, driving in pinch- runner Josh Wilson . He didn' t start pitching until his junior year, but because he could throw in the 90s, the White Sox chose him in the third round of the 1995 draft " They tell you never to take the first offer, so we didn' t " Putz says " Chicago never called back " So Putz enrolled at Michigan, where he was a little bit like a guy he crossed paths with: Tom Brady Both came up in the shadow of other local heroes . The Cougars, who led by as many as 14 in the first half, didn' t score over the final 3: 16 and went without a basket after Taylor Rochestie scored at 6: 50 . In addition to writing Tuesday Morning Quarterback, Gregg Easterbrook is the author of " The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse " and other books. Louis Blues, has been hired as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team source said Thursday At 36, Ferguson becomes the youngest GM in the NHL. Clemens agreed May 6 to a one- year contract worth$ 28, 000, 022- the last two digits matching his uniform number- but only gets paid his major league salary once he is on the big league roster.
Before the season ended, he tried to diminish concerns about doling out so much guaranteed money for a player who will be in his late 30s when the deal ends " I feel like I can run better than some 22- year- old guys " Hunter said then " Trust me I' m going to be like this the rest of my life I' ve been like this since I was 17 years old . For Strickland to become a bigger contributor this year- something he is fully capable of- Prosser wants him to stop thinking about scoring points and do all the little things that Howard was so good at: rebounding, defense, running the floor . Embry is a longtime NBA GM and executive with the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Raptors, following an NBA playing career that included five All- Star appearances " When he calls, you listen " said Keady " When he' s affiliated with something, you know it' s going to be done right " Keady will take a Caribbean cruise with his wife, Pat They plan to decide by Dec 6, the date they return . The team traded Byung- Hyun Kim to Boston for Shea Hillenbrand in an attempt to get more right- handed production at the plate Hillenbrand hit 267, but had 18 homers and 59 RBIss . But he would be in line for a hefty raise after winning a school- record 37 games and capturing a national championship even without Oklahoma State in the picture. Y- Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe led Buffalo to victory over their former team. Daryl Cohen led Southeastern Louisiana with 12 points, including a pair of 3- pointers.
The Musketeers, who held their last five opponents under 40 percent shooting from the floor, kept Rhode Island( 11- 6, 0- 2) to 37 . Anthony Goods added 12 points and Jeremy Green had 11 " It' s frustrating " Goods said " We were getting decent shots but we were just missing them . Still, no one chose to take the fight against Canseco' s charges further " The fact that no one sued me was really the first indication that my book was the absolute truth " Canseco told ESPN on Wednesday " People might have not believed what I was saying, but they believe it now " Canseco said Bonds should challenge the book if he has information that what was written is false " But if he sues and says it' s false and more and more evidence continues to come out, he' ll come out of it looking worse " Canseco said Canseco said his book is going through another printing . J- Jamaal Womack had 24 points- including four 3- pointers- to lead St . The defense allowed only 21 yards on the ground, the third- lowest total in team history. LOS ANGELES- Wilson Alvarez and Eric Gagne combined on a seven- hitter, and Robin Ventura homered as Los Angeles defeated Arizona. He played 77 games with the Panthers last year, scoring six goals with 15 assists.
BELLINGHAM, Wash- Western Washington University football coach Rob Smith suspended three of his players Friday after they were arrested for residential burglary and booked into the Whatcom County Jail . Updated: May 6, 2006, 5: 56 PM ET' Game of Shadows' authors are subpoenaed Email Print Share Associated Press Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein insisted the reporters are protected under the First Amendment " The San Francisco Chronicle unconditionally stands by its reporters in fighting this effort by the government to force them to reveal their confidential sources " Bronstein said " Reporters are not subject to the rules governing grand jury secrecy, which apply only to some of the people in the room during those proceedings " Eve Burton, vice president and general counsel for Hearst Corp, which owns the newspaper, said " The Chronicle and its reporters intend to fight the subpoenas vigorously " The U S . Miles went 11- 2 during each of his first two seasons, finishing his first campaign with a lopsided Peach Bowl victory over Miami and his second with a blowout against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl . He would help me whenever I came off the field, I' d talk to him about things he saw and stuff like that . Bennewitz connected with Evans on a 62- yard play and Tim McManus on a 75- yard touchdown pass while Andrew Kempler kicked a 20- yard field goal. Robinson has dismissed the notion of moving Vidro to another position. Thursday, with Verlander( 17- 9) opposed by Mussina( 15- 7.