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SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts College Football Winston to enter the NFL Draft TALLAHASSEE, Fla. terback Jameis Winston is going to the NFL. Trophy winner announced his decision to forgo his statement released to ESPN by The Legacy Agency Wednesday. FACES Winston was the most successful quarterback in college football Winston sons, but also faced lengthy sexual assault investigations. lice and was cleared by the university. with Winston starting and pionship. Winston is expected to be incidents. Winston wrote that it goodbye to my family at Florida State.” AP Photos Cavs land center Timofey Mozgov CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the trade says the Cavaliers acquired center Timofey Mozgov from the Denver round draft picks. The Cavs have targeted Mozgov for several months and reached agreement in principle on the deal Wednesday, said the person who spoke to The tion of anonymity because the NBA still has to approve the trade. ing center. They lost starting center Anderson Varejao last month for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. played for Cavs coach David Blatt on the Russian national The deal for Mozgov comes two days after the Cavs acquired guards J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert from the New York Knicks. “I’ve faced a lot of Hall of Fame hitters, and my gosh, Edgar is the best hitter that I ever saw.” — Randy Johnson Newly inducted Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher on former Seattle Mariner team- mate Edgar Martinez. Johnson went a step further, stating that if he had a vote Martinez would be the fi rst name he’d check. Martinez has not been voted in despite multiple ballot appearances. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1972 — nounces freshmen will be eligible to play on varsity football and basketball teams starting in the fall. 2007 — Florida dominates Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith Championship Bowl. The sion I school to hold football and basketball titles at the same time. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com LEFT: Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota throws against Florida State during the fi rst half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifi nal in Pasadena, Calif. RIGHT: Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott losing his shoe as he runs for a 60-yard gain during the second half of the Big Ten Confer- ence championship NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in Indianapolis. Cut from the same cloth Ducks, Buckeyes employ mirroring offensive styles By DOUG LESMERISES Northeast Ohio Media Group National Title Game athletes, they like to work space and like to work their athletes in space. Whatever way they can #2 Oregon Ducks (13-1) #4 Ohio State Buckeyes (13-1) offense. That helps us for our defense because we anything new too much.” • Monday, 5:30 p.m. • at AT&T Stadium • TV on ESPN a mind meld that created two sides of the same quickly moving coin. a spread style more in line with the wave that programs as far as how you go target a defense,” lot of similar plays.” Neither offense should be stopped, though the not an unusual idea anymore. But the expected the Rose Bowl after the 2009 season. Helfrich and offensive coordinator Scott Frost, since Kelly left for the NFL. But the efforts to slow each other down might be helped by each defense understanding how the opposing offense works, thanks to facing their own offense in practice. ple” of Kelly, was part of that move. And Meyer and Kelly still talk now. Meyer so idea but the entire program philosophy, that he had to stop himself Tuesday is the middle of what sounded like a free commercial for the Ducks. NFL Unger’s return helps solidify O-Line Center back with Seahawks after six games with injured ankle By TIM BOOTH Associated Press See DUCKS/3B College Basketball Ducks add Israeli forward positions on the offensive line, center is the one most needing By STEVE MIMS The Register-Guard most like a revolving door for the Seattle Seahawks this season. Four different players have team added some size and depth on Tuesday. ter this season. But just in time for freshman Roman Sorkin to a game against Carolina, veteran Max Unger is expected to return the Israeli junior national team member is eligible to play for of the regular season because of an injury. rolled at the school on Tuesday afternoon and his addition was announced by the Ducks later in the day. rience, and comfort level, and knowledge in the system and targeting,” Seattle offensive line matters. Just kind of being on the same page. Being able to help the quarterback where he needs to go. littered with injuries. He played a foot injury against Washington. ger returned for a pair of games in November only to suffer a AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Seahawks center Max Unger takes part in practice drills Wednesday in Renton, Wash. son. kind of out of my control.” long list of replacements Seattle has used. First up was Stephen Schilling, who made three starts around midseason before ending up on injured reserve. Next in line was Patrick Lewis, who started Also thrown in was former Seattle backup Lemuel Jeanpierre, who made three starts. but everybody who has stepped up has done a great job,” guard been a little off here and there but tion down with whoever is in there and being on top of it and knowing While Seattle has received serviceable play from Schilling, Jeanpierre and Lewis, there is no See UNGER/2B scholarship players and he joins junior center Michael Chandler as the tallest players on the team. for the Ducks if he can pick up quick enough to contribute this season. Chandler has been limited to season due to a knee injury. has a lot of work to do on his conditioning,” Altman said after Chandler played six minutes in See ISRAELI/2B
