1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 Sports Friday, September 12, The Herald In brief Mark J. Terrill Associated Press Detoit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer talks to his team during practice on Thursday in Los Angeles. Shock, Sparks set for WNBA Finals The Detroit Shock aren't a typical Eastern Conference team. They like to run as much as the two-time WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks do. The Sparks' previous championships came against Charlotte and New York, teams that play slow-down, half-court games like most teams in the East.
This season, the Sparks defeated uptempo teams Minnesota and Sacramento to reach the WNBA Finals, and they look forward to matching Detroit's speed when the best-of-three series opens tonight at Staples Center. The championship series matches the league's two top teams and former NBA rivals Michael Cooper and Bill Laimbeer, who have a prickly relationship. I College golf Clemson's NCAA champion men's golf team was honored Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S.
Rep. John Spratt, read a statement into the record, saluting the Tigers who went on to a golf title in May with their two-stroke victory over Oklahoma State. Pro golf In Silvis, Jonathan Byrd, in his second year on the PGA Tour, and 1999 champion J.L. Lewis shots 6-under 65s and shared the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic. Vijay Singh, third on the PGA Tour's money list this year, closed with an eagle and birdie to finish at 66, tied with Chris Riley, who finished his round with a threeputt bogey.
1 Local golf Jerry Sims had a hole-in-one at the Chester Golf Club on Aug. 15. He aced the 135-yard third hole. I Pro football The NFL set an attendance record for a single weekend when 1,095,720 fans purchased tickets to the opening games. The previous record was 1,081,206, set Sept.
15-16 last year. The biggest crowd was 83,398 at FedEx Field in Landover, on Sept. 4 for the opener between the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. Pro basketball The Utah Jazz may have a veteran point guard this season, after all. The Jazz, who have been looking for a starter at that position since John Stockton retired after last season, signed restricted free agent Jason Terry to an offer sheet after months of negotiations.
I College football The first matchup in the expanded Atlantic Coast Conference will be old hat for the state of Florida. The Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles will kick off the new and expanded 11-team ACC on a Monday night, when the schools meet in the Orange Bowl on Labor Day next season, the conference said. The two schools and the ACC signed a two-year deal with ABC Sports to begin the next two seasons with the rivalry. After next year's Sept. 6 matchup, the Hurricanes will make a return trip to Tallahassee on Sept.
5, 2005. From staff and wire reports Calendar PREP FOOTBALL WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER Pageland Central at Rock Hill, Winthrop at Birmingham-South8 p.m. ern, 4 p.m. Clover at Fort Mill, 8 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER York at Lancaster, 7:30 p.m.
New Covenant at Trinity, 4 p.m. Chester at Great Falls, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Indian Land at Andrew Jack- Winthrop vs. Oregon State in son, 8 p.m. North Carolina-Charlotte TourChesterfield at Lewisville, 7:30 nament, 5 p.m.
p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Westminster Catawba at North- New Covenant at Trinity, 5:30 7:30 p.m. p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF Hickory Grove at Westminster Winthrop at Navy Fall Classic Catawba, 5 p.m. in Annapolis, Md.
On the air AUTO RACING Radio: WRBK-FM (90.3) Formula One, qualifying for College: Toledo at Marshall, Italian Grand Prix, 8 a.m.* 7 p.m. TV: Speed Channel TV: ESPN NASCAR Winston Cup pole Prep: Clover at Fort Mill, qualifying for Sylvania 300, 7 p.m. 3 p.m. Radio: WRHI-AM (1340) TV: TNT Prep: York at Lancaster, 7 p.m BASEBALL Radio: WRHM-FM (107.1) NL: Atlanta at Florida, 7:35 Prep: Pageland Central at p.m. Rock Hill(taped), 10 p.m.
Radio: WGNC-AM (1450) Radio: WRHI-AM (1340) BASKETBALL GOLF WNBA Finals Game 1,7:30 Champions Tour: Constellap.m. tion Energy Classic, 1:30 p.m. TV: ESPN2 Golf Channel BOXING European Tour: Lancome TroFeatherweight matches, 9:30 phy, 4 p.m. p.m. TV: The Golf Channel TV: ESPN2 PGA Tour: John Deere ClasFOOTBALL sic, 4 p.m.
Prep: Chester at Great Falls, TV: ESPN 6 p.m. Bulletin Board I Northwestern High School's athletic department will honor the school's 2003 girls' Class AAAA state champion track team on Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the school's cafeteria. Curtis Frye, head track coach at the University of South Carolina, is the guest speaker.
Also that evening, former track and cross country coach Bob Jenkins will be inducted into the Northwestern Trojan Hall of Fame. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from members of the school's track and cross country teams. There will be an ISA fastpitch softball tournament Saturday at the New Hope Sports Complex in Pelzer. Competion will be held in classes 16-and-under, 14-and-under, 12-and-under and 10-andunder. Cost is $215 and there is a three-game guarantee.
For more information contact Sabrina Fowler at (864) 801-2862 or sabrina.fowler@leslieagency.com. Elkins baseball will host The Eagle Bash on Saturday and Sunday. Sixteen teams from four states will participate in the event that will be held at Winthrop plus Northwestern, Rock Hill and Lewisville high schools. More information is available at www.ElkinsEagles.com BULLETIN BOARD POLICY Anyone wishing to place a notice of an upcoming sports event should send it by e-mail to Please do NOT send as an attachment. E-MAIL IS PREFERRED, but if e-mail access is not available, Please fax the item to (803) 329-4021 or mail to: Bulletin Board, 132 W.
Main Rock Hill, SC 29731. Call-in items will NOT be accepted. Items will run NO MORE THAN THREE TIMES and NO MORE THAN TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. items will also run on consecutive dates unless a specific request is made to do otherwise. 'Fire Turbeville' site popular among Auburn fans It didn't take long for the bloom to fall off the rose in the garden of Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville.
The Tigers have gone from a preseason No. 1 ranking in a couple of polls to an 0-2 start. They've been outscored 40-3 and are nowhere to be found in the rankings. A new Web site has blossomed which means Tuberville joins Florida's Ron Zook as the only coaches in the SEC with those type Web sites. According to an Associated Press report, the Tuberville site got 5,000 hits the first day, which is several thousand more than the Tigers' defense has put on the opposition in two games.
Tuberville said he's too busy trying to figure a way to beat Vanderbilt this week to worry about some Web site. "I've made it a policy not to read the Internet, computers and newspapers," he said. "I really don't have time. I haven't even turned my computer on." He may need to turn on the running game to beat Vandy. In the 17-3 loss to Georgia Tech this past Saturday, Carnell Williams ran for 7 yards on the first play.
On the next 37 carries, Auburn gained 33 yards. STANDING OVATION: Coaches and players don't often get standing ovations after a loss, but Alabama got one Saturday night following the 20-13 loss to No. 1 ranked Oklahoma. For first- Alabama coach Mike Shula, who played for the Crimson Tide, "it was a neat feeling." "There was some degree of frustration after not playing as well as we could have," he said. "But I had people who have been going to games for 25 years coming up to me saying that was the loudest they've ever heard Bryant-Denny Stadium.
It made us feel great the fans felt that way." I CLARETT CONSIDERATIONS: Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett is considering suing the NFL to overturn the rule that says league teams may not draft a player until he has completed three years of college. Clarett, who would have been a sophomore this season, could have a long wait for the pros, after being suspended for this season. Alabama's Shula and Kentucky head coach Rich Brooks coached in the NFL and had this to say about the possi- SEC notebook Gary McCann The Herald ble challenge. "It looks like the system is working right now," Shula said. "We know it's different in other sports for kids to come out early.
It's more difficult for a guy to come out at a younger age in this sport, because of the contact and kids still growing and the maturity factor." "I think the rule might change," Brooks said, "but I don't think it's good for the NFL or college football. All of a sudden, the NFL doesn't get as good a read on a kid and there will be a lot more mistakes. I'd say 95 to 98 percent of the players in college need an extra year. It's like a double negative." HOLTZ FUNNY OF THE WEEK: Asked what the options were to get his receivers to catch the ball better they've dropped 17 passes in two games South Carolina coach Lou Holtz said: "We've met and we've talked about it. The first solution was a gun." SPEAKING OF DROPS: Holtz was asked if he'd consider other means, including a sports psychologist, to help his receivers.
Holtz said he "didn't think so" when it came to the psychologist, but said he'd consider "putting them in a relaxation period." Before most home games last year, Holtz had the players lie on the locker room floor in the dark and asked them to visualize how they could do something positive to help the team win. "It gets you where you're calm and you know what you want to do," wide receiver Troy Williamson said. Holtz is perplexed by the miscues. "The problem is, we don't drop them in practice," Holtz said. "We caught passes this fall far better than we ever have.
I don't know what it is. "You can't say they've got to practice harder or focus better in practice, because they've done that. But we have to address this." Quarterback Dondrial Pinkins has completed a respectable 25 of 58 passes for 347 yards and two TDs. Add in most or all of those 17 drops, and his numbers would be fantastic. POINTS: Georgia coach Mark Richt said Wednesday that wide receiver Fred Gibson (hamstring) did not practice the past two days and is not likely to play Saturday against South Carolina The SEC is 11-7 against NCAA Division I-A teams so far, after winning 93 of 121 non-league games the past three seasons Auburn ranks No.
116th nationally in total I yards and No. 117 in scoring. Contact Gary McCann at 329-4074 or CFL GM: Maurice Clarett should stay in school By Rusty Miller The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio If Maurice Clarett wants to play in the Canadian Football League, he'll have to make the first call. The Montreal Alouettes own the CFL rights to the suspended Ohio State running back, but general manager Jim Popp won't pick up the phone to start negotiations. "If he has any intent of giving up college hires an agent and automatically becomes a professional or it is deemed he can't play in college anymore then this organization will wait for him to contact us," Popp said Thursday.
Indeed, Popp thinks Clarett should stay in school and weather the season-long penalty handed down Wednesday. "I'm a true believer that all players should try to get their college education," Popp said. "They can only play pro football so long. He needs to get his degree. That's the best thing that can happen to him." It's among Clarett's options.
He could stay at Ohio State and go to Scoreboard NFL standings AMERICAN East Pct PF PA Buffalo 1 0 01.000 31 0 Miami 0 0. .000 20 21 New England 0 0. 0 31 N.Y. Jets 0 01 0. 0.000 13 16 South Pet PF PA Houston 0 01.000 21 20 Indianapolis 0 01.000 9 6 Tennessee 0 01.000 25 20 Jacksonville 0 1 0.
.000 23 24 North Pet PF PA Baltimore 3-000 0 .000 15 34 Pittsburgh 0 01.000 34 15 Cincinnati 0 .000 10 30 Cleveland 0 .000 6 9 West Pet PF PA Denver 01.000 30 10 Kansas City 0 01.000 27 14 Oakland 0 .000 20 25 San Diego 0 1 0 0.000 14 27 NATIONAL East Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 0 01.000 23 13 Washington 01.000 16 13 Dallas 0 0 13 27 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 0 17 South Pct PF PA Tampa Bay 01.000 17 0 Atlanta 01.000 27 13 Carolina 01.000 24 23 -0001 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 10 27 North Pct PF Green Bay 0 01 0 25 Detroit 0 01.000 42 Chicago 0 .000 7 Minnesota 0 01.000 30 EAR28 West Pet PF PA San Francisco 1 0 01.000 49 7 Seattle 0 01.000 27 10 Arizona 0 .000 24 42 St. Louis 0. 0 .000 13 23 Sunday's Games Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 1 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. New England at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Monday's Game Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 Minnesota at Detroit, p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Cleveland at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Open: Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago, Car- olina Monday, Sept.
22 Oakland at Denver, 9 p.m. NFL injuries NEW YORK (AP) The National Football League injury report for this week's games, as provided by the league: Sunday BUFFALO BILLS (1-0) AT JACKSONVILLE class while on scholarship, waiting for his suspension to end. He also could ask to be released from his scholarship and transfer to another school. Clarett would still have to sit out at least the mandated suspension season. If he moved to another Division I-A school, he would also have to sit out a transfer year.
If he transferred to a school in Divisions I-AA, II or III, though, he would not have to sit out the transfer year. The NFL isn't a possibility unless Clarett challenges the league's rule that requires players to be out of high school at least three years. The CFL doesn't have that sort of requirement. The Alouettes (9-2) have the league's best record and lead their division by 4 games. Then again, they also have two established tailbacks.
Popp selected Clarett for the Alouettes' negotiation list this summer, shortly after word of the player's off-field problems arose. But while acclaimed NFL rookies can get millions of dollars in signing bonuses, the CFL is not nearly as JAGUARS (0-1) Buffalo Bills: QUESTIONABLE: WR Sam Aiken (hamstring). Jacksonville Jaguars: DOUBTFUL: WR Micah Ross (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DE Brandon Green (quadricep). PROBABLE: RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (hamstring); LB TJ.
Slaughter (ankle); DE Paul Spicer (ankle); CB James Trapp (ankle). CAROLINA PANTHERS (1-0) AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1-0) Carolina Panthers: OUT: LB Mike Caldwell (knee). Tampa Bay Buccaneers: OUT: LB Shelton Quarles QUESTIONABLE: RB Darian Barnes (knee). PROBABLE: DE Greg Spires (groin). CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-1) AT OAKLAND RAIDERS (0-1) Cincinnati Bengals Houshmandzadeh (hamstring); RB Rudi Johnson (thigh); Victor Leyva (chest).
PROBABLE: Willie Anderson (hamstring); LB Brian Simmons (ribs). Oakland Raiders: DOUBTFUL: DE Sam Williams (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Nnamdi Asomugha (shoulder); Anthony Dorsett (ankle); RB Chris Hetherington (hamstring); WR Jerry Porter (abdominal); LB Bill Romanowski (concussion); Rod Wood- Quincy Morgan (hip). Baltimore Ravens: OUT: RB Musa Smith (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Corey Fuller (thigh); CB Alvin Porter (groin); WR Frank Sanders (foot).
PROBABLE: Casey Rabach (knee); Dave Zastudil (thigh). DENVER BRONCOS (1-0) AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (0-1) Denver Broncos: OUT: DT Daryl Gardener (hand), PROBABLE: RB Quentin Griffin (leg); Dan Neil (flu); TE Jeb Putzier (shoulder); LB Jason Sykes (hip); Chris Young (ankle). San Diego Chargers: QUESTIONABLE: TE Stephen Alexander (groin); WR David Boston (heel); CB Tay Cody (hamstring). PROBABLE: CB Sammy Davis (leg); Solomon Page (back). DETROIT LIONS (1-0) AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (0-1) Detroit Lions: QUESTIONABLE: Eric Beverly (leg); LB James Davis (rib); WR Az-Zahir Hakim (knee); DE Cory Redding (knee).
Green Bay Packers: OUT: WR Donald Driver (neck). DOUBTFUL: CB Chris Johnson (knee). QUESTIONABLE: WR Robert Ferguson TE Wesley Walls (hamstring). PROBABLE: Darren Sharper (groin). HOUSTON TEXANS (1-0) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (0-1) Houston Texans: DOUBTFUL: LB Antwan Peek (knee).
QUESTIONABLE: LB Troy Evans (groin); Travares Tillman (arm); DE Gary Walker (shoulder). PROBABLE: Steve McKinney (knee); RB Jonathan Wells (toe). New Orleans Saints: OUT: LB Cie Grant (knee); DE Darren Howard (wrist). DOUBTFUL: DT Henry Ford (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: WR Joe Horn (knee).
PROBABLE: DE Charles Grant (calf). MIAMI DOLPHINS (0-1) AT NEW YORK JETS (0-1) Miami Dolphins OUT: QB Brian Griese (toe). DOUBTFUL: Mark Dixon (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: CB Sam Madison (ankle); Shawn Wooden PROBABLE: DT Larry Chester (feet); Seth McKinney (finger); WR James McKnight (toe); DE Adewale Ogunleye (knee); Mark Royals (hamstring); Tim Ruddy (knee); LB Zach Thomas (ribs); RB Ricky Williams (ankle). New York Jets: OUT: QB Chad Pennington (wrist).
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (0-1) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (0-1) New England Patriots: OUT: LB Ted Johnson (foot). QUESTIONABLE: WR David Givens (leg). PROBABLE: Damien Woody (chest). Philadelphia Eagles: OUT: DE Jerome McDougle DOUBTFUL: Brian Dawkins (foot); CB Bobby Taylor (foot); DE Brandon Whiting (hamstring). PROBABLE: Hank Fraley DT Corey Simon (arm); WR James Thrash (back).
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1-0) AT KANSAS son (knee). CLEVELAND BROWNS (0-1) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (0-1) Cleveland Browns: PROBABLE: DE Courtney Brown (foot); WR lucrative. The average salary in the CFL is about $34,000. And the 18-game regular's season is more than half finished. "He's not going to come up here and make a bunch of money.
That isn't happening," Popp said. "This is an option to continue his football year and he can better himself as a human being and can prepare himself for the NFL." Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger said Wednesday that Clarett was guilty of 14 violations of the ethical-conduct bylaw for lying to investigators and two violations of receiving preferential treatment or benefits because he is an athlete. Alan C. Milstein, the Clarett family attorney, said Clarett, his mother Michelle, other family members and friends are still contemplating what comes next. "It's clear what Ohio State has done," Milstein said.
"Now they (the Claretts) have to make a choice as to how to respond on a number of levels. They will try to decide CITY CHIEFS (1-0) Pittsburgh Steelers: DOUBTFUL: LB Joey Porter (thigh). QUESTIONABLE: RB Jerome Bettis (groin). PROBABLE: WR Plaxico Burress (quadricep); Jeff Hartings (knee); TE Jay Riemersma (ankle). Kansas City Chiefs: OUT: DE Eddie Freeman (elbow).
DOUBTFUL: CB William Bartee (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: TE Tony Gonzalez (ankle). PROBABLE: CB Julian Battle (back), SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (1-0) AT ST. LOUIS RAMS (0-1) San Francisco 49ers: OUT: TE Eric Johnson (collarbone); CB Jason Webster (knee). QUESTIONABLE: Derrick Deese (ankle); Scott Gragg (ankle); CB Rashad Holman (groin); LB Brandon Moore (ankle), PROBABLE: DE John Engelberger (Achilles); CB Jimmy Williams (quadricep).
St. Louis Rams: OUT: WR Kevin Curtis (leg); CB Kevin Garrett (wrist); David Loverne (elbow); WR Shaun McDonald (thumb); Jason Sehorn (foot). QUESTIONABLE: DT Jimmy Kennedy (elbow); DT Ryan Pickett (ankle); QB Kurt Warner (concussion). SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (1-0) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (0-1) Seattle Seahawks: OUT: CB Shawn Springs (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: LB Isaiah Kacyvenski (ankle).
Arizona Cardinals: DOUBTFUL: WR Larry Foster (ankle); WR Kevin Kasper (back). QUESTIONABLE: DT Marcus Bell (knee); Leonard Davis (ankle); WR Bryan Gilmore (knee); Justin Lucas (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Levar Fisher (concussion). TENNESSEE TITANS (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1-0) Tennessee Steve Sciullo (toe). WASHINGTON REDSKINS (1-0) AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1-0) Washington Titans: OUT: Joe Nedney (knee).
QUESTIONABLE: RB Chris Brown (hamstring); LB Rocky Calmus (hamstring); TE Erron Kinney (knee); QB Steve McNair (knee); Zach Piller (chest); CB Andre Woolfolk (toe); TE Frank Wycheck (concussion). Indianapolis Colts: OUT: CB Joseph Jefferson (pelvis). DOUBTFUL: CB Donald Strickland (groin). QUESTIONABLE: RB Dominic Rhodes (knee); WR Brandon Stokley (hamstring). PROBABLE: DE Dwight Freeney (leg); CB Nicholas Harper (knee); CB Walt Harris (knee); QB Brock Huard (hand); RB James Mungro (ribs); LB Jim Nelson (hand); Jeff Saturday (back); DE Brad Scioli (neck); Doug Chapman (ankle).
Monday DALLAS COWBOYS (0-1) AT NEW YORK Redskins: DOUBTFUL: TE Zeron Flemister (ankle); WR Taylor Jacobs (abdomen). PROBABLE: DT Jermaine Haley (hand); QB Patrick Ramsey (knee). Atlanta Falcons: OUT: WR LaTarence Dunbar (groin); WR Brian Finneran (hand); QB Michael Vick (leg). DOUBTFUL: Keion Carpenter (hamstring); Cory Hall (knee); LB Will Overstreet (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: CB Tod McBride (thumb); LB Sam Rogers (knee).
CHICAGO BEARS (0-1) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1-0) Chicago Bears: OUT: Chris Villarrial (knee). PROBABLE: T-G Terrence Metcalf (finger). Minnesota Vikings: OUT: Jack Brewer (chest). DOUBTFUL: Corey Chavous (knee). PROBABLE: RB GIANTS (1-0) Dallas Cowboys: OUT: CB Derek Ross (knee).
QUESTIONABLE: Larry Allen (hamstring); DT Willie Blade (knee). PROBABLE: TE Dan Campbell (groin), New York Giants: QUESTIONABLE: CB Ray Green (hamstring). PROBABLE: RB Jim Finn (quadricep); LB Nick Greisen (hamstring); DT Cornelius Griffin (thigh); LB Wesly Mallard (hamstring); Luke Petitgout (back); TE Marcellus Rivers (knee). WNBA playoffs FINALS (Best-of-3) Today Detroit at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
14 Los Angeles at Detroit, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 Los Angeles at Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary what the next move is." OSU coach Jim Tressel said he hopes Clarett still will practice with the defending national champions this season if he meets certain criteria off the field and in class. "As far as I know, he intends to go to school. That's what he says," Geiger said.
"It doesn't start until Sept. 24. I can't predict the future. I'm anticipating that he will." Other schools are rooting for Clarett to move on. Grambling coach Doug Williams showed up at his weekly news conference Tuesday waving a No.
13 jersey and joking about a Clarett transfer. There has been some speculation that Clarett might be interested in going home to Youngstown to play college ball; Tressel left perennial I-AA power Youngstown State to coach Ohio State. Youngstown State is now coached by Jon Heacock, brother of Ohio State defensive line coach Jim Heacock. PGA scores John Deere Classic Thursday At TPC at Deere Run Silva, Ill. Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: Par: 71 (35-36) First Round Note: Play suspended due to darkness, one player did not finish round Jonathan Byrd 31-34-65 J.L.
Lewis 31-34-65 Chris Riley 31-35-66 Vijay Singh 32-34-66 Tom Scherrer 32-35-67 Garrett Willis 33-34-67 Chris Smith 32-35-67 Notah Begay Ill 34-33-67 Billy Mayfair 31-36-67 Skip Kendall 34-33-67 Bob Burns 32-35-67 Dennis Paulson 32-35-67 Joey Sindelar 32-36-68 Mark Wilson 35-33-68 Tommy Armour Ill 34-34-68 Aaron Barber 33-35-68 Jeff Maggert 34-34-68 Esteban Toledo 36-32-68 Mike Heinen 33-36-69 Craig Barlow 30-39-69 Harrison Frazar 33-36-69 Justin Leonard 35-34-69 Kevin Sutherland 34-35-69 D.A. Weibring 35-34-69 Brenden Pappas 35-34-69 Robert Gamez 36-33-69 Paul Azinger 34-35-69 Pat Perez 33-36-69 Steven Alker 34-35-69 Kenichi Kuboya 34-35-69 Andy Miller 34-35-69 Chris Anderson 34-35-69 Jay Delsing 33-37-70 Hidemichi Tanaka 35-35-70 Jeff Brehaut 33-37-70 Steve Stricker 32-38-70 Loren Roberts 36-34-70 Joe Durant 33-37-70 Davis Love Ill 34-36-70 J.P. Hayes 35-35-70 Scott McCarron 35-35-70 Paul Stankowski 35-35-70 Jay Don Blake 34-36-70 Chris Greenwood 35-35-70 Vance Veazey 36-34-70 Akio Sadakata 35-35-70 Tom Byrum 37-33-70 Bill Glasson 34-36-70 Luke Donald 34-36-70 Zach Johnson 37-33-70 Jason Gore 36-34-70 Andrew Magee 34-37-71 Patrick Sheehan 31-40-71 David Frost 33-38-71 Bernhard Langer 37-34-71 Shigeki Maruyama 33-38-71 Jerry Kelly 35-36-71 Greg Norman 35-36-71 Matt Kuchar 34-37--71 Heath Slocum 35-36-71 Scott Simpson 34-37-71 Greg Chalmers 34-37-71 Nick Watney 34-37-71 Kaname Yokoo 33-38-71 Matt Weibring 36-35-71 Tim Petrovic 34-37-71 Mike Sposa 34-37-71 Paul Goydos 34-37-71 Olin Browne 35-36-71 Jeff Sluman 34-37-71 Mark Brooks 35-36-71 Steve Pate 35-36-71 Dean Wilson 33-38-71 Carl Pettersson 35-36-71 Tyler Swanson 36-35-71 Mathias Gronberg 35-36-71 Steve Allan 36-36-72 Peter Jacobsen 33-39-72 Steve Lowery 37-35-72 Glen Day 34-38-72 Brian Gay 37-35-72 Gavin Coles 35-37-72 Mike Grob 36-36-72 Deane Pappas 36-36-72 Bart Bryant 34-38-72 Stephen Ames 36-36-72 Richard S. Johnson 36-36-72 Donnie Hammond 35-37-72 Tom Lehman 35-37-72 Kirk Triplett 35-37-72 Joel Edwards 34-38-72 Lee Janzen 35-37-72 Jim Carter 37-35-72 Carl Paulson 36-36--72 Dave Stockton Jr. 32-40-72 Anthony Painter 38-34-72 Brian Bateman 32-40-72 Transactions BASEBALL League Baseball MLB--Suspended Oakland bench coach Terry Francona for one game for arguing with umpires in a game on Sept.
6. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ORLANDO MAGIC--Signed Britton Johnsen. UTAH JAZZ- Signed Jason Terry to an offer sheet. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS--Signed WR Jerel Myers to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS Agreed to terms with TE Billy Miller on a four year contract.
HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES -Signed Dave Lowry. MINNESOTA WILD -Signed Chris McAlpine to a one-year contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS- Signed LW Ramzi Abid to a contract. WASHINGTON CAPITALS- -Signed Joel Kwiatkowski to a one-year contract. COLLEGE -Announced the resignation of Kathleen Cronin, women's assistant basketball coach.
DUQUESNE Dave Sheets, women's swimming coach, will also coach the men's swimming team. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL -Named Laquanda Dawkins women's assistant basketball coach and John Fair director of basketball operations. FRANCIS MARION -Named Brian Tarajack volunteer assistant baseball coach. LEMOYNE-Named Mary McKissack and Frank Netti women's assistant basketball coaches. MINNESOTA-DULUTH-Named football coach Bob Nielson director of athletics.
MOUNT -Named David Shulimson sports information coordinator. PRINCETON- -Named Michael Cross senfor associate athletic director for athletic programming, Erin McDermott associate athletic director, David Rosenfeld assistant director of athletic communications, Jon Kurian athletic department assistant and Kristen Alexy event management assistant. RIDER--Named Bob Hamer assistant track field and cross country coach. SAINT JOSEPH'S -Named Rashana Barnes director of women's basketball operations. ST.
JOHNS, Jason Johnson and Chris Howe assistant hockey coaches. ST. LEO -Named Tim Holt men's golf coach, Brady Bogart assistant baseball coach, Cedric Smith men's assistant basketball coach, Dean Wortz men's assistant soccer coach, Abby Charbonneau women's assistant basketball coach, Mariel Ettinger men's and women's cross country coach, Brianne Smedley women's assistant volleyball coach and Aryn Rangel assistant softball coach. ST. LOUIS -Announced Jana Haywood has left the women's basketball team.
SETON HILL--Named Jack Loya men's assistant basketball coach..