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Seahawks lock up Chancellor
Seattle signs safety to
three-year extension
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor passes the
football while playing catch at the start of NFL football train-
ing camp, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Renton, Wash.
MISSION
Senior
Open tees
off for
14th year
RENTON, Wash. — Kam Chan-
cellor wore a wry grin, knowing that
a day earlier when he was peppered
about his contract status and future
with the Seattle Seahawks that all
those questions were about to be
answered.
“I didn’t want to tell you all,”
Chancellor said with a chuckle. “But
I had an idea it was pretty close. Both
sides were positive and it turned
around great.”
The Seahawks’ starting strong
safety signed a three-year extension
Tuesday that will keep him with the
only club he’s ever played for through
the 2020 season and creates the
possibility that Chancellor will retire
having played only in Seattle.
Chancellor’s new deal is worth
up to $36 million with $25 million
guaranteed, a hefty payday for a
29-year-old whose physical style
of play has led to big hits but also a
variety of injuries during his career.
Tuesday’s announcement was
a stark change from two years ago
when Chancellor was a training camp
holdout because he was unhappy with
his contract.
“I don’t think the relationship
ever fell off. I think it was just a
process. The past was the past and
I put that behind me two years ago
and it worked,” Chancellor said.
“We’re here today back to where we
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MLB
Mariners win third straight
Seattle
Mari-
ners’
Nelson
Cruz,
left, and
Danny
Valen-
cia,
right,
cele-
brate
a solo
home
run by
Cruz
during
the
second
inning
against
the
Texas
Rang-
ers in a
base-
ball
game
Tues-
day,
Aug. 1,
2017, in
Arling-
ton,
Texas.
Wildhorse’s PGA pro
Mike Hegarty in mix
after fi rst round
East Oregonian
For the 14th consecutive
year, the Senior Oregon Open
golf invitational teed off at
Wildhorse Resort and Casino on
Tuesday afternoon to blue skies
and warm weather.
Mark Keating, a PGA
Professional at the OGA Golf
Course in Woodburn, sits atop
the leaderboard after the fi rst
round after shooting a 7-under
par 65 on the day. He holds
a two-stroke lead over PGA
Professional Steve Stull of
Meadow Springs Country Club
in Richland, Washington to had
a 5-under 67.
Playing on the par 72,
Scottish links-style course, 38
of the 225 total competitors
fi red a score of at least a par or
better with 18 amateurs and 20
professionals. Wildhorse PGA
professional Mike Hegarty was
one of those under par, as he
shot a 1-under 71 on his home
course and currently sits in a
11-way tie for 15th place after
one round.
In the team competition,
PGA professional Z Barbic of
Gearhart Golf Links in Gear-
hart, and amateurs Doug Banks,
Jeff Moenck and Richard
Hamilton lead the way score of
24-under 120. They hold a four-
stroke lead over fi ve teams after
one round. Wildhorse’s team
of Hegarty and amateurs Gary
George, Tom Rodriguez, and
Jeff Quinn are tied for 45th after
one round with a 7-under 137.
The second round picks
up this morning at 7:30 a.m.
AP Photo/
Tony Guti-
errez
Cano smacks two doubles, drives in three as Seattle hangs on
Seattle’s
Robin-
son Cano
scores on
a single
by Danny
Valencia
well ahead
of the
attempt-
ed tag by
Texas’ Brett
Nicholas
during the
third inning
of Tuesday’s
game in
Arlington,
Texas.
By SEAN SHAPIRO
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas —
The Seattle Mariners’ lengthy
road stretch is off to a nice
start.
Robinson Cano doubled
twice and drove in three runs
as the Mariners beat the Texas
Rangers 8-7 on Tuesday
night. Seattle is now 2-0 on a
nine-game trip that begins a
stretch of 21 of 28 on the road.
Cano’s two-run double
in the sixth was the 499th of
his career, moving him into
a time with Rusty Staub for
63rd in MLB history.
Jarrod Dyson had his 200th
AP Photo/Tony
Gutierrez
Seattle
Texas
8
7
career steal in the win and
threw out Delino DeShields at
third to end the eighth inning
in a one-run game.
“He made a great throw,
and the pick and tag that (Kyle)
Seager put on DeShields was
just awesome,” Mariners
manager Scott Servais said.
“A big point in the game and
you have to make a big play.
We did tonight.”
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Los Angeles gets Olympics with an 11-year wait — and risks
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — By
2028, a new stadium being
built for the Rams and the
Chargers will have been
beaten up by nearly a decade
of NFL games. The seem-
ingly intractable problems of
Southern California — traffi c
and homelessness — might
get better or grow worse.
So much can change in 11
years.
Los Angeles’ decision to
lock in an Olympic Games
to far-off 2028 was praised
by city leaders Monday as a
deal that offers hundreds of
millions of dollars in future
benefi ts. But the longest wait
time for any Olympics in
the U.S. also comes with the
risks of the unknown.
“It’s a big chunk of time,”
noted Jules Boykoff, a Pacifi c
University professor who has
written widely on the Olym-
pics. “You just don’t know
what’s going to come. The
world presents surprises.”
History teaches that the
economy swings up and
down, sometimes with
disastrous results. Political
scientists foresee an era of
continuing upheaval and
unrest. Geologists say an
inevitable big earthquake
in quake-prone Southern
California could damage
venues envisioned as part of
the Games.
Mayor Eric Garcetti
shrugged off a question about
the uncertainty.
“Los Angeles is resilient,”
said the youthful-looking
mayor, who will be granddad
age, chasing 60, by the time
of the Games.
“If the entire earth falls
apart, probably the Olympics
aren’t happening in Los
Angeles. But short of that,
we are going to have a great
Games here in LA,” the
mayor told reporters.
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Sports shorts
Former Bronco Ryan Clady retires
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Ryan Clady,
the talented and towering tackle whose nine-year
NFL career was checkered with injuries, is
retiring from football.
“I’m excited about what life holds for me
going forward,” Clady wrote Tuesday on Twitter,
where he thanked the Broncos and
team owner Pat Bowlen for bringing
him to an organization where he was
“blessed to experience eight great
years, four Pro Bowls and a world
championship.”
The Broncos selected him 12th
Clady
overall in the 2008 draft out of Boise
State. Among a dying breed of
plug-and-play tackles in the NFL before colleges
turned so heavily to spread offenses, Clady
allowed just half a sack in his fi rst 20 NFL games.
But injuries slowed him down and the
two-time All-Pro missed both of Denver’s Super
Bowl appearances in recent years, with foot and
knee injuries.
“You got to consider the
source. I think he played
in college, maybe? He
averaged 2.2 points a
game. Really? It doesn’t
dignify a response, but I’m
(going to) give it to you
because you asked the
question. I don’t think he
could beat me if I was one-
legged.“
— Michael Jordan
Basketball Hall of Famer re-
sponded to LaVar Ball’s claim that
he could beat Jordan in a game
of one-on-one after being asked
the question at his Flight School
basketball camp on Monday.
Tampa Bay’s Longoria hits for cycle
HOUSTON (AP) — Evan Longoria became
the second Tampa Bay player to hit for the cycle
and drove in three runs to lead the Rays over the
Houston Astros 6-4 on Tuesday night.
He was a double shy when he came to the
plate with two outs in the ninth inning and laced a
laser to left fi eld. Longoria dashed to
second base and slid in to avoid the
tag of Jose Altuve.
He was initially ruled out, but
the call was overturned after a crew
chief review. Most of the Rays stood
up behind the railing of the dugout
Longoria
and cheered as the call was reversed,
and Longoria fl ashed a big smile
knowing that he joined Melvin (then known as
B.J.) Upton as the only Rays to achieve the feat.
Logan Morrison hit a solo homer and fi nished
with two RBIs. Rays starter Chris Archer (8-6)
allowed four runs and struck out fi ve in 6-plus
innings to get his fi rst win since July 4 and improve
to 5-2 in eight career starts against Houston.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1967 — The New Orleans
Saints play their fi rst preseason
game and lose to the Los
Angeles Rams 77-16.
1979 — New York Yankees
catcher Thurman Munson is
killed in a plane crash prac-
ticing takeoffs and landings
near his Ohio home.
2012 — Michael Phelps
adds to his Olympic medal
collection with his fi rst
individual gold medal of
the London Games in the
200-meter individual medley.
He is the fi rst male swimmer
to win the same individual
event at three straight Olym-
pics, taking his 20th career
medal and 16th gold.
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