WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
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Cardinals allegedly
hacked Astros
ST. LOUIS (AP) —
Federal law enforcement
authorities are
investigating
whether the
St. Louis
Cardinals
illegally
hacked into
a computer database of the
Houston Astros to obtain
information on their former
division rival’s players.
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and Justice Department
were investigating whether
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effort to steal information
from the Astros’ database,
called Ground Control.
“Major League Baseball
has been aware of and has
fully cooperated with the
federal investigation into
the illegal breach of the
Houston Astros’ baseball
operations database,” MLB
said in a statement. “Once
the investigative process
has been completed by
federal law enforcement
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the next steps and will make
decisions promptly.”
SPORTS
HERMISTON
Women’s World Cup
Macias excelling for Viks
Hermiston grad qualifies
for junior championships
Jose Macias,
of Hermiston,
was all smiles
after hitting
the USATF Ju-
nior Champi-
onships quali-
fying standard
in the 10,000
meters on
Sunday at
the Portland
Track Festival.
Macias, who
is a freshman
at Portland
State, was the
second colle-
giate runner
to fi nish and
13th overall
with a time of
31 minutes,
57.31 seconds.
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
All college athletes face a learning curve
when jumping from the high school ranks,
but few handle it as well as Hermiston’s Jose
Macias.
The 2014 HHS grad has been a quick
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Outdoor Championships with his performance
at the Portland Track Festival on Sunday.
Despite never running a race longer than
5,000 meters as a Bulldog, Macias met the
qualifying standard in the 10k in just his third
attempt at the distance.
He dropped 40 seconds from his previous
time with a personal record of 31 minutes,
57.31 seconds.
He was the second collegiate runner to cross
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Contributed photo
courtesy of
Kimberly Macias
“It doesn’t really
hit them until they
miss a paycheck.“
Wambach
lifts US
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
VANCOUVER, British
Columbia — Abby Wambach
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the U.S. women’s national
team went
on to beat
Nigeria 1-0
on Tuesday
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night for a
first-place
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group at the
Wo m e n ’ s
World Cup.
Nigeria
It was
Wambach’s
14th World
Cup goal,
pulling her even with Birgit
Prinz for second on the
all-time list behind Brazil’s
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NBA Finals
Golden State War-
riors guard Stephen
Curry (30), right,
and guard Andre
Iguodala (9) cele-
brate after winning
Game 6 of basket-
ball’s NBA Finals in
Cleveland, Tuesday,
June 16, 2015. The
Warriors defeated
the Cavaliers 105-97
to win the best-of-
seven game series
4-2.
MLB, union put
A-Rod grievance
deadline on hold
NEW YORK (AP) —
Major League Baseball and
the players’ association have
stopped the clock on the
deadline for Alex Rodriguez
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the New York
FACES Yankees for
not making
a $6 million
payment when
he hit his 660th
home run.
Rodriguez
tied
Willie
Rodriguez
Mays for fourth
place on the career home run
list on May 1, and baseball’s
labor contract sets a 45-day
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MLB and the union said
Tuesday the deadline is on
hold for as long as the two
sides agree.
At the time Rodriguez
and the Yankees signed
their $275 million, 10-year
contract in December 2007,
they signed a separate
marketing agreement that
called for $6 million each
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accomplishments.
New York has offered to
pay an amount less than $6
million in Rodriguez’s name
to charities mutually chosen
by both sides, a person
familiar with the situation
said Tuesday.
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Game 6
Golden State
105
Cleveland
97
Ultimate Warriors
Golden State
wins first NBA
title in 40 years
again reign supreme.
Their 40-year NBA champion-
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A half century of misery in
Cleveland drags on. LeBron James
just didn’t have enough help.
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Andre Iguodala scored 25 points
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apiece, Draymond Green recorded
Associated Press
a triple-double and the Warriors
CLEVELAND — Revived by a — using a barrage of 3-pointers
fresh-faced shooting superstar and in the fourth quarter — won their
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believe, the Golden State Warriors James and the Cavaliers 105-97 on
Tuesday night in Game 6.
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Ford was in the White House,
disco was in vogue and Rick Barry
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handed, the best pro basketball team
resides in the Bay Area.
And these Warriors are a lot
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balanced, together. Just like coach
Steve Kerr hoped.
After falling behind by two
points early in the third quarter, the
Warriors took control with Curry,
the league’s MVP, and Iguodala,
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season in Game 4, leading the way.
“World champs,” Curry said,
letting the title sink in. “This is
truly special. This group is a special
group. From the time we started the
season this is what we envisioned
and a lot of hard work goes into it,
all the way down to the last minute
of this game. This is what it’s all
about. ... We’re going to remember
this for a long time.”
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College National Finals Rodeo
— Jerry Jones
Dallas Cowboys owner
on WR Dez Bryant, who
skipped the fi rst day of
mandatory team activities
on Tuesday as he contin-
ues to seek a long-term
contract from the team.
Bryant has threatened to
hold out into the regu-
lar season rather than
play under the one-year
franchise tag the team
applied to him to keep
him from becoming a
free agent. Bryant would
make $12.8 million
under the franchise
tag, which is more than
$750,000 a game.
Crossley vaults into barrel racing lead
First performance hit-and-miss
for local rodeo contestants
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1962 — Jack Nicklaus
beats Arnold Palmer by three
strokes in a playoff to win the
U.S. Open.
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be good enough to get her
into the short-go, but riders
CASPER, Wyo. — The that could potentially join
bright lights went on her are her Blue Mountain
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performance of the College mates Danyelle Williams and
National Finals Rodeo, Jessica Lewis, who both have
and Hermiston’s Callahan completed two runs.
Williams was second in
Crossley shone.
The barrel racer turned in Round 2 with a 13.90 and has
a time of 14.1 seconds that 28.51 on two, while Lewis
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vaulted her to the top of the them in the top 10 among
leaderboard at the Casper riders still waiting for their
third turn.
Events Center.
Williams
is
also
Crossley has a three-round
time of 42.28 seconds, and competing in goat tying,
placed third in the second go and the BMCC women on
third in the team standings
with a 13.95.
With 37 riders still to go in behind Central Arizona and
the third round, Crossley will McNeese State.
have to wait and see if it’ll
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East Oregonian
Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP
In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2015, Nightstalker throws Blue Mountain
College saddle bronc rider Kody Rinehart during the College National Finals Ro-
deo at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyo.