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Morrow heading to
Nets after trade
The New Jersey Nets have
acquired guard Anthony
Morrow in a sign and trade
deal with the Golden State
Warriors.
The deal was completed on
Tuesday, just a day after the
Nets handed Morrow an offer
sheet on a three-year, $l2 mil
lion contract.
The Warriors, who were not
expected to match the offer,
will get the Nets' second
round draft pick in 2011. The
pick is protected if it falls
between 31 to 55.
Woods to change
putters for Open
After 12 years using the
same putter, Tiger Woods
finally is switching to the
swoosh.
Woods said lliesday he will
use a Nike Method putter at
the British Open when he
tries to become the first play
er to win the claret jug three
times at St. Andrews.
Woods has not changed the
most important club in the
bag since the 1999 Byron
Nelson Classic. Over the next
12 years, he won 72 times
around the world, including 13
majors.
Chargers Jackson
suspended
The San Diego Chargers
say Pro Bowl wide receiver
Vincent Jackson has been
suspended by the NFL for the
first three games of the 2010
season for violating the
league's substance abuse pol
icy
Jackson pleaded guilty in
February to his second DUI
since 2006.
The suspension could be
moot. Jackson has refused to
sign his tender as a restricted
free agent and could sit out
the first 10 games of the sea
son.
PRENU ER LEAGUE
Real Madrid wrong
about Gerrard
Jose Mourinho is one of
Liverpool captain Steven
Gerrard's biggest fans.
In 2005 Mourinho pulled
out all the stops to try and
get Gerrard to leave Anfield
for Chelsea but it wasn't
meant to be.
Since taking over at La
Liga giant Real Madrid on
May 28, Mourinho has had
eyes on Gerrard until
Tuesday afternoon.
Apparently Gerrard, all of 30
years old, is too old for Real
Madrid to go after.
Granted, Liverpool did
stick a £5B million price on
their captain, but the fact
that Madrid thinks he is too
old is absurd.
While Gerrard didn't have
a year up to his standards,
he's still a top-flight talent.
2010-11 will be a defining
season for the Reds and their
far-too-old-for-Spain captain.
With Javier Mascherano
likely gone, and
Yossißenayoun leaving for
Stamford Bridge, Liverpool
should still return a solid
core under new manager
Roy Hodgson. Given a
healthy nucleus and barring
any dramatic changes for the
worse (Fernando Torres leav
ing comes to mind) the Reds
should challenge for a
Champions League spot if
nothing else.
nth the old man leading
the way expect to a hear the
familiar "GEFtRARD!" call
echoing from the Kop end
down to Anfield Road.
TRIVIA
Q: What year did Steven
Gerrard first debut for
Liverpool?
Tuesday's answer: The
American League won the
first All-Star game 4-2 in 1933.
Spikes drop
By Jake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Taking an aggressive approach
at the plate paid off Monday night.
when the State College Spikes
scored a season -
high 13 runs on a
SPIKES
franchise-record
tying 20 hits.
The Spikes may
have been a little
too aggressive
from the batter's
box Tuesday, how
ever, as they lost to
the Vermont Lake
Monsters 3-1 at
Medlar Field at
Lubrano Park.
State College
"We swung at a lot of first pitch
es that weren't our pitch." first
baseman Matt Curry said. "On
first pitches you've got to be look
ing for one pitch and if you get it
than you hit it. We put ourselves in
a lot of holes. We weren't able to
get up in the count too much acid
they threw strikes. You've got to
give them credit."
The Spikes struggled to string
Pitching continues to improve
By Bill Landis
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A quick glance over the State
College Spikes team pitching sta
tistics doesn't reveal any jaw-drop
ping numbers.
The team's ERA is 4.42, placing
it in 11th place in the 14-team New
York-Penn League. But over the
last three games against the
Vermont Lake Monsters, the per
formance of the Spikes pitching
staff has been anything but sub
pa
Over the three game series at
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, the
Spikes hurlers allowed just five
Yankees
By Ronald Blum
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW YORK -- George
Steinbrenner, whose big wallet and
win-at-all-cost attitude whipped the
New York Yankees _
into a billion-dollar M I B
sports empire,
died Tuesday. He
had just celebrated his 80th birth
day July 4.
Steinbrenner had a heart attack,
was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital
in Tampa, Fla., and died at about
6:30 a.m, a person close to the
owner told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of
anonymity because the team had
not disclosed those details.
"George was 'The Boss,' make
no mistake," Hall of Famer Yogi
Berra said. "He built the Yankees
into champions, and that's some
thing nobody can ever deny. He was
a very generous, caring, passionate
man. George and I had our differ
ences, but who didn't? We became
great friends over the last decade
and I will miss him very much."
In 37-plus seasons as owner,
Steinbrenner led the Yankees to
seven World Series championships,
11 American League pennants and
16 AL East titles.
"He was and always will be as
much of a New York Yankee as
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe
DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi
Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the
Royster eyes future
By Audrey Snyder
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When Evan Royster stood on the
sidelines with a white towel draped
over his head during the Blue-
White game it was
a different look for
FOOTBALL
everyone.
Throughout the
entire spring, the
centerpiece of Penn State's offense
was nothing more than a teaching
tool for his teammates. But
Royster's days of standing around
are well behind him.
Though the senior is in the midst
of his offseason preparations, he
fully expects his well-rested body
to be ready to take on an increased
load when the season starts.
Royster wants more carries and
be split out of the backfield, in part
to answer any questions pro scouts
may have on his durability
"Speaking to some people they
want to see me get 20-to-25 carries
a game, to carry a team like you've
hits together. tallying more than
one base knock in an inning just
twice. A State College (13-12> base
runner reached third base just
three times. Kelson Brown was
stranded on third with one out in
the fourth inning and Kyle Saukko
was stranded with two outs in the
fifth before Gift Ngoepe got the
Spikes' lone hit with runners in
scoring position. an RBI single in
the seventh.
"The coaches always preach you
want to be aggressive, but yeu
want to also be under control," said
Brown, who went 1-for-3, giving
him eight hits in the series. "I
thought we came out swinging
today and just didn't quite get the
pitches we needed to hit today."
In all. the Spikes batted just 1-
for-9 with runners in scoring posi
tion. Two double play groundouts
and a questionable ninth-inning
pickoff of Brown didn't help the
Spikes cause, either.
"We hit the ball pretty hard, just
at guys." said catcher Matt
Skirving. who went 2-for-3 and
scored the lone run. "Didn't get the
See SPIKES. Page 8.
Vermont
earned runs in 27 innings of work.
Included in the three-game series
was the team's first shutout of the
season on Sunday
The Spikes'
worst pitching per
formance of the
series, hoWever.
came Tuesday
when State
College gave up
three runs en
route to a 3-1 loss. Waldron
But despite the
loss. the team is confident in its
starters after three strong outings.
"That's going to put you in a
position to win a lot of ballgames,"
owner Steinbrenner dies
other Yankee legends." baseball
commissioner Bud Selig said.
"Although we would have dis
agreements over the years, they
never interfered with our friend
ship and commitment to each
other Our friendship was built on
loyalty and trust and it never
wavered.-
Steinbrenner's death on the day
of the All-Star game was the second
in three days to rock .the Yankees.
Bob Sheppard, the team's revered
public address announcer from
195107. died Sunday at 99.
I\rew York was 11 years removed
from its last championship when
Steinbrenner headed a group that
bought the team from CBS Inc. on
Jan. 3, 1973, for about $lO million.
He revolutionized the franchise
--- and sports by starting his own
television network and ballpark
food company
Forbes now values the Yankees
at $1.6 billion, trailing only
Manchester United ($l.B billion)
and the Dallas Cowboys ($1.65 bil
lion).
- fie was an incredible and chari
table man. - 'his family said in a
statement.
- He was a visionary and a giant
in the world of sports. He took a
great but struggling franchise and
turned it into a champion again.'
He ruled with obsessive dedica
tion to detail, overseeing every
thing from trades to the airblowers
that kept his ballparks spotless.
seen a lot of big time running
backs do," a beefed up Royster
said at Friday's Lift for Life, where
he weighed in at 225 pounds.
"Hopefully I'll get a chance to do
that this year "
To prepare for more touches,
Royster added 12 pounds in hopes
the extra weight will help absorb
some of the blows though he
wants to play between 218 and 220.
The focus of his offseason, he said,
has been to condition himself to
allow for at least five more carries
per game.
"I felt good [last year],"
Royster said of his previous play
ing weight. "But at the same time
there have been times in games
where I've felt like with a little bit
more weight I could break that
tackle or deliver a little bit more of
a blow and get a couple more
yards."
However, the mentality of being
the main component of the offense
a role not seen since high school
when he carried the ball between
series finale
Gift Ngoepe tries to avoid a pitch Merida
game of their three game series with
catcher Matt Skirving. "It just hap
pened that we gave up three in one
game and couldn't score more
than that."
The starter for Tuesday's game
was right-hander Tyler Waldron.
The 6-foot-2 Oregon State product
allowed one run over five innings.
striking out three and walking just
one hitter.
The Spikes struggles at the plate
caused Waldron (0-2) to come away
with the loss despite just giving up
the one run.
Waldron is still looking for his
first win in a Spikes uniform. but
Thesday's performance could put
him on the right track. In his lust
,
Divisive " boss
deserves respect
By Andrew J. Cassavell
LOVE him n
Hate him
even more d
him if you
don't, shame on
you.
George
Steinbrenner,
owner of the New
York Yankees
from 1973 until
Tuesday, when
he died of a heart
attack at the age
of 80, was one of the most influen
tial figures in the history of base
ball.
He was also one of the most
interesting people in the history
of sports, heck, maybe even the
world.
This is a man brilliant enough
to buy a franchise for $B.B million
and turn it into a billion-dollar
entity by the middle of the 2000 s.
A man crazy enough to fire and
re-hire manager Billy Martin five
times.
A man legendary enough, he
became an iconic figure on
Evan Royster pushes a weight sled at Lift for Life. A redshirt senior, Royster
is preparing for the upcoming season and beyond this summer.
25 and 35 times a game —is some- "It's something I wanted to do
thing he needed time to take in. just to give myself a little bit of a
Rather than staying and training different feel, a break," Royster
in State College, Royster spent six said. "It's just something I kind of
weeks at home in Fairfax, Va. after needed to do for myself and for my
graduation. While it altered his family !oo "
training schedule, he said it didn't The mental break he received
force him to lose any strength. See ROYSTER. Page 8.
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MY OPINION
who rrected the Nankees to
their fir-t plavoti appearance
ter a I f ear Irought. during
the crisuin.-2, offseason.
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Buck Showalter: Joe Torre. Yup
that tu-at , d out ail right.
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v, hen he wrote his letter to
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departureeinbrenner would
have nr..ifle (;filbert look tame.
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