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Tony Stewart
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Buckaroos hold off Bulldogs
C+A5L2TTE, NC
(AP) — ThreetiPe
NASCA5 chaPpion Tony
Stewart is
hospitalizeG
with a back
inMury anG
Stewart-
+aas 5acinJ saiG TuesGay
the teaP is unsure of the
extent of his inMuries
S+5 spokesPan Mike
ArninJ tolG The AssociateG
Press that Stewart was
inMureG in a non-racinJ
acciGent on SunGay +e
was beinJ eYaluateG at an
unGiscloseG hospital anG
able to PoYe all extrePities
No further inforPation
was JiYen anG ArninJ
inGicateG Stewart’s conGition
will not be upGateG aJain
until ThursGay
Stewart is retirinJ at
the enG of this NASCA5
season, anG he was Gue to
report next week to Daytona
,nternational SpeeGway to
beJin preparinJ for the )eb
Daytona
Browns tired of
Manziel’s antics;
likely to part ways
CLEVELAND (AP) —
The Browns say quarterback
Johnny Manziel’s
troubles oII the ¿ elG haYe
unGerPineG his teaPPates
anG the orJanization
The teaP
FACES releaseG a
statePent
TuesGay by
new Yice
SresiGent
of football
operations
Sashi Brown,
Manziel
who saiG
Manziel’s “continual
inYolYePent in inciGents´
run counter to expectations
for players Brown saiG
Manziel’s status will “be
aGGresseG when perPitteG
by leaJue rules´ ,t was not
iPPeGiately clear when the
teaP can Pake a PoYe with
Manziel
Manziel is beinJ
inYestiJateG by the N)L
for the seconG tiPe in three
Ponths Last weekenG in
Texas, police were calleG
to an apartPent coPplex
where a woPan, iGenti¿ eG
as Manziel’s exJirlfrienG,
saiG she was inYolYeG in
a Gisturbance with the
yearolG player The
leaJue cleareG Manziel of
wronJGoinJ followinJ a
¿ Jht with his JirlfrienG in
2ctober
“I don’t even want
to touch on the
topic of ‘black
quarterback’
because I think
this game is
bigger than black,
white or even
green. I think we
limit ourselves
when we just
label ourselves
just black this, that
...“
— Cam Newton
Carolina Panthers
QB responding to a
question on the recent
post-season prevelance
of African-American
quarterbacks during a
Super Bowl media
session on Tuesday.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1980 — Larry BirG hits
the ¿ rst -point shot in the
history of the NBA All-Star
*aPe BirG’ caPe in oYer-
tiPe when the East outscores
the West 16-8 in the extra
perioG for a 1-16 win
2013 — The BaltiPore
5aYens surYiYe a power
outaJe at the Super Bowl to
eGJe the San )rancisco ers
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s James Bradt and Hermiston’s Andrew James battle for a loose ball in the Bucks’ 67-57 win against the Bulldogs’ on Tuesday
in Hermiston.
PenGleton surYiYes +erPsiton’s seconG-half rally for riYalry win
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
+ERM,STON — DeYon
Roe set the tone, CaGen
SPith carrieG the scorinJ
early anG JaPes BraGt caPe
up biJ in the fourth quarter
as PenGleton’s boys basket-
ball teaP helG on to beat
+erPiston 6- TuesGay
niJht in a JaPe the Bucka-
roos neYer traileG
“,t’s touJh in this
enYironPent, it’s fun,´ saiG
¿ rst-year PenGleton coach
.yle TeGGer, who coacheG
his ¿ rst War on 8 JaPe in
+erPiston “There’s a lot
of pressure, you’Ye Jot the
fans on top of you, anG our
boys responGeG well anG
caPe out anG GiG their Mob´
With each teaP lookinJ
to lanG the ¿ rst blow in the
riYalry series, which Pay
well GeciGe the ColuPbia
RiYer Conference chaPpion
Boys Hoops
Pendleton
Hermiston
67
57
this season, Roe caPe out
anG JaYe PenGleton an early
boost on the JaPe’s ¿ rst
two possessions
After the Bucks (10-6,
-0 CRC) won the openinJ
tip, Roe Jot the ball Gown
low anG after PissinJ his
¿ rst shot, JrabbeG the
rebounG anG scoreG on the
putback for the leaG
Then he blockeG +erP-
iston’s ¿ rst shot attePpt on
the other enG
“CoPinJ
out,
our
ePotions are alreaGy hiJh,´
saiG BraGt, “anG coPinJ
out anG startinJ out like
that froP a Juy like DeYon,
he’s Jot a lot of excitePent
anG it’s fun watchinJ hiP
play, anG it Must Jets all of us
puPpeG up anG reaGy to Jo
eYen Pore than we alreaGy
were´
The BullGoJs (8-10,
1-) GiGn’t let that phase
theP, thouJh, anG battleG
back to tie the score twice
in the ¿ rst quarter before
CaGen SPith’s three-pointer
put PenGleton up for JooG
1-11 with a little Pore than
See PENDLETON/2B
Hot-shooting Bulldogs cruise past Bucks
BullGoJs shoot
percent in seconG
half to roll to win
Herm-
iston’s
Kynzee
Padilla
shoots
the ball
in front of
Pendle-
ton’s Ha-
ley Greb
in the
Bulldogs’
64-35 win
against
the Bucks
on Tues-
day in
Hermis-
ton.
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
+ERM,STON — )or
soPe tiPe now, +erPiston
Jirls basketball coach SteYe
+offert has been hounGeG
by his players to run a full-
court press +e aGGeG it to
the teaPs’ arsenal earlier
this season, but chose to
wait to Gebut it until leaJue
play, to senG a PessaJe he
saiG
,t has workeG as planneG
in +erPiston’s ¿ rst three
leaJue JaPes, incluGinJ
TuesGay’s 6- win oYer
riYal PenGleton in front of a
pinkeG-out crowG to honor
.athryn <ounJPan, a
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Girls Hoops
Pendleton
Hermiston
35
64
forPer +erPiston Spanish
teacher anG current PenG-
leton teacher who is in the
PiGst of her thirG bout with
cancer
Sara RaPirez leG all
scorers with 17 points,
Jansen EGPiston aGGeG 1
points anG .ynzaa PaGilla
haG 11 points in the win
.alan Mc*lothan leG
PenGleton with 1 points
“,t was pretty Puch Must
Jet our press Pistakes cut to
the Pax anG Must haYe theP
turn oYer the ball without
foulinJ,´ PaGilla saiG of her
teaP’s intent while runninJ
the press
“The Jirls were GyinJ
to run it,´ +offert saiG
“, saiG µWe’re not Jonna
show it, because eYeryone’s
watchinJ’ We’re Jonna
show it in leaJue anG people
arounG the state are Jonna
haYe to prepare for it´
ThouJh
+erPiston
hasn’t run its press Puch,
it’s
essentially
fully-
forPeG There was a stretch
in the ¿ rst quarter when
PenGleton struJJleG to cross
PiGcourt, anG +erPiston
scoreG easy layups anG Jot
riJht back into the press
4uickly +erPiston was up
10- anG the frustration was
PountinJ on the PenGleton
bench That saiG, a feeGinJ
frenzy of sorts GeYelopeG
Gue to the aPount of steals
+erPiston JathereG
)roP the openinJ tip,
it seePeG, +erPiston was
the better teaP ThouJh its
offense struJJleG in the ¿ rst
See BULLDOGS/2B
NBA
McColluP scores , leaGs Blazers to th-straiJht win
PortlanG now Must
two JaPes below
the Park
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
PORTLAND — CJ
McColluP
is
harGly
surpriseG the Trail Blazers
are haYinJ Pore success
“,t was Must a Patter
of tiPe before we starteG
to click,´ he saiG “)orty
JaPes, JaPes in, that’s
when you start to see a
NBA
Milwaukee
Portland
95
107
better branG of basketball
all arounG´
McColluP scoreG
points anG PortlanG beat the
Milwaukee Bucks 1-
on TuesGay niJht for its
season-hiJh ¿ fth straiJht
win
DaPian LillarG haG 1
points anG 1 assists for
his 11th Gouble-Gouble
of the season Al-)arouq
APinu aGGeG 16 points for
the Blazers, who haYe won
nine of 11
PortlanG is eiJhth in the
Western Conference anG
eGJinJ closer to at
-6
“This JaPe was kinG of
siPilar to the last few JaPes
we’Ye been playinJ,´ coach
Terry Stotts saiG “We’Ye
been playinJ soliG Gefense
OffensiYely, we’Ye been
PoYinJ the ball anG for the
Post part playinJ well with
the leaG Just GoinJ a lot of
JooG thinJs´
See BLAZERS/2B
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, center,
shoots between Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Mon-
roe, left, and guard Khris Middleton during the second
half of Tuesday’s game in Portland.