TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015
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NFL’s Cardinals
hire female coach
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) —
The Arizona Cardinals have
hired Jen Welter to coach
inside
linebackers
through
their
upcoming
training
camp and preseason.
The Cardinals say Welter
is believed to be the ¿ rst
woman to hold a coaching
position of any kind in the
NFL. Welter played running
back and special teams in
2014 for the Texas Revolu-
tion of the Indoor Football
League, becoming the ¿ rst
woman to hold a non-kicking
position for a men’s profes-
sional sports league.
“I am honored to be a
part of this amazing team,”
Welter said on Twitter on
Monday night.
Welter coached line-
backers and special teams for
the Revolution last season,
becoming the ¿ rst woman
to coach in a men’s pro
football league. Her general
manager with the Revolution
was 2015 NFL Hall of Fame
inductee Tim Brown.
SPORTS
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PILOT ROCK
Pilot Rock reaches regional semi¿ nals
Senior all-stars face
undefeated hosts
East Oregonian
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Pilot
Rock senior Little League softball
team wrapped up pool play at
Western Regionals on Monday in a
10-3 loss to Hawaii (Waikoloa).
The outcome dropped the
Oregon state champions to 3-4 since
play began in Missoula, Montana,
on Friday and tied them for fourth
place in pool play with the host-
state team from Billings.
But Pilot Rock had defeated
Montana (Billings) 4-1 the day
before, giving them the head-to-
head tiebreaker and the ¿ nal spot in
today’s semi¿ nals.
Their draw is a well-rested and
undefeated Missoula squad that
squeaked past Oregon’s girls 3-2
in the tournament opener, then won
their next six games by a combined
45-6 margin.
In their ¿ rst meeting, Pilot Rock
pitcher Tehya Ostrom held Missoula
to ¿ ve hits while striking out 11, but
See PILOT ROCK/2B
HERMISTON
Big inning advances Pendleton
Pendleton
10/11’s
Jacob
Devereaux
connects
for a
single in
Sunday’s
win over
Gresham
at the Lit-
tle League
baseball
state tour-
nament at
the Field
of Dreams
complex in
Hermiston.
Pendleton
won 13-5
to earn a
spot in the
semifi nals.
A-Rod homers on
40th birthday
ARLINGTON, Texas
(AP) — Alex Rodriguez is
hitting home runs in his 40s,
just like he did as a teenager.
A-Rod marked his 40th
birthday Monday night
by homering
FACES for the New
York Yankees
against Texas,
the team that
gave him his
¿ rst huge
contract.
His
Rodriguez
sixth-inning
drive off Matt Harrison was
his big league-best sixth
on his birthday, according
to STATS, breaking a tie
with Todd Helton, Chipper
Jones, Derrek Lee and Al
Simmons.
He joined Ty Cobb, Rusty
Staub and Gary Shef¿ eld as
the only players to homer as
teenagers and at age 40 or
older.
The Yankess won the
game 6-2.
“I fi gured that
if I hit more
home runs, it
would justify
for whatever
behavior I had
off the fi eld. And
I realize today
that it’s not that
way at all. Hitting
home runs doesn’t
make you a good
father. It doesn’t
make you a good
friend.“
— Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees DH
refl ecting on a career
that has spanned two
decades and began in
1994 with Seattle.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1928 — The Summer
Games open in Amsterdam
and the Olympic À ame is lit
for the ¿ rst time.
1984 — The Summer
Olympics open in Los
Angeles with a record
140 nations competing.
The Soviet Union and 13
Communist allies, including
Cuba and East Germany,
boycott the games.
1994 — On the night
baseball players set an Aug.
12 strike date, Kenny Rogers
of the Texas Rangers pitches
a perfect game for a 4-0
victory over California.
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Matt Entrup
Little League all-stars face top seed in state semi¿ nals
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Facing elimination and trailing
early in Sunday’s pool-play ¿ nale
against Gresham, Pendleton 10/11’s
manager Dan Primus wasn’t
worried.
“They’ve been down in situa-
tions before, so I wasn’t concerned
in the ¿ rst inning, because they
don’t give up,” he said.
The players repaid their coach’s
con¿ dence and then some, and
rallied in back-to-back at-bats for a
13-5 win that secured their position
in today’s semi¿ nals at the Little
League baseball state tournament in
Hermiston.
After falling behind 4-1 in the
¿ rst inning, Pendleton instantly
began the comeback trail with a pair
of runs in the second, but it wasn’t
until the fourth that their bats ¿ nally
WNBA
Moore surpasses Schimmel, lifts West
By DOUG FEINBERG
Associated Press
UNCASVILLE,
Conn. — Maya Moore has
always enjoyed playing in
Connecticut. She put on
another show in the state at
the league’s All-Star Game.
Moore scored a record 30
points to lead the West to a
117-112 victory over the East
on Saturday. She had eight
straight points in the ¿ nal 2
minutes to turn a one-point
de¿ cit into a 113-106 advan-
tage for the West. After a
basket by the East cut it to a
four-point game, the Minne-
sota forward hit another deep
3-pointer to seal the victory.
“It was a blast of a game,
those are moments that are
fun for us,” said Moore, who
starred at UConn and led the
Huskies to an NCAA-record
90 straight wins and two
national
championships.
“The game’s on the line,
one-point game, let’s go out
and play, see who wins.”
Moore, who was honored
as the game’s MVP, surpassed
Shoni Schimmel’s 29 points
in last year’s overtime game.
Schimmel led all players in
minutes after fans voted the
second-year Atlanta Dream
reserve into the East’s starting
lineup. Schimmel ¿ nished
with 13 points as one of four
East players in double digits,
and tied Indiana star Tamika
Catchings for a team-high
came uncorked.
With Gresham showing some
rust to its ¿ elding in its tourna-
ment debut, Pendleton loaded the
bases before getting consecutive
singles by Tyasin Burns and Jack
Monkman.
See PENDLETON/2B
NBA
Trail Blazers get
picks, help Cavs
clear cap room
By TOM WITHERS
Associated Press
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
West’s Maya Moore, right, of the Minnesota Lynx, and
East’s Shoni Schimmel, of the Atlanta Dream, fi ght for
a rebound during the second half of the WNBA All-Star
basketball game, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Uncasville,
Conn. West won 117-112.
with six assists.
The West’s victory was
the All-Star swan song for
Catchings, who has played
in a record 10 of them. She
is planning to retire at the
end of next season and the
WNBA typically doesn’t
play All-Star games in
Olympic years.
Catchings became the
league’s career leader in
All-Star points with a putback
in the second quarter right
after she broke up a potential
dunk attempt by Brittney
Griner on a fast break. She
¿ nished her All-Star career
with 108 points, passing Lisa
Leslie.
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers
have traded forward Mike Miller and center
Brendan Haywood to the Portland Trail Blazers
to create salary-cap room and save luxury-tax
money.
The Cavs have been shopping
Haywood’s expiring $10.5
million contract for weeks and
worked out a deal with the
Blazers, who will also get two
second-round picks from Cleve-
land. Both teams con¿ rmed the trade on Monday.
The Blazers are expected to cut Haywood,
who barely played for Cleveland last season.
Miller was signed last summer, bringing playoff
experience and 3-point shooting to the Cavs, but
he was hardly used in the playoffs.
Haywood, a 13-year NBA veteran, has aver-
aged 6.8 points and six rebounds during stints with
Washington, Dallas, Charlotte and Cleveland.
Miller, a 15-year veteran, has averaged 11.3
points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists with stops
in Orlando, Memphis, Minnesota, Washington,
Miami and Cleveland.
The moves will allow the Cavs to create trade
exceptions for $10.5 million and $2.85 million to
sign players.
The Blazers were able to absorb the contracts
of both players because the team is under the
salary cap.
It is believed that Portland will waive
Haywood before his contract becomes guar-
anteed on Saturday. Miller, whose $2.8 million
salary next season is guaranteed, will reportedly
seek a buyout and become a free agent.