Harper finished surmises 26- for- states 40 for 226 yards with an interception for Clemson. The ball, though, bounced right back to Pinick, who then scored his game- winner. Right tackle Ryan Young missed the last game because of a knee problem and is questionable this week Kurt Vollers has done a solid job as his replacement Torrin Tucker also has seen action. Miguel Tejada added an RBIs double off Martinez, a three- time Cy Young winner, in the sixth. Middle Tennessee, California, Texas, DePaul and TCU- newly ranked this week- completed the Top 25. The Vols ran even more- mostly still up the middle- and had 32 rushes for 100 yards after halftime " I was glad we stuck to the game plan and started to wear on them " Tennessee offensive tackle Michael Munoz said. Young gets$ 500, 000 in 2006$ 600, 00 in 2007 and$ 700, 000 in 2008 " We' re happy to get it concluded, and Delmon' s excited to get going with his career " said Young' s agent, Arn Tellem.
In his first comeback start, the seven- time Cy Young winner gave up one run in four innings for Class A Tampa . He stayed on as athletic director until the end of last year . Oklahoma splashed onto the national scene in the first week of the season, when it lost by a basket to then- No 1 Tennessee The Sooners rattled off 10 straight wins after that They were really just getting to know each other . The Cardinal hadn' t been beaten in Maples since losing to Tennessee on Dec . The Blue Jays said the measures could remain in place for their seven- game homestand. Anyway, on to our Philly Email of the Week, from reader Chris G " During one of the last games at the Vet, my incredibly drunk friends were screaming at various visiting fans while trudging up the endless ramps leading to the upper reaches of the stadium. Other finalists were Mississippi State' s Sylvester Croom, former Hawaii coach June Jones and Ron Zook of Illinois.
The Seahawks remember what happened, of course, but the bitterness that followed in the days immediately after last year' s game has faded " I know you can' t avoid reading about it or talking about it, but our focus just has to be on the football game and how we' re going to defend their offense " Holmgren said, breaking into a smile . Pepperdine Vance Walberg promised an up- tempo style when he took over as coach last season and delivered Now, he hopes the system delivers more wins . Updated: October 18, 2005, 10: 49 PM ET Young chosen by Big 12 coaches Email Print Share Associated Press DALLAS- Sophia Young, the leading scorer on Baylor' s national championship team last season, was chosen by Big 12 coaches Tuesday as the league' s preseason player of the year The 6- foot- 1 guard averaged 18 4 points and 9 . Get victory back and enjoy the fruits of their labor " Tulane officials could not immediately say whether Ricard' s throwing shoulder injury would force him to miss the school' s home opener in the Louisiana Superdome next Saturday, the Green Wave' s first game in New Orleans since Dec 4, 2004 . Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse said the team feels like it controls its own destiny " We feel if we' re going to lose a game, we' re beating ourselves. For daily columns on prospects, commitments and signings, plus databases, go to CollegeSports' s Recruiting Page. Anderson also hired three of his assistants from UAB, including his nephew T J Cleveland, a former Arkansas point guard.
Game notes NL All- Star Matt Cain will make his scheduled start Sunday despite being struck near the right elbow during a line drive last Saturday, a mishap that kept him out of the All- Star game The start was delayed 45 minutes by rain . Clausen said after the game that he told teammates when Floyd was injured that they needed to step up " Whoever you are, if you get in there, you' ve got to make plays " he said . Porter had 10 points in the first half, including a 3- pointer with six seconds remaining to bring Oregon within 38- 35 at halftime . But when he returned from a seven- game suspension, he was greeted with skepticism, criticism and boos " I' ve seen him break about 200 bats, and only one had cork " Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said " But you' re always going to have that, people looking at his bat " But it' s not as bad as it was " Sosa deserves much of the credit for that . Brandon Monroe also grabbed 11 rebounds for the Spartans( 6- 11, 4- 2 Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference, who have strung together three straight wins for the first time this season O' Quinn was also 4- for- 6 from beyond the arc. Alex Ruoff scored 18 points, but was only 3- of- 15 from the field and missed a pair of 3- point attempts in the final 30 seconds. The drug, which came from Applied Pharmacy, was sent to the address in Mansfield, Texas, of one of Matthews' former minor league teammates, according to the Internet site.
With an off day between Games 1 and 2, another between Games 2 and 3, and a third between Games 4 and 5, Boston can use a three- man rotation in the first round . He scored 12 of his game- high 34 points in the final 3 minutes Saturday in Gonzaga' s 80- 76 home nonconference victory against Stanford " I was worried a little bit after the emotional weekend we had in Spokane " Few said " I thought we might be emotionally spent but we came out and showed some energy Morrison didn' t show any letdown . They play man and they guard their man " Harden missed a 3- pointer over Gibson with 4 seconds to play Harden finished with 10 points, well under his 21 1 average . Clemens has completed 80 of 150 passes for 1, 233 yards and eight touchdowns, and he has run for another score He has thrown six interceptions . In his earlier days, Pitino won with a fast- breaking team that often used passes inside to set up 3- pointers from the perimeter. The Aggies were the second straight team Gillispie transformed in record time. Anyway, since you' ve been very nice this year- Santa always bets the over- I' ve decided to grant your wish.
He wondered if he was having a heart attack during batting practice, and the Giants sent him to the hospital . Brown shot 7- for- 7 and scored 20 points with seven rebounds, David Wesley added 17 points and five assists and George Lynch scored 15 to pace six players in double figures . DENVER- Broncos linebacker John Mobley returned to Denver on Monday after spending the night in a Baltimore hospital with a bruised spinal cord . Skip Bayless: Brett Favre' s remarkable lob to running back Fisher against a retreating zone that was the equivalent of making the 18th- hole miniature- golf putt into the clown' s mouth . They signed the All- Star center to a one- year extension to keep this from being the last year of his contract. He' ll have at least$ 12 million to spend and maybe as much as$ 30 million if ownership bumps the payroll to around$ 100 million as speculated. Price has recovered and, although back in class, will miss the rest of the basketball season.
The NCAA also has granted an exception to the Florida State Seminoles " The NCAA position on the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery has not changed, and the NCAA remains committed to ensuring an atmosphere of respect and sensitivity for all who participate in and attend our championships " the NCAA said " The NCAA recognizes the many different points of view on this matter, particularly within the Native American community . The Big East' s stingiest defense forced UMBC into eight straight misses- including five 3s- during its dry spell late in the half, and took a 14- point lead when Chris Wright' s 3- pointer from the left corner made it 31- 17 with about 3 minutes left before the break " Their defense at times dictated how we played " Johnson said " They definitely got us in a stagnant period, and capitalized on the other end " Barbosa finally snapped the drought with a 3 at about the 1- minute mark, but Wright drained a 3 from the left corner that beat the halftime buzzer, made it 34- 22 and pushed the lead into double figures to stay " The beginning of the game is always going to be tough . He said the hearing would probably be scheduled for November . Associated PressCLEMSON, S . We gave a chance for players to maybe apologize for what happened. ARKANSAS 24, ALABAMA 23- Arkansas State( 2- 2) lost any momentum it had and took a few steps back last week with a 54- 7 loss to Tulsa. We played extremely hard and refused to quit " ASU cornerback Johnathan Burke knocked down two passes near the Arkansas State goal line in the final minute to preserve the win for the Indians.
Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit, on the disabled list with a wrist injury, is 0- for- 17 in five rehabilitation games in the minors after going 0- for- 5 with a walk as the designated hitter for Triple- A Indianapolis on Tuesday . Allow me to be that guy " he said " It' s hard to be that guy when you play and then sit They say' Oh yeah, he' s older' I' m not . 72 ERA while slowed by shoulder and elbow injuries the past two seasons He went 6- 8 with a 6 . On Monday, they finally got a chance to test it after rain left the outdoor fields wet . Associated PressGAINESVILLE, Fla( AP- No. Green was arrested Monday after police saw his car weaving on the street An officer found a bag of marijuana weighing 3. New Yorkers and Detroiters patiently abided by the law while Canadians engaged in pillaging! Time for our neighbor to the north to take a look in the mirror, it would seem.
Florida State is appealing the NCAA' s decision to strip Bowden of 14 victories as part of its punishment for academic fraud, which allegedly involved 61 student- athletes cheating on an online music course . Carlton Weatherby sank a 3- pointer during the decisive surge " The last few weeks the coaches have been stressing keeping our composure " Goods said " They' re going to make runs Basketball is a game of runs We just all stayed focused . FLAGSTAFF, Ariz- So far, Calvin Pace is looking like he deserved to be a first- round draft pick after all . LARAMIE, Wyo- Wyoming' s Joe Glenn and Utah State' s Mick Dennehy know each other well, having played and coached against each other . But they do acknowledge there' s no excuse for not beating the rebuilding Golden Hurricane " It' s something we don' t take lightly " senior quarterback Asad Abdul- Khaliq said " Just because we don' t play the No. Dodson had been allowed to practice with the Panthers as he awaited word on his eligibility for this season, but stopped practicing this week. Each of Roy' s children received gifts from the Avalanche, and Lacroix presented Patrick and his wife, Michele, with a large painting of a snow- covered mountain set behind a grove of aspens.
They' re cruising to the Finals as easily as any team since the 2001 Lakers unless something goofy happens, like Billups blows out a knee and as he' s rolling around on the ground Rasheed runs over to help him out, leans over and cracks a bone in his back . In New York, it' s illegal for a doctor to prescribe drugs without examining the patient in person, and illegal for a pharmacy to dispense prescription drugs without a valid prescription Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press . Thompson then connected with Mike Hicks on a 10- yard touchdown pass to extend Tennessee- Martin' s lead to 31- 14 . Given the overall balance and ruggedness of the SEC coupled with the fact that the champion had to survive a league title game, many of the coaches feared that the BCS system would be bad for business in the SEC] EnlargeMark Zerof/ US PresswireFour SEC teams have national titles during the BCS era, including Phil Fulmer' s Tennessee squad in 1998 " I think most of us thought that the championship game and the BCS setup, at that particular time, would not be beneficiary for the SEC " said Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, whose Vols promptly shot down that notion by winning the first BCS national title in 1998 " I think a lot of people felt that way, that we' d beat up on each other and that teams that didn' t play quite the schedule we do in the SEC would have more of an advantage " Granted, the BCS has been tweaked, tightened and altered during its first 10 years of existence . Thanks to freshman Scottie Reynolds' 16 points, sophomore Shane Clark' s foul shooting and some terrific defense, the Wildcats held on for a 56- 52 victory in an old- fashioned Big East defensive struggle, ending the Hoyas' seven- game winning streak " Every experience you have with young guys like that, it builds on their collective conscience " Villanova coach Jay Wright said " Scottie and Shane now have something like that " Clark scored 14 points, including going 4- for- 4 from the line down the stretch, as Villanova( 11- 4, 1- 2) snapped its a two- game losing streak and improved to 6- 0 against Georgetown at Verizon Center. Newton had many opportunities to leave academia and become wealthy, but stayed because he enjoyed the creative ferment of college " To start from nothing and create an idea that ends up improving people' s lives, it' s just fun, the most fun in the world " Newton told me. The Big East' s most improved player in 2005, Williams started all 31 games last season, averaging 9 6 points, 3 8 rebounds and 7 8 assists a game, good for third nationally.
Prior throws in the 90s, and it was obvious how much it hurt as Sheffield jumped around home plate, clutching his hand and grimacing in pain . Like Washington, he wasn' t surprised by the performance " I felt all along we had a defensive football team that could run and was aggressive " Solich said " That' s a pretty good combination " Ruud said the defense was keyed up to take the field to implement the new system introduced by new defensive coordinator Bo Pelini . Thompson, who was the starter in Oklahoma' s 17- 10 upset loss to TCU in the season opener last year, had no signs of rust early after moving back to quarterback from receiver following Bomar' s dismissal . Updated: August 1, 2006, 9: 32 AM ET Soriano stays put; Nats hope to re- sign outfielder Email Print Share Learn More# 187; Report a bug# 187; Feedback# 187; MLB Trade Deadline: Deals that Didn' t Get DoneMLB Trade Deadline: Deals that Didn' t Get DoneSteve Phillips and Buster Olney weigh- inTags: NFL, New Orleans Saints, Reggie Bush, MLB Buster Olney' s Trade Deadline Winners and LosersBuster Olney' s Trade Deadline Winners and LosersReds, Tigers, Yankees, Angels, Mets, Red Sox Tags: MLB Alfonso Soriano' s up- and- down tenure with the Washington Nationals will last at least until the end of this season, with the team holding on to the slugging left fielder instead of dealing him at baseball' s trade deadline Monday . Anthony Passley and Jordan Smith were suspended from the team by coach Bruce Pearl following their arrests on March 5. But with Michigan State playing North Carolina for the national championship at Ford Field on Monday night, and Penn State having already won the NIT, Delany said his conference represented itself well during the postseason " We were a very young league " Delany said Sunday " I don' t think we ever said we were the best. Blair is an in- between size for an NBA inside player, but is an instinctive rebounder- he easily led major college players in offensive rebounding- and he was not overmatched physically even against centers who were seven or eight inches taller.
Purdue is unranked for the first time since the week of March 2, 1998, ending a string of 123 appearances in the poll . The throw sailed through raindrops and over two defenders into the end zone . Washington starter Patrick Ramsey went 1- for- 3 for 3 yards in two series . With coach Butch Davis' deadline approaching, it' s still too close to pick a clear winner . 6 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocks during his senior season. Crean said he wasn' t upset with the effort because it was another sign his team is improving after a midseason lull. Klatt is a 21- year- old sophomore walk- on and former minor league baseball player.
Marve started 11 of 13 games for the Hurricanes, but also served two suspensions, including one that kept him out of the Emerald Bowl . The game was well out of reach by halftime after Mississippi State built a 50- 27 lead They led by as much as 37 late . Thompson also played for his father at Georgetown( 1989- 92) and worked on Wall Street briefly before going into coaching . 7 LIU 71- 62 in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference playoffs Thursday night . Rhonda Lundin, Nevada' s assistant athletic director for media services, told the AP that " nothing has changed and the players are still suspended " Fields averaged 12. Kenny James bulled through three defenders at the goal line on a 17- yard touchdown run that put Washington ahead 7- 3 lead midway through the opening quarter. Two plays later we fumbled again " I don' t think we were overconfident, I don' t believe that.