I Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 Ex-Lion reacts to Texas’ season By Ryan Loy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The last year has been like a roller coaster ride for Jack Greenberg and his family. Greenberg, a first baseman on last year's Penn State baseball team, looked on dur ing the spring and summer as his father. Chuck, attempt ed to purchase the Texas Chuck Greenberg Rangers. Not only did Chuck Green berg and former pitcher Nolan Ryan gain own ership of the team. they watched as Texas worked its way to an American Lea gue Pennant. Jack Greenberg Now, after the initial ride ended with a defeat to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday with a 3-1 loss in the World Series, the Penn State senior is able to look back at what his father and the Rangers accomplished. "Getting to this point was kind of a surreal moment." .lack Greenberg said. "Going from bankruptcy a couple months ago to the World Series, I don't think anyone would have expected that in my whole family, especial ly my dad." Greenberg said his father first met Ryan about a year and hall ago. Ryan's sons, wiio own some minor league teams in Texas, knew Chuck Greenberg through his ownership of the State College Spikes and Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Ryan and Greenberg decided to attempt to buy the team and were chosen in .January as the ownership group that would become owners of the Rangers See GREENBERG. Pacje <-■ Brown racking By Emily Kaplan COLLEfiIAN STAFF wRIlf Every time the Penn State women's volleyball team is in a difficult situation, there's one thing senior middle hitter Fatima Balza WOfvlS-.N’S thinks \/OLif v BAL I'm like. Please Blair |Brown].' " Balza said "Then every time she goes lor a Kelsey Amy (middle) attempts a pass vs. Princeton earlier this season pff Q jUS U N T V , NBA ' Philadelphia vs. Indiana 7 p.m., Comcast Milwaukee at Boston 8 p.m., ESPN Q: How many undefeated teams remain in the NBA? Tuesday’s answer: 1,132 days. BASEBALL Women’s basketball coach Coquese Washington speaks during her weekly press conference Tuesday Guard out for game .Muii'-r -..uani kent-c will not when iiio v 1 enn Slo-.t Lady T CNhibi) ij-'a a Brv< tVnt Kill i ii i N‘ it KOi )!. \v Thai - »■ rt'd^hiri 1 Nil'a; I: !:• tilt l-Xl'i'. Unit' Aii pi;i : . ine, Ji<■ final follepialc -eason. She is the utiiy Li’iii to record double die,!! kills In each !>iu Ten mnien. On Saturday myhi tin- ti-fool--) Di>!Kis;i: hitter mi lied a earn testy mulch against l*urdu< 3 ; .V-- h;:n’ar> Sundae's r>i;r, i V- ih< iS ;!\;Ug 11!) it' set "'1 a two ;1 kills in a Merriman let go by Chargers The San Diego Chargers waived outside linebacker Shawne Merriman on Tuesday, three weeks after he was placed on injured reserve with a "minor injury" designation. The Chargers said back then that they would release Merriman once his calf injury healed. General manager A.J. Smith, who hasn't been a fan of Merriman's celebrity-leaning lifestyle, didn't return a call seeking com ment. Merriman didn't return an e-mail seeking comment. The Chargers also placed frequently injured wide receiver Craig “Buster" Davis on injured reserve with a groin injury, meaning his season is finished. cruciate liganicui January. W Womack ha.-, boon ohm practice and cleared 'or bur Washington said Pica ing it slow. The road; - does expect the e'cird when Penn Slate, it.s regular season oi Dayton. “There's no nee d io ihrow her In prafWv full and ail t.hal 1.i.-n Washington soul a i- up kills And on Monday, she was named ilu' co-Rig Ten Player si Pa Week the first Penn ses" player to win the awa'd sir.-, t Megan Hodge In Novi mhe' yooa. Sd the Lions keep .'ettinu especially in clnteii sit nations. "She's a senior, she's one ni mir best attackers, if not our best, and we feel comtoiiaoie laving the ball to her.' .-enior Mr. BROWN P :• ' Lions ready for league tom By Joe Mclntyre It's not exactly that little old ant moving the rubber tree plant, but the No. 8 Nitlany Lions Field hock ev team definitely has "high hopes.'' Beginning Thursday after noon in Evanston. 111., the Lions will embark on their quest to win the Big Ten tournament for the first press conference on Tuesday V'-e want to make suit we lake it slow so that stie s able to miiy re heat and fully acclimate herselt back into practice and names and that whole schedule." When a player has noi played ‘or nine months, there is an adjustment period of getting o.ack into the game. Washington ifftcialtv onm "Having been somebody v hose had an ACL tear, i know .Sec WASHINGTON. Paae lie WV xi\ Brown (left) attempts a kill vs. Indiana time since 1998 and clinch an auto- intense, game I,L mafic bid to the NCAA team has had m.< Tournament. actual games The Lions are set to face the And when b sixth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan at hum -2:30 p.m.. but before the tourna- season, coaches ment even starts and the games intensity at pi;r get underway; the coaches said it week was a large !a may be this week's practices lead- But so far tins a f ing up to the games that deter- Morett has been fa mine the team’s fate. wav the Lion - t , Hbs Kfi Each time the Lions have had a and although they successful weekend this season, make the NCAA "In. coaches have attributed it to the See FIELD HO MSG NBA game postponed The Orlando Magic-New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden was post poned Tuesday because of safety concerns after debris fell into the arena during overnight cleaning of asbestos-related materials. Saying it was using "an abundance of caution,' MSG released a statement saying it consulted with the NBA and decided to postpone the game, and wouldn’t reopen the building until it was assured the arena was safe. A spokesman for New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, Farrell Sklerov. said the agency’s inspec tors were on the scene and had determined that no asbestos had been released. In its statement. MSG said it would work with the city and independent experts. The Daua SCO ear Burnim sparks > By Ando u s It was tiu- Corey Hit: ■ lineup that.. role o! <(•!:; the team mniri, Fitting'.. sop h o ! Daniel ham. lie; dose Irks whose ■ , play e.i" Her! zee second start. B scored enth m;i his I Vim s ed tile \o. to a I 1 Tuesday a "It teed mg lor a "1 was m ■ j right lime. I it telt good The N; won oil desplU ; pended > match. Braga. five \eiln.i With' iv ■ bcncii a Soph' >i second - made hi Penn Si game ,( Saturday his plan the seei ;md m Oil! Wiscon Then ,v ule nl 'hi Wilt.'!':' lie games ,i: n minute i ! feel real! Burnh; several ci season, but early in defender in a iTo-i -the field the Mackenzie \r deflect to Hon •See MEN'S Randy Moss the foo We know, we know. This is i day in a row that Our Though about Randv Moss. But we gotta talk about it Last week. Moss reportedly cized a post-practice meal cab local restaurant. And if that wt enough, he did it in front of the rant's owners. Moss reportedly said, anion; things, that he wouldn't even k chicken, pasta and ribs, in c were wondering to his dog To the NFL teams looking to on Moss: make sure you've got team chef in the house.
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