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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Rockies’ Arenado wins 5th straight Gold Glove GOP tax bill would
MLB
Six first-timers
among 2017 winners
By JAKE SEINER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Colo-
rado Rockies third baseman
Nolan Arenado won his fifth
consecutive Gold Glove
Award on Tuesday night,
while Minnesota Twins
center fielder Byron Buxton
headlined a group of six first-
time winners.
The prizes for defensive
excellence were announced
by Rawlings for the 60th
time.
Arenado, Cubs right
fielder Jason Heyward and
Royals left fielder Alex
Gordon were each honored
for the fifth time, most among
this year’s winners.
Rockies second baseman
DJ LeMahieu got his second
Gold Glove, joining Arenado
in a banner year for the NL
West. Diamondbacks pitcher
Zack Greinke won for the
fourth time in a row, and
teammate Paul Goldschmidt
took his third award at
first base. Giants shortstop
Brandon Crawford won for
the third consecutive year at
shortstop.
The World Series-winning
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File
Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado has won his fifth
consecutive Gold Glove Award, while Twins center fielder
Byron Buxton headlines a group of six first-time winners.
Astros and NL champion
Dodgers were both shut
out. Houston pitcher Dallas
Keuchel had won the last
three years, but was beaten
out this time by Blue Jays
righty Marcus Stroman, who
snagged his first Gold Glove.
“This is one of the main
awards I always wanted to
win,” Stroman said in an
interview on ESPN. “I’m
ecstatic. This is huge for me.”
Buxton and Twins second
baseman Brian Dozier were
also among the first-time
winners. The group also
includes Angels catcher
Martin Maldonado, who
ended a four-year reign by
Royals backstop Salvador
Perez. Reds catcher Tucker
Barnhart and Marlins left
fielder Marcell Ozuna also
won for the first time.
“This is a special
moment,” Buxton said.
Kansas City first baseman
Eric Hosmer received his
fourth Gold Glove, while
Angels shortstop Andrelton
Simmons and Rays third
baseman Evan Longoria each
won their third. Simmons
hadn’t won since 2014, and
Longoria got his first since
2010.
Boston right fielder
Mookie Betts and Braves
center fielder Ender Inciarte
each won for the second
time.
Five teams had a pair
of winners: the Angels,
Diamondbacks,
Rockies,
Royals and Twins.
Arenado became the first
infielder to win five straight
Gold Gloves at the start of
his career.
“Obviously, five, it’s a
pretty special number,” he
said. “It means a lot. ... Right
now I want to try to win as
many as I can while I’m
healthy.”
Barnhart beat out two big
stars in fellow finalists Buster
Posey and Yadier Molina,
becoming the first Cincinnati
catcher to win since Hall
of Famer Johnny Bench in
1977.
“It’s as good as it gets for
me. I’m a defensive guy and
I take a lot of pride in that,”
Barnhart said.
Molina won eight years in
a row in the National League
before Posey was picked last
season.
“I am taken aback by
it, to be honest with you,”
Barnhart said. “Buster and
Yadi are obviously two of the
best guys in baseball.”
Every major league
manager and up to six
coaches on his staff vote for
Gold Gloves. They cannot
choose their own players.
Four years ago, Rawlings
added a sabermetric compo-
nent that comprises about 25
percent of the selection total.
Senator presses University of Oregon on handling
of allegations against men’s basketball player
Associated Press
EUGENE — U.S. Sen.
Ron Wyden is pushing the
University of Oregon for
more information on how
it handled a rape allegation
made against a basketball
player last year.
The Democratic senator
from Oregon sent a letter to
the university’s president last
week, saying he was troubled
by the questions raised in an
article published in Sports
Illustrated last month. The
article casts doubt on if the
university properly followed
its policies on student sexual
misconduct when the alle-
gation surfaced in the fall of
2016, The Register-Guard
reported .
“If these reports are accu-
rate, they raise major ques-
tions about the university’s
commitment to creating and
maintaining a safe campus
environment,” Wyden wrote.
Criminal charges were
never filed against the player,
who has since transferred
from the university. The
player has said the encounter
that occurred in Wyoming
was consensual.
While the player was under
investigation in Wyoming, he
continued to play basketball.
University officials said the
information campus police
and the university’s Title IX
coordinator received was not
enough to trigger some of the
protocols for sexual miscon-
duct cases.
As a result, the coordinator
was not required to notify the
student conduct and commu-
nity standards director so
they could together consider
taking action, like suspending
the player or launching an
investigation on whether he
violated the student code of
conduct, officials said.
In the letter, Wyden asked
how the university deter-
mines what information is
required to trigger its sexual
misconduct protocols and
what penalties employees
face for not following those
protocols. The letter seeks
answers by Nov. 20.
Tobin
Klinger,
a
spokesman for the univer-
sity, said they will respond
to the senator’s questions.
In this case, the university
“followed the process as
necessary under nuanced and
challenging circumstances,”
he said.
“While we understand
that at first glance the selec-
tive information provided
by the media may appear
concerning, we would also
respond that the media often
does not have the entirety of
the information due to privacy
laws, which we vigorously
enforce,” Klinger said.
Prep Volleyball
Grizzlies, Cougs litter all-Old Oregon League team
East Oregonian
The Old Oregon League
released its all-league volley-
ball teams and local teams
Helix, Echo, and Nixyaawii
were all represented.
Helix, which finished
third in the league with a
21-10 overall record, had the
most spots of the locals with
three. Senior middle blocker
Sadie Wilson was Helix’s
lone first team selection,
while senior middle blocker/
outside hitter Kailey Mize
and senior setter Charmayne
Bennett were both second
team selections.
The Echo Cougars had
two selections for a team
that finished second in
the district. Senior setter
Monique Montoya grabbed
a first team selection, with
junior hitter Lexie Cox
earning honorable mention.
And for Nixyaawii, senior
Kaitlynn Melton was an
honorable mention.
Cove’s Maggie Ledbetter
was voted as the league’s
Player of the Year and
Joseph’s coach Jill Hite was
picked as Coach of the Year.
————
Old Oregon League
Player of the Year: Maggie Ledbetter, Cove
Coach of the Year: Jill Hite, Joseph
First Team
Maggie Ledbetter, sr., Cove; Sadie Wilson,
sr., Helix; Megan Bingham, jr., Powder
Valley; Megan Hufford, sr., Powder Valley;
Emma Hite, jr., Joseph; Alexis Sykora, sr.,
Joseph; Monique Montoya, sr., Echo.
Second Team
Kailey Mize, sr., Helix; Charmayne Bennett,
sr., Helix; Brooke Allen, fr., Powder Valley;
Bailey Cole, fr., Powder Valley; Sabrina
Albee, fr., Joseph; Rylee Goller, jr., Wallowa.
Honorable Mention
Lexie Cox, jr., Echo; Tori Suto, jr., Joseph;
Raegan Duby, fr., Cove; Ashlyn Young, so.,
Wallowa; Aubrey Vannice, jr., Pine Eagle;
Kaitlyn Melton, sr., Nixyaawii.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Friday
No. 6 South Albany at No. 3 Hermiston
(5A quarterfinals), 7 p.m.
Saturday
No. 8 Heppner at No. 1 St. Paul (2A quar-
terfinals, at Newberg High School), 1 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Saturday
No. 1 Riverside vs. No. 3 Catlin Gabel
(OSAA 3A/2A/1A Championship at Liberty
HS, Hillsboro), TBD
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday
BMCC at Columbia Basin, 6 p.m.
Friday
Eastern Oregon vs. College of Idaho (CCC
Tournament at Corban University), 4 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
Carroll at Eastern Oregon, Noon
COLLEGE MEN’S WRESTLING
Thursday
Eastern Oregon at Oregon State, TBD
COLLEGE WOMEN’S WRESTLING
Sunday
Eastern Oregon at Pacific, TBD
Prep Scores
OSAA PLAYOFFS
BOYS SOCCER
6A Semifinals
No. 1 Jesuit 3, No. 4 South Eugene 0
No. 2 Westview 2, No. 3 Grant 1
5A Semifinals
No. 9 Woodburn 3, No. 5 La Salle Prep 2
(PK’s 5-4)
No. 2 Corvallis 1, No. 6 Bend 0
4A Semifinals
No. 4 Brookings-Harbor 2, No. 4 Brook-
ings-Harbor 1 (PK’s 3-1)
No. 2 Stayton 2, No. 3 Mac-Hi 1, OT
3A/2A/1A Semifinals
No. 1 Riverside 4, No. 5 De La Salle North
Catholic 0
No. 3 Catlin Gabel 4, No. 10 Riverdale 1
GIRLS SOCCER
6A Semifinals
No. 1 Jesuit 6, No. 12 Lincoln 1
No. 2 Sunset 2, No. 11 Glencoe 0
5A Semifinals
No. 1 North Eugene 2, No. 4 Sandy 1
No. 2 Summit 2, No. 3 Crescent Valley 0
4A Semifinals
No. 9 Hidden Valley 1, No. 5 Molalla 0
No. 10 Valley Catholic 4, No. 11 Philomath
0
3A/2A/1A Semifinals
No. 1 Oregon Episcopal 6, No. 5 St.
Mary’s 1
No. 2 Catlin Gabel 5, No. 11 Lakeview 1
Football
NFL
Week 10
Thursday’s Game
Seattle at Arizona, 5:25 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Washington, 10 a.m.
L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.
New Orleans at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Houston at L.A. Rams, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.
Dallas at Atlanta, 1:25 p.m.
New England at Denver, 5:30 p.m.
Open: Kansas City, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Oakland
Monday’s Game
Miami at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
AP Top 25
Week 11 Schedule
Friday
No. 9 Washington at Stanford, 7:30 p.m.
(FS1)
Saturday
No. 1 Alabama at No. 18 Mississippi
State, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 2 Georgia at No. 10 Auburn, 12:30
p.m. (CBS)
No. 3 Notre Dame at No. 7 Miami, 5
p.m. (ABC)
No. 4 Clemson vs. Florida State, 12;30
p.m. (ESPN)
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 TCU, 5 p.m.
(FOX)
No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 25 Iowa, 12:30
p.m. (ABC)
No. 11 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Michigan
State, 9 a.m. (FOX)
No. 12 Oklahoma State at No. 24 Iowa
State, 9 a.m. (ABC)
No. 14 UCF vs. UConn, 9 a.m. (ESPNU)
No. 15 USC at Colorado, 1 p.m. (FOX)
No. 16 Penn State vs. Rutgers, 9 a.m.
No. 17 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 9
a.m.
No. 19 Washington State at Utah, 2:30
p.m. (PAC12)
No. 21 Michigan at Maryland, 12:30 p.m.
No. 23 West Virginia at Kansas State,
12:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Pac-12 Schedule
Friday
Washington at Stanford, 7:30 p.m. (FS1)
Saturday
Oregon State at Arizona, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
USC at Colorado, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Washington State at Utah, 2:30 p.m.
(PAC12)
Arizona State at UCLA, 6:30 p.m. (PAC12)
Soccer
MLS Playoffs
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Eastern Conference
Tuesday, Nov. 21: Toronto at Columbus,
5 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 29: Columbus at Toron-
to, 4:30 p.m.
Western Conference
Tuesday, Nov. 21: Seattle at Houston,
7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 30: Houston at Seattle,
7:30 p.m.
MLS CUP
Saturday, Dec. 9: at highest seed, 1 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 15 11
2
2 24 59 42
Toronto
16 9
7
0 18 61 58
Ottawa
14 6
3
5 17 51 47
Detroit
16 8
7
1 17 45 43
Boston
13 6
4
3 15 39 40
Montreal
16 7
8
1 15 44 57
Buffalo
15 5
8
2 12 38 54
Florida
14 4
8
2 10 48 59
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 17 9
6
2 20 45 59
New Jersey 14 9
4
1 19 50 45
Columbus 16 9
6
1 19 52 46
N.Y. Islanders 15 8
5
2 18 55 48
Washington 16 8
7
1 17 47 51
Philadelphia 15 7
6
2 16 47 43
N.Y. Rangers 16 7
7
2 16 52 55
Carolina
13 5
5
3 13 35 38
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
16 12
3
1 25 53 37
Winnipeg
14 8
3
3 19 46 40
Nashville
15 8
5
2 18 40 42
Colorado
14 8
6
0 16 48 47
Dallas
15 8
7
0 16 42 43
Chicago
15 7
6
2 16 43 36
Minnesota 13 5
6
2 12 40 40
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 15 11
2
3 24 52 34
Vegas
15 9
5
1 19 52 44
Vancouver 15 8
5
2 18 42 37
San Jose
13 8
5
0 16 36 30
Calgary
15 8
7
0 16 38 43
Anaheim
15 6
7
3 15 43 47
Edmonton 14 5
8
1 11 32 44
Arizona
17 2 13
2 6 42 68
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
————
Tuesday’s Games
Edmonton 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT
Buffalo 3, Washington 1
St. Louis 3, New Jersey 1
Carolina 3, Florida 1
Nashville 3, Columbus 1
Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 1
Montreal 3, Vegas 2
Vancouver 5, Calgary 3
Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 3, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Boston
9
2
Toronto
6
4
New York
6
4
Philadelphia
6
4
Brooklyn
4
7
Southeast Division
W
L
Orlando
6
4
Washington
5
5
Charlotte
5
6
Pct
.818
.600
.600
.600
.364
GB
—
2½
2½
2½
5
Pct GB
.600 —
.500
1
.455 1½
Miami
Atlanta
Central Division
4
2
6 .400
2
9 .182 4½
W
L Pct GB
Detroit
7
3 .700 —
Indiana
5
6 .455 2½
Cleveland
5
6 .455 2½
Milwaukee
4
6 .400
3
Chicago
2
7 .222 4½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
8
3 .727 —
San Antonio
7
4 .636
1
Memphis
7
4 .636
1
New Orleans
6
5 .545
2
Dallas
2 10 .167 6½
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Minnesota
7
3 .700 —
Portland
6
5 .545 1½
Denver
6
5 .545 1½
Utah
5
6 .455 2½
Oklahoma City
5
5 .500
2
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
Golden State
8
3 .727 —
L.A. Clippers
5
5 .500 2½
L.A. Lakers
5
5 .500 2½
Phoenix
4
7 .364
4
Sacramento 2
8 .200
5
———
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland 124, Milwaukee 119
Dallas 113, Washington 99
New Orleans 117, Indiana 112
New York 118, Charlotte 113
Toronto 119, Chicago 114
San Antonio 120, L.A. Clippers 107
Denver 112, Brooklyn 104
Philadelphia 104, Utah 97
Memphis 98, Portland 97
Sacramento 94, Oklahoma City 86
Wednesday’s Games
Indiana at Detroit, 4 p.m.
New York at Orlando, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Boston, 5 p.m.
Miami at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
have impact on pro,
college sports
By BEN NUCKOLS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Oakland Raiders decided to
move to Las Vegas largely
because Clark County,
Nevada, agreed to finance
a new stadium with $750
million in tax-exempt
bonds. Now, that tax exemp-
tion could be going away,
leaving the county on the
hook for even more money.
The GOP tax reform bill
released last week would bar
state and local governments
from issuing tax-exempt
bonds for stadium construc-
tion, a common feature of
stadium deals over the past
two decades. It’s one of a
few reforms in the bill that
would affect the world of
sports.
Getting rid of stadium
subsidies has long been
a popular talking point in
Washington, and it’s not a
partisan issue, either. Former
president Barack Obama’s
2015 budget sought to do
away with the tax exemption
for stadium bonds. President
Donald Trump asked in a
tweet last month why the
NFL was getting “massive
tax breaks” amid the contro-
versy over players kneeling
during the national anthem.
“Change tax law!” Trump
tweeted. And Congress
apparently listened.
“It’s good policy,” said
Ted Gayer, a senior fellow
at the Brookings Institution
and the lead author of a
study on stadium subsidies.
“It’s always been kind of a
no-brainer politically and, I
think, economically.”
The Brookings study,
released last year, found
that the federal government
subsidized stadium construc-
tion to the tune of $3.2
billion since 2000. During
that stretch, 36 stadiums
were built or renovated in
part with tax-exempt bonds.
The Raiders’ stadium would
get a $120 million tax break
if the law isn’t changed,
according to the Brookings
analysis.
Sen. James Lankford, an
Oklahoma Republican, and
Sen. Cory Booker, a New
Jersey Democrat, cited those
figures when they intro-
duced a bill earlier this year
to end the subsidies. Rep.
Steve Russell, an Oklahoma
Republican, introduced a
similar bill in the House.
“Using
billions
of
taxpayer dollars for the
subsidization of private
stadiums when we have
real infrastructure needs in
our country is not a good
way to prioritize a limited
amount of funds,” Lankford
said. “Tax reform could be a
unique opportunity to enact
this into law. I’m pleased this
idea is gaining momentum.”
The NFL argues that
communities benefit from
stadiums because they create
jobs and spur economic
development, but many
economists say cities never
recoup their investments
and that the financing deals
amount to handouts for
wealthy team owners. A new
stadium can cause the value
of a professional franchise to
skyrocket.
“We’ve always believed
the construction of new
stadiums and renovations
of
existing
stadiums
are economic drivers in
local communities,” NFL
spokesman Brian McCa-
rthy said. “If the idea is to
promote economic growth,
this would be a step back-
wards.”
Getting rid of the tax
exemption would have a
negligible impact on federal
revenue, bringing in $200
million over 10 years,
according to the bill.
Rep. Dina Titus, a Nevada
Democrat and a proponent
of the stadium deal, said the
bill would harm her district,
which includes Las Vegas.
“Eliminating the tax
exemption for stadiums
could cost Clark County
more money to build
projects that are already
underway,” Titus said in
a statement. “This is an
attack on local governments
that will take money away
from our communities
and hamper infrastructure
nationwide.”
The elimination of a tool
that NFL owners use to defer
the costs of new stadiums
could be seen as an irony
given many owners’ support
for Trump, who is pinning
his hopes on the tax-reform
package as he seeks a major
legislative accomplishment.
Redskins
owner
Dan
Snyder was one of several
owners who donated $1
million to Trump’s inau-
gural committee, and he’s
looking for a site to build a
new stadium. A Redskins
spokesman did not respond
to requests for comment.
Even if the bill becomes
law, teams will still find
ways to build stadiums with
public money, Gayer said.
“The
overwhelming
amount of the subsidy
comes at the local level,
not at the federal level,” he
said. “What’s driving that
is, if you’re Las Vegas and
you want a team, you can’t
just create a football team.
You have to entice a team.
There’s a fixed supply ... and
that creates these bidding
wars.”
IMPACT
ON
COLLEGES:
The bill would also get
rid of a tax deduction that
many universities use to
entice donors to buy season
tickets, and it would levy
a new 20 percent tax on
salaries of public university
employees who make more
than $1 million — many
of whom are football and
basketball coaches.
Many schools require
donors to give thousands
of dollars to a booster fund
in exchange for the right
to purchase tickets. Eighty
percent of the amount
donated is tax-deductible,
and the schools tout the tax
benefits as an enticement to
give.
Getting rid of the
deduction will harm athletic
departments that use the
contributions
to
fund
sports that don’t generate
revenue, said Liz Clark,
director of federal affairs
at the National Association
of College and University
Business Officers.
“We do know that for
some athletic programs, that
this can be a critical source
of revenue,” Clark said.
“Eliminating this deduction
will hurt the revenue stream
and will make it harder for
those programs to meet
expenses.”
Duke University, for
example, requires donations
of at least $4,000 per seat
for the right to buy coveted
men’s basketball season
tickets at Cameron Indoor
Stadium. Michael Schoen-
feld, vice president of public
affairs and government
relations at Duke, said
getting rid of the deduction
was tantamount to “a tax
on education and a tax on
opportunity for all students,
which is not in anyone’s
interest.”
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4092
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7. Chase Elliott
4062
8. Jimmie Johnson
4060
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