SPORTS
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.