Sioux
QBs face different challenges UND's Belmore learns each week
while Bowenkamp deals with injury Each week,
sophomore quarterback Chris Belmore learns a little more about
leading the UND offense. Each week, UND senior quarterback
John Bowenkamp becomes a little more frustrated, knowing his
final season is slipping away as a muscle tear that affects
his throwing keeps him sidelined. By
Wayne Nelson / Herald Staff Writer
N.D.
STATE BOYS TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Paukert goes for repeat
title Central senior, Red River
team hope to keep streaks alive Charlie Paukert knows it
can be more difficult to earn a second title than it is to win a
first. Paukert won his first North Dakota state singles tennis title
in 2003. The person he defeated in the final, Grand Forks Red
River's Zac Lunak, was attempting to win a second
championship.
PRO
BASEBALL: Yankees sweep Twins in doubleheader With a
doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the New York Yankees
moved to the verge of clinching their seventh straight AL East
title. Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez rallied the Yankees to a 5-3
victory over the AL Central champions in the opener, a possible
playoff opener preview matching New York's Mike Mussina and
Minnesota's Johan Santana.
Like
father, like son Falcons' Mora Jr. winning like Mora
Sr. Jim Mora Sr. was a nervous wreck. This was 2 1/2
weeks ago at Candlestick Park in San Francisco and he was in
the stands watching Jim Jr.'s NFL head-coaching debut with the
Atlanta Falcons. By PAUL DOMOWITCH /
Philadelphia Daily News
D.C.
will give baseball a third try Walter Johnson pitched
there, Frank Howard hit there and Ted Williams managed there.
But since 1971, the only hardball played in our nation's
capital has taken place in the halls of power. By KEVIN BAXTER / Miami
Herald
Twins
swept away Yankees'
dominance deceptive yet telling NEW YORK — Let's
play five. The Twins might have moved two steps back toward a
return to Yankee Stadium next week for the first round of the
playoffs when they got swept by the New York Yankees in a
rain-caused doubleheader Wednesday, losing 5-3 and
5-4. BY GORDON WITTENMYER / Pioneer
Press
Indians'
player shot after game identified as pitcher Denney The
Cleveland Indians' pitcher who started Wednesday night's game
against the Royals was shot in the leg when someone fired at the
team's bus shortly after it left Kauffman Stadium, police
said.
Trial
set for CU sexual assault lawsuit A judge set a trial date
Wednesday for a lawsuit against the University of Colorado that
touched off a scandal in the football program over allegations that
sex, drugs and alcohol were used to lure recruits.
Latest
Barry Bonds ball in question for two bozos Many years
ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I sent a postcard to a
radio station, entering a contest for tickets to a sold-out
Beatles concert. I was sure I'd win. By
MARK PURDY / San Jose Mercury
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