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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
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Men’s College Basketball
LA Rams selected
for ‘Hard Knocks’
Ducks line up Devils Bucks
BOCA RATON, Fla.
(AP) — The Los Angeles
Rams will be the subject of
HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this
summer.
As they
move from
St. Louis to
Southern
California,
the Rams have agreed to let
HBO’s cameras ¿ lm their
¿ rst training camp in the LA
area, the NFL announced on
Wednesday.
“This is an exciting time
for our franchise,” Rams
coach Jeff Fisher said.
“Hard Knocks will be an
outstanding way to bring our
fans into our training camp
and preseason, and give a
glimpse of the hard work and
dedication of our players,
coaches and staff as we
prepare for the 2016 season.”
The hour-long series
kicks off its 11th season
Aug. 9 and airs each
subsequent Tuesday, with a
Sept. 6 ¿ nale.
PENDLETON
pound
Pios
McGlothan,
Dick hit homers
in Pendleton rout
East Oregonian
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AP Photo/Chris Carlson
A-Rod to retire
after 2017 season
NEW YORK (AP) —
Alex Rodriguez says he
plans to retire from baseball
after the 2017 season.
The New York Yankees
slugger revealed his
intentions Wednesday during
an interview
FACES with ESPN.
His plans were
con¿ rmed by
spokesman
Ron Berkowitz.
Rodriguez,
who returned
last season
Rodriguez
from a
one-year drug suspension,
has 687 home runs, 75 shy
of Barry Bonds’ career
record. His 10-year contract
with the Yankees runs
through 2017.
Berkowitz says “at the
end of the contract he’s
going to be 42 years old, but
we still have (324) games to
go until we get to this point.”
“I didn’t like the
direction it was
heading. I didn’t
think we were on
the same page.
But I didn’t ask
for anything. It’s
his organization,
his team. He can
run it however he
wants to run it. It
wasn’t like `I’m
walking out the
door.’“
— Chip Kelly
New San Francisco
49ers head coach Chip
Kelly on Philadelphia Ea-
gles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s
decision to give Kelly
personnel control last
season. Kelly was fi red
before the end of the
Eagles’ 7-9 season and
the team has spent the
offseason clearing many
of the players acquired
by Kelly off the roster.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1979 — Indiana State,
led by Larry Bird, advances
to the NCAA championship
game by squeezing past
DePaul 76-74. Bird has 35
points, 16 rebounds and 9
assists.
2013 — Florida Gulf
Coast goes from shocking
the men’s college basket-
ball world to downright
impressing it. The Eagles
beat San Diego State 81-71
to become the ¿ rst No. 15
seed to reach the Sweet 16 of
the NCAA tournament.
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SANDY — Heading into
a six-day break, the Pend-
leton Buckaroos made sure
they got out any last pent-up
aggression against Sandy in a
non-league
softball
Softball
g a m e
Wednesday.
Kalan
Pendleton
McGlothan
and Feather
Dick
hit
home runs
and
the
B u c k s
Sandy
scored 12
runs in the
top of the
sixth inning
to put a cap on their 19-1
win, their fourth in the last
three days.
Both homers came in the
sixth after a pitching change
by Sandy. McGlothan (3 for
5) hit hers for two runs and
See BUCKS/2B
Oregon’s Chris Boucher takes a shot during college basketball practice in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday,
March 23, 2016. Oregon plays against Duke in a regional semifi nal game in the NCAA Tournament on
Thursday.
Oregon meets defending champ Duke in Sweet 16
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dillon
Brooks and his top-seeded Oregon
Ducks have a golden opportunity to
get college basketball’s full attention
Thursday night.
That’s because their Sweet
Sixteen opponent, fourth-seeded
Duke, travels under the biggest
spotlight in the sport.
“I know a lot of the guys are really
motivated,” said Brooks, Oregon’s
top scorer. “We’ve been watching
Duke all our lives, and once we
see the lettering, ‘D-U-K-E,’ we’re
going to come out there with red
on our face and just really take it to
them.”
After a remarkable regular season
and a strong start to the NCAA Tour-
nament, the Ducks (30-6) realize the
See DUCKS/2B
STANFIELD
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Oregon’s Jordan Bell takes a shot during college basketball prac-
tice in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Oregon plays
against Duke in a regional semifi nal game in the NCAA Tournament
on Thursday.
Pro Basketball
Blazers hold on to beat Mavericks
By ANDREW HINKELMAN
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Damian Lillard
had 27 points and six assists, Ed
Davis scored all of his 16 points in
the ¿ rst half and the Portland Trail
Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks
109-103 on Wednesday night.
Maurice Harkless, starting for just
the fourth time all season, and C.J.
McCollum each added 14 points for
the Blazers, who won for the ¿ rst
time against the team chasing them
in the Western Conference standings.
Dallas made the game interesting
with a late push to trim a 15-point
de¿ cit to ¿ ve with 12.3 seconds left,
but the Blazers made ¿ ve of their six
free throws down the stretch to hang
1
on for the victory.
outburst.
NBA
Former Blazers
Both
teams
guard
Wesley
went deep into
Matthews paced the
their benches in the
Dallas
Portland
Mavericks with 22
¿ rst half, using 10
points. Salah Mejri,
players apiece as the
making his fourth
coaches tried to ¿ nd
start of the season,
an advantage through
added 14 points and 12 rebounds, matchups with frequent substitutions
and Dirk Nowitzki scored 21. Dallas and timeouts.
fell into a tie with Utah for seventh
An already intense affair, things
in the West, and has lost eight of 11.
heated up even more with 153 to go
Lillard sparked a late second- in the half when McCollum fouled
quarter run with six points in the Deron Williams, and then inadver-
¿ nal 135 to help Portland regain a tently clipped Williams’ leg.
The Dallas point guard took excep-
lead it would never give back. The
Blazers put some distance between tion and got into McCollum’s face,
them and Dallas with an 8-0 spurt in resulting in double technicals. Less
the third quarter, with the Mavericks than 20 seconds later, Mejri picked up
using two timeouts to try to quell the a technical for jawing at an of¿ cial.
103
109
Tigers
stay hot
against
Pirates
Fourteen-run fourth
inning initiates
Stan¿ eld blowout
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
BOARDMAN — For
the sixth time this season,
the Stan¿ eld Tigers baseball
team reached the double-
digit runs mark in a game.
Stan¿ eld
obliterated
league foe Riverside 22-1 in
a Columbia Bash match-up
on Wednesday afternoon,
continuing the teams incred-
ible tear to start the season.
Junior Tony Flores that
got the start on the mound
for the Tigers and he shut
out the Pirates over four
innings, allowing no hits and
just two walks to go with
See TIGERS/2B
PENDLETON
Timberwolves drop softball doubleheader
East Oregonian
The Blue Mountain Timber-
wolves softball team dropped
both games of a doubleheader
against Lower Columbia on
Wednesday, falling 16-8 in
game one and 10-9 in game two.
In game one, Lower
Columbia (6-1) put pressure on
the Timberwolves (2-11) early
with seven runs through the ¿ rst
three frames.
For Blue Mountain, Sarah
Bonner racked up two hits, two
runs, and three RBI, including
bombing her ¿ rst home run of
the season in the bottom of the
sixth inning. Laken Cagle and
Aunika Turner also tallied home
runs for the Timberwolves.
Tiffany Snyder struggled on
the mound for Blue Mountain,
allowing 11 hits, eight runs and
two walks over four innings.
Mary Jane Reser allowed eight
runs and seven hits in two
innings of relief.
In game two, the Timber-
wolves couldn’t hold on to an
early lead as Lower Columbia
scored four runs over the ¿ nal
three innings to grab the win.
Turner smashed her second
home run of the day on a solo
shot in the third inning, while
Addy Daubert smacked three
hits in the game.
———
Game 1
R H E
LC
214 126 — 16 18 1
BM
000 233 —
8 11 4
Fischer, Gibson (4), Brooks (5), and Boyce.
Snyder, Reser (5). W — Fischer, L — Snyder.
2B — Rothwell, Boyce (LC), Ulrey (BM). HR —
Rothwell, Gibson, Hockett (LC), Bonner, Cagle,
Turner (BM).
Game 2
R H E
LC
150 031
0 — 10 15 2
BM
044 000
1 — 9 12 1
Ellis, Rothwell (3), Fischer (4), and Bolasky.
Ulrey and Daubert. W — Fischer, L — Ulrey.
2B — Boyce, Barr (LC), Bonner, Cagle, Chaul-
sett-Utley, Harrington (BM). 3B — Bolasky (LC).
HR — Kelly (LC), Turner (BM).
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
BMCC’s Sara Bonner leaps towards home plate past Lower Columbia’s
Nicole Bolasky in the second game of a double header Wednesday in
Pendleton.