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SPORTS
East Oregonian
NFL
Thursday, August 3, 2017
MLB
Turning 40: Brady showing few Philadelphia Phillies scrap
signs of decline at milestone
plans to honor Pete Rose
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.
— Professional athletes
measure achievement in
championships,
with
a
constant eye slanted toward
Father Time.
Next up for Tom Brady
is challenging the conven-
tional wisdom of how long
a quarterback can play at a
high level in the NFL. The
leader of the New England
Patriots turns 40 on Thursday,
an age considered both a line
of demarcation and decline
for even the game’s greatest
names.
Brady already redefined
what it meant to have success
after age 35 even before
he captured his fifth Super
Bowl ring last season . With a
stated desire to play until age
45 — and possibly beyond it
— Brady might one day find
himself in rarer company.
According to Pro Football
Reference, Brady is poised to
become the 20th quarterback
in league history to appear in a
game at 40 or older. Whether
it’s a byproduct of the system
he plays in, avoiding injury,
or the training and nutrition
regimen he swears by, unlike
virtually all of his predeces-
sors Brady isn’t showing
signs of slowing down.
“For Tom I think it’s gonna
come down more to motiva-
tion,” said Hall of Fame quar-
terback Warren Moon, who
retired at age 44 after 17 NFL
seasons and six in the CFL.
“Does he see himself having
the same motivation, drive
and desire five years from
now that he has right now?”
Since 2000, seven quar-
terbacks have thrown a pass
over the age of 40 in the NFL:
Moon, Brett Favre, Vinny
Testaverde, Matt Hasselbeck,
Doug Flutie, Mark Brunell
and Brad Johnson.
Of that group, only
Moon (1997, age 41) and
Favre (2009, age 40) have
earned Pro Bowl selections
after crossing into their fifth
decade.
“I think injuries will have
a lot to do with (how long
Brady plays),” Moon said.
“He’s won five Super Bowls.
How many more years can he
have that deep down, burning
desire to want to win?”
Favre posted the best
season of any 40-year-old
signal caller, completing 68
percent of his passes for 4,202
yards and 33 touchdowns
in 2009 — his 19th season.
Associated Press
AP Photo/Steven Senne
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) pass-
es at training camp on Tuesday in Foxborough, Mass.
Moon threw for 3,678 yards
and 25 touchdowns in his
14th season in 1997.
Meanwhile, Brady is
coming off his 12th Pro Bowl
selection and is playing as
if he’s still in his prime . At
39, he threw for 3,554 yards
and 28 touchdowns in a
regular season shortened by
his four-game “Deflategate”
suspension. In addition, his
67.4 completion percentage
last season was second only to
the 68.9 percent he completed
during his 2007 MVP season .
Brady also has been
finding the end zone at a
higher rate the older he gets.
Brady has averaged 31
touchdowns per season since
turning 35 in 2012. He aver-
aged 30 touchdowns from age
26 to 30. In 2007, he threw for
a career-high and NFL-record
50 touchdowns .
By comparison, over his
final five seasons, Peyton
Manning averaged 34 touch-
downs. Favre came in at 22.
Hasselbeck played at 40 in
2015. He said Brady benefits
from playing in a quarter-
back-friendly rules era, but
he does take a fair amount of
hits.
He also sees a player
defying his age in other ways.
“He looked better than
I have ever seen at running
or scrambling,” Hasselbeck
said. “It was like all the extra
attention he’s put in training
and recovery showed up on
the football field.”
Unlike Favre, who loathed
training camp, Brady still
embraces the preseason.
Since 2004 when Brady
was 27, he also has relied
on a nutrition and workout
program developed by friend
and health guru Alex Guer-
rero. Under Guerrero’s guid-
ance, Brady follows a mostly
plant-based diet during the
season.
In 2013, Brady and Guer-
rero partnered in opening the
TB12 Sports Therapy Center.
The basis for Guerrero’s
program — in particular the
plant-based diet component
— has been criticized by
some as junk science. But
since Brady began working
with him, other than a torn
left ACL in 2008, he has not
missed a regular-season game
due to injury.
Patriots coach Bill Beli-
chick declined comment on
Brady’s specific personal
workout regimen, but he
said the quarterback has long
prioritized maximizing his
performance.
Receivers Julian Edelman
and
Danny
Amendola
also have used Guerrero’s
methods. For the past three
months, star tight end Rob
Gronkowski has utilized the
program as he works his way
back from back surgery that
ended his 2016 season after
eight games.
Brady has even served as
his personal chef.
“It’s going good — yes,”
said Gronkowski, who turned
28 in May. “He cooks them
for me, I eat them.”
For all the respect Brady
has garnered, beginning
Thursday whatever he does
going forward will come with
all the reminders he is now in
a special age group.
“People don’t let you forget
it,” Hasselbeck said. “People
act like you’re getting ready
to go in an old folks’ home.”
Patriots backup quarter-
back Jimmy Garoppolo said
not even Brady’s Super Bowl
rings can protect him from the
jokes he’ll hear.
“We have to, right? It
wouldn’t be right if we
didn’t,” Garoppolo said.
“We’re there to bring him
back down to earth every
once in a while.”
PHILADELPHIA —
The Philadelphia Phillies
have canceled plans to
honor Pete Rose next week
because of a woman’s
claim she had a sexual rela-
tionship with baseball’s hit
king when she was a minor.
The woman, identified
as Jane Doe this week in
a court filing, said Rose
called her in 1973, when
she was 14 or 15, and they
began a sexual relationship
in Cincinnati that lasted
several years. She also
alleges Rose met her in
locations outside Ohio for
sex.
Rose’s lawyer says the
woman’s claims are unver-
ified.
The Phillies were going
to induct Rose into their
Wall of Fame in an on-field
ceremony on Aug. 12. Rose
bobbleheads were going to
be distributed on Aug. 11.
The Phillies will not give
away the collectibles and
said fans with tickets for
either game can exchange
them or get a refund.
“While I am truly
honored that the Phillies
fans voted for me to be
this year’s Wall of Fame
inductee, I am concerned
that other matters will
overshadow the goodwill
associated with Alumni
Weekend, and I agree with
the decision not to partici-
pate,” Rose said.
Rose, who was banned
from baseball in 1989,
made
four
All-Star
appearances and helped
the Phillies to one of their
two world championships
during his five seasons in
Philadelphia from 1979-83.
Rose was selected
through fan voting and
was set to become the 39th
inductee into the club’s
Wall of Fame.
But public pressure
against Rose played a role
in the Phillies’ decision to
scrap the tribute.
The women’s claim
became
public
from
testimony presented by the
defense as part of a federal
lawsuit Rose filed last year
in Philadelphia against a
lawyer whose investigation
got the Cincinnati native
kicked out of Major League
Baseball for gambling.
Rose contends John
Dowd defamed him by
saying on the radio that
the former baseball great
had raped young teen girls
during spring training.
Rose has acknowledged
having a relationship with
the woman beginning when
she was 16, the age of
consent in Ohio.
Rose alleges in the
lawsuit
that
Dowd
damaged his reputation and
endorsement deals during
a July 2015 interview on
WCHE-AM radio.
Dowd said during the
radio appearance that Rose
associate Michael Bertolini
told investigators he “ran
young girls” to Rose during
spring training, which
Dowd called “statutory rape
every time,” according to
Rose’s lawsuit. Bertolini’s
lawyers have denied that.
Rose acknowledged in
a statement accompanying
Monday’s filing that he did
have a relationship with
the woman, but he said it
started when she was 16.
He also states they never
had sex outside Ohio.
At the time, Rose was
in his mid-30s and was
married with two kids.
Rose’s personal prob-
lems never seemed to affect
his popularity in baseball.
He’s a regular on the
autograph circuit and does
broadcast work for Fox.
The Cincinnati Reds
unveiled a bronze sculp-
ture this season outside
Great American Ball Park
depicting Rose’s headfirst
slide. He was inducted into
the Reds’ Hall of Fame last
June and had his No. 14
retired.
The 76-year-old hits
leader is banned from
baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Commissioner
Rob
Manfred has denied Rose’s
latest petition for reinstate-
ment, but hasn’t ruled out
making him eligible for
Cooperstown someday.
The fourth annual Philly
Sports Roast also said it
canceled its Aug. 10 event
with Rose as the guest of
honor. Tickets that started
at $150 will be refunded.
Philadelphia’s Sugar-
House Casino said it
canceled Rose’s scheduled
Aug. 12 autograph signing
that was to be held just
hours before his Wall of
Fame induction. Refunds
also were available for
those tickets.
The Phillies will still
honor more than 40 alumni
next weekend.
KAEPERNICK:
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make decisions for all the
guys on the field right now.
It’s about: Can he help us
win games?
“The biggest thing they
have to decide is, is he a
good fit for our football
team? I would hope that
any team, when it comes to
Colin Kaepernick, would
look at his skill and look at
their needs and say, ‘OK,
I’m going to give him an
opportunity because I have
a need in that area and he
can fill it.’ Nothing else.”
That’s one of the most
important facets among
the litany of items the
Ravens are considering,
but Bisciotti contends that
Kaepernick’s protest last
season — along with the
quarterback’s
assertion
that he will stand for the
Star-Spangled Banner this
year — cannot be ignored.
“Non-violent protesting
is something that we’ve all
embraced,” Bisciotti said.
“I don’t like the way he
did it. I liked it a lot more
when he went from sitting
to kneeling. I thought that if
it’s still a silent protest, the
level of disrespect isn’t as
strong that way.”
He wonders if the fans
would be able to look past
the protest and consider that
the 29-year-old Kaepernick
threw 16 touchdown passes
against only four intercep-
tions last year, and that his
lifetime numbers in those
categories are 72 TDs and
just 30 INTs.
“I hope we do what is
best for the team and balance
that with what’s best for our
fans,” Bisciotti said.
The subject has tran-
scended football in the
Baltimore area. All four
Letters to the Editor in the
Wednesday edition of The
(Baltimore) Sun involved
opinions of the potential
signing of Kaepernick (three
in favor of it; one against).
MARINERS: Gallardo to start series opener in Kansas City today GOLF:
starter this season, is sched-
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Wildhorse
uled to start the opener of a
has 18 singles, 12 doubles and four-game series at Kansas
pro falters
City on Thursday night. He
two triples.
is 4-7 with a 5.94 ERA in 16
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers:
LHP
Jake starts this season. Seattle is
in second
Diekman (colon) threw BP playing the fourth of 21 road
in the cage before the game. games in a 28-game stretch.
round
Rangers: RHP A.J. Griffin
Manager Jeff Banister said
(oblique strain) is scheduled to
there “is still a ways to go”
and that there hasn’t been
determined where Diekman
will go for his next step.
UP NEXT
Mariners: Yovani Gallardo,
who has been a reliever and
Seattle Mariners
starting pitcher Ari-
el Miranda throws
to a Texas Rangers
batter during the
fourth inning of
a baseball game,
Wednesday, Aug. 2,
2017, in Arlington,
Texas. Miranda al-
lowed five runs and
three home runs
in 5 2/3 innings to
earn the loss.
come off the 60-day disabled
list to make his first start for
the Rangers to make his first
start since May 26. They open
a four-game series Thursday
at Minnesota.
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
59 49 .546 —
New York
57 49 .538
1
Tampa Bay
56 53 .514 3½
Baltimore
53 54 .495 5½
Toronto
51 57 .472
8
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
57 48 .543 —
Kansas City
55 51 .519 2½
Minnesota
51 54 .486
6
Detroit
49 57 .462 8½
Chicago
41 64 .390 16
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
69 38 .645 —
Seattle
55 54 .505 15
Los Angeles
52 55 .486 17
Texas
51 56 .476 18
Oakland
47 60 .439 22
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cleveland at Boston, ppd.
Detroit 2, N.Y. Yankees 0
Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Minnesota 5, San Diego 2
Baltimore 6, Kansas City 0
Tampa Bay 3, Houston 0
Texas 5, Seattle 1
Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, late finish
Oakland at San Francisco, late finish
Thursday’s Games
Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Baltimore (Gausman
8-7), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 5-9) at
Boston (Rodriguez 4-3), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Gray 6-5) at Cleveland
(Salazar 4-5), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Snell 0-6) at Houston
(McHugh 0-0), 5:10 p.m.
Texas (Bibens-Dirkx 3-1) at Minnesota
(Mejia 4-4), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (Gallardo 5-7) at Kansas City
(Cahill 4-3), 5:15 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-7) at L.A. Angels
(Bridwell 5-1), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 2-2) at San Francisco
(Blach 6-7), 7:15 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
63 43 .594 —
Miami
51 55 .481 12
New York
49 56 .467 13½
Atlanta
49 57 .462 14
Philadelphia
39 65 .375 23
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
57 49 .538 —
Milwaukee
56 53 .514 2½
St. Louis
53 54 .495 4½
Pittsburgh
51 56 .477 6½
Cincinnati
44 63 .411 13½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
75 32 .701 —
Arizona
61 46 .570 14
Colorado
61 47 .565 14½
San Diego
48 59 .449 27
San Francisco
41 67 .380 34½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota 5, San Diego 2
Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2
Miami 7, Washington 0
Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 0
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4
N.Y. Mets 10, Colorado 5
Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, late finish
Oakland at San Francisco, late finish
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis (Wacha 8-4) at Milwaukee
(Garza 4-5), 11:10 a.m.
Arizona (Greinke 13-4) at Chicago Cubs
(Quintana 6-9), 11:20 a.m.
N.Y. Mets (Montero 1-7) at Colorado (Mar-
quez 9-4), 12:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Romano 2-2) at Pittsburgh
(Kuhl 3-7), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wood 12-1) at Atlanta
(Newcomb 1-5), 4:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-7) at L.A. Angels
(Bridwell 5-1), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 2-2) at San Francisco
(Blach 6-7), 7:15 p.m.
MiLB
Northwest League
North Division
W
L Pct GB
Spokane
6
1 .857 —
Tri-City
4
3 .571
2
x-Vancouver
Everett
South Division
3
2
4 .429
5 .286
3
4
W
L Pct GB
Eugene
4
3 .571 —
Hillsboro
4
3 .571 —
x-Salem-Keizer
3
4 .429
1
Boise
2
5 .286
2
x-first-half champions
————
Monday-Wednesday
No games scheduled (All-Star break)
Thursday’s Games
Eugene at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Everett at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Vancouver at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
Saturday’s Games
FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Toronto FC at D.C. United, 4 p.m.
Orlando City at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota United, 5 p.m.
New England at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Houston at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Columbus at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Los Angeles at Portland, 1 p.m.
New York at New York City FC, 3 p.m.
Atlanta United FC at Sporting Kansas
City, 5 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Connecticut
14
9 .609
Washington
14
9 .609
New York
12 11 .522
Atlanta
10 13 .435
Chicago
8 16 .333
Indiana
8 16 .333
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Minnesota
19
2 .905
Los Angeles
17
6 .739
Phoenix
13 10 .565
Dallas
11 14 .440
Seattle
10 13 .435
San Antonio
4 21 .160
GB
—
—
2
4
6½
6½
GB
—
3
7
10
10
17
————
Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Phoenix at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Seattle at Dallas, 5 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Standings
Through July 30
Points
1. Jordan Spieth
2,579
2. Dustin Johnson
2,359
3. Hideki Matsuyama 2,204
4. Justin Thomas
2,060
5. Jon Rahm
1,718
6. Rickie Fowler
1,634
7. Brooks Koepka
1,629
8. Daniel Berger
1,573
9. Brian Harman
1,492
10. Kevin Kisner
1,474
11. Pat Perez
1,426
12. Charley Hoffman 1,289
13. Marc Leishman 1,251
14. Adam Hadwin
1,246
15. Kyle Stanley
1,188
Money
$6,793,145
$6,561,568
$6,074,907
$5,131,179
$4,522,885
$4,334,972
$4,745,771
$3,883,474
$3,979,858
$3,787,354
$3,582,575
$3,205,641
$3,321,141
$2,834,762
$3,013,037
Upcoming Schedule
WGC-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
Site: Akron, Ohio.
Course: Firestone Country Club (South
Course). Yardage: 7,400. Par: 70.
Purse: $9.75 million. First prize:
$1,660,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday,
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); 11
a.m.-3 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champion: Dustin Johnson.
Last week: Jhonattan Vegas won the RBC
Canadian Open and Jordan Smith won the
Porsche European Open.
LPGA Tour
Money Leaders
Through July 30
Trn
Money
1. So Yeon Ryu
14 $1,718,659
2. Sung Hyun Park
15 $1,501,172
3. Lexi Thompson
14 $1,279,576
4. Brooke M. Henderson 19 $1,027,689
5. Mi Jung Hur
16 $979,286
6. Ariya Jutanugarn
18 $979,161
7. Sei Young Kim
16 $955,462
8. Amy Yang
15 $856,158
9. Cristie Kerr
15 $853,462
10. Danielle Kang
16 $806,828
11. In Gee Chun
15 $776,682
12. Inbee Park
14
$697,444
13. Moriya Jutanugarn
19 $695,734
14. Minjee Lee
16 $689,977
15. Mirim Lee
14
$647,823
Upcoming Schedule
RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN
Site: St. Andrews, Scotland.
Course: Kingsbarns Golf Club. Yardage:
6,697. Par: 72.
Purse: $3.25 million. First place:
$487,500.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-11 a.m.
(Golf Channel); Saturday 7-11 a.m. (Golf
Channel); 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (NBC). Sunday,
7:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); 11:30 a.m.-
2:30 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Ariya Jutanugarn.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series
Points Standings
Through July 30
1. Martin Truex Jr.
823
2. Kyle Larson
738
3. Kevin Harvick
726
4. Kyle Busch
723
5. Brad Keselowski
649
6. Denny Hamlin
649
7. Chase Elliott
616
8. Jamie McMurray
615
9. Matt Kenseth
594
10. Clint Bowyer
577
11. Jimmie Johnson
566
12. Ryan Blaney
529
13. Joey Logano
525
14. Kurt Busch
494
15. Ryan Newman
491
16. Erik Jones
469
Upcoming Schedule
Sunday — I (heart) NY 355 at The Glen,
Watkins Glen Int’l Speedway, Noon (TV:
NBCSN).
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pro Tom Sovay with
5-under 139.
The top score of the
day went to Spokane,
Washington pro Steve
Prugh who shot a
3-under 69 to jump into
a three-way tie for fourth
place at 4-under 140. One
of the players tied for
fourth happens to be the
top amateur through two
rounds, as Pat O’Donnell
shot an even 72 on the
day.
Wildhorse Resort pro
Mike Hegarty faltered
with 6-over 78 in the
round after a strong
1-under 71 on Tuesday
to fall back to a 12-way
tie for 49th place with a
5-over 149 total score.
In the 36-hole team
tournament, Gearhart pro
Z Barbic and amateurs
Doug Banks, Jeff Moenck
and Richard Hamilton
took the crown and the
$1,000 payout with a
37-under 251, winning by
three strokes over second
place. The Wildhorse
team of Hegarty and
amateurs Gary George,
Tom Rodriguez, and Jeff
Quinn finished 7-under
281 to finish tied for 53rd.
The third and final
round continues Thursday
morning at Wildhorse
Resort Golf Course.