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SPORTS 7+856'$<$8*867 Sports shorts Seahawks activate safety Thomas HERMISTON MLB McKenry homer sinks M’s Super Oval looks to GHVWUR\ trend RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have activated All-Pro free VDIHW\(DUO Thomas from the SK\VLFDOO\ unable to perform list, raising KRSHVKH¶OOEHUHDG\IRUWKH regular-season opener. Seattle announced Thomas had passed his SK\VLFDODQGEHHQDGGHGWR the active roster following SUDFWLFHRQ:HGQHVGD\ Thomas started training camp on the PUP list after undergoing offseason VXUJHU\WRUHSDLUWKHODEUXP in his left shoulder. Thomas ZDVLQLWLDOO\KXUWLQWKH1)& championship game but SOD\HGLQWKH6XSHU%RZO ZLWKWKHLQMXU\+HXQGHU ZHQWVXUJHU\VKRUWO\DIWHU WKH6XSHU%RZODQGZDV H[SHFWHGWREHUHDG\QHDUWKH start of the season. Government demanding Lance Armstrong’s medical records AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The federal government wants to see Lance Armstrong’s medical records from his treatments IRUFDQFHUSHFL¿FDOO\ whether his FACES doctors knew back in 1996 that he was using perfor- mance-en- hancing drugs. Court records show Armstrong that govern- PHQWODZ\HUVVXESRHQDHG WKH,QGLDQD8QLYHUVLW\ 6FKRRORI0HGLFLQHRQ-XO\ 30 to provide records of Armstrong’s treatments and donations he later made to the school. The demand came in the government’s lawsuit to recover millions of dollars LQVSRQVRUVKLSPRQH\WKH U.S. Postal Service paid to Armstrong’s teams from 1998-2004. Penalties could approach $100 million. “Ballfi elds are places for mentoring and healthy development. They’re no place for cancer-causing substances.” — Martin J. Walsh Boston, Mass. mayor after proposing a ban on smokeless tobacco at all professional and am- ateur ballparks through- out the city, inclduing Fenway Park. Former Red Sox pitcher and MLB Hall of Famer Curt Schilling, who battled mouth cancer after years of smokeless tobacco use, stood with Walsh in support of the proposal. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1926 — Gertrude Ederle RI 1HZ <RUN &LW\ EHFRPHV WKH ¿UVW ZRPDQ WR VZLP the English Channel. The \HDUROG ¿QLVKHV LQ hours and 31 minutes. 1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 seconds in a PHHWDW%XGDSHVW+XQJDU\ 1966 — Muhammad Ali NQRFNVRXW%ULDQ/RQGRQLQ the third round to retain his ZRUOGKHDY\ZHLJKWWLWOH 1994 — Jeff Gordon wins WKH %ULFN\DUG WKH ¿UVW stock car race at the India- QDSROLV0RWRU6SHHGZD\ Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Local track thinks outside the box to attract fans By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian AP Photo/David Zalubowski Colorado Rockies’ Michael McKenry, center, has his jersey pulled over his head by a teammate as Charlie Blackmon, front left, and Nick Hundley join in the celebration after McKenry’s two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the 11th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Denver. Colorado won 7-5 in 11 innings. 6HDWWOHZDVWHVDQRWKHUJUHDWVWDUWE\:DONHU By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER — Taijuan Walker’s second straight great outing was ZDVWHGZLWKDODWHJDPHFROODSVHE\ the Seattle Mariners bullpen. Walker followed his one-hit gem DJDLQVW0LQQHVRWDE\SLWFKLQJHIIHF WLYHO\ LQWR WKH HLJKWK :HGQHVGD\ but the Colorado Rockies rallied to ZLQ LQ LQQLQJV RQ 0LFKDHO 0F.HQU\¶VWZRUXQKRPHU 0F.HQU\ KLW 0D\FNRO *DXLSH¶V FXUYHEDOO LQWR WKH OHIW¿HOG seats for his fourth home run of the VHDVRQ DQG WKH ¿UVW ZDONRII KLW LQ his career. “I left a slider up and he hit it JRRG´*XDLSHVDLG Seattle’s Nelson Cruz doubled and singled to extend his hitting streak to 16 games but failed to Colorado Seattle 7 5 KRPHUIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQVL[JDPHV :DONHU EXLOW RQ 6DWXUGD\¶V ZLQ over the Twins with 7 1-3 innings RI PRVWO\ GRPLQDQW EDOO GHVSLWH QRW IHHOLQJ VKDUS +H DOORZHG ¿YH hits and gave up Carlos Gonzalez’s three-run homer in the sixth. ³0\ VWXII ZDVQ¶W UHDOO\ ZRUNLQJ´:DONHUVDLG³7KHFXUYH ball wasn’t working like I wanted. 0\ FKDQJHXS DQG FXUYH ZHUHQ¶W WKHUH´ Still, he was in line for the ZLQ DIWHU )UDQNOLQ *XWLHUUH] KLW D tiebreaking two-run homer in the VHYHQWK WR JLYH 6HDWWOH D OHDG The Rockies rallied to tie it in the QLQWKRIIFORVHU)HUQDQGR5RGQH\ ³7KHZDONKXUW5RGQH\´0DUL QHUV PDQDJHU /OR\G 0F/HQGRQ VDLG ³7KHVH W\SH RI EDOOSDUNV DQG \RX ZDON JX\V RU \RX PLVSOD\ D EDOOLWXVXDOO\FRPHVEDFNWRKDXQW \RX´ 7KH 5RFNLHV¶ ZLQQLQJ UDOO\ VWDUWHG ZLWK %HQ 3DXOVHQ¶V RQHRXW VLQJOH RII *XDLSH 0F.HQU\ worked the count even before he delivered his big hit. “You make mistakes in this EDOOSDUN LW¶V OLNHO\ WR JR RXW´ 0F/HQGRQVDLG³$QGLWGLG´ <RKDQ )ODQGH SLWFKHG WKH top of the 11th to get the win. Seattle scored three runs in the IRXUWKZLWK:DONHUKLWWLQJDQ5%, GRXEOH,WZDVKLV¿UVWPDMRUOHDJXH hit. See MARINERS/2B Swimming $PHULFDQWHHQ/HGHFN\ZLQVJROG By BETH HARRIS Associated Press KAZAN, Russia — Katie /HGHFN\ LV XQEHDWDEOH LQ WKH distance races. Turns out she’s DZIXOO\JRRGJRLQJVKRUWHUWRR 7KH\HDUROG$PHULFDQUDOOLHG WRZLQWKHPHWHUIUHHVW\OHDWWKH world swimming championships :HGQHVGD\ QLJKW EHDWLQJ D VWHOODU ¿HOG WKDW LQFOXGHG GHIHQGLQJ FKDPSLRQ 0LVV\ )UDQNOLQ RI WKH United States and two-time winner )HGHULFD3HOOHJULQLRI,WDO\ /HGHFN\KDGDJRRGYLHZRIWKH FRPSHWLWLRQIURPODQH%UHDWKLQJ to her right, she saw all but one of KHUULYDOVDQGKDOIZD\WKURXJKVKH AP Photo/Michael Sohn knew another gold medal was hers. United States’ Katie Ledecky swims in the women’s 200m free- See SWIMMING/2B style fi nal at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Rus- sia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. NFL Seattle to lean heavily on tackles Mebane, Rubin Defensive line in transition after release of McDaniel By CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — The cost of locking up Russell Wilson DQG %REE\ :DJQHU ZLWK FRQWUDFW extensions last week was the Seattle Seahawks having to release veteran GHIHQVLYHWDFNOH7RQ\0F'DQLHOIRU VDODU\FDSUHDVRQV The Seahawks will now have to UHO\ RQ IUHHDJHQW VLJQLQJ $KW\ED 5XELQ DQG WKH UHWXUQ RI %UDQGRQ 0HEDQH WR VROLGLI\ WKHLU GHIHQVLYH front. McDaniel had appeared in HYHU\JDPHIRU the Seahawks over the last two seasons in their run to back-to-back 6XSHU %RZO appearances. “It is a Rubin significant ORVV´ 6HDWWOH FRDFK 3HWH &DUUROO VDLG³7RQ\KDVEHHQDUHDOO\JRRG FRUH SOD\HU IRU XV DQG ZH UHDOO\ liked him and what he’s brought to our club. This decision sucks, but \RXNQRZZHKDGWRGRVRPHWKLQJ´ The team was able to save $3 PLOOLRQ E\ UHOHDVLQJ 0F'DQLHO ODVW 6XQGD\ ZKLFK EHFDPH QHFHVVDU\ following Wagner’s deal getting done ODWH 6DWXUGD\ night. 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