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SPORTS Friday, August 14, 2015 East Oregonian FOOTBALL Chiefs DB ready to return after bout with cancer for him. He’s like a little kid out here playing. He’s having fun, and he’s appreciative of everything and everybody that has been with him ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kansas throughout this whole ordeal. He’s City Chiefs safety Eric Berry is loving life right now and it shows on UHDG\ WR VWHS EDFN RQWR WKH ¿HOG WKH¿HOGWRR´ for a real game. Well, as real as the The Chiefs have not made Berry preseason gets. DYDLODEOHWRWKHPHGLDVLQFHWKH¿UVW The three-time Pro Bowl selec- week of camp, when he discussed tion is expected to play in Saturday his treatment and recovery. But his night’s preseason opener again teammates have marveled not only Arizona, fewer than nine months at the fact that he is back on the after being diagnosed with cancer. ¿HOGEXWWKDWKHLVDOUHDG\SOD\LQJ Berry is expected to play with the at a high level. ¿UVW DQG VHFRQGWHDP GHIHQVHV LQ “I think it’s going to be a very WKH¿UVWKDOIDJDLQVWWKH&DUGLQDOV H[FLWLQJ WLPH QRW MXVW IRU KLP EXW “We’re thinking he’s going to for us to have a guy like that back SOD\DQGZH¶OOMXVWVHHKRZWKLQJV behind you,” said All-Pro linebacker go,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. AP Photo/Orlin Wagner Justin Houston, who visited Berry “He’s been going, so I think he’s ready to go out there and do his Kansas City Chiefs strong safety during his treatment in Georgia. Eric Berry catches a ball during “You know he’s going to come play thing.” at training camp on hard every play.” Many wondered whether Berry drills Tuesday. Berry has been the starting strong would ever play again after he was diagnosed late last season with to resemble the Berry of old. He VDIHW\WKHPDMRULW\RIKLVFDUHHUEXW lymphoma. But after several rounds picked off a pass by quarterback he was listed as the backup free of chemotherapy, Berry was deemed Alex Smith a couple of days ago and safety on the initial depth chart cancer-free during the summer, and has been a handful for the offense in released earlier this week. Husain Abdullah and Ron Parker are the he reported to training camp with practice. rookies and select veterans. He “I told him I saw too much of starters and Tyvon Branch is the hasn’t missed a practice since then, him today because he had a couple backup strong safety. The versatile Berry has also been although he was held out of some interceptions out here, from an workouts. offensive standpoint,” Reid said, working out as the nickel back, The last few days, he has started MRNLQJ ³%XW ,¶P KDSS\ DV FDQ EH WKRXJK DQG FRXOG MRLQ WKH VWDUWHUV By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press RQWKH¿HOGDJDLQVW$UL]RQD “It runs something through P\ ERG\ WR MXVW VHH KLP RXW WKHUH running around,” Parker said. “It’s another energy he brings out there. When I saw him get that pick (this ZHHNLW¶VMXVWDJRRGIHHOLQJWRVHH him with his hands on the ball again and back moving around.” Even when he has been safety, Berry’s role seems to have changed. Before his illness, he had morphed into a linebacker-safety hybrid, often lining up near the line of scrimmage to rush the passer or defend the run. Thus far in training camp, Berry has lined up deep in WKHGHIHQVLYHEDFN¿HOGKHOSLQJRXW primarily with pass coverage. Then there is the mentorship that he is able to provide to younger players. The Chiefs drafted a pair of defensive backs, including Marcus 3HWHUV LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG %HUU\ KDV taken them under his advisement, often huddling with them on the sidelines in practice. “He’s feeling better, I think, every day,” defensive coordinator Bob Sutton said. “He’s seeing things better. It’s slowing down for him. It’s strictly football — this has nothing to do with what he overcame. I think he’s happy with that.” Page 3B Manning no-go vs. ‘Hawks By ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning isn’t expected to play in the Denver Broncos’ preseason opener at Seattle on Friday night. Coach Gary Kubiak has been managing Manning’s snaps at training camp, giving the 39-year-old quar- terback every few days off to keep his legs and mind fresh for the season. Manning faded down the stretch last season when he was hobbled by a strained right thigh. +H ORRNV ¿WWHU WULPPHU and more mobile this summer as he adapts to a new offense that has him doing roll-outs and bootlegs and this week said, “I do feel good moving around out there, arm feels good.” GOLF Johnson struggles, Mickelson gets familiar with the sand during round one British Open champ finishes three-over par By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The “other” player in the PGA Cham- pionship’s power threesome pretty much played like it Thursday. =DFK -RKQVRQ VWUXJJOHG WR ¿QG the fairway all day and shot 3-over LQKLV¿UVWURXQGDWDPDMRUVLQFH capturing the British Open last month. That was nine shots out of the lead and four behind his playing partners, world Nos. 1 and 2, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. ³, KDG GLI¿FXOW\ RQ HYHU\ WHH´ VDLG -RKQVRQ ZKR KLW RQO\ ¿YH RI 14 fairways. He got frustrated. After gouging out of the rough three times, then needing a 10-foot putt to save bogey on No. 4, he picked up the ball and threw it into Lake Michigan. On the next tee box, he put another one in the water, leading to a long discussion with a rules RI¿FLDOWKHQDGURSIDUEDFNLQWKH fairway that led to a bogey 6. Pretty much par for the course for Johnson, who beat Spieth and Jason Day by one stroke in regulation at St. Andrews, then won a three-way playoff to capture his second career PDMRU The PGA traditionally pairs the SDVW WKUHH PDMRU ZLQQHUV LQ WKH opening rounds. That put Johnson with Spieth, who won the Masters and U.S. Open this year, and McIlroy, who is the defending PGA champ. They drew a big crowd. Johnson only wished he could have given them a better show. “There were some good irons, some substantial amount of mistakes that I can recall,” Johnson VDLG ³$ERXW IRXU RU ¿YH PHQWDO mistakes I can easily recall. That’s frustrating.” ——— MAJOR DIFFERENCE :KLOHWKHODVWPDMRUZDVJRLQJ on at St. Andrews, Scott Piercy was playing in Alabama. Piercy’s win at the Barbasol &KDPSLRQVKLS DQ RSSRVLWH ¿HOG event from the British Open, locked in his spot and gave him plenty of momentum for the PGA. He kept it going Thursday, ZLWK D XQGHU MRLQLQJ 'DYLG Lingmerth (67) as one of only two players to break 70 in the afternoon at Whistling Straits, after the wind kicked up and the course dried out. “I was starting to feel like my game is coming around,” said Piercy, who missed a chunk of last season after having surgery on his ULJKW HOERZ ³7KH ZDYH RI FRQ¿- dence is starting to build, I feel like. And around here, if you hit quality shots, you get rewarded.” Certainly, the world wasn’t paying much attention last month while Piercy was notching his third career PGA Tour victory — this one on the Robert Trent Jones course near Auburn. Maybe he’ll get his due this week. No big difference to him, either way. ³,MXVWWKLQNRILWDVJROI´3LHUF\ said. “I know it’s hard to imagine, EXW,¶OOMXVWJRJHWVRPHUHVWDQGJR do it again in the morning.” ——— PHIL IN THE SANDBOX Phil Mickelson peered out of the bunker and saw a 20-foot-high wall made of railroad ties separating him from the 17th green. By then, he was used to it. Lefty spent an awful lot of time playing in an assortment of Pete Dye’s 1,012 sand traps Thursday. On 17, Mickelson took a big swing, banged the lip of the trap with his wedge on the follow through and watched the ball sail DERYHWKHZDOODQGVWRSMXVWRIIRI the putting surface. “I was really worried about hitting two or three shots and staying down there,” he said. It was that kind of day for the ¿YHWLPH PDMRU FKDPSLRQ ZKR spent most of his blustery round wiping grit off his face. How many traps was he in? “I lost count by probably hole 8 or 9,” he said For the record, he hit seven of his 72 shots out of the sand. 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