By Ronnie Turner
The type of pancreatic cancer that BYU men’s basketball coach Dave Rose was diagnosed with is rare, typically with a longer life expectancy, but the prognosis and treatment options will depend on the disease’s stage.
This much is certain: Though pancreatic cancer is very bad, Rose has the best kind possible. Pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer generally progresses much slower than pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which accounts for about 85 percent of all pancreatic cancer cases.
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Kevin McHale was fired as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves by David Kahn, the new president of basketball operations, ending McHale’s 15-year stint with the team.
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By Michael Lewis
Some American fans think New Jersey’s Giuseppe Rossi is soccer’s answer to Benedict Arnold.
Fans are upset that Rossi decided to go with his heritage instead of the country of his birth to play with the green, white and red of Italy rather than the red, white and blue of the USA.
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By Robyn Dixon
Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — When Emma Jordi’s mother suggested a Sunday afternoon at South Africa’s Confederations Cup watching the national soccer team play Iraq, the pretty blond 14-year-old had an excuse. Homework.
“I have to write a speech for English,” she said warily, more accustomed to riding her beautiful chestnut gelding, Spring Close Prince Dante, than spending rowdy afternoons at the soccer stadium, the air rent by the blasts of plastic trumpets called vuvuzelas that fans blow.
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By Akshay Iyer
A lot has been said and written about India’s early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, and there is no doubt that there will be plenty more of the same about how captain MS Dhoni’s tactical errors cost the team dear apart from the fact that the Men in Blue were affected by Virender Sehwag’s forced withdrawal because of injury as well as the fact that the bowling, fielding and batting departments didn’t click in unison through the tournament on a consistent basis.
Yes, it is indeed disappointing that India has failed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Twenty20 World Cup, but let’s face it folks, it’s not the end of the world! And, remember this is the same team and captain who have been the toast of India for the last couple of seasons and one blip on the radar can’t possibly undo all the good work under Dhoni so far.
The Indian cricketers and support staff will undoubtedly have to lift themselves up from this disappointment and there is still a lot of cricket to be played before the next edition of the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean in 10 months’ time. We list down a few important things that Team India needs to concentrate on not only in the run-up to the third edition of the T20 World Cup, but in general as well.
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Trump Starlets Club registered a 10 run victory against Jyoti Club in their league match of the Ratan Lal Sharma Memorial Monsoon Cricket Tournament at RB Tiwari Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday.
Asked to bat first, Trump Starlets Club scored 148 runs losing all its wickets in 29 overs in the 30 overs-a-side match. Imran (42) and Pankaj Verma (25) were the main run-getters. But besides them, few others could stay at the crease for long due to the accurate bowling spell by M Salmaan who claimed five wickets giving away 37 runs.
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The Lahore police said on Wednesday that they had arrested one of seven suspects behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team at the city’s Liberty Chowk on March 3.
Seven persons, including six policemen, were killed when the bus carrying the team from their hotel to the stadium was ambushed.
The team was being taken for the third day of the second Test against Pakistan.
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SCOREBOARD
Detroit at St. Louis – Tigers 20-year-old rookie Rick Porcello (7-4) faces MLB home run leader Albert Pujols and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Tuesday
-Felix Hernandez, Mariners, pitched a two-hitter and Seattle handed San Diego a record-setting 12th straight interleague loss with a 5-0 victory.
-Gil Meche, Royals, pitched a four-hit shutout – his first in nearly five years – as Kansas city beat Arizona 5-0.
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By Jesse Sanchez
Commissioner Bud Selig said that baseball draws more attention and criticism for its steroid revelations than does football during a radio interview on Tuesday.
“We are held to a higher and different standard,” Selig said during a 17-minute appearance on the Dan Patrick Show.
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Joe Torre’s legacy as one of the game’s all-time great managers is already secure. His next victory will only provide further proof of that.
The major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers look to give Torre his 2,195th regular-season win to move him into sole possession of fifth place on the career list Wednesday night when they continue a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics.
Matt Kemp’s RBI single with two out in the 10th inning lifted Los Angeles (43-22) to a 5-4 victory in Tuesday’s series opener. The Dodgers’ third straight win moved Torre into a tie with Sparky Anderson for fifth on the managerial wins list.
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By Tony Dondero
It will cost more to play school sports next year and more high school athletes will have to find their own transportation to games.
The Everett School District is adding pay-to-play fees while the Edmonds and Shoreline school districts plan to raise fees already in place.
“This time around, with the significant cuts to school district budgets around the state, the only way we could keep our full middle-school and high-school programs would be to raise fees,” Everett School District athletic director Robert Polk said.
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By Dave Kinchen
Giving back was the name of the game for Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley of Saginaw. He hosted his second free football camp for youngsters in the city along with St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Clifton Ryan.
Woodley stood on the very same Saginaw High School field that launched his career, recalling a similar experience that changed his life.
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The Montana State football team bolstered its passing game and defense Friday with the addition of two junior-college transfers from California, wide receiver Julius Lloyd and safety Anthony Cosme.
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“It’s a big day for us,” said Bobcat head coach Rob Ash. “We feel like these guys will really add talent to our roster.”
Cosme is a 6-foot, 210-pounder from Fullerton Junior College, where last fall he had 40 tackles and two interceptions. He is originally from Lakewood (Calif.) High.
“He’s a rover or strong safety,” said Ash. “Anthony is a real physical player and we like his versatility. He can play like a linebacker and tackle, but he’s also quick enough to play the deep third of field.”
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As Iranians prepare for the country’s increasingly unpredictable presidential election, a national football disappointment yesterday provided a paradoxical boost for those hoping to unseat the incumbent hardliner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
President Ahmadinejad faces a serious challenge from Mir Hossein Musavi, who is reviving the hopes of the long-demoralised reformist camp. Musavi, a former prime minister, benefited when Iran drew 0-0 against North Korea – reinforcing worries that the beautiful game has declined along with the Islamic Republic’s economic situation and international standing during Ahmadinejad’s stormy four-year term.
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By Tim May
There were scores of coaches and hundreds of high school football players. It was the Ohio State summer football camp, but it could have been labeled paradise as far as John Peterson was concerned.
“When I was an assistant coach in the Mid-American Conference, I remember that working different camps during the summer, particularly the Ohio State camp with (then-OSU recruiting coordinator) Bill Conley, was a great time for me,” Peterson said. “You got to mingle with and get to know all kinds of coaches from around the country, and you got to work with and evaluate mass numbers of football players.”
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