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INVESTIGATION
Authorities investigate
man’s deathBy JULIETA CHIQUILLO
LAREDO MORNING TIMES
Circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old Zapata man in North Texas remain un-clear as law enforcement agents wait on toxicolo-
gy results.“The manner and cause of
death have not been determined atthis time,” said Lt. CharliePerkins of the Walker CountySheriff ’s Department, noting thathis office awaits autopsy resultsfrom the Dallas County MedicalExaminer’s Office.
Law enforcement agents on July 22 found JuanAntonio Martinez III barely alive at theHuntsville State Park in Walker County, about 150miles east of Austin. He was taken by medical hel-icopter to Dallas where he died at a local hospitalon July 23.
Perkins said 26-year-old Joshua Abbott, whomade the 911 call, was arrested at the park oncharges of public intoxication and interferencewith public duties.
Perkins described Abbott as Martinez’s ac-quaintance and referred questions about the ar-rest to the Department of Public Safety because aHighway Patrol trooper made the arrest.
Trooper Floyd Garner, who reportedly re-sponded to the scene, could not be reached forcomment Friday.
LAW ENFORCMENT
Maquinitas feel sheriff’s heat, close
By JULIETA CHIQUILLOLAREDO MORNING TIMES
Several maquinita establishments have haltedoperations since Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo“Sigi” Gonzalez announced his intentions tocrack down on players and owners alike involvedin illegal gambling.
Six of seven maquinita establishments in Fal-con have closed since Gonzalez met with about 25establishment owners, employees and Falcon resi-dents on July 1 to explain to them what those busi-nesses are legally allowed to do, the sheriff said.
The sheriff held a similar meeting in Zapata onJuly 16.
‘Getting caught’“Maybe they don’t want to risk getting caught
or an arrest,” Gonzalez said.The gambling machines known as 8-liners or
maquinitas are not allowed to pay cash, andprizes awarded to customers may not exceed $5 invalue, according to state law.
Some of the 11 maquinita establishments in Za-pata also have closed, Gonzalez said.
On a recent trip to Falcon, two maquinita es-tablishments along the U.S. 83 — Lucky Frog andFar Far Away — were closed.
At least 40 vehicles were parked Friday nightoutside a warehouse establishment tucked away
Photo by Ricardo Segovia | Laredo Morning TimesPlayers Palace, located between Falcon and Zapata, has 8-liner machines, or maquinitas, with which to entertain cus-tomers.
ZAPATA COUNTY MEDICAL CLINIC
Employees angry after pay, benefits slashedBy DIANA R. FUENTES
THE ZAPATA TIMES
Skyrocketing health carecosts forced the Zapata Coun-ty Medical Clinic to drastical-ly reduce the salaries of mostof its employees and suspendhealth insurance for all ofthem this week, clinic offi-cials said, prompting a tempo-rary walkout.
“This was a reaction to badnews, which is understand-
able,” said attorney ManuelPelaez, who is working withDr. Larry Sands of the ZapataMedical Group.
“We had people walk out infrustration, but the clinicstayed open,” Pelaez said.“Some said they quit, but theycame back.”
The Zapata Medical Groupruns the nonprofit clinic un-der an estimated $1.8 millionannual contract with ZapataCounty to provide indigent
health care. It sees about 1,120patients per month and em-ploys 20 people. While it pri-marily sees patients who areindigent, the clinic, which isopen 24/7, also accepts pa-tients who have insurance andthose who want to pay cash.
But there’s just not enoughmoney to go around rightnow.
Several employees sawtheir salaries slashed by morethan half, dropping to the new
minimum wage of $7.25 perhour. A few highly skilled per-sonnel, such as physician as-sistants and radiologic tech-nologists, did not see a salarydecrease but did lose insur-ance coverage.
“We’re trying to make surethe clinic stays open, to makesure that when you come in-side with a sick kid, that yourkid gets taken care of,” Pelaez
Cutting back
The second annual Whiskers &Tails Kids Fishing Tournament istoday from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Zap-
ata County boat ramp. Boys and girlsages 5 to 13 are welcome to participate.Admission is free. “Every kid is going togo home with some type of prize,” saidCarolina Calderas, a member of the“Whiskers & Tails” board of directors.TOP: A fisherman passes under a signFriday promoting the “Whiskers &Tails” fishing tournament hanging overthe road towards the Zapata County pub-lic boat ramp. LEFT: Zapata Countyshop employee Rene Garcia uses plasticties as he hangs the sign promoting to-day’s tournament.
MARTINEZ
See DEATH | PAGE 8A
Photos by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times
KIDS TO FISH TODAY
See MAQUINITAS | PAGE 8A
VOLLEYBALL, CROSS COUNTRY
See HEALTH CARE | PAGE 8A
AROUND TEXAS
AROUND THE NATION
TODAY IN HISTORYCALENDAR
More districts called ‘unacceptable’
Court gives OK toSanteria priest
DALLAS — A federal appealscourt reversed a lower court’s rul-ing on Friday that barred a Sante-ria priest from sacrificing goats inhis Texas home, saying a city’s de-cision to prohibit the ritual violat-ed the man’s religious rights.
Jose Merced, 46, accuses thecity of Euless, of trampling on hisconstitutional right to religiousexercise. The city claims the sac-rifices jeopardize public health.
Landowners to getacess explanation
BROWNSVILLE — A federaljudge has ordered the U.S. govern-ment to clearly tell property own-ers affected by the fence along theMexican border how they will beable to access their land.
It has taken weeks for the gov-ernment to hammer out such an
explanation for five Brownsvillelandowners.
Cleanup of tar balls almost done
CORPUS CHRISTI — Officialsoverseeing the cleanup of gooeyoil blobs on South Texas beachessaid the work was expected to becompleted Friday.
Tar-like blobs were first report-ed washing up more than a weekago. More weathered blobs werewashing up as late as Thursday.
The blobs were scattered alongabout 155 miles of coast, fromMatagorda Island to the mouth ofthe Rio Grande.
College tuition fund going broke
AUSTIN, Texas — The programoffered a deal to Texas parentswith young children: prepaywhen Junior is small and youwon’t have to worry about the cost
of tuition at a Texas university.But with the rapidly rising cost ofcollege, the Texas Guaranteed Tu-ition Plan is going broke.
The plans are guaranteed by thestate, so parents who enrolled inthe program will get their chil-dren’s tuition bills paid. But thefund is going broke and will re-quire as much as $2.1 billion to staysolvent.
Welding may havesparked plant fire
BRYAN — A welding job likelysparked a fire at a central Texaschemical plant that forced thou-sands of people from their homesand closed Texas A&M Universi-ty’s main campus.
The investigation continues atthe El Dorado Chemical Co. plant.
Thousands of people wereforced to evacuate and 34 weretreated and released at hospitals,mostly for smoke inhalation oreye irritation.
— Compiled from AP reports.
House passes $2B for‘clunkers’ program
WASHINGTON — The Housevoted overwhelmingly Friday torush $2 billion into the popularbut financially strapped “cash forclunkers” car purchase program,heeding calls from consumers ea-ger to keep taking advantage ofthousands of dollars in trade-inincentives.
House members approved themeasure 316-109 within hours oflearning the program was run-ning out of money.
Bonuses limited forWall Streeters
WASHINGTON — Bowing topopulist anger, the House votedFriday to prohibit pay and bonuspackages that encouragebankers and traders to takerisks.
Passage of the bill on a 237-185 vote followed the disclosurea day earlier that nine of thenation’s biggest banks, whichare receiving billions of dol-lars in federal bailout aid, paidindividual bonuses of $1 mil-lion or more to nearly 5,000 em-ployees.
House panel poised toact on health care
WASHINGTON — Democratssought to limit increases in thecost of insurance sold under asweeping health care bill Fridayas they labored to clear the final
obstacle to a September show-down.
Several officials said a last-minute agreement among Democ-rats also included authority forthe government to negotiate di-rectly with pharmaceutical com-panies for lower drug prices un-der Medicare.
SATURDAY,AUG. 1The second annual Whiskers
& Tails Kids “Free” Fishing Tourna-ment is scheduled for today from 8a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Zapata Coun-ty Public Boat Ramp.
First United MethodistChurch, 1220 McClelland Ave. inLaredo, is having its monthly booksale from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in theWidener Room. For more informa-tion, call 722-1674.
TUESDAY, AUG. 4Operation Lone Star will of-
fer free medical services today andWednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. atthe Zapata Community Center, 607N. U.S. 83. For more information,call 765-9920.
WEDNESDAY,AUG. 5Operation Lone Star will offer
free medical services today from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Zapata Com-munity Center, 607 N. U.S. 83. Formore information, call 765-9920.
The AgriLIFE Extension incooperation with the Texas andSouthwestern Cattle Raisers Asso-ciation presents,“How the New LawAffects Ranch Estate Planning, atwo-day seminar which will be heldtoday and Thursday at the CollegeStation Conference Center in Col-lege Station. Today’s seminar willlast from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and par-ticipants will discuss basic estateplanning devices, with Wayne A.Hayenga serving as special guestspeaker. This seminar is offered toprovide participants enough infor-mation on tax and estate planningmatters to help them make diffi-cult estate planning decisions. Reg-istration is $125. To register, callConnie at (979) 845-2226 or [email protected].
THURSDAY, AUG. 6Today is the second day of a
two-day tax law seminar sponsoredby the AgriLIFE Extension in coop-eration with the Texas and South-western Cattle Raisers Association.The event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. atthe College Station Conference Cen-ter in College Station. Lunch will beserved at noon. Fee is $125. To reg-ister, call Connie at (979) 845-2226or e-mail [email protected].
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8The Seventh Annual Zapata
Health Fair will be held today from 8a.m. until noon at the Zapata Coun-ty Pavilion. Free health screeningswill be provided. Other agencies willalso be available with general infor-mation.The fair is being sponsoredby The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy.For more information, or to becomea provider, call Rosie Rodriguez at723-2911, extension 5.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15The Aztec District of Boy
Scouts of America invites the publicto participate in their first-ever DonMurphy Memorial Pinewood DerbyInvitational. Registration and in-spection of cars will take place on Fri-day,Aug.14,at the Imaginarium.Lim-ited spaces are available. For acomplete schedule of events, con-tact the BSA Aztec Office at 744-4499 or Toni Ruiz at 763-9325 for ap-plications and further information.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2The USS Missouri (BB-63)
Association is a nonprofit organi-zation made up of sailors, marines,officers and midshipman that haveserved aboard this famous battle-ship. Shipmates that served aboardthe battleship USS Missouri (BB63)will hold their annual reunion inNorfolk,Va. starting today, and last-ing until Sept. 8.All veterans and in-terested parties, along with theirfamily and friends are invited. Formore information, call Bill Morton,vice president of the association, at(803) 469-3579 or e-mail him [email protected].
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10The Texas A&M Internation-
al University presents drawings andsculptures by Brian Row. An open-ing reception will be held todayfrom 5- 7:30 p.m. at the Art gallerylocated inside the Center for theFine and Performing Arts. The ex-hibit will be on display through Oc-tober 8th. For more information callthe Center for Fine and PerformingArts at (956) 326-2654.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16The 16th Annual Manufac-
turing and Logistics Symposium“South Texas and Northern Mexi-co’s Global Positioning in Today’sEconomy”will be held at the TAMIUStudent Center in Laredo from 6to 8 p.m.The symposium is a com-prehensive three-day agenda cru-cial for companies seeking new
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the213th day of 2009. There are 152 daysleft in the year.
TTooddaayy’’ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy:: On Aug. 1, 1944, an uprising broke
out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazioccupation; the revolt lasted twomonths before collapsing.
OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee:: In 1714, Britain’s Queen Anne
died at age 49; she was succeeded byGeorge I.
In 1876, Colorado was admitted asthe 38th state.
In 1894, the First Sino-JapaneseWar erupted, the result of a disputeover control of Korea; Japan’s armyrouted the Chinese.
In 1907, the U.S. Army SignalCorps established an aeronauticaldivision, the forerunner of the U.S.Air Force.
In 1936, the Olympic gamesopened in Berlin with a ceremonypresided over by Adolf Hitler.
In 1946, President Harry S. Tru-man signed the Fulbright Pro-gram into law, establishing thescholarships named for Sen.William J. Fulbright. America’sAtomic Energy Commission wasestablished.
In 1981, the rock music videochannel MTV made its debut.
In 2007, the eight-lane Interstate35W bridge, a major Minneapolis ar-tery, collapsed into the MississippiRiver during evening rush hour,killing 13 people.
TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: A heat wave thathad gripped the nation since mid-July finally broke; authorities at-tributed nearly 200 deaths to theheat and humidity.
FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: The federal gov-ernment warned of possible al-Qai-da terrorist attacks against specificfinancial institutions in New YorkCity, Washington and Newark, N.J. Asupermarket fire on the outskirts ofAsuncion, Paraguay, killed morethan 400 people. World Trade Orga-nization members meeting in Gene-va approved a plan to end exportsubsidies on farm products and cutimport duties across the world.Karen Stupples won the Women’sBritish Open. Alexandra Scott, ayoung cancer patient who’d starteda lemonade stand to raise money forcancer research, sparking a nation-wide fundraising campaign, died ather home in Wynnewood, Pa., at ageeight.
OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: Some 30 moun-taineers began a disastrous attemptto scale K2 in Pakistan; 11 of themdied in a series of accidents, includ-ing icefalls. Crowds of Chinesewatched a total solar eclipse alongthe country’s ancient Silk Road, oneweek before the start of the SummerGames in Beijing.
TTooddaayy’’ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: Actor-direc-tor Geoffrey Holder is 79. SingerRamblin’ Jack Elliott is 78. Cartoon-ist Tom Wilson (retired creator of“Ziggy”) is 78. Former Sen. AlfonseD’Amato (R-N.Y.) is 72. Actor Gian-carlo Giannini is 67. Basketball Hallof Fame coach Roy Williams is 59.Blues singer-musician Robert Crayis 56. Singer Michael Penn is 51.Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Lep-pard) is 50. Rock singer-musicianSuzi Gardner (L7) is 49. RapperChuck D (Public Enemy) is 49. ActorJesse Borrego is 47. Rapper Coolio is46. Actor John Carroll Lynch is 46.Rock singer Adam Duritz (CountingCrows) is 45. Movie director SamMendes is 44. Country singerGeorge Ducas is 43. Country musi-cian Charlie Kelley is 41. ActressTempestt Bledsoe is 36. Footballplayer Edgerrin James is 31. ActorJason Momoa is 30. Singer AshleyParker Angel is 28. Actress TaylorFry is 28. Actor James Francis Kellyis 20.
TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: “Pride, likehumility, is destroyed by one’s insis-tence that he possesses it.” — Ken-neth Bancroft Clark, American edu-cator and psychologist (1914-2005).
By APRIL CASTROASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — The number of Texas schooldistricts rated by the state as academicallyunacceptable has increased to 87, the highestlevel ever, according to the Texas EducationAgency, which attributed the change totougher dropout reporting requirements.
But new growth projection measureshelped more than double the numbers of bothschools and districts labeled exemplary, thehighest rating they can earn. The new meas-ures give schools credit for projected studentimprovement even if test scores didn’t meetstandards. The number of exemplary schooldistricts rose from 43 last year to 117 this year.
School districts and campuses are ratedbased on student performance on the TexasAssessment of Knowledge and Skills and astandardized test for special education stu-dents, along with dropout and completionrates. Schools receive ratings of exemplary,recognized, acceptable or unacceptable.
Most of the more than 1,200 school dis-tricts and charter operators in Texas — 561
— received an acceptable rating. Almost 460were rated recognized.
“School districts were given two years toadjust to the use of a new, more rigorousdropout definition,” Education Commis-sioner Robert Scott said. “Because districtsare being held fully accountable for theirdropouts, the new definition has resulted inlower ratings for some districts and schools.”
More than half of the unacceptable dis-tricts, 48, received the low ranking solely be-cause of dropout rates.
Nine school districts were rated unac-ceptable because of failure to meet standardson the state assessment test’s science por-tion. Last year, 32 districts were rated unac-ceptable. Critics have argued that the newgrowth measure, which uses a mathematicalformula called the Texas Projection Measure,artificially inflates the success of schools.
Frances Deviney, an analyst at the Austin-based Center for Public Priorities, said thenew measure “does a disservice to the stu-dents and the schools by masking the truenumber of kids still struggling to meet thestate’s academic standards.”
Photo by Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic | APRosemary Gain sits at her husband Ron’s bedside at Hospice of the Valley while lis-tening to a harpist on July 21, in Mesa,Ariz.The harpists play regularly at the inpatienthospice homes, stopping at a patient’s request.
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Photo by Harry Cabluck | APTexas Education Commissioner Robert Scott speaks during a news conference Friday, in Austin. He said the number of Texas schooldistricts rated by the state as “academically unacceptable” has increased to its highest level ever.
DWI ARRESTSLuis Angel Saenz was ar-
rested Friday, July 24, on a chargeof driving while intoxicated.
Sheriff’s deputies said theystopped Saenz for a traffic violationat 4th Street and Bravo Avenue atabout 5 a.m.
Jose Artemio Esquivel wasarrested Monday morning on acharge of driving while intoxicated.
A subject driving on MirafloresAvenue near 10 a.m. disregarded astop sign on 2nd Street, accordingto the patrol officer’s incident re-port. Esquivel was subsequently ar-rested.
Bruce Richard Raymond wasarrested late Monday night on acharge of driving while intoxicat-ed.
According to the incident re-port, a driver disregarded a stopsign at 7th Avenue and Roma Streetat about 11:30 p.m. Raymond wassubsequently arrested.
OTHER ARRESTSHoracio Saenz Jr. and Hector
Adrian Serna were arrested Friday,July 24, on charges of disorderlyconduct.
Sheriff ’s deputies went toPepe’s Car Wash near 3rd Avenueand U.S. 83 after it was reportedthat there was a fight in progressnear 1 p.m. Saenz and Serna werearrested at the scene.
Martin Santa-Cruz and Ro-gelio Santa-Cruz were arrested ona charge of possession of marijua-na Saturday, July 25.
Sheriff’s deputies said theystopped a vehicle with a defectivebrake light near the intersection of12th Avenue and U.S. 83 at about 7p.m. During the stop, they discov-ered a subject in possession ofmarijuana, according to the inci-dent report.
Isidro Garcia Jr. was arrest-ed Sunday, July 26, just after mid-night on a charge of having a pro-hibited weapon, namely brassknuckles.
The driver of a vehicle left aStripes convenience store parkinglot at 10th Avenue and U.S. 83,spinning his tires, according to theincident report.The brass knuckleswere taken as evidence during thetraffic stop, according to the re-
port, and Garcia was subsequentlyarrested.
THEFTLydia Zepeda reported a
man took a jar of money collectedfor her son, Luis “Honky” Paredes,from the counter at 7 Days ExpressStore at 5th and U.S. 83 on Monday,according to a sheriff’s incident re-port.
The man was identified, ac-cording to the report, but no ar-rests were made at the time.
A woman reported Sundayher iPod was stolen from a resi-dence in the 200 block of LomaDrive.
n Also Sunday, a man reporteda 3-ton AC Delco floor jack hadbeen stolen from the driveway of ahouse in the 2000 block of SunsetDrive.
A woman reported Saturday,July 25, a 12-gauge shotgun and apair of binoculars had been stolenfrom a storage shed in the 100block of Sunshine Lane.
A white bicycle was stolenfrom the 500 block of Diaz on Tues-day, according to an incident re-port filed with the sheriff’s depart-ment.
Someone walked into a yardand stole a bicycle in the 5000block of Pharr Lane on Friday, July24, according to an incident report.
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BY DORA MARTINEZ
Hector Almaraz is a 1979 graduate ofZapata High School who is married toElma Nora Martinez.
They have two beautiful childrenwho are now in college, Carlos Javierand Jessica Renee.
Hector attended the Art Institute ofHouston and got his degree in Commu-nications. He worked for Lamar Out-door Advertising in Laredo and in SanBenito.
As Southwest Regional Creative Di-rector, he developed self-promotional
campaigns for Lamar in all these cities:Laredo, San Benito, Midland, Odessa,Beaumont, Houston, Wichita Falls andColorado Springs.
He won 30 Addy awards for outdoordesign. From 1989 to 1994, he worked forthe Laredo Morning Times for the salesstaff.
Hector has worked in several areas ofadvertising, including the Zapata Coun-ty News, where he has worked for about5 years in sales.
He recently developed an online mag-azine: Brushcountryhq.com.
The Web site includes a variety ofrecipes and also talks about area sports,such as Laredo Heat and the Broncos.
It’s a collaborative effort of LiquidWeb Studios and Almaraz Creative Ser-vices, both located in South TexasBrush Country. It will cover about 25 ar-eas in South Texas.
Good luck, Hector.(Dora Martinez is a native of Zapata
who was publisher of Hispanic News inSan Antonio for 21 years. She can bereached at [email protected])
Almaraz excels in advertising
Pharmacy to hold health fair Aug. 8LAREDO MORNING TIMES
The Seventh Annual ZapataHealth Fair sponsored by TheMedicine Shoppe Pharmacy isset for Saturday, Aug. 8, at theZapata County Pavilion.
“We have been very suc-cessful in Zapata and this isour way of thanking thecommunity for their sup-port,” said Rosie Rodriguez,marketing director for thepharmacy, which has three
locations in Laredo and onein Zapata. “We’ve been doingthis for several years
“It’s a fun event with livemusic and door prizes,” sheadded. “We give away freehot dogs and sodas, too.”
The fair features numer-ous free health screeningsand informational booths.Visitors can have their bloodpressure checked, see howtheir vision is doing and bescreened for glaucoma,
among other tests. There willalso be checks for diabetesand body mass index.
The fair will be open from8 a.m. to noon.
Participating agencies in-clude the American CancerScoeity, American Red Cross,Champion Home Care, Gate-way Community Health Cen-ter, Jordon Health Services,Rsoe Garden Funeral Home,Zapata County Crime Stop-pers, Zapata County Indepen-
dent School District, ZapataCounty News, South TexasFood Bank, All Saints Ambu-lance Service, South TexasCouncil on Alcohol and DrugAbuse and Dr. Michael Mor-ris, among others.
The Medicine ShoppePharmacy in Zapata is locat-ed at 1205 N. U.S. 83.
For more information, orto become a provider, callRodriguez at 723-2911, ex-tension 5.
TAMUK graderecognitionSPECIAL TO THE TIMES
KINGSVILLE — TexasA&M University-Kingsvillehas released the names ofthe students who made thePresident’s List, Dean’s Listand Honor Roll for the spring2009 semester.
On the Dean’s List wasJessica M. Martinez, of Zap-ata.
Making the Honor Rollwere Dielka A. Camarena,
Christina I. Garcia andReynaldo E. Piña, all of Za-pata.
To make the Dean’s List, astudent must earn a gradepoint average of 3.65 (on a 4.0scale) on all work attemptedfor the semester with a mini-mum of 13 semester hourscompleted.
The Honor Roll requires agrade point average of 3.5while taking at least 12 se-mester hours.
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Courtesy photo | UISDUnited High School Principal Alberto Aleman Jr. was recognized recently for being named the Region One Education Service Center High School Prin-cipal of the year. Left to right are United Independent School District board members Judd Gilpin and Ricardo Molina, Aleman, UISD Board PresidentPat Campos, UISD board member Ricardo Rodriguez and UISD Superintendent Roberto J. Santos.
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By KEN HERMANCOX NEWSPAPERS
AUSTIN — On Oct. 14, 1996, Ioffered an early heads-upabout a then-pending crisis.
Several of you have yet to thankme. You are forgiven. I know it’sbeen a busy time, what with reces-sion and secession and all.
But we are approaching anothermilestone for which you should beprepared.
This year is 2009. Next year is2010. Here’s the problem: Odds arereal good that when your eyes justsaw 2009, the little voice in yourhead that kicks in when you readsaid “two thousand nine.” Butwhat did that little voice say whenyour eyes saw 2010?
In some of your heads, the littlevoice said “two thousand ten” be-cause it has been saying “two thou-sand nine” (and “two thousandeight” and “two thousand seven,”etc). But for many of you, the little
voice said “twenty-ten.” Here’s the dilemma: What will
we call next year? We face the pos-sibility of a year without consen-sus on how to say it. As if we don’thave enough to divide us (Democ-rat or Republican? Mac or PC? Pa-per or plastic? Plain or peanut?),we now could become a nationsplit between those who think it’stwenty-ten and those who thinkit’s two thousand ten.
Can the union be preserved? Back in 1996, I warned of a sim-
ilar problem as the new centuryapproached. There was littledoubt that 2000 would be calledtwo thousand. But would 2001 betwo thousand and one, two thou-sand one or twenty oh one? It wasmy theory (largely correct, thankyou very much) that what wewould call 2001 was determined in1968. That’s when many of us saw“2001: A Space Odyssey.” It was“two thousand one, a spaceodyssey.” It was not “twenty oh
one, a space odyssey.” So when 2001 became a real year
and not a future year when we allthought we’d have gyrocopters, ourears and mouths and the little voic-es in our heads were precondi-tioned to be comfortable with twothousand one.
And two thousand one begat twothousand two, etc., taking us com-fortably through what most peoplenow call two thousand nine.
(An interesting side note: Thereseems to be fading use of the phrase“the year” in front of the name ofthe year. Nobody ever said “the year1999,” but many of us started putting“the year” in front of 21st-centuryyears because they didn’t sound likeyears. An even less interesting sidenote: When was the meeting atwhich it was decided that therewould be no commas in years?)
For grins, and because it’s beenslow around the office, I’ve beenasking folks what next year is.Among those who don’t just ignore
me, twenty-ten seems to be the fa-vored response, prevailing evenwith folks who say this year is twothousand nine. Why doesn’t twothousand nine naturally lead intotwo thousand ten? It’s because weare lazy and our mouths are lazy.Twenty-ten saves a syllable.
It’s all somehow part of what in1996 I deemed the “Zager andEvans Effect,” a semi-scientifictheory I proffered with anticipa-tion of a Nobel Prize nomination.It’s familiar to all of you who hadAM radios in 1969 when Messrs.Zager and Evans sealed their fateas one-hit wonders with the song“In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Ter-minus).”
Zager and/or Evans, cautioningus “if man is still alive and ifwoman can survive,” sang that2525 would be “twenty-five, twenty-five.” Who are we to differ?
(To reach Ken Herman, a columnistfor the Austin American-Statesman, e-mail [email protected])
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
This week, federal lawmakersand local officials around thecountry hailed the an-
nouncement that their communi-ties would share in $1 billion ingrants from the U.S. Department ofJustice’s COPS Hiring RecoveryProgram funded through the $787billion federal stimulus package.
The money will allow more than1,000 law enforcement agencies inall 50 states and U.S. possessions tohire or rehire more than 4,700 po-lice officers.
There was no cheering at cityhalls in Houston, New York City,Seattle and Pittsburgh. All wereshut out of the competition, whosewinners were selected using a scor-ing formula that rewarded citieswith higher crime rates and moredifficult budgetary situations re-gardless of population density orspecial security needs.
Although the Houston Police De-partment has struggled for yearswith severe understaffing, that did-n’t count for much with the DOJ.
In Texas, the big winners wereSan Antonio and Dallas, both ofwhich received grants to hire 50 offi-cers, the maximum allowed per city.The money will cover each officer’ssalary and benefits for three fullyears, with the recipient agency com-mitted to cover an additional year.
During his three terms in officeMayor Bill White has worked to re-build the police force, stepping upthe number of cadet classes, in-cluding seven in the past two years.Even with that effort, the totalnumber of officers here has notkept pace with population growth,barely increasing from 5,182 in 2005to 5,225 today.
This year’s city budget coveredfunding for two cadet classes, withthe expectation that federal dollarswould be coming to underwrite more.
The city had applied for $50 million infederal funds to pay for four addition-al classes and 240 officers over threeyears, numbers far in excess of themaximum grants handed out.
Mayor White criticized the feder-al criteria for awarding the grantsthat sent more than a quarter ofthe money to agencies in financial-ly hard-hit California. “The U.S. De-partment of Justice made thewrong decision for the wrong rea-sons on the allocation of COPSfunding,” said the mayor. “Essen-tially, Houston was penalized for fi-nancial responsibility and bringingcrime rates down…. We are not go-ing to become fiscally irresponsiblesimply because federal programsare designed to encourage that.”
White’s response was relativelymild compared to the howls ofprotest from New York leaders. Thecity had requested funding for2,000 officers and got nothing.
“Perverse might be the word I
would use,” said Gotham MayorMichael Bloomberg. “The NewYork Police Department is beingpenalized for doing its job toowell,” sniped Long Island Rep. Pe-ter King. Police Commissioner RayKelly lamented that a city twice at-tacked by terrorists could bepassed over for law enforcementdollars. The New York Post head-lined: “Tiny-Town COPS Get MoreThan Finest.”
Both Space City and the Big Ap-ple have a valid beef. Awardingstimulus dollars provided by alltaxpayers to locales based on localcrime rates and financial problemsmakes no sense.
Major population centers likeHouston and New York City haveworked hard to fight crime and se-cure potential terrorist targets. In-stead of getting a slap in the face,they should have been rewardedwith assistance to maintain theirenviable records.
Let’s unite over what to call next year
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Deserving cities shut out of police money
Give me a yell
for gov’s race
By JOHN KELSOCOX NEWSPAPERS
AUSTIN, Texas — There’ssomething peculiar, per-haps even unique, about
our race for Texas governor.And no, it’s not that we havetwo Republicans raising largepiles of money to tell us howscrewed up government is.
What may be a first here isthis: We have a former YellLeader running against a for-mer cheerleader. That’s right.We have candidates who bothcome to us with cheering skills.Jumping and leaping and smil-ing — oh my. Has this ever-oc-curred in, say, Iowa? No. So, atleast our campaign should be,well, enthusiastic — if not deep.
Rick Perry went to TexasA&M University, where he wasa member of the Corps ofCadets and served as some-thing Yankees might not be fa-miliar with — a rare speciesknown as a Yell Leader. Or, inLatin, Yellus leaderooni. Thecritter’s range is the BrazosRiver Valley.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchisonwent to the University ofTexas, where she was a sorori-ty girl and served as a standardcheerleader.
A yell leaderAs a Yell Leader, Perry was
the guy in an all-white outfit —white shirt, white britches —that made him look kind oflike an ice cream man, or a hos-pital attendant from “One FlewOver the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
Conversely, over at UT inAustin, Kay Bailey was the onein the Western outfit suitablefor waiting tables at the BigTexan Steak Ranch in Amarillo.
The gubernatorial debatewill be about whether the coun-try is messed up because ofwhat’s been going on in Wash-ington, Perry’s position. Orwhether things are messed upbecause of what’s been goingon in Texas, Hutchison’s stand.
But the real decider shouldbe this: Who’d make a bettergovernor, your regular run-of-the-mill cheerleader or the guyin the white outfit standing upin front of his fellow Aggies,making funny faces to exhortthem to make strange gruntingnoises at football games?
If you’re looking for leader-ship skills, I suppose you’dhave to go with Perry. In moststates, they don’t have collegestudents who need to betrained how to yell, a charac-teristic that seems confined tothe Bryan-College Stationarea.
It’s kind of funny how peo-ple are dissing Minnesota forelecting a former comedian, AlFranken, as their new U.S. sen-ator. At least Franken was try-ing to get people to laugh athim. As a Yell Leader, Perrycame by this natural. And ifyou want to yell about that, youcan yell into my voice messagebox at 512-445-3606. Hey, I guessthat tip makes me a Yell Leader.
I’m not sure which side tocome down on, though. One ofmy problems is that is I can’timagine how the candidates’cheers will differ.
This is because I can’t thinkof any suitable cheering wordsthat rhyme with “bailout,”“trade cap” or “socialist ilk.”I’m sure we’ll hear those oldiesbut goodies over and over inthe coming months.
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Inside the angst of ‘The Outsiders’By KIRSTEN CROW
LAREDO MORNING TIMES
Teen angst. Impossiblelove. Social classclashes. Street vio-
lence and broken homes.Considered one of the
cornerstones of coming-of-age literature, S.E. Hin-ton’s “The Outsiders”jumps from the pages tothe stage for a weekend-long run at the Laredo Lit-tle Theatre.
Under the direction ofAdalberto Chavarria, wholast year headed “PeterPan,” the production takes ayoung, novice of cast ofabout 16 principal actorsand 12 extras — roughly be-tween the ages of 5 to 17 —and brings to life the dra-matic events that unfold fortwo street “gangs” in theearly 1960s: The rich “have-it-all” Socials, also knows as“Socs” (pronounced “sosh-es”), and the blue-collarGreasers.
An extra actAlthough the Laredo Lit-
tle Theatre staged “AnnieJr.” earlier this summer, andthe nonprofit typically putson only one production perseason, Chavarria said hewas interested in investingin a play that was “some-what ideal and not campy”for an “older generation ofactors.”
The story, with its com-ing-of-age themes, is a littlemore challenging for theolder actors, he said.
And it is more maturematerial. Although nothingin the show would be consid-ered graphic, the story fol-lows the hard-knock life of14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis,an orphan who is beingraised by his two olderbrothers, the 17-year-old So-dapop, played by RichardRodriguez, and the 20-year-old Darry, played by Guiller-mo Gonzalez.
The storyFor Ponyboy, played by
Aiden Rendon, life revolvesaround supporting his sur-rogate family, the Greasers,and coping with the fact thathe’s a little different thanmost of them — he’ssmarter and more sensitivethan his comrades in arms.
As he struggles to main-tain a real connection withhis eldest brother, the some-
what-overbearing Darry,and survive the onslaughtsby the Socs, Ponyboy andhis best friend, JohnnyCade, played by RicardoPerez, struggle to “staygold” — maintaining thatrecognition of beauty in theworld — a reference toRobert Frost’s “NothingGold Can Stay.”
Following a tragic acci-dent in the name of self-de-fense, the boys set in motiona series of events that force
them, and all involved, to faceup to the real repercussionsof violence and test theirown limits of brotherhood.
The story is essentiallybuilt for adolescents, as theynavigate a period of life thatstruggles to see gray withinthe black-and-white: thehaves and the have-nots, theinnocence and the knowingit all. It’s no mistake thatparents — adults in general— are ostensibly absent.
The cast Chavarria noted that the
cast is primarily composedof novice actors who are try-ing their first hand at life inthe spotlight. Additionally,the director, cast and crewworked within an abbreviat-ed rehearsal period — aboutfour weeks between audi-tions to debut.
“I laid out my faith tothem and said, ‘Make thishappen for me,’” Chavarriasaid. “And they’ve done ex-traordinarily well… I’m verypleased with the results.”
For the two leads, Rendonand Perez, trying out for andlanding parts in their firsttheater production has beena fun learning experience.
Although they both admit-ted nervousness in the audi-tion process, they had theirown advice for young actors:don’t pay attention to fear.
“Fear holds you back,”Perez said.
Rendon added: “You’vegot to let it all out.”
And this is good materialto do just that.
Additional cast membersinclude the haughty (andtough) Cherry Valance,played by Victoria Sandoval;the hot-tempered Dallas,played by David Barnett; thefun-loving Two-Bit, playedby Phillip A. Fierros; themildly sociopathic Bob,played by Robert Batey; andBob’s constant companion,Randy, played by Albert San-doval.
cuatePonyboy, center, played by Aiden Rendon, is roughed up by Bob, left,played by Robert Batey, and Randy, played by Albert Sandoval.
Iglesias to bring laughs
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Rising Latino comedianGabriel Iglesias will per-form live at the Laredo En-tertainment Center on Fri-day, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Gabriel “Picachu” Igle-sias’ style of comedy is amixture of storytellingwith characters and soundeffects that bring all hispersonal issues to life.
His amazing ability to
cross over with a clean, ani-mated style of comedy hasput him in big demandthroughout the stand-upcomedy circuit.
Tickets go on sale todayat 10 a.m. as part of a na-tional on-sale.
They may be purchasedat the LEC box office,www.ticketmaster.com andall Ticketmaster outlets. Alltickets are all $35.50, withthe facility fee included.
Adam Sandler’s‘People’ is both
funny, frustratingBy CHRISTY LEMIREASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Ifonly Adam Sandler andSeth Rogen hadn’t gotten inthe car.
If only they hadn’t leftLos Angeles, where every-thing in “Funny People”was going so well, and driv-en north to Marin County,where everything fallsapart. Judd Apatow wouldhave had his most mature,accomplished film to date.
But Apatow should havemaintained his focus onthe friendship that formsbetween Sandler (as super-star George Simmons) andRogen (as aspiring stand-up Ira Wright) as well asthe established comics andwannabes that surroundthem. Instead, he has hischaracters make an unnec-essary road trip in searchof George’s long-lost love
— with both George andthe film losing their way.
We first see him as a ris-ing comedian, courtesy ofhome movies Apatow injectsof a young Sandler, his real-life roommate long before ei-ther of them made it big. To-day, George has a thrivingcareer based on his popularstage act and silly crowd-pleasers. The movies, whichhave titles like “Sayonara,Davey!” and require him toappear as a merman orgrown-up in a baby’s body,are a dead-on parody of thekinds of dreck on whichSandler has built his empire.You have to give him creditfor so gleefully poking fun athis worst work.
“Funny People,” a Univer-sal Pictures release, is ratedR for language and crude sex-ual humor throughout, andsome sexuality. It is playingat Cinemark Mall Del Norteand Hollywood Theaters.
SÁBADO 1 DE AGOSTO DE 2009PÁG. 6A ZfronteraCULTURA
LAREDO – La venta de li-bros usados de Amigos de la Bib-lioteca se realizará el sábado ydomingo en Laredo Public Li-brary (1120 East Calton Road).La venta de libros tiene algo paratodos, incluyendo Inglés Sin Bar-reras, a precios accesibles. Paramás información, incluyendo elhorario de la biblioteca, visite labiblioteca en 1120 East CaltonRoad, o comunicarse al (956)795-2400.
EDUCACIÓNLAREDO – Continúan las in-
scripiciones en línea para el semes-tre de otoño 2009 en TAMIU.Puedetener acceso a los horarios de cursosvisitando schedule.tamiu.edu e in-scribiéndose en uonline.tamiu.edu.Las clases comienzan el 24 de agos-to. Para más información, comuni-carse a la UniversityRegistrar al 326-2250 o escriba un correo electrónicoa [email protected].
ENTRETENIMIENTOLAREDO – El sábado a las
3 p.m. y el domingo a las 7 p.m.se presenta la obra The Out-siders en Laredo Little Theatre(4802 Thomas Avenue) Paramás información, comunicarseal 723-1342 o al 326-3708.
LAREDO – Pase la tardedel sábado en el Planetario LamarBruni Vergara de TAMIU y explore“Force 5: Nature Unleashed”a las6 p.m., “One World, One Sky BigBird’s Adventure” a las 7 p.m., y“Stars of Pharaohs”a las 8 p.m.Leentrada general es de 5 dólares y4 para niños, estudiantes, per-sonal y ex alumnos de TAMIU. Laspresentaciones premium cuestan1 dólar más.Para más infomación,llamar al 326-2444 o visitewww.tamiu.edu/planetarium.
DEPORTESLAREDO – El lunes, Casa
Blanca Golf Course ySouthern GolfProperties llevarán a cabo el primerCampeonato Femenil Abierto de laserie del Campeonato del Condadode Webb. Para más informacióm,llamar a Pro Shop al 726-2019 ocon Rudy Gonzalez al 235-8223.
Agendaen Breve
Investigarán oficiales encubiertosPor JULIETA CHIQUILLO
TIEMPO DE LAREDO
Varios establecimientosde maquinitas han tenidoque detener sus operacionesdesde que el Alguacil delCondado de Zapata Sigifredo“Sigi” Gonzalez dio a conocersus intenciones de tomar me-didas severas contra ju-gadores y propietarios porigual involucrados en apues-tas ilegales.
Seis de siete establec-imientos de maquinitas enFalcon han cerrado desdeque Gonzalez se reunió conalrededor de 25 propietariosde establecimientos, emplea-dos y residentes de Falcon el1o. de julio para explicarles loque a los negocios se les per-mite hacer legalmente, dijo elalguacil.
El alguacil llevó a cabouna reunión similar en Zapa-ta el 16 de julio.
“Quizás no se quieren ar-riesgar a ser atrapados o ar-restados”, dijo Gonzalez.
A las maquinitas de juegosde azar conocidas como 8-lin-ers o maquinitas se no lespermite pagar dinero en efec-tivo, y los premios entrega-dos a los clientes no deben deexceder los 5 dólares en valor,de acuerdo a la ley estatal.
Algunos de los 11 establec-imientos de maquinitas enZapata también han cerrado,informó Gonzalez.
Durante una reciente visi-ta a Falcon, dos establec-imientos de maquinitas situ-ados a lo largo de lacarretera US 83 — LuckyFrog and Far Far Away —fueron cerrados.
Al menos 40 vehículos es-tuvieron estacionados unviernes por la noche afuerade un establecimiento ocultomuy al final de un camino detierra en Falcon. Una mujeren la puerta dijo que se re-quería de membresía paraentrar. Dijo que la mem-bresía era gratuita pero el es-tablecimiento no estabaaceptando miembros nuevos.
En un establecimiento máspequeño entre Falcon y Zapa-ta, menos de 10 personas tenta-ban su suerte en las máquinasun viernes por la noche, al-gunos fumando o tomando
una taza de café de la cafeteraen el salón. Música suave se es-cuchaba en el fondo, sofocadapor el sonido de las maquini-tas. En el almacén, rollos depapel de baño, detergente, jar-ras de plástico, ponies dejuguetes y estatuas de ángeles,entre otras cosas, estaban enexhibición.
Medidas severasLa Oficina del Alguacil del
Condado de Zapata hace cam-paña en contra de los es-tablecimientos de maquini-tas que participen enactividades de apuestas nosolamente contra dueños yempleados sino también con-tra los clientes que juegan,dijo Gonzalez.
Históricamente, las au-toridades van tras empleadosy dueños de estos establec-imientos mas no tras losclientes, señaló.
“Va a ser distinto en Zapa-ta”, dijo. “Todos van a ser ar-restados”.
La Oficina del Alguacil del
Condado de Zapata se estáasociando con la Fiscalía delCondado, la Fiscalía del Dis-trito, y la Contraloría deTexas y el Departamento deSeguridad Pública para ras-trear operaciones de apues-tas en el condado, indicóGonzalez.
Los dueños de maquinitaspagan un impuesto pormáquina de entretenimientooperada con monedas a lacontraloría. En Laredo, losestablecimientos pagan unpermiso de 150 dólares pormáquina a la ciudad. En Zap-ata no existe tal cobro, dijoGonzalez.
La oficina del alguacil yaestá lista para lanzar investi-gaciones con oficiales deagencias estatales encubier-tos, dijo. La oficina del al-guacil también cuenta con in-formantes, señaló.
El plan es que los involucra-dos en apuestas que no sola-mente afronten cargos de deli-to menor sino también cargode delito por participaren ac-tividad criminal organizada,
delito de tercer grado, dijo. Porejemplo, si un empleado impli-ca al dueño y cliente en activi-dad ilegal, la ley estatal per-mite que a los tres se lesimputen cargos por partici-pación en actividad criminalorganizada a pesar de que nose conozcan unos a otros entanto estén involucrados en lamisma operación, dijo.
Si una investigación re-sulta en el arresto de un em-pleado de uno de los es-t a b l e c i m i e n t o sparticipando en actividadilegal, y el empleado co-opera con la Fiscalía delDistrito y testifica en contrade otras personas involu-cradas, ya sea el dueño oclientes, el empleadopudiera recibir algo de in-dulgencia en su castigo adiscresión de la oficina,dijo.
La apuesta es un delitomenor Clase C, mientras quela promoción de apuestas,mantenimiento de un lugar deapuestas y posesión de unaparato de apuestas son deli-
tos menores Clase A, de acuer-do al Código Penal de Texas.
La oficina del alguacilcuenta con información acer-ca de que algunos establec-imientos en el condado pa-gan miles de dólares enocaciones, dijo Gonzalez. Al-gunos establecimientos demaquinitas atraen visitantesde Laredo, Zapata, el Valle deRío Grande y México, in-cluyendo Reynosa, Mata-moros y otras ciudades.
“¿ Por qué gente vendríade todas partes de Méxicopara ganarse un paquetede papel de baño?”, dijoGonzalez.
Las medidas no son unavenganza personal sinouna respuesta a quejas encontra de los establec-imientos implicados enapuestas, declaró.
“Apostar es ilegal enTexas, y así son las cosas”,dijo
(Puede contactar a JulietaChiquillo al 728-2557 o es-cribir un correo electrónico [email protected])
Foto por Ricardo Segovia | Laredo Morning TimesPlayers Palace, localizado entre Falcon y Zapata, cuenta con maquinitas traga-monedas (slot machines) para entretener a los clientes
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OBITUARIES
Juan Antonio MartinezIII, 18, passed away Thurs-day, July 23, 2009, in a Dallashospital.
Martinez is preceded indeath by his mother, SandraAlicia Martinez; paternalgrandmother, Ana MariaMartinez and uncle, CarlosVillarreal.
Martinez is survived byhis father, Juan AntonioMartinez Jr.; maternalgrandparents, Jesus M. andNoemi Villarreal; paternalgrandfather, Juan A. Mar-tinez; uncles and aunts, Je-
sus (Cindy) Villarreal, Tanya(Gustavo) Lesea, Roberto Vil-larreal, Janette (JuanManuel) Garcia, Miguel A.(Dulce) Martinez, AnaBertha (Rodolfo) Gonzalez,and L. Rigoberto (Erica)Martinez and numerouscousins and friends.
Visitation hours wereheld Sunday, July 26, 2009,from 1 to 9 p.m. with a rosaryat 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Fu-neral Home and on Monday,July 27, 2009 from 8 to 9:30a.m. followed by a 10 a.m. fu-neral Mass at Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church.Committal services followedat Zapata County Cemetery.
Condolences may be sentto the family at www.rosegar-denfuneralhome.com.
Funeral arrangementsare under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral Home,2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.
JJUUAANN AANNTTOONNIIOO MMAARRTTIINNEEZZ IIIIII
Antonio Melgoza, 81,passed away Tuesday, July28, 2009, at his residence inFalcon Heights.
Mr. Melgoza is precededin death by his parents, Al-fonso and Maria A. Melgoza;daughter, Esther Sanchezand a son, Juan Ovidio Mel-goza.
Mr. Melgoza is survivedby his wife, Guadalupe V.Melgoza; children, Jose
(Martha) Melgoza, Alberto(Rosa Maria) Melgoza,Roberto (Marina) Melgoza,Fernando Melgoza, Roel An-gel (Leticia) Melgoza, JorgeLuis (Maricela) Melgoza, Je-sus Armando (Ana) Melgo-za, Juan Ovidio (Mayela)Melgoza, Raquel (Antonio)Canseco, Rosalba (Carlos)Gonzalez, Patricia (VictorManuel) Nuñez, Anel (JuanFrancisco) Barrera and by
numerous grandchildren,g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n ,nephews, nieces and manyfriends.
A chapel service was heldThursday, July 30, 2009, from10 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. at RoseGarden Funeral Home. Com-mittal services followed at Pan-teon Municipal in Guerrero,Tamaulipas.
Condolences may be sentto the family at
www.rosegardenfuneral-home.com.
Cremation arrangementswere under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral Home,Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral di-rector, 2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.
AANNTTOONNIIOO MMEELLGGOOZZAA
Angelita Campos, 82,passed away Sunday, July 26,2009, at a hospital in San An-tonio.
Mrs. Campos is precededin death by her daughter-in-law, Irene Campos.
Mrs. Campos is survived byher husband, Isidro Campos;son, Rogelio Campos, Jesus(Natividad) Campos, Ruben(Leticia) Campos, Francisco(Abigail) Campos, Isidro(Araceli) Campos, Martin,(Jemima) Campos; daughters,Virginia (Joel) Rodriguez,
Carmen (Aurelio) Chapa, Ju-lia (Maurilio) Sanchez, RosaE. Reyes; 26 grandchildren; 32great-grandchildren and bynumerous other relatives andfriends.
Visitation hours wereheld Tuesday, July 28, 2009,from 5 to 9 p.m. with a rosaryat 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Fu-neral Home.
The funeral procession de-parted Wednesday, July 29,2009, at 9:45 a.m. for a 10 a.m.funeral Mass at Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church.Committal services followedat Zapata County Cemetery.
Condolences may be sentto the family at www.rosegar-denfuneralhome.com.
Funeral arrangementswere under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral Home,Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeraldirector, 2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.
AANNGGEELLIITTAA CCAAMMPPOOSS
Abbott was booked at the WalkerCounty Jail on July 23 under a$1,000 bond. He posted bond the nextday.
When the Sheriff ’s office respondedto the scene close to midnight on July22, a DPS Highway Patrol trooper and a
state park police officer were alreadythere, Perkins said. Martinez was at acampsite, lying on an inflatable mat-tress, he said.
Martinez’s friends said the youngman had moved to Dallas after graduat-ing from the Zapata High School in
May. He wanted to be a nurse anesthe-siologist and had enrolled atBrookhaven College in Dallas County,though his plans were to finish his col-lege education at the University ofTexas at Austin, friends said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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at the far end of a dirt roadin Falcon. A woman at thedoor said membership wasrequired to get in. She saidmembership was free butthe establishment was nottaking new members.
At a smaller establish-ment between Falcon andZapata, fewer than 10 peopletried their luck at the ma-chines on a recent Friday. Inthe back of the room, rollsof toilet paper, detergent,plastic pitchers, toy poniesand angel statuettes, amongother items, were on dis-play.
CrackdownThe Zapata County Sher-
iff ’s Office campaignagainst maquinita estab-lishments that engage ingambling operations willtarget not only owners andemployees but also cus-tomers who gamble, Gonza-lez said.
Historically, law enforce-ment agencies pursue em-ployees and owners of theseestablishments but not thecustomers, Gonzalez said.
“It’s going to be differentin Zapata,” he said. “Every-one is going to be arrested.”
The sheriff ’s office is get-
ting ready to launch investi-gations with undercover of-ficers from other state agen-cies, he said. The sheriff ’soffice also has informants,he said.
The plan is for those in-volved in gambling to facenot only misdemeanorcharges but also a felonycharge for engaging in or-ganized criminal activity, athird-degree felony, Gonza-lez said. If an investigationresults in the arrest of anemployee from one of theestablishments engagingin illegal activity, and theemployee cooperates withthe District Attorney’s Of-fice and testifies againstother people involved,whether the owner or cus-tomers, the employeemight get some leniency inhis or her punishment atthe office’s discretion,Gonzalez said.
Gambling is a Class Cmisdemeanor, while gam-bling promotion, keeping agambling place and posses-sion of a gambling deviceare Class A misdemeanors,according to the Texas Pe-nal Code.
(Julieta Chiquillo may bereached at 728-2557 or [email protected])
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said. “We have to balanceinterests of the employeesand interests of the pa-tients. It’s just a tough situ-ation for everybody.”
The medical group isrenegotiating its contractwith the county, whichmight help restore benefits.
“We’re hopeful thatthings will turn around,”Pelaez said.
In June, the county gavethe Zapata Medical Groupnotice of intent to termi-nate their contract when itends Sept. 30. At the time,county leaders indicatedthey had no specific prob-lems with the group butwanted to see if there wereany better deals out there.
However, negotiationsfor a possible contract re-newal with Zapata MedicalGroup are continuing, con-firmed Zapata County At-torney Said AlfonsoFigueroa.
In the meantime, clinicofficials said they had nochoice but to cut costs im-mediately. It was that shock— employees received lessthan 24 hours’ notice aboutthe change in salary andbenefits — that particular-ly angered clinic workers.
“I’m sure that the em-
ployees would have appre-ciated more notice thanthey got, but the notice wasthe earliest we could havegiven them under the cir-cumstances,” Pelaez said.“It’s something that sad-dens Dr. Sands, and we un-derstand the pressure thatit places on their families.”
Pelaez said spiralinghealth care costs and in-creasing numbers of indi-gent patients are strainingfacilities throughout theUnited States.
“Businesses across thecountry are having to dothis,” he said. “You fore-cast based on certain fac-tors … and then the num-bers change.
“This goes hand-in-hand with what they’retackling in Washington,D.C. We’re battling thingslike the rising cost of X-ray films, lab work, tests.Whether you’re indigentor have insurance or arepaying with cash, the film,for example, costs thesame and somebody has toabsorb those costs.”
Sands, who first came toZapata in 1991, said he en-joys working here andhopes to continue provid-ing quality medical care.
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Sports&Outdoors
The Zapata TimesON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COMSATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2009
Courtesy PhotoZapata’s Brandi King hits the ball during amatch last year. King is expected to be akey player on this year’s club.
V‘ball team ready for gymBy CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Lady Hawks open the seasonMonday when they take to the courtat 8 a.m. at the Zapata High Schoolgymnasium.
Freshmen through senior girlsinterested in trying out must haveall the necessary paper work on file.Those trying out must comedressed and be prepared to workout.
Last year the Lady Hawks justmissed the playoffs as they finishedbehind Hidalgo, La Feria and PortIsabel with an 8-6 district record inDistrict 32-3A.
The Lady Hawks will need to re-place star players Tessa Moss, Lyn-
da Leyva and Ashley Navarro whograduated in May.
Coach Rosie Villarreal will wel-come back six lettermen that shehopes will lead the Lady Hawks’march to the title.
A core of players who bring awealth of experience to the courtwill lead Zapata.
Setter Lexi Garza, outside hit-ters Adriana Peña and Kat Garcia,defensive specialists Clari Solisand junior middle blocker/outsidehitter Brandi King are expected tobe impact players for the LadyHawks.
The rest of the team will be de-termined by the end of the week, af-ter tryouts.
The leadership responsibility is
placed solely on the shoulders ofPeña and Solis who are expected toemerge as leaders on and off thecourt and lead the team.
“I expect the leadership of Adri-ana and Clari to encourage anddrive their teammates to workhard every day and aim highthroughout the season,” Villarrealsaid.
Zapata should match up wellwith 3A foes Hidalgo, La Feria, PortIsabel and Raymondville.
Villarreal will also have the serv-ices of hitters King, Peña and Gar-cia who were terrors on the courtand hope to continue the offensivedomination that they enjoyed lastyear.
She will also be looking at add a
second setter to compliment Men-doza so the Lady Hawks can run a 6-2 offense that has become a signa-ture for the Zapata offense underVillarreal’s tenure.
Lauren Mendoza is the top candi-date to fill that setter position, butwill have to earn that spot duringvolleyball tryouts.
Villarreal also noted strong jun-ior varsity and freshmen teams, assome of the underclassmen haveimpressed her over the summerwith their playing at the Laredosummer volleyball league.
“I am looking forward to the up-coming year with great anticipa-tion. We are ready to face any chal-lenges that come our way,”Villarreal said.
Some teams
passing on Vick
By HOWARD ULMANASSOCIATED PRESS
The rejection notices forMichael Vick came from LovieSmith, Jeff Fisher and Tom Cableon Thursday.
But Patriots coach Bill Belichickisn’t sayingwhether his team isinterested in thequarterback.
As the ChicagoBears began train-ing camp, Smithsaid Vick deservesanother opportuni-ty in the NFL. The
coach just doesn’t see it happeningwith the Bears even though theylack an experienced backup.
The former Atlanta Falcons star,who served 18 months for runninga dogfighting ring, said Thursdayhe is getting close to signing with apro football team. Vick was condi-tionally reinstated Monday by NFLcommissioner Roger Goodell.
‘A second chance’“I think Mike deserves a second
chance, like everyone in societywho has paid their debt to society,”Smith said. “He deserves a secondchance. As far as we’re concerned,we like this team that we have rightnow.”
The Titans, coming off the bestrecord in the 2008 season, also likewhat they have.
“I’m pleased with our quarter-back situation,” Fisher said.
Would he be opposed to signingVick if the Titans needed help?
“I’d have to cross that bridgewhen you come to it,” Fisheradded, saying Vick should be con-sidered a quarterback, not a receiv-er or running back.
“Michael Vick’s a quarterback.
VICK
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Photo by Eric Gay | APDallas Cowboys’ Martellus Bennett catches a pass during the team’sNFL football training camp in San Antonio, on Friday.
Goofball could be linchpin for ’BoysBy JAIME ARON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO — Martellus Bennettloves Cap’n Crunch, cartoon super-heroes, tattoos and, most of all, being theclass clown. He offers up daily musingson Twitter, does live chats every night onuStream and occasionally posts improvvideos on his YouTube channel, Marty BTV.
GoofballAnd, the funniest part of it all is that
this self-described goofball could be thelinchpin to the Dallas Cowboys’ offensethis season.
The Cowboys want to juice up theirrunning game, and they need to fill avoid in the passing game created by thedeparture of Terrell Owens. The 6-foot-6,265-pound Bennett is an ideal candidateto help in both areas.
As a rookie last season, Bennett aver-aged 14.2 yards on 20 catches, scoring onfour of them, and blocked well enoughfor the Cowboys to often line up with twotight ends, the other being star JasonWitten.
Paired upThis season, the duo will be paired up
more often than not, as long as Bennettproves he can handle more responsibili-ty.
This is where his two personas col-lide: Martellus Bennett, who professes,“I want to become the best ever at my po-sition;” and Marty B, who calls peopleEarthlings because he claims to be fromJupiter.
Can the Cowboys really trust thisguy?
“He’s a real smart kid and seriousabout football, that’s what I see on thefield,” coach Wade Phillips said. “He’s a
different personality, no doubt aboutthat. That other part hasn’t come alongyet where he’s been a distraction. If it is,then we have to address it.”
Actually, the Cowboys did address oneproblem this season, then had to talk tohim again after another incident thatdrew more attention.
A week’s salaryIn January, Bennett was fined a
week’s salary ($22,647) for using deroga-tory terms for blacks and gays and brag-ging about having Jerry Jones’ money ina rap video posted on YouTube. He worea Cowboys helmet and had a drink dur-ing the performance, which has beenpulled.
He apologized in another video, rap-ping lyrics such as: “Why they hating onme? It was just a song. ... I didn’t shoot a
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Courtesy PhotoThe 2009 Zapata High girls cross country team is, from left to right, Gloria Jauregui, Kristina Garcia, Michelle Garcia,Adrianna Ramirez, Maritza Garcia,Alba Jasso, Mar-lena Garcia, Amber Guzman and Melissa Mata.
XC girls’ coach feels the team’s ready for seasonBy CLARA SANDOVALSPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Emmitt Smith, former Dallas Cowboysrunning back, made a commercial inthe 1990s that depicts him working out
in preparation for the football season.Smith stops for two seconds to depict his
“off season” then goes back to working out.The Zapata girls cross-country team mem-
bers have mirrored Smith’s “off season”with their two weeks off-season in late May,then hit the payment June 1 in preparationfor the season.
They can be seen around town zoomingthrough the Zapata streets early in the morn-ing, preparing for the season.
“We have high expectations for the teamso our off season is short,” Zapata coachMike Villarreal said. “We have been working
to build a base for the August workouts.”Villarreal welcomes back the entire state
qualifying team including district and re-gional champion Michelle Garcia (senior,first place in district), Marlena Garcia (jun-ior, sixth place), Amber Guzman (junior, sev-enth place), Maritza Garcia (senior, eighthplace), Alba Jasso (junior, 10th place), Krist-ian Garcia (junior), Adriana Ramirez (jun-ior), Mela Martinez (senior) and Gloria Jau-regui (junior).
Goal is stateZapata is the reigning district and region-
al champion which edged out district rivalLa Feria by three points at the district and re-gional meets to make a trip to the state cham-pionships.
Villarreal’s team goal is a state champi-
onship, and firmly believes it is feasible goalthat can be accomplished with hard workand dedication.
“We have been to the state cross countrymeet and have an experienced team, so youhave to raise the bar,” Villarreal said. “A statechampionship is the next step for this pro-gram.”
Last year, Villarreal, entered the LadyHawks in some of the most grueling races inSouth Texas.
Despite the tough season, the Lady Hawkscaptured first place at five meets among 5Aschools.
One of the most memorable moments in aseason that was full of moments came at theUniversity of Texas San Antonio high schoolcross-country meet early in the season.
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CHAMPION RUNNERS
Zscores SATURDAY,AUGUST 1, 2009PAGE 2B
UULLBBAAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT
WW LL PPcctt.. GGBB
San Angelo 34 14 .708 —
Amarillo 25 23 .521 9
Edinburg 23 25 .479 11
Harlingen 23 25 .479 11
Coastal Bend 22 26 .458 12
Laredo 17 31 .354 17
TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Coastal Bend 6, Edinburg 4
Harlingen 2, Laredo 0
Amarillo 11, San Angelo 10, 8 in-
nings, 1st game
San Angelo 6, Amarillo 5, 2nd game
FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Edinburg at San Angelo, 8:05 p.m.
Amarillo at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.
Coastal Bend at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Amarillo at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.
Edinburg at San Angelo, 8:05 p.m.
Coastal Bend at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Edinburg at San Angelo, 6:05 p.m.
Amarillo at Harlingen, 8:05 p.m.
Coastal Bend at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.
MMLLBBAAMMEERRIICCAANN LLEEAAGGUUEE
AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT
EEaasstt DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
New York 62 40 .608 —
Boston 59 42 .584 2½
Tampa Bay 55 47 .539 7
Toronto 49 53 .480 13
Baltimore 44 57 .436 17½
CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Detroit 53 47 .530 —
Minnesota 52 50 .510 2
Chicago 52 51 .505 2½
Cleveland 42 60 .412 12
Kansas City 40 61 .396 13½
WWeesstt DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Los Angeles 60 40 .600 —
Texas 57 43 .570 3
Seattle 53 49 .520 8
Oakland 43 58 .426 17½
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Baltimore 7, Kansas City 3
Boston 8, Oakland 5
Texas 7, Seattle 1
Chicago White Sox 3, N.Y. Yankees
2
FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:38
p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White
Sox, 8:11 p.m.
Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Kansas City (Chen 0-5) at Tampa
Bay (Niemann 9-5), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 10-4) at
Chicago White Sox (Danks 8-7), 4:10
p.m.
Boston (Beckett 12-4) at Baltimore
(Da.Hernandez 3-2), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 9-7) at Cleveland
(Sowers 3-7), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 8-6) at
Minnesota (Swarzak 3-3), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-4) at Texas
(Tom.Hunter 3-1), 8:05 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 4-1) at Oakland
(Cahill 6-9), 9:05 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1:38
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White
Sox, 2:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Toronto at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 12:08
p.m.
Baltimore at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.
Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
NNAATTIIOONNAALL LLEEAAGGUUEE
AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT
EEaasstt DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Philadelphia 58 42 .580 —
Florida 53 49 .520 6
Atlanta 52 50 .510 7
New York 49 52 .485 9½
Washington 32 70 .314 27
CCeennttrraall DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Chicago 54 46 .540 —
St. Louis 56 49 .533 ½
Houston 51 51 .500 4
Milwaukee 51 51 .500 4
Cincinnati 45 56 .446 9½
Pittsburgh 43 58 .426 11½
WWeesstt DDiivviissiioonn
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Los Angeles 63 39 .618 —
San Francisco 56 46 .549 7
Colorado 55 47 .539 8
Arizona 44 58 .431 19
San Diego 41 62 .398 22½
TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
N.Y. Mets 7, Colorado 0, 1st game
San Diego 7, Cincinnati 4
Milwaukee 7, Washington 3
Chicago Cubs 12, Houston 3
Atlanta 6, Florida 3, 10 innings
Colorado 4, N.Y. Mets 2, 2nd game
L.A. Dodgers 5, St. Louis 3, 10 in-
nings
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 2
FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Florida, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.
Houston at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco,
10:15 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 5-5) at Atlanta
(D.Lowe 10-7), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Stammen 3-5) at Pitts-
burgh (V.Vasquez 1-5), 7:05 p.m.
Arizona (Scherzer 6-6) at N.Y. Mets
(O.Perez 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-4) at
Florida (Badenhop 5-4), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 7-9) at Cincin-
nati (H.Bailey 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 10-6) at St.
Louis (C.Carpenter 9-3), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Blanton 7-4) at San
Francisco (Lincecum 11-3), 9:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Burns 2-3) at San Diego
(Mujica 2-4), 10:05 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
Colorado at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.
Houston at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:05
p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Florida, 5:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m.
MMoonnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10
p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
p.m.
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LAA 3451 555 988 106 530 .286
NYY 3525 564 972 152 538 .276
Toronto 3612 494 970 117 474 .269
Bal. 3494 467 939 100 443 .269
TB 3481 528 927 124 501 .266
Minn. 3491 496 930 112 462 .266
Boston 3433 520 905 116 495 .264
Cle. 3501 522 921 116 490 .263
CWS 3443 463 894 122 446 .260
Det. 3345 466 862 116 449 .258
Seattle 3463 392 895 94 377 .258
Texas 3424 488 874 153 463 .255
Oakland 3474 450 879 81 431 .253
KC 3422 394 863 85 378 .252
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AABB RR HH HHRRRRBBIIÅÅAAvvgg
ISuzuki 412 57 150 6 26 .364
Mauer 291 57 103 17 54 .354
Bartlett 289 50 97 8 42 .336
MiCabrera 372 58 124 20 57 .333
MYoung 393 57 128 16 47 .326
Jeter 400 66 129 11 43 .323
Rolen 338 52 108 8 43 .320
EAybar 289 40 92 3 38 .318
BAbreu 350 59 111 7 68 .317
Crawford 399 67 125 10 45 .313
JRivera 313 42 97 17 56 .310
Morneau 382 70 118 26 83 .309
Figgins 389 79 120 3 36 .308
Kubel 313 43 96 18 58 .307
Cano 406 68 124 16 56 .305
Hunter 285 56 87 17 65 .305
Callaspo 352 49 107 7 40 .304
Pierzynski317 36 96 11 29 .303
Pedroia 399 72 120 5 44 .301
Zobrist 296 59 89 18 54 .301
AdJones 375 65 112 17 59 .299
Ellsbury 379 53 113 5 34 .298
Podsednik310 45 92 4 27 .297
ACabrera 310 52 92 3 38 .297
Markakis 406 62 120 12 70 .296
FGutierrez 324 45 96 12 45 .296
Lind 386 58 114 21 67 .295
Youkilis 312 64 92 17 59 .295
Kennedy 302 37 89 8 38 .295
Lowell 298 34 88 11 50 .295
KMorales 343 50 101 20 60 .294
Choo 362 61 106 13 57 .293
Scutaro 405 73 118 8 46 .291
Butler 373 44 108 11 47 .290
Teahen 359 48 104 9 36 .290
MeCabrera286 41 83 9 36 .290
AHill 439 61 126 24 68 .287
Span 341 55 98 6 37 .287
Holliday 346 52 99 11 54 .286
Konerko 368 45 105 20 68 .285
KSuzuki 362 43 103 6 47 .285
VMartinez 377 56 107 15 67 .284
BRoberts 401 76 113 8 44 .282
Teixeira 387 63 109 26 74 .282
Dye 345 61 97 23 63 .281
OCabrera 414 41 116 4 41 .280
Byrd 338 42 94 10 48 .278
Damon 359 71 99 17 58 .276
Longoria 359 56 99 21 78 .276
RSweeney 302 33 83 3 24 .275
AlRamirez 363 49 99 11 47 .273
JhPeralta 354 38 95 9 53 .268
NCruz 328 54 88 24 56 .268
Cuddyer 359 59 96 17 53 .267
JoLopez 365 41 97 13 54 .266
Rios 407 50 108 12 53 .265
Branyan 326 51 86 24 55 .264
BHarris 307 34 81 5 27 .264
Andrus 277 41 73 4 19 .264
DeJesus 371 43 97 7 47 .261
Polanco 368 45 96 7 46 .261
Granderson 39059 101 22 50 .259
Ordonez 295 35 76 5 32 .258
VWells 403 56 103 10 39 .256
HMatsui 278 33 71 15 46 .255
Blalock 311 44 79 20 50 .254
Inge 336 53 85 21 58 .253
AHuff 372 40 93 11 61 .250
Bay 352 65 88 20 74 .250
JDrew 308 57 77 12 40 .250
BFrancisco 30848 77 10 33 .250
BUpton 389 62 95 7 36 .244
Kinsler 396 71 96 23 63 .242
Swisher 309 50 74 17 54 .239
Cust 341 51 79 16 50 .232
DOrtiz 338 41 77 14 58 .228
Sizemore 313 48 71 14 51 .227
CPena 358 65 77 25 64 .215
Giambi 269 39 52 11 40 .193
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AB R H HRRBIÅAvg
3550 499 978 84 472 .275
NYM 3383 433 905 60 409 .268
Hou. 3456 428 926 86 408 .268
Atl. 3481 452 924 91 434 .265
Wash. 3478 450 916 95 436 .263
Phil. 3473 539 904 141 517 .260
Mil. 3420 475 886 116 461 .259
SF 3448 406 890 66 381 .258
Pitt. 3410 415 876 74 402 .257
Col. 3383 503 870 116 478 .257
Florida 3507 461 902 98 427 .257
STL 3510 466 900 108 444 .256
ChC 3430 446 868 114 427 .253
Ariz. 3497 455 874 106 431 .250
Cin. 3392 405 827 97 381 .244
SD 3447 380 800 93 363 .232
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AB R H HRRBIÅAvg
HaRamirez 35960 124 16 69 .345
Sandoval 363 44 120 16 63 .331
Tejada 410 54 134 9 60 .327
DWright 375 65 122 6 50 .325
Pujols 360 81 116 34 92 .322
Helton 346 52 111 11 60 .321
Victorino 404 74 128 8 48 .317
Kemp 374 57 118 13 59 .316
Braun 384 73 121 21 70 .315
Hawpe 328 57 103 15 62 .314
Morgan 377 58 117 3 34 .310
FLopez 380 47 117 6 26 .308
CaLee 378 43 116 17 63 .307
Utley 361 74 110 23 70 .305
YEscobar 331 50 101 11 58 .305
Ibanez 308 62 94 26 74 .305
Fielder 362 65 110 25 89 .304
McCann 294 38 89 12 52 .303
CGuzman 354 50 107 5 32 .302
LCastillo 291 56 88 0 25 .302
JUpton 366 63 110 19 63 .301
Schumaker 353 58 106 3 25 .300
FSanchez 355 45 105 6 34 .296
NJohnson 353 47 104 6 44 .295
Pence 374 51 110 13 43 .294
Theriot 387 57 113 7 41 .292
Feliz 358 43 104 6 52 .291
Loney 381 48 110 7 63 .289
Hudson 394 59 113 7 50 .287
Bourn 387 68 111 3 26 .287
Cantu 359 39 103 10 58 .287
DLee 331 52 95 20 66 .287
Zimm. 399 70 114 19 66 .286
CJones 308 54 88 13 49 .286
Blake 339 56 96 12 58 .283
Kotchman 298 28 84 6 41 .282
YMolina 324 32 90 5 36 .278
rew 306 45 85 7 40 .278
Dunn 352 51 97 26 74 .276
Rowand 323 44 89 9 41 .276
Reynolds 375 67 103 28 68 .275
Fukudome 303 45 83 7 35 .274
Winn 374 49 102 2 41 .273
Berkman 297 50 81 18 55 .273
Ludwick 299 43 81 17 66 .271
Howard 384 65 103 26 78 .268
Furcal 377 54 100 5 29 .265
Ethier 373 58 99 20 62 .265
Werth 358 68 95 21 63 .265
Bllips 351 48 93 15 68 .265
CHart 352 55 93 11 39 .264
Tulowitzki 329 58 87 19 49 .264
Eckstein 297 31 78 1 33 .263
CRoss 355 51 93 15 54 .262
BMolina 340 30 89 11 52 .262
McLouth 353 59 92 15 53 .261
RMartin 326 41 85 3 31 .261
Francoeur 366 37 95 8 52 .260
Barmes 354 52 92 14 51 .260
MCameron 335 47 86 15 45 .257
Renteria 325 37 83 2 39 .255
Rasmus 306 47 78 11 35 .255
ASoriano 389 59 99 19 48 .254
Hairston Jr 307 47 78 8 27 .254
AdGonzalez 35357 89 28 59 .252
Fowler 317 45 80 4 27 .252
Hermida 341 36 85 11 38 .249
Rhern. 273 23 68 5 36 .249
Bonifacio 403 59 100 1 22 .248
LaRoche 324 46 80 12 40 .247
DaMurphy 292 36 72 5 34 .247
Kouzmanoff 38238 94 14 57 .246
Taveras 341 47 82 1 14 .240
Headley 329 31 79 9 37 .240
Rollins 415 62 98 10 46 .236
Kendall 301 29 71 0 26 .236
Hardy 346 45 81 11 45 .234
Fontenot 281 28 65 8 32 .231
Uggla 352 47 81 18 53 .230
Bruce 299 38 62 18 41 .207
CYoung 295 33 59 6 26 .200
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RHP Brad Bergesen, July 31
LHP Rich Hill, July 29
OF Luis Montanez, May 23
RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2
RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15
RHP Koji Uehara, June 24
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1B Jeff Bailey, July 5
RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, June 20
RHP Tim Wakefield, July 21
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RHP Bartolo Colon, July 25
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LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11
RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23
RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26
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RHP Jeremy Bonderman, June 9
RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28
LHP Nathan Robertson, June 27
C Matt Treanor-x, April 24
LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15
RHP Joel Zumaya, July 18
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SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24
OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13
RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 26
RHP Gil Meche, July 18
RHP Doug Waechter, April 18
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RHP Kelvim Escobar, June 7
OF Vladimir Guerrero, July 8
CF Torii Hunter, July 8
RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18
C Scott Shields-x, May 27
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RHP Boof Bonser, March 27
RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21
RHP Kevin Slowey, July 4
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OF Brett Gardner, July 26
LHP Damaso Marte, April 26
OF Xavier Nady, April 15
RHP Chien-Ming Wang, July 5
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1B Daric Barton, July 27
3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25
RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4
RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March
27
1B Jason Giambi, July 20
RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16
LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20
SSeeaattttllee
LHP Erik Bedard, July 26
3B Adrian Beltre, June 29
OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20
LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15
LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29
RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7
TTaammppaa BBaayy
RHP Chad Bradford, July 23
RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14
INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25
RHP Troy Percival, May 22
CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27
C Shawn Riggans, April 10
TTeexxaass
RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5
RHP Franklin Francisco, July 11
LHP Matt Harrison, June 24
RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5
RHP Brandon McCarthy-x, June 5
TToorroonnttoo
C Michael Barrett, April 18
RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14
RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27
RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27
RHP Robert Ray, May 22
RHP Scott Richmond, July 1
NNAATTIIOONNAALL LLEEAAGGUUEE
AArriizzoonnaa
OF Eric Byrnes, June 26
RHP Tom Gordon-x, May 4
1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12
RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7
AAttllaannttaa
RHP Jeff Bennett, June 25
RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29
RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26
RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24
SS Omar Infante, May 21
CChhiiccaaggoo
RHP Chad Fox, May 10
OF Reed Johnson, July 30
LHP Ted Lilly, July 21
2B Aaron Miles, June 21
RHP David Patton, July 5
C Geovany Soto, July 7
CCiinncciinnnnaattii
OF Jay Bruce, July 12
RHP Jared Burton, July 25
INF-OF Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21
OF Chris Dickerson, July 27
C Ramon Hernandez, July 17
RHP Mike Lincoln, June 13
RHP Micah Owings, July 27
INF Danny Richar, July 2
RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2
CCoolloorraaddoo
RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27
RHP Manuel Corpas, July 21
LHP Alan Embree, July 11
LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27
FFlloorriiddaa
SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17
LHP David Davidson-x, May 23
RHP Matt Lindstrom, June 24
RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27
RHP Anibal Sanchez, June 3
HHoouussttoonn
1B Lance Berkman, July 23
3B Aaron Boone-x March 27
2B German Duran, July 2
INF-OF Darin Erstad, July 19
RHP LaTroy Hawkins, July 28
RHP Chris Sampson, July 10
LLooss AAnnggeelleess
RHP Ronald Belisario, July 6
1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17
LHP Eric Milton, June 28
LHP Will Ohman, May 28
OF Xavier Paul, May 21
RHP Cory Wade, July 12
MMiillwwaauukkeeee
RHP Dave Bush, June 21
RHP Seth McClung, July 25
RHP David Riske-x, April 10
2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18
NNeeww YYoorrkk
OF Carlos Beltran, June 22
1B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11
RHP John Maine, June 7
OF Fernando Martinez, July 9
INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3
RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20
RHP J.J. Putz, June 5
SS Jose Reyes, May 21
OF Gary Sheffield, July 18
LHP Billy Wagner-x, March 27
PPhhiillaaddeellpphhiiaa
LHP Antonio Bastardo, June 26
RHP Clay Condrey, July 25
RHP Chad Durbin, July 23
RHP Pedro Martinez, July 16
RHP Brett Myers-x, May 28
LHP J.C. Romero, July 23
PPiittttssbbuurrgghh
LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27
RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20
RHP Tyler Yates, May 16
SStt.. LLoouuiiss
LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27
3B Troy Glaus, March 27
SS Khalil Greene, June 29
SSaann DDiieeggoo
RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30
OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19
OF Brian Giles, June 19
INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19
RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26
C Nick Hundley, June 18
RHP Jake Peavy, June 9
RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1
RHP Chris Young, June 15
SSaann FFrraanncciissccoo
INF Rich Aurilia, July 21
LHP Randy Johnson, July 6
LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26
RHP Joseph Martinez-x, April 10
RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28
OF Nate Schierholtz, July 28
WWaasshhiinnggttoonn
CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19
C Jesus Flores, May 10
LHP Scott Olsen, July 11
1B Dmitri Young, April 1
RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27
RHP Jordan Zimmermann, July 19
NNFFLL TTrraaiinniinngg CCaammpp DDaatteess
RRooookkiiee aanndd vveetteerraann rreeppoorrttiinngg ddaatteess
((DDaatteess ssuubbjjeecctt ttoo cchhaannggee))
AAmmeerriiccaann FFoooottbbaallll CCoonnffeerreennccee
BALTIMORE RAVENS—McDaniel
College, Westminster, Md., July 27;
July 29.
BUFFALO BILLS—St. John Fisher
College, Pittsford, N.Y., both July 25.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—George-
town College, Georgetown, Ky., both
July 30.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Browns
Training Facility, Berea, Ohio, July 24;
July 31.
DENVER BRONCOS—Paul D.
Bowlen Memorial Centre, Englewood,
Colo., both July 30.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Methodist
Training Center, Houston, July 26; July
31.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Rose-
Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, Ind.,
both Aug. 2.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Mu-
nicipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.,
both Aug. 2.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Wiscon-
sin-River Falls, River Falls, Wis., both
July 31.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Dolphins
Training Center, Davie, Fla., both Aug.
1.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.,
July 26; July 29.
NEW YORK JETS—Cortland State,
Cortland, N.Y., July 27; July 30.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Napa Val-
ley Marriott, Napa, Calif., both July 29.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Saint
Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., both July
31.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Charg-
ers Park, San Diego, July 26; July 31.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Baptist
Sports Park, Nashville, Tenn., both
July 30.
NNaattiioonnaall FFoooottbbaallll CCoonnffeerreennccee
ARIZONA CARDINALS—Northern
Arizona U., Flagstaff, Ariz., both July
29.
ATLANTA FALCONS—Falcons
Training Facility, Flowery Branch,
Ga., both July 31.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Wofford
College, Spartanburg, S.C., both Aug 2.
CHICAGO BEARS—Olivet
Nazarene, Bourbonnais, Ill., both July
31.
DALLAS COWBOYS—Alamodome,
San Antonio, both July 29.
DETROIT LIONS—Lions Training
Facility, Allen Park, Mich., both July
31.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—St. Nor-
bert College, De Pere, Wis., both July
31.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Minneso-
ta State-Mankato, both July 30.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—New Or-
leans Saints Training Facility,
Metairie, La., both July 30.
NEW YORK GIANTS—U. of Al-
bany, N.Y., both Aug. 3.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—
Lehigh U., Bethlehem, Pa., July 26;
July 29.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Russell Train-
ing Center, Earth City, Mo., July 30;
July 31.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Marie
P. DeBartolo Sports Center, Santa
Clara, Calif., July 28; July 30.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Virginia
Mason Athletic Center, Renton, Wash.,
July 30; July 31.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—One
Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Fla., both
July 31.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Red-
skins Park, Ashburn, Va., both July 29.
PPrreesseeaassoonn SScchheedduullee
AAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT
SSuubbjjeecctt ttoo CChhaannggee
SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 99
Buffalo vs. Tennessee at Canton,
Ohio, 8 p.m.
TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1133
New England at Philadelphia, 7:30
p.m.
Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Oakland, 10 p.m.
FFrriiddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1144
St. Louis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Indianapolis, 7:30
p.m.
Cincinnati at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Denver at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1155
Atlanta at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m.
MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 1177
Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.
TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2200
Cincinnati at New England, 7:30
p.m.
Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 8 p.m.
FFrriiddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2211
Tennessee at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2222
Carolina at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30
p.m.
Buffalo at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15
p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Denver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2244
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 8 p.m.
TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2277
Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.
FFrriiddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2288
New England at Washington, 8 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 10 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 2299
Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Oakland, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
San Diego at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Carolina, 8 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 3300
Chicago at Denver, 8 p.m.
MMoonnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 3311
Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.
TThhuurrssddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 33
Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30
p.m.
Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30
p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.
FFrriiddaayy,, SSeepptt.. 44
Houston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.
MMLLSSAAllll TTiimmeess EEDDTT
EEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE
WW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA
Columbus 7 3 9 30 28 24
Chicago 7 3 8 29 25 20
D.C. 6 310 28 31 28
Toronto FC 7 7 5 26 27 30
New England 6 5 5 23 18 21
Kansas City 5 6 6 21 20 19
New York 215 4 10 16 37
WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE
WW LL TT PPttss GGFF GGAA
Houston 9 5 5 32 23 14
Seattle 7 3 8 29 26 16
Los Angeles 6 310 28 23 20
Colorado 7 5 6 27 28 23
Chivas USA 8 6 3 27 19 15
Real Salt Lake 6 7 5 23 28 23
FC Dallas 4 9 5 17 22 30
San Jose 310 5 14 21 35
NOTE: Three points for victory,
one point for tie.
FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammee
Real Salt Lake 4, FC Dallas 2
SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Seattle FC 0, Chicago 0, tie
Columbus 3, Toronto FC 2
New England 1, Houston 0
Kansas City 1, Los Angeles 1, tie
Colorado 4, New York 0
San Jose 2, D.C. United 2, tie
WWeeddnneessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2299
Everton 1, MLS All-Stars 1, tie,
Everton wins 4-3 on penalty kicks
SSaattuurrddaayy,, AAuugg.. 11
Toronto FC at New England, 7:30
p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30
p.m.
D.C. United at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy,, AAuugg.. 22
Seattle FC at San Jose, 3 p.m.
WWNNBBAAEEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Indiana 14 4 .778 —
Washington 10 8 .556 4
Connecticut 9 8 .529 4½
Atlanta 9 10 .474 5½
Chicago 9 10 .474 5½
Detroit 5 9 .357 7
New York 6 11 .353 7½
WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE
WW LL PPcctt GGBB
Phoenix 14 6 .700 —
Seattle 11 7 .611 2
Minnesota 10 8 .556 3
San Antonio 8 9 .471 4½
Los Angeles 5 10 .333 6½
Sacramento 5 15 .250 9
WWeeddnneessddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Chicago 75, Los Angeles 63
TThhuurrssddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Sacramento 101, San Antonio 93, OT
Indiana 94, Connecticut 85, OT
Atlanta 106, Phoenix 76
Washington 78, New York 75
FFrriiddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
New York at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Connecticut at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
SSuunnddaayy’’ss GGaammeess
Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m.
Connecticut at Detroit, 6 p.m.
GGoollffBBuuiicckk OOppeenn PPaarr SSccoorreess
FFrriiddaayy
AAtt WWaarrwwiicckk HHiillllss GG&&CCCC
GGrraanndd BBllaanncc,, MMiicchh..
PPuurrssee:: $$55..11 mmiilllliioonn
YYaarrddaaggee:: 77,,112277-- PPaarr 7722
SSeeccoonndd RRoouunndd
aa--ddeennootteess aammaatteeuurr
John Senden 64-66-130 -14
Michael Letzig 67-65-132 -12
Vaughn Taylor 65-68-133 -11
Bill Lunde 68-65-133 -11
Kevin Stadler 67-67-134 -10
Tiger Woods 71-63-134 -10
Roland Thatcher 70-64-134 -10
Y.E. Yang 65-69-134 -10
Greg Chalmers 66-68-134 -10
Jimmy Walker 70-64-134 -10
Troy Matteson 66-69-135 -9
Mark Brooks 69-66-135 -9
Charles Warren 70-65-135 -9
Leif Olson 68-67-135 -9
Michael Bradley 70-65-135 -9
James Nitties 65-70-135 -9
Jeff Klauk 66-70-136 -8
Jeff Quinney 69-67-136 -8
Billy Mayfair 68-68-136 -8
Tom Pernice, Jr. 67-69-136 -8
Marc Leishman 67-69-136 -8
Bill Haas 68-68-136 -8
Paul Goydos 66-70-136 -8
Stuart Appleby 69-67-136 -8
Rory Sabbatini 67-69-136 -8
Tim Petrovic 69-67-136 -8
Matt Jones 68-68-136 -8
Matt Harmon 68-68-136 -8
Rocco Mediate 68-69-137 -7
Neal Lancaster 67-70-137 -7
Tim Herron 67-70-137 -7
Greg Owen 68-69-137 -7
Jonathan Kaye 70-67-137 -7
Matt Bettencourt 70-67-137 -7
Kris Blanks 69-68-137 -7
Aron Price 69-68-137 -7
Bob Heintz 70-68-138 -6
Charlie Wi 68-70-138 -6
Nick Watney 69-69-138 -6
Mark Calcavecchia 69-69-138 -6
Jason Bohn 68-70-138 -6
Kevin Na 69-69-138 -6
Steve Lowery 63-75-138 -6
Jim Furyk 69-69-138 -6
Chris Stroud 67-71-138 -6
Craig Barlow 70-69-139 -5
J.P. Hayes 68-71-139 -5
Corey Pavin 66-73-139 -5
Nathan Green 69-70-139 -5
Jason Gore 70-69-139 -5
Darron Stiles 68-71-139 -5
Kent Jones 70-69-139 -5
Justin Leonard 72-67-139 -5
Chad Campbell 68-71-139 -5
Woody Austin 68-71-139 -5
Ben Crane 68-71-139 -5
John Rollins 68-71-139 -5
Jason Day 74-66-140 -4
Brett Quigley 71-69-140 -4
Brian Gay 71-69-140 -4
Jonathan Byrd 69-71-140 -4
Brian Vranesh 65-75-140 -4
Bob Estes 70-70-140 -4
Tom Byrum 67-73-140 -4
Patrick Sheehan 69-71-140 -4
Guy Boros 70-70-140 -4
Carlos Franco 71-69-140 -4
Scott Piercy 70-70-140 -4
David Duval 69-71-140 -4
Heath Slocum 70-70-140 -4
Mark Hensby 68-72-140 -4
Spencer Levin 70-70-140 -4
FFaaiilleedd ttoo qquuaalliiffyy
Brad Adamonis 68-73-141 -3
K.J. Choi 70-71-141 -3
Chris DiMarco 66-75-141 -3
Aaron Watkins 73-68-141 -3
Scott Hebert 70-71-141 -3
Scott Sterling 69-72-141 -3
Dean Wilson 69-72-141 -3
Martin Laird 71-70-141 -3
Nick O’Hern 68-73-141 -3
James Driscoll 70-71-141 -3
Joe Ogilvie 71-70-141 -3
Rod Pampling 67-74-141 -3
Webb Simpson 71-71-142 -2
Ryan Moore 69-73-142 -2
Wil Collins 69-73-142 -2
Chris Baryla 71-71-142 -2
Jamie Lovemark 74-68-142 -2
Fredrik Jacobson 69-73-142 -2
Scott McCarron 73-69-142 -2
Omar Uresti 70-72-142 -2
Jay Williamson 67-75-142 -2
Brian Bateman 71-71-142 -2
Joe Durant 72-70-142 -2
Steve Allan 73-69-142 -2
Paul Stankowski 69-73-142 -2
Matt Weibring 71-71-142 -2
Ken Duke 72-71-143 -1
Billy Andrade 70-73-143 -1
Johnson Wagner 73-70-143 -1
Brandt Snedeker 69-74-143 -1
Todd Hamilton 69-74-143 -1
Ricky Barnes 72-71-143 -1
David Peoples 70-73-143 -1
J.J. Henry 69-74-143 -1
Brendon de Jonge 71-72-143 -1
Troy Kelly 72-71-143 -1
Scott Cashell 68-75-143 -1
Chez Reavie 71-72-143 -1
Peter Tomasulo 72-71-143 -1
Tag Ridings 70-74-144 E
Arjun Atwal 71-73-144 E
Daniel Chopra 71-73-144 E
Steve Flesch 70-74-144 E
Casey Wittenberg 72-72-144 E
Andrew Ruthkoski 72-72-144 E
Peter Lonard 72-72-144 E
Eric Axley 73-71-144 E
Ryan Palmer 70-74-144 E
Lee Janzen 72-72-144 E
Robert Garrigus 71-73-144 E
Tommy Gainey 73-71-144 E
Shaun Micheel 70-75-145 +1
Frank Lickliter II 75-70-145 +1
D.A. Points 76-69-145 +1
Scott Gutschewski 72-73-145 +1
David Mathis 73-72-145 +1
Jeff Maggert 72-73-145 +1
Brad Faxon 71-74-145 +1
a-Matt Hill 69-77-146 +2
Andres Romero 71-75-146 +2
Scott Verplank 71-75-146 +2
Stephen Leaney 72-75-147 +3
Marc Turnesa 75-72-147 +3
John Merrick 73-74-147 +3
Derek Fathauer 75-72-147 +3
Nicholas Thompson 74-74-148 +4
Dicky Pride 71-77-148 +4
Rick Price 70-78-148 +4
Danny Lee 74-74-148 +4
Colt Knost 71-77-148 +4
Glen Day 75-74-149 +5
David Gossett 76-73-149 +5
Brendon Todd 73-76-149 +5
Ted Purdy 73-76-149 +5
Tyler Aldridge 71-78-149 +5
a-Jimmy Chestnut 76-73-149 +5
Ryan Brehm 73-77-150 +6
Matthew Borchert 72-79-151 +7
Robert Gamez 81-72-153 +9
Greg Kraft 76-78-154 +10
Randall Hutchison 81-74-155 +11
John Daly 76-88-164 +20
LLPPGGAA--WWoommeenn’’ss BBrriittiisshh OOppeenn PPaarr
SSccoorreess
FFrriiddaayy
AAtt RRooyyaall LLyytthhaamm && SStt.. AAnnnneess GGoollff
CClluubb
LLyytthhaamm SStt.. AAnnnneess,, EEnnggllaanndd
PPuurrssee:: $$22..22 mmiilllliioonn
YYaarrddaaggee:: 66,,449922-- PPaarr:: 7722
SSeeccoonndd RRoouunndd
((aa--aammaatteeuurr))
Catriona Matthew 74-67-141 -3
Giulia Sergas 74-67-141 -3
Yuko Mitsuka 71-71-142 -2
Song-Hee Kim 70-73-143 -1
Yani Tseng 74-70-144 E
Christina Kim 73-71-144 E
Kyeong Bae 73-71-144 E
Marianne Skarpnord 76-69-145 +1
Sophie Gustafson 74-71-145 +1
Ai Miyazato 75-71-146 +2
Jane Park 74-72-146 +2
Hee Young Park 71-75-146 +2
Angela Stanford 70-76-146 +2
Se Ri Pak 76-71-147 +3
Cristie Kerr 76-71-147 +3
Shinobu Moromizato 74-73-147 +3
Karrie Webb 77-71-148 +4
Jiyai Shin 77-71-148 +4
Inbee Park 76-72-148 +4
Mika Miyazato 76-72-148 +4
Paula Creamer 74-74-148 +4
Kristy McPherson 74-74-148 +4
Meena Lee 74-74-148 +4
Maria Hjorth 72-76-148 +4
Young Kim 78-71-149 +5
Morgan Pressel 77-72-149 +5
M.J. Hur 76-73-149 +5
Karin Sjodin 75-74-149 +5
Vicky Hurst 74-75-149 +5
Michelle Wie 73-76-149 +5
Sandra Gal 69-80-149 +5
Jade Schaeffer 79-71-150 +6
Hee-Won Han 77-73-150 +6
Irene Cho 77-73-150 +6
Brittany Lincicome 77-73-150 +6
Eun-Hee Ji 76-74-150 +6
Martina Eberl 75-75-150 +6
Michele Redman 75-75-150 +6
Stacy Prammanasudh75-75-150 +6
Momoko Ueda 74-76-150 +6
Samantha Head 74-76-150 +6
Brittany Lang 81-70-151 +7
In-Kyung Kim 81-70-151 +7
Becky Morgan 80-71-151 +7
Na Yeon Choi 80-71-151 +7
Teresa Lu 75-76-151 +7
Shanshan Feng 80-72-152 +8
Sun Young Yoo 79-73-152 +8
Christel Boeljon 79-73-152 +8
Jeong Jang 79-73-152 +8
Laura Diaz 76-76-152 +8
Il Mi Chung 76-76-152 +8
A. Hanna-Williams 76-76-152 +8
Sarah Lee 75-77-152 +8
Katie Futcher 75-77-152 +8
Lee-Anne Pace 75-77-152 +8
Lorena Ochoa 75-77-152 +8
Katherine Hull 75-77-152 +8
Carmen Alonso 75-77-152 +8
Emma Zackrisson 75-77-152 +8
Yuri Fudoh 80-73-153 +9
Jin Young Pak 80-73-153 +9
Laura Davies 79-74-153 +9
Kris Tamulis 78-75-153 +9
Anna Nordqvist 78-75-153 +9
Eunjung Yi 78-75-153 +9
Reilley Rankin 77-76-153 +9
Louise Stahle 77-76-153 +9
Anne-Lise Caudal 75-78-153 +9
Ursula Wikstrom 74-79-153 +9
Vicki Laing 73-80-153 +9
FFaaiilleedd ttoo qquuaalliiffyy
Ji Young Oh 82-72-154 +10
Lindsey Wright 80-74-154 +10
Sarah Kemp 80-74-154 +10
Pat Hurst 80-74-154 +10
Natalie Gulbis 79-75-154 +10
Jimin Kang 79-75-154 +10
Ashleigh Simon 79-75-154 +10
a-Caroline Hedwall 79-75-154 +10
Juli Inkster 78-76-154 +10
Helen Alfredsson 78-76-154 +10
Shi Hyun Ahn 78-76-154 +10
Sophie Walker 78-76-154 +10
Janice Moodie 77-77-154 +10
Suzann Pettersen 76-78-154 +10
Alena Sharp 86-69-155 +11
Amy Yang 83-72-155 +11
Candie Kung 79-76-155 +11
Marta Prieto 78-77-155 +11
Becky Brewerton 77-78-155 +11
Karine Icher 77-78-155 +11
Amy Hung 83-73-156 +12
Lydia Hall 83-73-156 +12
Bettina Hauert 81-75-156 +12
Iben Tinning 80-76—156A+12
J.Westerberg 80-76—156A+12
Beatriz Recari 80-76—156A+12
Federico Piovano 79-77—156A+12
Shiho Oyama 77-79—156A+12
Nikki Garrett 83-74—157A+13
Wendy Ward 81-76—157A+13
Nicole Castrale 80-77—157A+13
Stephanie Michi 80-77—157A+13
Stacy Lewis 79-78—157A+13
Johanna Mundy 78-79—157A+13
Mi-Jeong Jeon 78-79—157A+13
H. Bowie Young 80-78—158A+14
Jill McGill 77-81—158A+14
Tania Elosegui 76-82—158A+14
E. Cabrera-Bello 84-75—159A+15
a-Azahara Munoz 83-76—159A+15
Karen Stupples 82-77—159A+15
Anna Rawson 82-77—159A+15
Seon Hwa Lee 82-77—159A+15
Henrietta Zuel 81-78—159A+15
Georgina Simpson 81-78—159A+15
Melissa Reid 81-78—159A+15
a-Carlota Ciganda 81-78—159A+15
Moira Dunn 80-79—159A+15
Haeji Kang 80-79—159A+15
Anna Grzebien 84-76—160A+16
M. Van Der Graaff82-78—160A+16
Florentyna Parker 80-80—160A+16
Stacy Bregman 76-84—160A+16
Kris Tschetter 83-78—161A+17
a-Rebecca Flood 83-78—161A+17
Jee Young Lee 81-80—161A+17
Nicole Gergely 84-78—162A+18
Christine Hallstrom83-79—162A+18
Yuko Saitoh 81-81—162A+18
Chie Arimura 87-76—163A+19
a-Roseanne Niven 87-76—163A+19
Minea Blomqvist 83-80—163A+19
a-Rachel Jennings 80-83—163A+19
Diana Luna 83-81—164A+20
Krystle Caithness 81-83—164A+20
Gwladys Nocera 91-74—165A+21
Birdie Kim 86-79—165A+21
Meaghan Francella85-80—165A+21
Karen Lunn 82-83—165A+21
Paula Marti 83-83—166A+22
Breanne Loucks 83-86—169A+25
Jin Joo Hong 76-WD
Soo-Yun Kang 87-DQ
CCOONNCCAACCAAFF CChhaammppiioonnss LLeeaagguuee
AAtt AA GGllaannccee
AAllll TTiimmee EEDDTT
PPRREELLIIMMIINNAARRYY RROOUUNNDD
FFiirrsstt LLeegg
TTuueessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2288
D.C. United (United States) 1, Firpo
(El Salvador) 1
Pachuca (Mexico) 3, Jalapa
(Guatemala) 0
WWeeddnneessddaayy,, JJuullyy 2299
Puerto Rico Islanders 1, Toronto
FC (Canada) 0
San Francisco (Panama) 2, San
Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 0
Liberia (Costa Rica) 3, Real Espana
(Honduras) 0
TThhuurrssddaayy,, JJuullyy 3300
W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-
go) 2, New York Red Bulls (United
States) 2, tie
Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6, Herediano
(Costa Rica) 2
Olimpia (Honduras) 2, Arabe Unido
(Panama) 1
SSeeccoonndd lleegg
TTuueessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 44
Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Toronto
(Canada), 8 p.m.
Jalapa (Guatemala) vs. Pachuca
(Mexico), 10 p.m.
Firpo (El Salvador) vs. D.C. Unit-
ed (United States), 10 p.m.
WWeeddnneessddaayy,, AAuugg.. 55
New York Red Bulls (United States)
vs. W Connection (Trinidad and Toba-
go), 8 p.m.
Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Herdiano
(Costa Rica), 8 p.m.
TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugg.. 66
Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Olimpia
(Honduras), 8 p.m.
San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and To-
bago) vs. San Francisco (Panama), 8
p.m.
Real Espana (Honduras) vs.
Liberia (Costa Rica), 10 p.m.
FFIIRRSSTT RROOUUNNDD
GGRROOUUPP AA
GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oli-Arabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pachuca-Jalapa 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
GGRROOUUPP BB
GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS
D.C.-Chalat. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SJ-SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GGRROOUUPP CC
GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saprissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cruz A.-Hered.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto-P.R. Is.0 0 0 0 0 0
0
GGRROOUUPP DD
GGPPWW DD LL GGFF GGAAPPTTSS
Pumas UNAM0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Com. or Mun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NY-W. Conn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lib.-Real Esp.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LLeeaaddeerrssTTEENNNNIISS
TThhrroouugghh JJuullyy 2266
AATTPP
MMoonneeyy
1, Roger Federer, $4,881,261. 2,
Rafael Nadal, $4,248,648. 3, Andy Mur-
ray, $2,463,532. 4, Novak Djokovic,
$2,107,241. 5, Andy Roddick, $1,931,744.
6, Robin Soderling, $1,212,550. 7, Juan
Martin del Potro, $1,209,522. 8, Fernan-
do Verdasco, $976,874. 9, Fernando Gon-
zalez, $906,766. 10, Tommy Robredo,
$885,030.
RRaannkkiinnggss
1, Roger Federer, 11210. 2, Rafael
Nadal, 9735. 3, Andy Murray, 9260. 4,
Novak Djokovic, 7990. 5, Andy Rod-
dick, 5380. 6, Juan Martin del Potro,
5005. 7, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 3650. 8,
Gilles Simon, 3310. 9, Nikolay Davy-
denko, 3285. 10, Fernando Verdasco,
3245.
WWTTAA
MMoonneeyy
1, Serena Williams, $3,897,541. 2, Di-
nara Safina, $3,237,977. 3, Svetlana
Kuznetsova, $2,308,984. 4, Venus
Williams, $1,827,567. 5, Victoria Azaren-
ka, $1,759,484. 6, Vera Zvonareva,
$1,243,771. 7, Caroline Wozniacki,
$1,084,774. 8, Elena Dementieva,
$1,073,392. 9, Samantha Stosur, $790,016.
10, Anabel Medina Garrigues, $664,278.
RRaannkkiinnggss
1, Dinara Safina, 10251. 2, Serena
Williams, 8509. 3, Venus Williams, 6617.
4, Elena Dementieva, 6591. 5, Svetlana
Kuznetsova, 6071. 6, Jelena Jankovic,
5950. 7, Vera Zvonareva, 5400. 8, Vic-
toria Azarenka, 4928. 9, Caroline Woz-
niacki, 4840. 10, Nadia Petrova, 3290.
CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp PPooiinnttss
1, Dinara Safina, 6881. 2, Serena
Williams, 5957. 3, Svetlana Kuznetso-
va, 4262. 4, Elena Dementieva, 3975. 5,
Victoria Azarenka, 3840. 6, Caroline
Wozniacki, 3700. 7, Venus Williams,
3605. 8, Vera Zvonareva, 2681. 9, Vir-
ginie Razzano, 2067. 10, Marion Bartoli,
1962.
AAUUTTOO RRAACCIINNGG
NNAASSCCAARR SSpprriinntt CCuupp
TThhrroouugghh JJuullyy 2266
PPooiinnttss
1, Tony Stewart, 3,054. 2, Jimmie
Johnson, 2,862. 3, Jeff Gordon, 2,847. 4,
Kurt Busch, 2,608. 5, Carl Edwards,
2,556. 6, Denny Hamlin, 2,518. 7, Ryan
Newman, 2,506. 8, Kasey Kahne, 2,482.
9, Mark Martin, 2,471. 10, Juan Pablo
Montoya, 2,461.
MMoonneeyy
1, Matt Kenseth, $4,746,317. 2, Tony
Stewart, $4,744,508. 3, Jimmie Johnson,
$4,339,293. 4, Jeff Gordon, $4,057,869. 5,
Kevin Harvick, $3,858,252. 6, Kyle
Busch, $3,772,259. 7, Carl Edwards,
$3,401,058. 8, Kasey Kahne, $3,346,498. 9,
Joey Logano, $3,236,858. 10, Mark Mar-
tin, $3,183,553.
IIRRLL
TThhrroouugghh JJuullyy 2266
PPooiinnttss
1, Scott Dixon, 380. 2, Dario Fran-
chitti, 377. 3, Ryan Briscoe, 366. 4, He-
lio Castroneves, 309. 5, Danica Patrick,
285. 6, Marco Andretti, 259. 7, Dan
Wheldon, 255. 8, Justin Wilson, 241. 9,
Tony Kanaan, 239. 10, Graham Rahal,
235.
FFoorrmmuullaa OOnnee
TThhrroouugghh JJuullyy 2266
1, Jenson Button, 70. 2, Mark Web-
ber, 52. 3, Sebastian Vettel, 47. 4,
Rubens Barrichello, 44. 5, Nico Ros-
berg, 26. 6, Jarno Trulli, 23. 7, Felipe
Massa, 22. 8, Lewis Hamilton, 19. 9,
Kimi Raikkonen, 18. 10, Timo Glock, 16.
VVOOLLLLEEYYBBAALLLL
FFIIVVBB WWoorrlldd TToouurr
TThhrroouugghh JJuullyy 2266
MMeenn
PPooiinnttss
1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann,
Germany, 4,740. 2, Alison
Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 4,400.
3, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos,
Brazil, 3,620. 4, Adrian Gavira Colla-
do/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,820. 5,
David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Ger-
many, 2,720. 6, Phil Dalhausser/Todd
Rogers, United States, 2,500. 7, Kristjan
Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,320. 8,
Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Rus-
sia, 2,140. 9, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha
Heyer, Switzerland, 2,060. 10, Matt
Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United
States, 2,020.
MMoonneeyy
1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann,
Germany, $224,200. 2, Alison
Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil,
$173,600. 3, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo San-
tos, Brazil, $130,800. 4, Phil Dalhauss-
er/Todd Rogers, United States, $102,400.
5, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Her-
rera, Spain, $90,600. 6, David Klem-
perer/Eric Koreng, Germany, $82,500.
7, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil,
$64,100. 8, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jen-
nings, USA, $59,600. 9, Kristjan
Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $58,400. 10,
Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Rus-
sia, $56,900.
WWoommeenn
PPooiinnttss
1, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes,
Brazil, 4,560. 2, Juliana Felisberta Sil-
va/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 4,080. 3, Jen-
nifer Kessy/April Ross, United States,
3,680. 4, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig,
Germany, 3,600. 5, Carolina Salga-
do/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,700.
6, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel,
Netherlands, 2,280. 7, Vanilda Leao/Re-
nata Ribeiro, Brazil, 2,220. 8, Doris
Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria,
2,180. 9, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria
Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,160. 10, Shelda
Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 2,160.
MMoonneeyy
1, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes,
Brazil, $193,750. 2, Juliana Felisberta
Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $189,600.
3, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United
States, $166,200. 4, Sara Goller/Laura
Ludwig, Germany, $108,000. 5, Carolina
Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil,
$71,200. 6, Vanilda Leao/Renata
Ribeiro, Brazil, $70,300. 7, Vassiliki Ar-
vaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece,
$67,900. 8, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van
Iersel, Netherlands, $67,400. 9, Shelda
Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil,
$64,850. 10, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie
Schwaiger, Austria, $60,500.
RRooddeeoo PPrroo LLeeaaddeerrss
AAllll--AArroouunndd
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas
$154,377
2. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork,
Utah 92,629
3. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta
89,521
4. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. 79,020
5. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga.
68,263
6. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas 58,683
7. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D.
51,078
8. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden,
Texas 50,768
9. Jake Hannum, Ogden, Utah 49,270
10. Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo.
37,806
11. Clayton Foltyn, El Campo,
Texas 36,988
12. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M.
34,435
13. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. 34,301
14. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas
33,867
15. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz.
31,213
16. Kyle Whitaker, Chambers, Neb.
31,074
17. B.J. Campbell, Benton City,
Wash. 29,524
18. Doug Pharr, Victoria, Texas
29,008
19. Shank Edwards, Levelland,
Texas 28,172
20. Marty Becker, Cardston, Alber-
ta 27,853
BBaarreebbaacckk RRiiddiinngg
1. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas
$137,010
2. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. 101,709
3. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. 92,398
4. Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah
87,977
5. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 78,428
6. Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla.
62,669
7. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas
59,355
8. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 57,751
9. D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo. 55,427
10. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo.
50,048
11. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo.
49,423
12. Jared Smith, Williston, Fla.
44,022
13. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas
40,638
14. Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore.
37,052
15. Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore.
34,900
16. Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.
33,057
17. Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo. 32,195
18. Steven Anding, Crossroads,
Texas 30,735
19. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho
29,100
20. Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D. 28,832
SStteeeerr WWrreessttlliinngg
1. Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D.
$81,134
2. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta
80,275
3. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos,
Calif. 61,181
4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb.
60,997
5. Todd Suhn, North Platte, Neb.
56,241
6. Lee Graves, Calgary, 54,938
7. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview,
Ore. 50,995
8. Joey Bell Jr, Athens, Texas 44,107
9. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla.
43,200
10. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo.
43,149
11. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon,
Ore. 42,801
12. Casey McMillen, Craig, Colo.
42,627
13. Darrell Petry, Beaumont, Texas
41,481
14. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas
40,812
15. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City
38,191
16. Ethan Thouvenell, Menifee,
Calif. 37,929
17. Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas
36,391
18. Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alber-
ta 32,607
19. Kyle Hughes, Olney Springs,
Colo. 31,395
20. Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla.
31,017
TTeeaamm RRooppiinngg ((HHeeaaddeerr))
1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn.
$97,545
2. Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland
City, Tenn. 82,604
3. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont.
66,506
4. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn.
57,411
5. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas
56,357
6. David Key, Caldwell, Texas
55,960
7. Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C.
55,617
8. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas
51,577
9. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.
49,707
10. Nick Sartain, Yukon, Okla.
48,076
11. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga.
46,987
12. Charly Crawford, Prineville,
Ore. 44,498
13. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai,
Ariz. 40,949
14. Ty Blasingame, Olney Springs,
Colo. 39,262
15. Justin Yost, Mount Morris, Pa.
36,988
16. Shane Philipp, Washington,
Texas 36,124
17. Colby Siddoway, Hooper, Utah
34,281
18. Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas
33,835
19. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont.
33,674
20. Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz.
33,262
TTeeaamm RRooppiinngg ((HHeeeelleerr))
1. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $88,073
2. Richard Durham, Morgan Mill,
Texas 81,556
3. Martin Lucero, Stephenville,
Texas 73,191
4. Michael Jones, Stephenville,
Texas 68,181
5. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas
64,736
6. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas 52,245
7. Brad Culpepper, Ashburn, Ga.
50,652
8. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev.
49,940
9. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.
49,707
10. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz.
49,669
11. Kollin Von Ahn, Durant, Okla.
46,909
12. Russell Cardoza, Farmington,
Calif. 44,498
13. Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif.
41,113
14. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla.
36,675
15. Arky Rogers, Lake City, Fla.
36,388
16. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas
35,506
17. Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla.
35,201
18. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah
33,262
19. Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D.
32,648
20. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo.
30,674
SSaaddddllee BBrroonncc RRiiddiinngg
1. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont.
$101,503
2. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. 77,370
3. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 64,468
4. Bradley Harter, Weatherford,
Texas 60,660
5. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. 53,227
6. Dusty Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D.
51,851
7. Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita,
Calif. 50,106
8. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 47,639
9. Isaac Diaz, Stephenville, Texas
46,558
10. Chet Francis Johnson, Gillette,
Wyo. 46,430
11. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. 44,514
12. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.
43,395
13. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa
43,273
14. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla.
43,190
15. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah
41,756
16. Cody Taton, Newell, S.D. 34,348
17. Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain,
Utah 32,964
18. Tyrell Smith, Vaughn, Mont.
32,060
19. Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek,
Alberta 31,612
20. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta
31,517
TTiiee--ddoowwnn RRooppiinngg
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas
$70,845
2. Ryan Watkins, Dublin, Texas
68,778
3. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork,
Utah 67,516
4. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas 67,223
5. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas 58,906
6. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga.
56,908
7. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. 54,559
8. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. 51,928
9. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas
50,597
10. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla.
50,361
11. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas
48,320
12. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash.
47,640
13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas
45,937
14. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas
43,587
15. Jake Hannum, Ogden, Utah
42,852
16. Kody Curry, Buna, Texas 42,221
17. Brad Goodrich, Hermiston, Ore.
40,809
18. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas
40,425
19. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas
39,221
FFiigghhtt SScchheedduulleeNNaattiioonnaall TTVV iinn ppaarreenntthheesseess
AAuugg.. 11
At Agua Caliente Casino (SHO),
Rancho Mirage, Calif., Timothy
Bradley, Palm Springs, Calif., vs. Nate
Campbell, Jacksonville, Fla., 12, for
Bradley’s WBO super lightweight title;
Devon Alexander, St. Louis, vs. Junior
Witter, England, 12, for the vacant
WBC super lightweight title.
At Mohegan Sun Resort, Un-
casville, Conn., Delvin Rodriguez,
Danbury, Conn., vs. Issac Hlatshwayo,
South Africa, 12, for the vacant IBF
welterweight title.
AAuugg.. 77
At Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena,
Primm, Nev. (ESPN2), Alfredo Angu-
lo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Gabriel Rosa-
do, Philadelphia, 10, junior mid-
dleweights.
AAuugg.. 88
At Cordoba, Argentina (PPV), Jorge
Rodrigo Barrios, Argentina, vs. Moises
Castro, Nicaragua, 10, lightweights;
Marcos Hector Vergara, Argentina, vs.
Luis Alberto Arrieta, Argentina, 10,
light middleweights; Israel Hector En-
rique Perez, Argentina, vs. Jhonny An-
tequera, Venezuela, 10, super feather-
weights.
AAuugg.. 1155
At the Gold Coast Arena, Biloxi,
Miss. (PPV): Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola,
Fla., vs. Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg,
Fla., 12, light heavyweights; Danny
Green, Australia, vs. Julio Cesar
Dominguez, Argentina, 12, cruiser-
weights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pitts-
burgh, vs. Mike Anchondo, La Puente,
Calif., 10, lightweights.
At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino,
Las Vegas (PPV), Nonito Donaire, San
Leandro, Calif., vs. Rafael Concepcion,
Panama, 12, for the interim WBA super
flyweight title; Steven Luevano, La
Puente, Calif., vs. Bernabe Concep-
cion, Philippines, 12, for Luevano’s
WBO featherweight title; Mark Melli-
gen, Philippines, vs. Michael Rosales,
10, Mexico, super lightweights; Antho-
ny Peterson, Washington, vs. Luis
Arceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights.
AAuugg.. 2211
At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las
Vegas, Oliver McCall, Martinsville,
Va., vs. Franklin Lawrence, Indi-
anapolis, 12, for McCall’s IBA Inter-
continental heavyweight title.
AAuugg.. 2222
At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO),
Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs.
Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, for
Klassen’s IBF super featherweight ti-
tle; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Ma-
lignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light wel-
terweights.
AAuugg.. 2299
At Halle, Germany, Victor Emil-
iano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. Marco
Huck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez’s
WBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat,
Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo,
Italy, 12, for Murat’s European super
middleweight title.
At The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu,
Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs.
Jesus Iribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria’s
IBF light flyweight title.
At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie,
Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs.
Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welter-
weights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif.,
vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10,
featherweights.
SSeepptt.. 55
At Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (PPV),
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Ja-
son LeHoullier, Portland, Maine, 10,
super welterweights; Manuel Vargas,
Mexico, vs. Donnie Nietes, Philippines,
12, for Vargas’ WBO mini flyweight ti-
tle.
SSeepptt.. 1199
At the MGM Grand, Las Vegas,
Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs.
Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif.,
12, welterweights.
NNoovv.. 1144
At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV),
Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs.
Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, 12, welter-
weights.
TTrraannssaaccttiioonnssBBAASSEEBBAALLLL
AAmmeerriiccaann LLeeaagguuee
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed
RHP Brad Bergesen on the 15-day DL.
Recalled RHP Kam Mickolio from Nor-
folk (IL). Activated RHP Chris Ray
from the 15-day DL.
BOSTON RED SOX—Acquired C-
1B Victor Martinez from Cleveland for
RHP Justin Masterson, LHP Nick Ha-
gadone and RHP Bryan Price. Pur-
chased the contracts of RHP Marcus
McBeth from Pawtucket (IL) and OF
Josh Reddick from Portland (EL).
Transferred RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka
from the 15- to 60-day DL. Designated
INF Travis Denker for assignment.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled
INF Brent Lillibridge from Charlotte
(IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled
RHP Fausto Carmona, OF Trevor
Crowe and C Wyatt Toregas from
Columbus (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired SS
Orlando Cabrera and cash from Oak-
land for INF Tyler Ladendorf.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Acquired
INF Jerry Hairston Jr. from Cincinnati
for C Chase Weems.
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SEATTLE MARINERS—Traded
LHP Jarrod Washburn to Detroit for
LHP Luke French and LHP Mauricio
Robles.
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Adam LaRoche from Boston for 1B
Casey Kotchman and cash.
CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled OF
Sam Fuld from Iowa (PCL). Added
LHP John Grabow to the roster. Op-
tioned RHP Mitch Atkins to Iowa.
CINCINNATI REDS—Acquired 3B
Scott Rolen and cash for 3B Edwin En-
carnacion, RHP Josh Roenicke and
RHP Zach Stewart. Assigned C Chase
Weems to Dayton (MWL). Purchased
the contracts of RHP Justin Lehr and
RHP Kip Wells from Louisville (IL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Ac-
quired RHP Claudio Vargas from the
Los Angeles Dodgers for C Vinny Rot-
tino.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Traded
RHP Sean Smith to Toronto for future
considerations.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Traded
RHP Jake Peavy to the Chicago White
Sox for LHP Clayton Richard, LHP
Aaron Poreda, RHP Dexter Carter and
RHP Adam Russell. Fired hitting
coach Jim Lefebvre. Named Randy
Ready hitting coach.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—
Traded 1B Nick Johnson to Florida for
LHP Aaron Thompson. Traded LHP
Joe Beimel and cash to Colorado for
RHP Ryan Mattheus and RHP Robin-
son Fabian.
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nounced RHP Enerio Del Rosario has
been promoted to Louisville (IL).
Added RHP Chris Kelly from Sarasota
(FSL).
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Johnny Dillard.
PENSACOLA PELICANS—Re-
leased RHP Bubba Nelson.
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QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released
RHP Cody Castle.
SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Released
OF Luis Soto.
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LONG BEACH ARMADA—Agreed
to terms with LHP Chase Baran.
VICTORIA SEALS—Agreed to
terms with RHP Aaron Trolia.
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AMARILLO DILLAS—Signed OF
Anthony Bennett.
COASTAL BEND—Signed OF Alex
Fernandez. Released OF Felix Cerda
and RHP James Kuzniak.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEW-
INGS—Signed RHP Jose Fragoso.
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DENVER NUGGETS—Acquired F
Malik Allen from Milwaukee for F Wal-
ter Sharpe and G-F Sonny Weems.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Waived
G Sun Yue.
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coach Pat Coyle. Named Anne Dono-
van interim coach.
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ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed DT
Peria Jerry to a five-year contract.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Agreed
to terms with CB Sherrod Martin.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived
OT Colin Dow.
DETROIT LIONS—Signed WR-KR
Derrick Williams and DT Sammie Hill
to three-year contracts.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named
Tom Moore senior offensive coordina-
tor and Howard Mudd senior offensive
line coach.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—
Signed DT Terrance Knighton.
MIAMI DOLHINS—Agreed to
terms with CB Vontae Davis.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—
Signed QB Josh Freeman to a five-year
contract.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—
Signed LB Brian Orakpo to a five-year
contract.
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EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Named
Kevin Strasser senior offensive con-
sultant.
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NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed D
Rob Davison, F Ben Walter, G Gerald
Coleman, G Jeff Lerg, F Stephen Gion-
ta, F Kyle Kucharski, F Brad Mills
and F Jeff Prough.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—
Signed F Wade Brookbank and F Wyatt
Smith.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed D Bren-
dan Bell.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed
D Milan Jurcina to a one-year contract.
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Agreed to terms with F Michel Leveille
on a one-year contract.
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MLS—Suspended Real Salt Lake
coach Jason Kreis one game and fined
him $3,000 for his actions in a July 24
games against FC Dallas. Fined Seattle
MF Freddie Ljungberg $500 for failure
to leave the field in a timely and or-
derly manner after he was issued a red
card during a July 25 game against
Chicago.
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CLEMSON—Named Missy Fiesler
women’s assistant rowing coach. An-
nounced senior OL Barry Humphries
has decided to leave the football team.
POTSDAM—Named Mark Gilbride
men’s basketball coach.
SAN DIEGO—Named Jerome
Pathon wide receivers coach.
UAB—Named Josh Hopper assis-
tant baseball coach.
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He proved that early in hiscareer.”
Cable’s Raiders have Ja-Marcus Russell, the first pickin the 2007 draft, and veteranJeff Garcia.
“We like who we have, solet’s move forward,” Oak-land’s coach said. “Wehaven’t had that discussionbecause it’s not relevant towhat we’re trying to do andwho we have.”
The Lions, who used thetop overall choice in April onGeorgia quarterbackMatthew Stafford, also arepassing on Vick.
“With what we’ve done atquarterback, we’ve invest-ed a lot at the quarterbackposition, as you know,”coach Jim Schwartz said.“There’s a first-round pick(Matthew Stafford), a sec-ond-round pick (Drew Stan-ton), we have (Daunte)Culpepper looking goodand coming back. So Ithink, from that stand-
point, we’ve invested a (lot)at that position.”
One day after Brad Chil-dress shut the door on BrettFavre, he did the same toVick, saying the Vikingsdon’t plan on pursuing him.
“I would just say that theguys that we’ve got we are go-ing to fashion the teamaround and go forward thatway,” Childress said. “I don’tknow how many differentways I can say that, but it isgoing to be Sage (Rosenfels)and Tarvaris (Jackson), andwe’ll see how J.D. Booty fac-tors in.
“We’re going to go withthe three guys we have.”
After New England’s firstpractice of training camp,Belichick was asked aboutVick’s possible return to theNFL. He praised Vick’s ath-leticism, but left it at that.
“Michael is an outstand-ing player, hasn’t played in acouple of years,” Belichicksaid. “But right now, our fo-
cus is on our team and ourplayers and trying to get theNew England Patriots readyand so that’s really where myattention’s been. But he’s atremendous athlete. Whereexactly he is right now, Idon’t know.”
Matt Schaub, who spentthree seasons as Vick’s back-up in Atlanta and now isHouston’s starter, is excitedabout Vick getting anotherchance.
Schaub said whoeversigns Vick will be getting “aheck of an athlete and a guythat can help their footballteam.”
The Texans, who also haveDan Orlovsky and Rex Gross-man, have previously saidthey aren’t interested inVick.
Some theories have hadthe Seahawks’ Jim Mora,who coached Vick in Atlanta,as a likely suitor. But a teamspokesman said Seattle hasno interest in Vick.
VICK | Continued from Page 1B
man, I didn’t make a bomb. Idon’t hang with thugs, I was-n’t doing drugs. I wasn’t us-ing guns. It was only fun. ... Itcould’ve been worse. I mean,I did curse. But I didn’t see ahearse.”
In July, Bennett posted the“Black Olympics.” He andhis older brother, Michael, arookie defensive end withSeattle, competed in threeevents: eating fried chicken,drinking Kool-Aid and eatingwatermelon. Within days,the video got unwanted pro-motion when two prominentblack columnists criticizedBennett for perpetuatingstereotypes.
Jason Whitlock of theKansas City Star wrote thathe was sad the video had yetto cause more of an uproar,which is why he was point-ing it out.
Then Michael Freeman ofCBSSports.com wrote that it“sets back a group of people50 years” and urged NFLcommissioner Roger Goodellto have Jim Brown and oth-ers explain to Bennett the ob-stacles that black players
have overcome. As always, Bennett
laughed it off, saying he wasjust being Marty B.
“Half the stuff I do isspontaneous,” he said. “Itends up being funny to us.That’s all that really mat-ters.”
When Bennett arrivedlast year, teammates andcoaches didn’t know what tomake of him, a 21-year-oldwho acted like a happy-go-lucky kid but sure lookedlike a grown man. In fact,he’s two inches taller thanSan Diego’s record-settingtight end Antonio Gatesand, like Gates, was athleticenough to play basketball incollege.
Bennett admits he strug-gled to fit in as a rookie (eas-ing his way into conversa-tions, only to be ignored) andthe HBO show “HardKnocks” captured hisstrained relationship withposition coach John Garrett.
In one scene, Garrett hadto tell Bennett to put on hishelmet several times beforethe rookie did it.
Fast forward a year, to thisweek. After only the secondpractice of training camp,Phillips singled out Bennettfor having “an outstandingworkout,” adding that he ex-celled throughout offseasonpractices, too.
Keep it up and Bennett re-ally will force the Cowboys tocome up with all sorts of two-tight end formations.
“We just gradually spoon-feed him a little bit more anda little bit more and he’s han-dled it well,” Garrett said.“He’s got immense pride indoing it right and wanting tobe good. He understands thathe has an important role inthis offense and he wants tofulfill it.”
Bennett also understandsthat without success on Sun-days he’s just another guytrying to be silly on the Inter-net. So the better he plays,the bigger his audience andthe louder laughs he’ll draw.
Considering the click-drawing power of the Cow-boys, every reception couldbe worth thousands of morefans.
’BOYS | Continued from Page 1B
The Lady Hawks compet-ed in the gold division andplaced third overall.
“The gold division is oneof the toughest division atthis meet,” Villarreal said.“You have over 30 teams andthe majority of them are 5Ateams. We placed third, andthat is not bad for a 3Aschool.”
Zapata also attended theMcNeil meet in Round Rock,site of the state cross-coun-try championships, in orderto get a field of the course.
“Teams that feel thatthey will make it to the state
meet will attend the McNeilmeet to get an idea of thecourse,” Villarreal said.
The Lady Hawks will facesome stiff competition atthe regional meet from dis-trict foes La Feria, Luling,Gonzalez and Giddenings.
“The top three teams toadvance to the state meetwill come from this group,”Villarreal said. “We have totake care of business in dis-trict first.”
Villarreal feels the key tothe team’s success is therunners buying into theprogram.
“Once the athletes be-lieve that they can accom-plish those goal then theybecome a reality,” Villarrealsaid. “They are the ones outthere working hard and notcutting corners becausethey know that it will payoff at the end.”
Zapata will host the Zapa-ta Open on Aug. 22 to offi-cially open the season, thentravel to several 5A meets,including Edinburg North,Edinburg High, UTSA,A&M CC, McNeil and Meetof Champions, prior to thedistrict meet.
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HELPERS AT REST
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