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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015, 2015 Sports shorts Penn State ditching jersey names STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State’s football jerseys will have a throwback look this season: no names. The university said Thursday it’s returning to the style it sported for 125 years before player names were added the last three seasons. Coach James Franklin says there’s only one name that matters: Penn State. Former Coach Bill O’Brien added names to Penn State’s solid blue and white jerseys in 2012 as tribute to players who stayed in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky childse[ abuse scandal. Now the Nittany Lions are again embracing plainness and individual anonymity, even adopting the slogan it used en route to the 200 Big Ten Cham pionship: “Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Names. All Game.” SPORTS PENDLETON Seahawks Let ’er Buck Fans flock to 12 Tour at RoundUp Stadium By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian The 12’s were out in full force on Thursday to welcome the Seattle Seahawks to RoundUp Stadium. An estimated 1,200 fans turned out for the Pendleton stop on the Seahawks 12 Tour, with some arriving as early as 9 a.m. for the midday event. “I had a goal in my head of 1,000 people coming to this and we hit that easily,” said Travel Pendleton event recruiter Pat Beard. “We were setting up that stage at 9:30 and I look out and here they are in Seahawks gear, they were ready. It was an incredible thing.” Wide receiver B.J. Daniels and fullback Will Tukuafu represented the Seahawks, as well as mascot Blitz and the Blue Thunder band, and a horseback rider in full warrior regalia carried the 12th Man À ag into the arena where it was raised to full mast. Daniels and Tukuafu then spent over an hour — more than twice the allotted time — signing autographs, taking pictures and making sure every fan went home happy. “It’s amazing, it’s real humbling,” said Tukuafu, a si[thyear pro out of Oregon. “I mean, you see the fans, hopefully they’re in Popovich to coach Team Africa NEW YORK (AP) — Gregg Popovich will coach Team Africa with captain Luol Deng, while brothers Pau and Marc Gasol will play for Team World in the N%A¶s ¿ rst FACES game in Africa. Popovich, the ¿ vetime champion from the San Antonio Spurs, will guide Team Africa Popovich in the Aug. 1 game in Johannesburg, the league announced Thursday. Team World will be coached by Brooklyn’s Lionel Hollins. Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers will serve as captain. Team World players are: Pau Gasol (Chicago), Marc Gasol and Jeff Green (Memphis), Bradley Beal (Washington), Kenneth Faried (Denver), Marcus Smart and Evan Turner (Boston) and Nikola Vucevic (Orlando). Team Africa features players born in Africa or secondgeneration Africans. Portland’s AlFarouT Aminu and former Trail Blazer Nicolas Batum (Charlotte) will play for Africa. “Listen, if you want to become anything close to being a god, the fi rst thing you’ve got to know how to do is know how to decimate. If you’re a god, you have to know how to decimate, and that’s what she does.“ See SEAHAWKS/2B Staff photos by Matt Entrup MAIN PHOTO: The Seahawks 12th Man fl ag fl ies over Round-Up Stadium on Thursday in Pendleton. LEFT: Seahawks wide receiver B.J. Daniels is greeted by fans as he makes his way to the stage. MIDDLE: Bryson Bronson carries the 12th Man fl ag past the bucking chutes. RIGHT: Seahawks fullback Will Tukuafu signs a fan’s football. WNBA Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Angel McCoughtry scored 22 points, Aneika Henry made the goahead basket with 29 seconds left and Atlanta beat the Los Angeles Sparks 7672 on Thursday for the Dream’s second road win. Henry’s putback of a McCoughtry miss gave Atlanta a 7472 lead — the Dream’s ¿ rst lead since it was 447. Los Angeles’ Jantel Lavender missed a long jumper with 2.7 seconds left and McCoughtry made two free throws to seal it. Henry ¿ nished with 16 points for Atlanta (7). McCoughtry was just 5of20 shooting from the ¿ eld but hit 12 of 13 free throws. Atlanta e[tended its winning streak against Los Angeles to ¿ ve straight games. Shoni Schimmel played nearly 13 minutes in a reserve role, and the WNBA AllStar ¿ nished with ¿ ve points on 2of4 shooting and added two assists. Lavender recorded her eighth doubledouble with 20 points and 11 rebounds for Los Angeles (212). Nneka Ogwumike added 19 points and si[ rebounds in front of an energetic crowd on camp day. Los Angeles committed 16 turnovers, a day after having 21 against Seattle. Erin Phillips’ 3point play high lighted a 92 run for Los Angeles to open the fourth Tuarter for a 6554 lead. But Atlanta reeled off a 155 burst to pull within 7069 with 3:09 remaining. AP Photo/Chris Carlson MISSION Wildhorse Amateur growing Top prizes, unconventional format among draws THIS DATE IN SPORTS Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Los Angeles Sparks’ Teme- ka Johnson, middle, drives between At- lanta Dream’s Aneika Henry, left, and Shoni Schimmel during the fi rst half of an WNBA basket- ball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Dream get rare road win — Mike Tyson Former boxing heavy- weight world champion after watching UFC female bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey train. The two fi ghters have found a common bond through their dom- inance in the ring. 1909 — Cleveland short stop Neal Ball pulls off the ¿ rst unassisted triple play in modern major league history. 1980 — The Summer Olympics open in Moscow without the United States and 64 other boycotting countries. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian EO fi le photo In this 2014 fi le photo, George Garber of Spokane chips out of a sand hazard on the ninth hole at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course in Mission. Amateur golfers from around the Paci¿ c Northwest will converge at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course this weekend. The Wildhorse Amateur Golf Championship will take place on Saturday and Sunday, and Pendleton’s Nathan Dick will have his work cut out for him to defend his 2014 title. The ¿ eld has grown to more than 100 players this year, said Wildhorse head pro Mike Hegarty. “We have 35 players entered with a 6 handicap or less, so it’s really becoming a player’s tournament,” he said. Hegarty contributes the growth to several factors. The ¿ rst is the tournament’s top payouts. Due to the lagging economy, Hegarty said several tournaments aren’t awarding the ma[imum in See WILDHORSE/2B