"LeBron and Carmelo have had the greatest impact of any rookie tandem in the modern age of merchandising." SaL LaRpcca, the NBAs senior vice president for global mercahdising. on Jamea and Anthony's jerseys being No.1 and 2 in sales
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Catchin' some 'bee
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Katie Sullivan, Tulsa, Okla., freshman, snagged a frisbee yesterday afternoon on Daisy Hill. "I just wanted to get outside and throw the older boy around." Sullivan said.
White Sox defeat Royals win is manager's first
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ozzie Guillen felt he could almost hear his country cheering.
Fueled by solid relief pitching and three home runs, the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 yesterday and made Guillen the first Venezuelan-born manager to get a major league win.
"We have a lot of political problems our country, like in a lot of countries," Guillen said. "To help my country, to give something real positive to my
give something real po country is something I feel good about. I feel proud. I'm pretty sure my country feels real proud right now."
The longtime White Sox shortstop made headlines across his native land when he was named the major league's first Venezuelan manager.
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Miguel Olivo, Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Lee all homered for the White Sox, who lost Monday's opener 9-7 when the Royals scored six times for the biggest ninth-inning comeback in an opener in 103 years.
The loss means the Royals cannot repeat their 9-0 start of last year, which catapulted them into a season-long contention in the AL Central.
"I know for a fact that when they see us lose the way we lost, there were a lot of Venezuelans who were hurt," Guillen said. "Now they are going to hear what happened today and they are going to feel good."
"Hey, you didn't think it would happen every single time, did you?" Royals manager Tony Pena said.
esteban Loaiza (1-0) handed the bullpen a lead, and Mike Jackson, Cliff Politte and Billy Koch stopped the Royals over the final three innings.
Loaiza, second in last year's AL Cy Young Award voting after going 21-9, did not allow a hit until Mike Sweeney's RBI single with two outs in the third. He allowed three runs, five hits and four walks in six-plus innings.
Koch induced Beltran, who homered with Angel Berroa aboard to win it Monday, to fly out to shallow center with Berroa on first for the save.
Olivo, the No. 9 batter, homered for a 2-0 lead in the second after Aaron Rowand's two-out single.
Darrell May (0-1). Royals pitcher of the year last season, gave up all three homers and was charged with four runs and six hits through five innings.
Ordonez made it 3-1 with a solo homer in the fifth. Then, one out later. Lee hit his second homer in two garnes, a 430-foot drive to center.
Aaron Guiel homered off Loaiza leading off the fifth. In just his second major league game in left field, he made two strong throws to cut down Ordonez and Lee trying to stretch singles into doubles in the seventh and eighth innings.
Hnida's father told CU officials she was being harassed in 2001
BOULDER, Colo. — The father of a former University of Colorado placekicker who says she was raped by a teammate told the school's chancellor in a 2001 e-mail that his daughter had been sexually harassed, according to The Daily Camera.
The e-mail by Katie Hnida's father to CU Chancellor Richard Byyny was obtained by the Boulder newspaper
through an open-records request. In January, Byyyn said in a deposition in a lawsuit against the school that he was unaware of any sexual harassment claims by the Hnida family.
Byyny amended his deposition on Feb. 23, six days after Hnida told Sports Illustrated she was raped by an unnamed teammate in 2000. Byyny's amendment read: "I do not have a specific recollection, but I have seen an email exchange" with Dave Hnida, Katie's father.
Hnida is one of at least eight women since 1997 who have accused CU football players or recruits of rape. No sexual assault charges have been filed.
The state attorney general and an independent commission are investigating claims the football program uses sex and alcohol-fueled parties to entice top recruits.
CU spokeswoman Pauline Hale said Byyny initially "just didn't recall that brief exchange." She said Byyny didn't report Nhida's sexual harassment claims because the e-mail focused on a lawsuit by a former student who says she was raped at a 2001 off-campus party for football recruits and players.
Byyny couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.
University policy requires administrators who observe or receive a report of sexual harassment to report it to a campus sexual-harassment officer.
Mariano Rivera gets 1st save as Yankees beat Devil Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kevin Brown pitched seven sharp innings for his 1994 victory and Jason Giambi snapped a sixth-inning tie with an RBI single yesterday, helping the New York Yankees beat Tampa 3-2.
A day after hitting his first homer for the Yankees, Alex Rodriguez drove in a run as the team strung together four consecutive hits in the sixth off Paul Abbott (0-1), who held the defending AL champions hitless for five innings.
Brown (2-0) allowed one run on five hits and struck out five to beat Tampa Bay for the second time in eight days. Tom Gordon pitched the eighth, and Mariano Rivera survived a shaky ninth for his first save.
Rivera allowed Eduardo Perez's RBI double, but escaped a bases-loaded jam when Brook Fordyce grounded sharply to the new third baseman. Rodriguez fielded the ball and stepped on the bag before throwing to first for a game-ending double play.
GOLF
Mickelson eyes first major championship at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The man in the green jacket raved about Phil Mickelson's record at the Masters—seven times in the top 10—no worse than seventh since 1999.
Mickelson saw what was coming and beat everyone to the punch.
"But no wins." he said.
Then, he reached over and playfully tugged at the sleeve of the Augusta National member sitting next to him.
"I want what you have," he said. "I want one of these. Those are nice."
Getting one has proved to be a major challenge for Mickelson, who comes into the Masters riding a streak — 0-for-42 in the majors — that has come to define an otherwise impeccable career.
No one questions his awesome ability. Mickelson has won 22 times on the PGA Tour, more than any other active player besides Tiger Woods. He is long off the tee and has a short game that even Woods says is the best in golf.
But his lack of a major became even more glaring last year when another Lefty — Mike Weir of Canada — showed
the mettle of major champions by making clutch putts down the stretch to win the Masters.
But Mickelson's hopes are higher this year, and for good reason.
Coming off his worst season on the PGA Tour — so bad that one golf publication failed to list him among the top 30 players going into the year — Mickelson looks stronger than ever.
He refused to start practicing until Jan. 1 to emphasize that last year was behind him, then came out of the blocks by winning the Bob Hope Classic and getting into Sunday contention every time he has played.
This might be the place for Mickelson to prove it.
"I certainly feel like I have a very good chance," Mickelson said. "I've played very consistently, which is something I didn't do last year. I have a lot more confidence that I'll be there come the weekend. I'm playing well enough to get into contention without having to do anything extraordinary."
Mickelson is so serious about this year's Masters that he came to Augusta National last week for two practice rounds. He identified his problems the last three years by working with coaches Rick Smith and Dave Pelz to figure out where he can save a shot per round.
It all starts to unfold in a Masters that is far different from a year ago.
One reason so many people consider Mickelson a strong favorite is because Woods, a three-time champion, doesn't appear to be on top of his game.
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Christian Moody in a corn field. Now that would be fun.
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It's a good thing that Jeff Graves is a senior because I don't know how long I could resist his sexiness.
I would like to thank the baseball guys for coming to eat at GSP today because they are all so hot.
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J. R. Giddens has no game and he has a small head.
J. R. Giddens, don't hate the player. Hate the game.
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