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SPORTS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 Sports shorts Silver has ‘no doubt’ NBA could see female coach NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam Silver has “no doubt” the NBA could see a day when Becky Hammon or another woman is a head coach. The commissioner said Wednesday he had texted and emailed with Hammon while they were in Las Vegas, where she coached the Spurs to the Summer League championship Monday night. He praised the San Antonio organization for hiring her last season as the ¿ rst full-time female assistant in the NBA and putting her in charge of its entry in the Vegas league. “No different than for me in coming up in my career, unless you’re given those opportunities, you’re never going to show your ability to be successful,” Silver said. “SO I’m enormously proud of her and I’m enormously proud of the players.” LeBron James’ company scores TV, movie deal LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is setting his sights beyond the basketball court. The NBA star and his company, SpringHill Entertainment, signed a FACES have content creation deal with Warner Bros. that includes potential proj- ects in ¿ lm, television and James other digital properties. Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara announced the partnership Wednesday. James says connecting with his fans and “telling meaningful stories” have always been his passion. He’s the executive producer of the Starz show “Survi- vor’s Remorse,” and also referenced his video project “Uninterrupted” as exam- ples. SpringHill Entertainment CEO Maverick Carter added that he wants the company to be a “leader in the original content-creating space.” Beyond his basketball and producing career, James also recently appeared as himself in the Judd Apatow/Amy Schumer comedy “Train- wreck.” “We need Tiger Woods. Why? He’s a man of color. We need a black champion. Go to Africa, where we’ve got all these young black kids used to seeing a white guy as the champion. Now they’re getting inspired. — Gary Player Speaking about the need to spread golf globally and Woods’ role in that. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1921 — At the annual Harvard-Yale vs. Cambridge-Oxford meet at Harvard Stadium, Harvard’s Edward Gourdin becomes the ¿ rst to long jump 25 feet. Harvard lists Gourdin’s jump as 25 feet, 3 inches, but the of¿ cial listing in U.S. Track and Field is 25-2. 1960 — Betsy Rawls becomes the ¿ rst woman to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf title four times. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS INTERNATIONAL SOCCER Jamaica stuns U.S. in Gold Cup semis By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The United States had everything on its side. History. A raucous home crowd. And, supposedly, the better team. None of it prevented Jamaica from handing the Americans their biggest upset defeat. The Reggae Boyz stunned the U.S. with a pair of ¿ rst-half goals, one off a blunder by goalkeeper Brad Soccer Guzan, and held on for a 2-1 victory in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi¿ nals Wednesday night. Jamaica Instead of heading on to an expected berth in Sunday’s title game at Philadelphia, the American will play a day earlier for third place following their ¿ rst home loss USA to a Caribbean nation since a 1969 defeat to Haiti. “Obviously the team is disappointed. The fans are disappointed,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “We wanted to play in the big ¿ nal Sunday.” Darren Mattocks, who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer, put Jamaica ahead with a 31st-minute header directly off a throw-in. Houston Dynamo’s Giles Barnes followed ¿ ve minutes later with a goal on an 18-yard free kick after Guzan was caught outside the penalty area on a routine throw. 2 1 See SOCCER/2B AP Photo/David Goldman Jamaica’s Rudolph Austin, facing camera, celebrates with teammates Joel McAnuff, left, and Je-Vaughn Watson, right, as United States’ DeAndre Yedlin walks off the pitch after Jamaica defeated the United States 2-1 in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifi nal Wednesday in Atlanta. PENDLETON HERMISTON The Pen- ndleton 9/10 team won their semi- fi nal match and will now play for the state title. They defeated Southeast Portland 6-3 Wednesday to earn a spot in the champion- ship game. Photo submitted by Jeanine Youncs 9/10s will play for state title East Oregonian After losing its second game of the state tournament, the Pendleton 9/10-year-old softball team has come all the way through the loser’s bracket to earn a spot in the state championship game in Gresham. Pendleton pounded out 13 hits in its 6-3 semi-¿ nal win over Southeast Portland on Wednesday, led by two hits from Kylie Sellers, Sauren Garton, Jaden Samp and Ellie Samford. Garton tripled and Samp doubled for the Bucks. In the circle, Garton didn’t need much help. She tossed a complete game while allowing three runs, two of which were earned on just four hits while striking out seven and earning the win. Pendleton jumped to a quick 2-0 lead in the ¿ rst behind an RBI double from Samp and an RBI single from Sellers. The Bucks got two more in the second when Sauren plated Charlie Mae Franklin and Faith Broadfoot’s theft of home plate. After Southeast Portland got a couple to cut Pendleton’s lead in half, but Pendleton plated one in the ¿ fth and one in the sixth, highlighted by an RBI single from Allison Galloway. Southeast Portland added an inconsequential run in the home sixth, and threatened to get more. But Garton had seen enough and fanned the ¿ nal batter to clinch Pendleton’s spot in the ¿ nal. Pendleton plays the ¿ rst of poten- tially two championship games today at 6 p.m. Pendleton must win to stay alive and force the de facto champi- onship game that will take place on Friday. Locals shine at youth golf tourney East Oregonian A couple local youth golfers walked away with some hardware after the City of Hermiston Junior Golf Tournament on Wednesday at the par 72, nine-hole Echo Hills Golf Course. In the 6 through 9 year-old division, 8-year-old Colby Lerten ran away with the title, shooting a nine- hole score of 39. He beat runner-up Wyatt Browne by seven strokes and third-place ¿ nisher Brayden Lacey by 18 strokes. In the 10-13 year-old division, it was decidedly more tightly contested. Payton Gadsten shot 51 in nine holes, edging runner-ups Cody Adams and Keeler Lawson by a single stroke. Winners received a set of Dunlap drivers. Course pro Jason Speer said most of the participants partook in the junior golf clinics that ran during June and July, and the tournament was a “culmination of what they learned.” MLB Castellanos’ grand slam lifts Tigers over M’s DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castel- With the bases loaded, Castel- lanos hit a grand slam off the brick lanos sent a drive off the brick wall facade in left-center ¿ eld, part of an that displays retired numbers in left- eight-run third inning for the Detroit center. He almost hit Al Kaline’s Tigers in their 9-4 victory No. 6, and the homer was over the Seattle Mariners at 447 feet by Baseball measured on Wednesday night. MLB.com. Anibal Sanchez (10-7) Jose Iglesias made it 6-0 won his seventh straight with an RBI double, and decision, and Ian Kinsler Seager committed another Detroit had four hits for the Tigers, error on Davis’ line drive, who rebounded from an allowing a run to score. ugly 11-9 loss the previous Montgomery was taken night. out after that, and Kinsler’s Detroit entered the night double made it 8-0. four games behind the Montgomery allowed Seattle American League’s second ¿ ve walks with two strike- wild card. With the trade outs. deadline approaching, it’s Sanchez had some shaky not clear what the next week or so moments as well, but only after the has in store for the Tigers, but every Tigers had given him a big lead to win helps their postseason chances. work with. Cruz’s two-run homer Nelson Cruz homered twice for in the fourth went 437 feet, landing Seattle. Mike Montgomery (4-4) about halfway up the seating area in allowed six earned runs and six hits left. His solo shot in the fourth made in 2 2-3 innings. it 8-4 and gave him 24 home runs The Mariners did make it close on the season. enough to force Detroit to use closer It’s been a big week for long Joakim Soria, who got four outs for home runs at Comerica Park. Cruz his 22nd save in 25 chances. hit one 455 feet on Tuesday, and Detroit opened the scoring in the J.D. Martinez hit a 467-footer in the third when Seattle third baseman same game. Kyle Seager threw the ball away on Cruz had three hits Wednesday, Kinsler’s in¿ eld single. The error and he came up in the seventh with allowed Rajai Davis, who began the two on and two out. Alex Wilson play on ¿ rst, to come around and relieved Sanchez and struck out the score. Seattle slugger. 9 4 AP Photo/Duane Burleson Detroit Tigers’ Jefry Marte dives at home plate to score from fi rst base on a double by Jose Iglesias during the third inning Wednes- day in Detroit. Sanchez allowed four runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out six and walked two. On Tuesday, Detroit reliever Neftali Feliz allowed ¿ ve runs in the eighth, squandering a two-run lead. On Wednesday, when the Mariners had two on with two out in the eighth, the Tigers brought in Soria. He got Brad Miller on a weak groundout. Victor Martinez made it 9-4 with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning, and Soria ¿ nished for his 200th career save. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: Manager Lloyd McClendon said he expects to give C Mike Zunino a day off Thursday, and that he’s concerned about Zuni- no’s workload. Zunino has played in 87 of Seattle’s 95 games in 2015. Tigers: Iglesias hadn’t been feeling well and sat out Tuesday’s game, but he played Wednesday and had two hits.
