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Appeal necessary to
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game’ says Goodell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER AND
TOM HAYS
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom
Brady learned Thursday he will
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judge lifted the league’s four-game
suspension of the star quarterback
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saying he was treated unfairly by
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The league quickly appealed.
U.S. District Judge Richard
M. Berman criticized Goodell for
dispensing “his own brand of indus-
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reasons to reject the suspension one
week before New England’s Sept.
10 opener against the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
The Super Bowl MVP has
insisted he played no role in a
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below the allowable limit at last
season’s AFC championship game,
a 45-7 rout of the Indianapolis
Colts.
The judge cited “several
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the league’s handling of the contro-
versy, including no advance notice
of potential penalties, a refusal to
produce a key
witness and the
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notice of a four-game suspension in
the circumstances presented here,
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to have ‘dispensed his own brand of
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partially citing wording from a
previous case.
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what constitutes violations and what
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the collective bargaining agreement
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no notice that he could receive a
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Goodell said it was necessary to
appeal “to uphold the collectively
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the game’s competitive fairness “a
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Hours after Goodell issued his
statement, the league appealed
to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Manhattan with a
one-page notice from NFL attorney
Daniel Nash.
NFL spokesman Brian McCa-
rthy said the league would not seek
an emergency stay, freeing Brady
to play while the case is appealed.
It could be months before the court
considers the case, since the league
would have to show it would suffer
irreparable harm to speed up the
timetable.
Goodell will also skip the
Steelers-Patriots opener next week,
opting instead to watch the game
on TV and attend another opener
over the weekend, McCarthy said.
McCarthy said Goodell wants the
focus to be on the game itself and
New England’s celebration of its
Super Bowl win.
Berman said the league was
wrong to discipline Brady as if a
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to using performance enhancing
drugs.
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including witness interview notes,
and wasn’t permitted to question
one of two lead investigators, the
judge said.
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million and stripped of two draft
picks, posted a celebratory photo on
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and screaming at the Super Bowl
last season.
The ruling was a surprise to
some legal experts who believed
Berman was merely pressuring
the league to settle at two hearings
when he criticized its handling of
the investigation over the last eight
months.
The league brought the case to
court within minutes of Goodell
upholding Brady’s suspension,
blasting the quarterback for
arranging the destruction of his
cellphone and its nearly 10,000
messages just before he was inter-
viewed for the NFL probe. The
union countersued.
The league spent more than
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prominent attorney Ted Wells, who
had previously conducted NFL
probes. While Wells’ 243-page
report found it was “more probable
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handling employees deliberately
released air from Patriots game balls
at the AFC championship game, it
cited no direct evidence that Brady
knew about or authorized it.
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conspired with the ball handlers
and tried to obstruct the league’s
probe, including by destroying his
cellphone.
The commissioner said he
concluded Brady “knew about,
approved of, consented to, and
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Berman attacked the league
while questioning one of its lawyers
at two hearings. He had repeatedly
urged both sides to settle and tone
down rhetoric. At a hearing Monday
attended by Brady and Goodell, the
judge announced that both sides had
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of 3 for 74 yards, and he
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with one
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— Marcus Mariota tion and
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start a game in style, p a s s e r
and now the warmup rating.
act is over for the rookie
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59-yard
touchdown Mariota said. “Guys
pass to Harry Douglas are continuing to get
to cap his only series, better, and I feel that
and the Tennessee we built a solid foun-
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preseason by beating preseason. Now it’s time
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night.
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Titans (2-2). He proved overall, Jameis Winston.
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both schools’ history.
replace a few key players
Saturday will be the season from last season’s squad,
The No. 13 ranked Eastern opener for Sacramento State, mainly All-American wideout
DeAndre Carter
Oregon Mountaineers (0-1, who turned in
and all-confer-
0-1) began its season with a a 7-5 season
2014
ence quarterback
tough 40-28 loss on the road in
playing
in
Garret Safron.
at the College of Idaho.
EOU
Sac. State
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quarterback Zach
as they hit the road again for within
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By TERESA M.
WALKER
Associated Press
PREPS: Mac-Hi falls in
opener to Waitsburg
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be playing our best in
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Against
Riverside,
Paden Flerchinger tallied
nine kills, while Sadie
Wilson added six. The
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game 25-10, before Helix
won the next three 25-11,
25-17, and 25-15 for the
win.
Senior
Mackenzie
Mize led the way for the
Grizzlies against Mac-Hi
with 14 kills, while
Bethany Newtson had
a stellar game from the
serving line, going 13 of
14 with two aces.
The Pioneers (0-1)
grinded out a 25-22
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before Helix roared back
to take the next three
25-16, 25-8, and 25-9.
Helix, Mac-Hi, and
Riverside are all back in
action on Saturday as to
compete in the Riverside
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game is set to begin at 9
a.m. at Riverside High
School.
FOOTBALL
WAITSBURG (WA)
45, MAC-HI 7 — At
Waitsburg, Wash., the
Cardinals were too much
for the Pioneers in both
team’s season opener
on Thursday night. No
further details were
reported.
COLLEGE: EOU
remains unbeaten
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wins coming at the
Spokane
Invitational
beginning today. They
open against Wenatchee
Valley at 9 a.m. and will
face Bellevue at 3 p.m.
E A S T E R N
OREGON
3,
COLLEGE OF IDAHO
1 — At Caldwell, Idaho,
Isabelle Statkus and
Emily Nay led the Moun-
taineers in their Cascade
Collegiate
Conference
opener on Thursday.
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12 kills and nine blocks
while Nay added 13 kills
and eight blocks as EOU
won by scores of 25-19,
26-24, 22-25, 25-20.
Amanda Miller tied
Nay with 13 kills and
setter Rachelle Chamber-
lain had 49 assists.
Piper Cantrell led the
Mountaineers (6-1, 1-0
CCC) with 22 digs and
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with 11 kills to lead the
Yotes (2-7, 0-1).
Eastern will remain
in CCC play the rest of
the season. Its next game
is Tuesday when it hosts
Walla Walla University at
7 p.m.
WOMEN’S
SOCCER
E A S T E R N
OREGON 10, SIERRA
NEVADA 0 — At Incline
Village, Nev., for the
second time in a week the
Mountaineers whalloped
the Eagles in non-confer-
ence play.
Zoe Anderson had a
hat trick for her second
multiple-goal
game
and added two assists.
Amanda Durrant and
Morgan Delay each added
two goals.
EOU (5-0) outshot
Sierra Nevada (0-3) 47-2.
Eastern’s next game
is Sep. 18 when it opens
Cascade
Collegiate
Confernce play by hosting
Evergreen State.
Mountaineers ready for trip to Sacramento State
East Oregonian
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the grass before we put
shots, we were a little more
aggressive when we got into
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coach Jeremy Talbot of the
second-half improvements.
“And then our leadership.
Flavio stepped up, Jonathan
Wolotira stepped up, and
Lincoln Johnson from the
back (line) stepped up. We
just got those guys over-
coming some adversity and
playing the way they can
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Much like it had to start
the game, Pendleton (0-1-1)
came out of halftime and
controlled the tempo with
its quick passes and a slight
size advantage. But unlike
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able to sustain that control
long enough for a break to
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denied on a direct kick and
four corners, Pendleton
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board when Milwaukie’s
Seth Atkerson was whistled
for a handball on a cross in
front of the goal.
Going
against
his
momentum, Betancourt used
his right instep to place the
ensuing penalty kick into the
upper right corner of the goal.
Even a sloppy shot would
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dove the opposite direction.
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times the goalies pick to
where the player is looking
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said of the pre-shot mental
game that occurs in those
situations.
He wasn’t done there,
and a minute later scored on
a volley from just outside
the box. When a Milwaukie
(0-1) defender attempted to
head the ball away from the
goal, Betancourt never let
it bounce and beat Inzunza
on the near post with a low
drive.
“I was actually placing
that one, because we were
down 2-1 and we had to be
mentally tough like Coach
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said. “That shot, I just took it
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No Buckaroo was happier
to see Betancourt’s second
goal than keeper Grant
Banister.
The senior had spent
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himself up over a pair of
Mustang goals that were a bit
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21st minute when Banister
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Milwaukie’s Han Helfrich
into the net. Then he dove
over a crossing shot from
Helfrich in the 36th minute,
and showed visible signs of
frustration afterward.
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good cross right there. He put
it under the (crossbar) and I
just put it in. That was just
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he said. “The second one,
we had pressure on it and we
were right up in there. So I
couldn’t see (the ball), and
then I see it pop out and I just
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Banister said a halftime
speech from his coaches was
all it took to get him straight-
ened out, and the second half
was much more indicative of
what the Bucks are capable
of this season.
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coaches gave a good talk
and basically I just needed
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“The talk really helped and
when we came back out we
were strong. Everybody was
making runs and everyone
was playing their best.
“We can go beyond (that).
On Tuesday in Lewiston
(Idaho) we played above
that level for the entire game.
So we have it, we just need
to capitalize on it and get it
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The Bucks will look for
a more complete outing on
Tuesday when they play at
Umatilla in a 4:30 p.m. game,
but Talbot said Thursday was
a step in the right direction
for a team looking to shake
out of a seemingly perpetual
winless streak.
Pendleton’s two goals on
Thursday gave it four on the
season, more than halfway to
last season’s total of seven.
The last time the Bucks won
more than one game in a
season was 2009, with two,
and their last winning season
was 2008.
“We’re trying to learn how
to win, so any close game
that we can play in is going
to help us get over the hurdle
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Talbot said. “I think we have
to learn the steps of playing
close games so we can get
mentally tough.
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game when we drew even
with these guys I would say
that we got a little too excited,
and that’s another step we’ve
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thing, but we’re expecting
more because we know we
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leading the team with 136
yards on the ground, inclduing
a 97-yard touchdown run in
the second quarter.
EOU will need a better
effort from its defense,how-
ever, as the unit gave up
419 total yards to College of
Idaho, and allowed the Yotes
to convert on eight of 13
third-down opportunities.
The game will be streamed
on WatchBigSky.com, but
viewers must register a free
account before viewing.
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as a head coach.
“In a way he’s like a father
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week. “He was the one who
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a player, and he was also the
one when I wanted to get into
coaching, (he) helped me
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LOOKING
BACK:
Oregon State went 5-7 — out
of the bowl picture — under
Riley last season. Weber
State, which plays in the Big
Sky Conference, went 2-10
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as head coach.
SCOUTING
THE
WILDCATS: Weber State
offense is led by junior quar-
terback Jadrian Clark, who
took over for the Wildcats’
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and threw for 902 yards and
seven touchdowns. His top
target this season will be
junior Cam Livingston, who
caught 57 passes for 856
yards.
ISAAC’S
BACK:
Beavers
center
Isaac
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after missing all of 2014 with
a foot injury. Seumalo started
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seasons at Oregon State and
has made the Outland Trophy
preseason watch list.
“Boy is he a special
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see why a lot of people think
he’s been an NFL player. He
could start at three different
positions for us, center guard
and tackle, but because we
want him to be able to play,
we’ve limited him to center
— because then you’ve got
to take every snap in prac-
tices. ... The kid’s a player.
He makes a difference up
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IT’S BLACK AND
WHITE: Oregon State
will wear a black and white
uniform combination for the
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re-branding in 2013: Black
jerseys, white pants and
white helmets. The helmet
will feature a red, white and
blue Beaver logo in tribute to
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State’s Mike Bercovici and
Texas A&M’s Kyle Allen,
and could be a springboard
for the rest of the season to
the team that wins.
BEST
MATCHUP:
Washington at No. 23 Boise
State, Friday. The Broncos
lined up the game in 2013,
expecting it to be one of the
most anticipated nonconfer-
ence games in school history.
It certainly is now. Former
coach Chris Petersen will
be returning to the blue turf
Friday night, this time with
the Washington, the team
he left the Broncos for two
seasons ago. This could get
real interesting.
INSIDE
THE
NUMBERS: California’s
Jared Goff is the Pac-12’s
leading returning passer
with 3,973 yards last season.
USC’s Cody Kessler was the
leader in touchdown passes
with 39 a year ago. ... The
Pac-12 had six teams ranked
in the AP Top 25 preseason
poll: Oregon, USC, UCLA,
Arizona State, Stanford and
Arizona.
IMPACT
PLAYER:
Oregon QB Vernon Adams.
Talk about scheduling quirks.
Adams had one of the most
talked-about math tests in the
history to complete his degree
at Eastern Washington,
allowing him to transfer to
Oregon after three seasons
leading the Eagles. He won
the job to replace Heisman
Trophy winner Marcus
Mariota in Eugene and will
lead the seventh-ranked
Ducks against, you guessed
it, Eastern Washington.
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