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SPORTS 7+U56DA< AUGU67 Sports shorts Ohio college honors Lauren Hill with tipoff tourney &IN&INNA7I 2hio±± 7he schools that helped LaXren +ill reali]e her dream of scoring a basket in a college game will honor her with a season-opening event in November. Xavier will host the ³LaXren +ill 7ipoff &lassic´ on the coXrt where she scored her ¿ rst basket a \ear ago. 7he MoXnt 6t. Joseph University freshman died from brain cancer in April. +er pXblic memorial also was held at Xavier’s Cintas Center. +ill Xsed her last months to raise money for cancer research and to remind people that life is precioXs. 6he played her ¿ rst game against +iram College on Nov. . +iram will visit again as part of a Nov. doXbleheader with proceeds going to cancer research. Former NFL player says he attempted suicide MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL tackle Jonathan Martin has posted on Facebook sa\inJ diI¿ cXlties in the profession led him to attempt sXicide mXltiple times and he wanted FACES to share his strXJJle with social isolation to help others. Martin who retired this \ear sa\s his problems date Martin to childhood in &alifornia and to beinJ told his entire life he was not ³black enoXJh.´ Martin made national headlines when he abrXptl\ left the Miami Dolphins dXrinJ the season amid reports he was bXllied b\ teammates on the offensive line inclXdinJ 5ichie Incognito. In his post on :ednesda\ Martin complained aboXt the Dolphins’ locker room sitXation. 7r\ing to ¿ t in Martin sa\s he abXsed alcohol Xsed mariMXana and created a persona. “What protections do we have? Is this going to be a blank check?” — David Ryu Los Angeles city councilman speaking on the impending vote to give the mayor authority to make deals linked to a possible bid by Los Angeles for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The vote has been pushed to Friday after Ryu and oth- er members voiced their concerns over potential taxpayer debts. The deadline for LA to make a bid to the International Olympic Committee is Sept. 15 THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1909 — William Larned wins his ¿ fth U.6. men’s singles tennis title with a ¿ ve-set victory over William Clothier in Newport 5.I. 1975 — 2nny ParXn of New =ealand defeats 6tan 6mith - - in the ¿ rst night match ever played at the U.6. 2pen. A crowd of saw the match at the West 6ide 7ennis ClXb. 2006 — Marco Andretti becomes the yoXngest winner of a maMor open- wheel event beating Dario Franchitti by . seconds to take the Indy Grand Prix of 6onoma. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MLB M’s thump Oakland NFL Worker dies at 9ikings 6tadiXm site By Associated Press AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners starter Felix Hernandez throws his fi rst pitch of the game, which resulted in a home run for Oakland Athletics’ Billy Burns, in the fi rst inning of a baseball game on Wednesday in Seattle. +ernande] regains form as Mariners win series versXs A’s By TIM BOOTH Associated Press 6(A77L( — 5ealistically the 6eattle Mariners woXld need to be far closer to a playoff berth for Nelson CrX] to be in consideration for American LeagXe M9P. %Xt his nXmbers are becoming increasingly M9P worthy. CrX] hit his AL-leading th homer on Wednesday driving in three rXns and backing eight strong innings from Felix +ernande] in the Mariners’ - win over the 2akland Athletics. CrX] had 5%I singles in the Seattle 8 Oakland 2 ¿ rst and sixth innings then added a solo homer off 2akland reliever Fernando Abad in the eighth. CrX] is now hitting . with 5%Is and is one shy of his leagXe- leading home rXn total from last season. ³I can’t talk aboXt it. Like I said I MXst play my game and whatever happens happens´ CrX] said. ³If I got lXcky enoXgh to be considered I’m blessed bXt if not I’m here to play games and win games and that’s the only thing I care aboXt.´ +ernande] made MXst two mistakes over eight innings reboXnding after getting knocked aroXnd in his last start against the Chicago White 6ox. +ernande] (-) allowed a homer to %illy %Xrns on the ¿ rst pitch of the game and a solo homer to %rett Lawrie on the ¿ rst pitch of the seventh. 2akland’s only other hit off +ernande] was a soft single from %illy %Xtler in the ¿ fth. +ernande] strXck oXt seven walked one and became the See MARINERS/2B MINN(AP2LI6 — A constrXction worker plXnged aboXt feet to his death at the Minnesota 9ikings new stadiXm site Wednesday morning while a second worker with him was serioXsly inMXred. 2f¿ cials were still trying to deter- mine how the accident happened said John Wood senior vice president with Mortenson ConstrXction the general contractor overseeing the billion- plXs proMect. 7he man who died an employee of %erwald 5oo¿ ng Co. fell from the edge of the roof into a snow gXtter on the north side of U.6. %ank 6tadiXm aboXt minXtes into his shift and was pronoXnced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital Wood said. 7his is a very tragic day in the life of the stadiXm constrXction proMect Wood said at a news conference. 7he names of the men were not immediately released. A woman answering the phone at Berwald 5oo¿ ng said nobody was available to comment. 2perations were sXspended for the day leaving hXge cranes standing idle over the site of the former Metrodome on the eastern edge of downtown Minneapolis. AboXt men and women work on the proMect and they all held "a very somber gathering" after the accident he said. In a statement the 9ikings called the accident "extremely sad" and offered thoXghts and prayers for the family of the dead worker the inMXred man who remained hospitali]ed and all the other constrXction workers affected by the accident. "2Xr priority is to ensXre that we know exactly what happened and ensXre that it never happens again. A man lost his life on this proMect today and that simply never shoXld happen" he said. NFL Second-year linebacker impressing Seahawks coaches Pierre-LoXis pXshing vets for a roster spot By CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press 5(N72N Wash. — It doesn’t take long for the speed of .evin Pierre-LoXis to catch yoXr eye. 7he second-year 6eahawks linebacker has loads of it. It’s a trait that 6eattle covets in its line- backers and Pierre-LoXis ¿ ts the bill. Pierre-LoXis showed À ashes in limited action as a rookie before a shoXlder inMXry prematXrely ended his season. Now the foXrth- roXnd pick is making it dif¿ - cXlt for 6eattle’s coaching staff to keep him off the ¿ eld. ³+e’s exactly the type of gXy yoX’re looking for in terms of speed and movement and all of that´ head coach Pete Carroll said. “We’ve been recrXiting and drafting for a long time to ¿ nd a gXy that rXns . that can play linebacker. +e’s done a great Mob. +e’s really an exciting player for Xs.´ Pierre-LoXis’s speed showed Xp freTXently in special teams dXty a season ago. +e woXld roXtinely match 5icardo Lockette a former Division II -meter champion in sprints to the end ]one on kickoff coverage. “7hat’s MXst his gift´ line- backer ..J. Wright said. “+e ran fast at the combine and that’s why we broXght him in here. JXst come oXt here rXn and hit and he does that really good.´ %Xt his speed isn’t the only reason he’s pXshing for more playing time. When called Xpon dXe to inMXries last season Pierre-LoXis left a strong impression. +e played well in his ¿ rst extended dXty against Carolina inclXding a tackle of Cam Newton for a loss in relief of Malcolm 6mith. +e posted a career-high ¿ ve tackles against the New <ork Giants in Week before a labrXm tear ended his season. “I MXst need to make sXre that when my nXmber is called that I’m ready´ Pierre-LoXis said. “I can’t really try to coXnt reps or wondering when I’m going to get in. I MXst need to make sXre that when my nXmber is called I’m there I’m showing Xp and I’m doing whatever I can do for the defense.´ Pierre-LoXis is some- what Xndersi]ed. +e’s listed at -foot poXnds on the team’s roster. +owever he ¿ ts the mold of what the 6eahawks want at their weakside linebacker spot See ’HAWKS/2B College Football Linebackers leading DXcks D By Albany Democrat-Herald (UG(N( — It doesn’t soXnd like Don PellXm wants to let 5odney +ardrick leave 2regon even when the ¿ fth-year senior rXns oXt of eligibility this winter. “5odney +ardrick is Xnreal´ the DXcks’ defensive coordinator said after a recent practice. “If I had a coaching Mob open when- ever this season is over I’d hire him aboXt that TXick. +e can do it all.´ As fall camp winds down the steady inside linebacker is focXsed on ¿ nishing his on-¿ eld career with the DXcks on a high note and then ¿ nding oXt if the NFL is interested in his services as a player. “It’s cool it’s good to hear´ +ardrick said of PellXm’s respect for his knowledge of the game. “I grew Xp always wanting to play in the NFL and if I coXldn’t play I want to coach at the college level. 7hat’s been a goal of mine forever.´ If +ardrick is Xnable to earn a living in football the general social science gradXate will pXrsXe a career in law enforce- ment. 5ight now he’s got a pretty good partner at the other inside linebacker spot. Joe Walker certainly has +ardrick’s back. “I don’t know if there’s many people who know the defense better than 5odney´ Walker said. “+e’s very intelligent and he works hard. … I don’t have to worry aboXt 5odney too mXch. We’re trying to teach and help the next generation.´ +ardrick and Walker meet for coffee every morning. It woXld be fascinating to listen in on the conversation considering the former is doing media inter- views this season as a favor to his parents and the latter is the strong silent type. “Love Joe Walker´ Mark See DUCKS/2B AP Photo/TUSP, Jay Biggerstaff Seattle Seahawks linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis (58) drops into coverage during a game against the Kan- sas City Chiefs on Aug. 21, 2015 at Arrowhead Stadi- um in Kansas City, Mo. College Football 26U pXnter TXick to learn game By JESSE SOWA Corvallis Gazette-Times C259ALLI6 — Describing his transition to the American version of football from the one he played in his native AXstralia Nick Porebski Xsed the word “toXgh.´ +e didn’t know how to pXt the pads on and wearing a helmet was awkward and restricting becaXse the face mask bars broke Xp his ¿ eld of vision. %Xt Porebski’s talent notably his powerfXl right leg helped him catch on TXickly. In MXst a short three years he’s smoothly made the MXmp into the new sport and is expected to be the ¿ rst-string pXnter when 2regon 6tate opens its season 6ept. at home against Weber 6tate. Porebski had never really heard of pXnting Xntil he got a letter in the mail from Pro.ick AXstralia an academy based in MelboXrne and 6ydney that prepares players for the U.6. college game. +e thoXght he might as well give it a try. It was a signi¿ cant step in a different direction. AXstralian 5Xles football is a fast-paced game Xsing no padding or helmets. Points are scored kicking a ball larger and softer than the American cowhide type between posts. 7he ball is often booted while rXnning. “JXst kicking it off two steps was TXite hard for me´ Porebski from MelboXrne said of the short pXnt approach. “%ecaXse when we kick it we rXn with it and kick it so a two-step kick was kind of different.´ +e TXickly picked Xp on the new game and traveled to 6now College in (phraim Utah aboXt miles soXth of 6alt Lake City. 6now was the only MXnior college to make a scholarship offer which made for an easy decision for Porebski who didn’t have the grades in AXstralia for a Division I school right away. +e was named to the National JXnior College Athletic Association’s See OSU/2B
