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exchange program
DAYTONA BEACH,
Fla. (AP) — Daytona
,nternational 6peedway will
not ban the
Confederate
À ag from
tracN
property this
weeNend, bXt will offer the
American À ag to those who
wish to À y it on property.
Daytona President Joie
Chitwood said TXesday
the speedway will offer an
exchange program in which
fans can trade a À ag for the
American À ag. Daytona
hosts NA6CAR races on
6atXrday and 6Xnday nights
this weeNend.
“We are celebrating the
American À ag this weeNend,
it is oXr nation¶s birthday,”
Chitwood said. “Going
forward, we’re really going to
have to taNe a looN at where
that other (Confederate) À ag
goes becaXse it doesn’t have a
place in oXr sport.”
Blazers strike as
free agency opens
PORTLAND (AP) —
The Portland Trail Blazers
appear to be entering a
period of change, so one
of general manager Neil
Olshe\¶s ¿ rst calls dXring
free agency went to a
familiar face.
FACES The Blazers
TXicNly agreed
with veteran
Al)aroXT
AminX,
reXniting
the defen-
sive-minded
Aminu
forward
with the man who drafted
him with the Los Angeles
Clippers in 2011.
“Headed to Portland
with my gXy Neil Olshey,
who believed in me since
day one,´ AminX tweeted.
“0Xch love Rip city here ,
come.”
The foXr-year deal
is worth $30 million, a
person with Nnowledge
of the agreement told The
Associated Press on TXesday
night. The person reTXested
anonymity becaXse the deal
has not been annoXnced.
“It’s 9:01pm
PT and Mitch
Kupchak is
walking in to
meet with @
aldridge_12
#LAtoLA .“
— Los Angeles
Lakers
Announcing on Twitter
that Trail Blazers free
agent Lamarcus Al-
dridge was taking his
fi rst visit of free agency
in Los Angeles. The Trail
Blazers are not expected
to be able to retain the
services of Aldridge,
who is regarded as one
of this season’s top avail-
able free agents.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1859 — Amherst defeats
Williams 3-32 in the ¿ rst
intercollegiate
baseball
game. The game is played
by 0assachXsetts RXles, a
wide-open form of the sport
commonly Nnown as roXnd-
ball and Amherset wins by
reaching the pre-established
score of rXns. Amherst
exceeds -rXn limit dXring a
10-rXn 2th inning.
1920 — 6Xzanne Lenglen
of France becomes the
¿ rst player to win three
Wimbledon titles in one year,
taNing the singles, doXbles
and mixed doXbles.
1995 — The NBA locNs
oXt its players, the ¿ rst worN
stoppage in leagXe history.
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IRRIGON
Titles won in runaway fashion
Pendleton,
Grant CoXnty
softball all-stars
earn state berths
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
,RR,GON — The Pendleton
and Grant CoXnty Little LeagXe
softball all-stars will carry plenty
of momentXm into their state
toXrnaments after rXnaway district
championships on TXesday.
Pendleton defeated Milton-Free-
water 22-0 to win the 9/10-year-old
District 3 championship in the day’s
¿ rst game at Bill Cooley’s Memo-
rial Field, then Grant CoXnty beat
Hermiston 1- for the JXniors title
in the evening capper.
,t will be the ¿ rst time either
groXp of girls has played at the
state level, bXt both looN to maNe
some noise after impressive district
See TITLES/2B
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Alex Pollock misses the tag on Grant County’s Madi Madden at home plate on Tuesday
in Irrigon.
Women’s World Cup
Lloyd shXts oXt noise, lifts 86 to ¿ nals
Penalty NicN gets
Americans on board
in win over Germany
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP
United States’ Carli Lloyd( 10) scores on a penalty kick against Ger-
many during the second half of a semifi nal in the Women’s World
Cup soccer tournament, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Montreal, Cana-
da. The United States won 2-0.
MONTREAL — Carli Lloyd
remembers pXtting the ball on its
spot and shXtting oXt the noise of
more than 1,000 anxioXs fans.
Then she blasted that ball into
the bacN of the net.
Lloyd’s penalty NicN got the
8nited 6tates on the board, and the
Americans went on to a 2-0 victory
over top-ranNed Germany in the
semi¿ nals of the Women’s World
CXp on TXesday night.
“That’s exactly what , did, shXt
oXt everything aroXnd me and
focXsed on what , needed to do,”
she said.
Lloyd’s penalty NicN in the 9th
minXte went into the right side of
the goal less than 10 minXtes after
Celia 6asic shot wide on a penalty
NicN for Germany. .elley O’Hara
came in off the bench and scored
in the th minXte, delighting the
pro-American crowd.
Hope 6olo posted her ¿ fth
straight shXtoXt, continXing a domi-
nant rXn for the American defense.
The second-ranNed 8nited 6tates
has gone 13 minXtes withoXt
conceding a goal.
The victory captXred the atten-
tion of President BaracN Obama,
who posted his congratXlations on
his Twitter accoXnt. Actor and mXsi-
cian JXstin TimberlaNe also cheered
on the 8.6., tweeting “86A 86A
86A”
Next Xp for the 8.6. is the
winner of Wednesday night’s match
in Edmonton between defending
champion Japan, ranNed No. , and
sixth-ranNed England. Germany
See WORLD CUP/2B
Nike co-founder Knight will step down as chairman
Associated Press
NEW YOR. — NiNe Chairman
Phil .night, who tXrned a bXsiness
selling shoes oXt of the bacN of his
car into the world’s most valXable
sports brand, has annoXnced plans
to step down as company chairman.
.night, , was a middle distance
rXnner in college who began the
company in a handshaNe deal with
Oregon coach Bill Bowerman in
19, with each pXtting Xp $00.
With shrewd marNeting campaigns
bXilt aroXnd celebrity endorsers liNe
Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods,
he made the swoosh one of the
most recognizable logos aroXnd the
globe.
That phenomenal growth also
landed .night on Forbes maga-
zine’s list of 50 richest people in the
world, with a net worth estimated at
$2 billion.
“For me, NiNe has always been
more than MXst a company — it has
been my life’s passion,” .night said
in a statement.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File
In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, fi le photo, Nike Chairman Phil Knight
walks near the fi eld before the NCAA college football playoff cham-
pionship game between Ohio State and Oregon in Arlington, Tex-
as. Knight plans to step down and says he wants Nike President
and CEO Mark Parker to succeed him.
.night said he wants NiNe
President and CEO MarN ParNer,
who has held those positions since
200, to sXcceed him. No speci¿ c
date was set for .night’s departXre,
thoXgh he said he plans to stay
involved in the bXsiness. NiNe
,nc. said it expects to name a new
chairman in 2016.
.night sold his ¿ rst pairs of
shoes oXt of an old PlymoXth 9aliant
while traveling the same Paci¿ c
Northwest tracN circXit on which
he once competed. The company
was originally named BlXe Ribbon
6ports, bXt changed in 19 to NiNe
— the winged goddess of victory in
GreeN mythology — on the advice
of a friend.
.night said at the time, “, don’t
love it, bXt it will grow on me.”
By 1969, .night was maNing
enoXgh selling shoes to TXit his
fXll-time Mob as an accoXntant and
devote himself to the footwear
company. Two years later, he paid
$35 to Carolyn Davidson for the
original swoosh logo design now
plastered across the Xniforms and
shoes of athletes from the World
CXp to little leagXes. BXilding the
brand throXgh shrewd advertising
campaigns and top-À ight celebrity
See KNIGHT/2B
M’s rooNie Montgomery throws second straight no-hitter
6eattle beats 6an Diego 5-0
By BERNIE WILSON
Associated Press
6AN D,EGO — RooNie left-hander MiNe
Montgomery tooN a no-hit bid into the seventh
inning and ¿ nished with a one-hitter for his
second straight shXtoXt as the 6eattle Mariners
beat the 6an Diego Padres 5-0 TXesday night.
MaNing his sixth maMor leagXe start, Mont-
gomery opened the seventh by getting JXstin
8pton on a À y to left. Yangervis 6olarte hit Mont-
gomery’s next pitch into the left-¿ eld corner for
a doXble.
8ntil then, the closest the Padres came to
getting a hit was Melvin 8pton Jr.’s sinNing liner
to center, bXt AXstin JacNson made a shoestring
catch.
Montgomery, who tXrns 26 on Wednesday,
was coming off his ¿ rst career shXtoXt, a ¿ ve-
hitter against .ansas City.
,t was the seventh time a Mariners pitcher
threw consecXtive shXtoXts — Randy Johnson
did it three times, inclXding three straight in 199,
and MarN Langston did it twice. Montgomery is
the 12th maMor leagXe rooNie, and second Mari-
ners pitcher, to do it since 1980. Langston pitched
consecXtive shXtoXts for the Mariners on JXne 26
and JXly 1, 198.
Montgomery (3-2) strXcN oXt seven, walNed
foXr and hit a batter. He threw a career-high 113
pitches.
The Padres were shXt oXt for the 12th time and
have lost ¿ ve of eight.
Brad Miller and MiNe =Xnino homered off ,an
.ennedy (-).
=Xnino hit a solo homer to left with one oXt in
the third, his ninth. Miller’s two-rXn shot cleared
See MARINERS/2B