The Commercial Dispatch Eedition 6-7-13

WEATHER
COMING SUNDAY
CALENDAR
134RD YEAR, NO. 75
Jacob Johnson
Second grade, New Hope
High 83 Low 62
Chance of storms
Full forecast on
page 2A.
FIVE QUESTIONS
1 What two teams faced off in the rst
NFL game between two brothers as
starting quarterbacks?
2 Enterprise, Ala., erected a statue to
what beetle, for helping spur it on to
plant more diversied crops?
3 What was unusual about the decapi-
tations of Oliver Cromwell and Goliath?
4 Who lives next to George and Mar-
tha Wilson?
5 Whats the rst fruit to appear in the
Pac-Man maze?

Answers, 8B
INSIDE
Classieds 7B
Comics 5B
Obituaries 4A
Opinions 6A
Religion 6B
Saturday, June 8
Great Tombigbee Duck
Race: Columbus-Lowndes
Habitat for Humanity hosts this
ducky fundraiser at the Colum-
bus Riverwalk. Family fun events
begin at 10 a.m. with inat-
ables, games and food vendors
(sorry, no coolers allowed). At
2 p.m., thousands of rubber
ducks will be dropped into the
river to race for $5,000 and
other prizes. Adopt your ducks at
tombigbeeduckrace.com or call
662-386-DUCK (3825).
Wednesday, June 12
Table Talk: The Friends of
the Columbus-Lowndes Public
Library and the Hitching Lot
Farmers Market present veter-
an food journalist and Jackson
native Susan Puckett talking
about her latest cookbook,
Eat Drink Delta at Table Talk:
A Casual Visit with Books.
Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m. to
socialize; iced tea will be pro-
vided. The free program begins
promptly at noon at the library
at 314 Seventh St. N. For more
information, contact the library,
662-329-5300.
Bryan Library Noon Tunes:
Bring lunch and spend mid-
day listening to live music at
the Bryan Public Library, 338
Commerce St., West Point,
from noon to 1 p.m. For more
information, contact the library,
662- 494- 4872.
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MSU football faces NCAA penalties today
Eurocopter lands deal
to build six helicopters
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
mstevens@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE Mississippi
State University will learn today
what penalties the NCAA Com-
mittee of Infractions will impose
on the schools football program
for recruiting violations commit-
ted in 2012.
The NCAA was scheduled
to hold a teleconference at 10
a.m. to discuss the Division
I Committee on Infractions
decision regarding MSU. Brit-
ton Banowsky, the chair of the
NCAA committee and current
commissioner of Conference
USA, is conducting the telecon-
ference.
MSU offcials declined com-
ment on the matter Thursday
except to confrm initial ESPN.
com reports that the school is
prepared to receive the NCAAs
ruling.
ESPN.coms Brett McMur-
phy reported Thursday after-
noon, based on information from
an unnamed source, that the in-
fractions are considered major
in nature and are likely to include
some elements of self-imposed
penalties related to recruiting.
Another unnamed source also
confrmed to ESPN that former
wide receivers coach Angelo
Mirando is a key element to the
infractions and that head coach
Dan Mullen is not expected to be
directly implicated.
On Aug. 23, The Dispatch re-
ported the NCAA was conduct-
ing an investigation into a po-
tential recruiting irregularity
involving the MSU football pro-
BY NATHAN GREGORY
ngregory@cdispatch.com
American Eurocopter off-
cials announced earlier this
week that Arizona-based avi-
ation company Pylon Aviation
has placed an order for six new
AS350 helicopters.
Employees of the compa-
nys Columbus plant will be
tasked with assembling two
AS350B3e aircraft and four
Teaching teachers tech
Micah Green/Dispatch Staff
Janet Lewis, center, director of Heritage Academys instructional technology and marketing, works with Brenda Polk and Terri
Hawkins on their new Apple MacBook Pro laptops during the schools Technology Boot Camp on Thursday.
Robbery
suspect
changes mind,
will go to trial
Oglen one of six
Columbus teens charged
in armed robbery of
Columbus woman
BY SARAH FOWLER
sfowler@cdispatch.com
The saga of six Co-
lumbus teens charged
with robbing a woman
at gunpoint will contin-
ue to the next Circuit
Court term in August.
Tevin Oglen, 18,
who was expected to
plead guilty last Fri-
day in Lowndes Coun-
ty Circuit Court, has decided to go to
trial. His trial date was set for August
7.
Oglen is one of six Columbus
teens accused of robbing Karen
Winter at gunpoint in 2011. Accord-
ing to authorities, Oglen along with
Demonta Gardner, 18, Bobby Bluitt,
18, Jeremy Billups, 17, Corey Lathan,
17, and Michael Satterfeld, 17, forced
their way into Winters apartment at
the Sandpiper Apartment Complex
on the night of Sept. 29, 2011 and
held a gun to her head as they bur-
glarized her home.
The teens were arrested shortly
after leaving the scene. Each teen
was charged as a adult with one
count of armed robbery and one
count burglary of a dwelling.
Gardner was the frst of the six to
be tried in May 2012. He was found
MUW honored to host Arts & Letters event
BY SARAH FOWLER
sfowler@cdispatch.com
Artists from around the state will de-
scend on the Mississippi University for
Women campus Saturday to attend the
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters
Awards. The prestigious awards will be
presented to eight artists from through-
out the state at the Hogarth Center on
the MUW campus. The ceremony will
be an all-day event with writing award
recipients reading their work Saturday
afternoon at Poindexter Hall. There will
also be a book signing.
MUW president Dr. Jim Borsig said it
is an honor to host the event.
We are delighted to host this dis-
tinguished group on our campus, he
said. The accomplishments of those
being recognized are known not just
in Mississippi but across
the country and it is going
to be a great event for
MUW.
This years award
recipients are: Richard
Ford, Joseph Crespino,
Catherine Pierce, David
Wharton, Lee Renninger,
Dr. Steve Rouse and Caroline Herring.
Ford, a Jackson native, is the winner
Oglen
Mirando
ICY TREAT:
Kayla Shelby
hands over a
snow cone to
Lisa Hankes,
of Memphis,
on a hot and
humid Tues-
day afternoon
in Starkville.
Hankes, an
incoming col-
lege freshman,
was in town
for orientation
at Mississippi
State Univer-
sity.
ESPN reports NCAA will enforce sanctions
related to 2012 recruiting violations
See MSU, 8A
See BURGLARY, 8A
Facility will build
for Pylon Aviation
INSIDE
OUR VIEW: Eurocopters success
in commercial aircraft eld is encour-
aging. Page 6A
See EUROCOPTER, 8A
Pierce
Honorees include Starkville poet Catherine Pierce
See MUW, 8A
Dont miss The Dispatchs special
Health & Wellness Guide in this
Sundays paper, which will include
summer health tips for kids, senior
care advice and other useful health
information.
Redmond
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Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle
Almanac Data National Weather
Lake Levels
River Stages
Sun and Moon Solunar table
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, i-ice, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow
Yesterday 7 a.m. 24-hr.
Lake Capacity yest. change
The solunar
period schedule
allows planning days
so you will be fshing
in good territory or
hunting in good cover
during those times.
Temperature
Precipitation
Tombigbee
Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr.
River stage yest. change
Columbus Thursday
High/low ..................................... 87/65
Normal high/low ......................... 88/65
Record high ............................ 97 (1977)
Record low .............................. 50 (1954)
Thursday.......................................... 0.09"
Month to date ................................. 2.65"
Normal month to date ...................... 0.92"
Year to date .................................. 30.71"
Normal year to date ....................... 25.67"
Saturday Sunday
Atlanta 83 68 pc 84 69 pc
Boston 72 59 r 80 59 pc
Chicago 74 57 pc 74 61 t
Dallas 93 71 pc 93 75 pc
Honolulu 87 73 pc 87 74 pc
Jacksonville 88 70 t 87 70 t
Memphis 85 66 pc 90 71 pc
86
65
Saturday
Partly sunny
89
69
Sunday
Humid with clouds
and sun
89
70
Monday
Some sun, a t-storm
possible
92
68
Tuesday
Partly sunny and
warm
Aberdeen Dam 188' 163.40' +0.20'
Stennis Dam 166' 136.63' +0.20'
Bevill Dam 136' 136.34' -0.04'
Amory 20' 11.87' +0.26'
Bigbee 14' 4.35' +0.08'
Columbus 15' 5.74' +0.18'
Fulton 20' 7.82' -0.08'
Tupelo 21' 1.80' +1.20'
Last
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Full
June 23
First
June 16
New
June 8
Sunrise ..... 5:43 a.m.
Sunset ...... 8:02 p.m.
Moonrise ... 5:02 a.m.
Moonset .... 7:19 p.m.
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Major ... 12:04 a.m.
Minor ..... 6:15 a.m.
Major ... 12:27 p.m.
Minor ..... 6:39 p.m.
Major ... 12:51 a.m.
Minor ..... 7:04 a.m.
Major ... 12:52 a.m.
Minor ..... 7:28 p.m.
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Saturday Sunday
Nashville 83 61 pc 86 68 pc
Orlando 87 72 t 90 74 t
Philadelphia 80 65 pc 86 65 pc
Phoenix 108 82 s 107 80 s
Raleigh 86 70 t 89 71 pc
Salt Lake City 86 64 s 93 69 s
Seattle 72 51 pc 71 48 s
Tonight
Mainly clear
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AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File
Amanullah, 20, a drug addict, is chained to a wall during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 1. It is believed locally that 40 days chained to a wall and with a restrict-
ed diet of only water, black pepper and bread at the 300-year old shrine can cure the mentally ill, drug addicts
and those possessed by spirits. If a shrine keeper decides their situation is improving, they may be unchained
for a few minutes so they can pray, walk outside or visit a proper bathroom.
Friday
SAY WHAT?
I guess in 2013 at Mississippi State were not interested in doing it the
easily explainable way. Were interested in winning baseball games with
the best talent we have.
MSU pitching coach Butch Thompson, talking about the pitching approach
the coaching staff has used this season. Story, 1B.
Scorsese, De Niro honor
Mel Brooks at AFI tribute
BY SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES Rob-
ert De Niro and Morgan
Freeman never worked
with Mel Brooks, and the
Oscar winners came to a
ceremony in his honor to
let him know they resent
it.
Brooks received the
American Film Institutes
41st Life Achievement
Award Thursday, and
Freeman and De Niro
were among a galaxy of
stars who paid tribute to
the man behind Blazing
Saddles, Young Fran-
kenstein and The Pro-
ducers.
Martin Short opened
the program with a song-
and-dance routine set to a
medley of melodies from
Brooks lms.
The word genius is
used a lot in Hollywood,
so I might as well call Mel
one, Short said.
Billy Crystal, Amy Poe-
hler, Sarah Silverman,
Conan OBrien, Jimmy
Kimmel, Cloris Leachman,
David Lynch, Larry Da-
vid and Carl Reiner also
honored the 86-year-old
lmmaker at a private din-
ner at the Dolby Theatre
that had the energy of a
good-natured roast.
We are going to miss
you so much, Mel, Kim-
mel said. You were one of
the greats. Rest in peace,
my friend.
David blamed Brooks
for his idle years as an as-
piring comedian.
Mel Brooks didnt get
me into comedy, he kept
me away from it, David
said, recalling how he was
intimidated by Brooks tal-
ent. I spent years doing
nothing because of him.
Woody Allen, Clint
Eastwood, George Lucas,
Steven Spielberg, Whoopi
Goldberg and Gene Wild-
er were among those laud-
ing Brooks via video.
I dont think theres
any man anywhere whos
like you, Wilder said. I
love you, Mel.
Chris Pizello/Invision/AP
Honoree Mel Brooks
waves to the audience
after receiving his award
at the American Film
Institutes 41st Lifetime
Achievement Award Gala
at the Dolby Theatre on
Thursday in Los Angeles.
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Tropical Storm Andrea moving up coast
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI After bringing rains,
heavy winds and even tornadoes
to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm
Andrea was moving quickly toward
the coast of Georgia and the Caro-
linas early today, promising sloppy
commutes and waterlogged vaca-
tion getaways through the begin-
ning of the weekend.
The rst named storm of the
Atlantic season was losing some
intensity late Thursday and by ear-
ly today, its winds were down to 45
mph.
Ben Nelson, a meteorologist
with the National Weather Service
in Jacksonville, said Andrea was
moving at a pretty brisk pace and
could lose its tropical characteris-
tics as early as this morning.
However, forecasters warned it
could cause isolated ooding and
storm surge over the next two days.
Heavy rains were continuing
well away from the storms center.
The weather service in Charles-
ton, S.C., advised of an enhanced
coastal ooding threat near the
high tide this morning, as well as
of possible tornadoes. Rain bands
could bring wind gusts in excess
of 40 mph or 50 mph, the weather
service said.
Early today, tropical storm
warnings remained in effect for the
East Coast from Altamaha Sound
in Georgia to Cape Charles Light
in Virginia, the Pamlico and Albe-
marle sounds and the lower Ches-
apeake Bay south of New Point
Comfort. A tropical storm warning
means tropical storm conditions
are expected somewhere inside
the warning area within a day and
a half.
As of 5 a.m. EDT Friday, the U.S.
National Hurricane Center in Mi-
ami said Andrea was about 30 miles
northeast of Savannah, Ga., having
made landfall a day earlier in Flor-
idas Big Bend area. Andrea was
moving northeast near 28 mph.
AP photo/Weather Underground
This NOAA satellite image taken today at 12:45 a.m. shows expansive
cloudiness across much of the eastern seaboard of the United States
associated with Tropical Storm Andrea.
Made-up names appear in NY high schools yearbook
SCHAGHTI COKE,
N.Y. Ofcials at a small
school district in upstate
New York say an hon-
est mistake led to stu-
dents being identied in
the yearbook as Creepy
smile kid and Some tall
guy.
The labels appear in
photo captions of the
high school yearbook at
Hoosic Valley, a rural dis-
trict 20 miles northeast of
Albany.
Acting Superintendent
Amy Goodell tells the
Troy Record a non-inten-
tional, honest mistake
resulted in some mem-
bers of the track and eld
team being labeled with
made-up names such as
Isolation kid. Several
students were identied
simply as Someone.
Goodell says correc-
tions are being made and
the parents of students
whose names werent
published correctly have
been contacted.
The high school has
about 380 students, with a
graduating class of fewer
than 100.
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Miss. economy grew 2.4 percent in 2012
BY JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON With manufactur-
ing on the rebound, Mississippis
economy grew by 2.4 percent in
2012, new gures show.
Gross domestic product numbers
released Thursday by the federal
Bureau of Economic Analysis try to
measure all of the economic output
of each state. They look at all the
money that businesses, private indi-
viduals and governments spend on
goods and services. Investment and
foreign trade are also included in the
totals.
Mississippis 2012 growth rate
was close to the national average of
2.5 percent, and ranked 17th among
the 50 states. That was a marked
improvement from 2011, when Mis-
sissippis economy shrank by 1.1
percent, one of only ve states to
contract.
2012 was a better year than
2011, said state economist Darrin
Webb. We began to see some pret-
ty signicant growth in 2012 for the
rst time since the recession.
The BEA revised the 2011 data
downward from the original reading
of a 0.8 percent contraction, indicat-
ing that the economy was in worse
shape that it appeared at rst. Webb
emphasized that the 2012 numbers
are preliminary and could also
change.
Mississippis economy totaled
more than $100 billion for the rst
time. It remained 0.7 percent of the
total U.S. economy of $15.6 trillion.
Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
ESPRESSO YOURSELF: From left, Jeanette Basson, Mark Huerkamp, and Dorris Brown have a run-through for
Espresso Yourself which begins tonight at 7 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts Centers Omnova Theater, 501 Main
St. The coffee-house evening features members of the Columbus-based Writers and Storytellers Guild sharing
readings from original works, as well as works by some of Mississippis legendary authors. Homemade conces-
sions and coffees by Coffee House on 5th will be available. Admission is $5 at the door.
2012 growth was ranked 17th out of the 50 states
Republicans: Give governors more school say
BY PHILIP ELLIOTT
WASHINGTON Ed-
ucation Secretary Arne
Duncan and his succes-
sors would be relegated
to cheerleaders for the
nations schools, and gov-
ernors would be put in
charge of classrooms un-
der companion bills Sen-
ate and House Republi-
cans introduced Thursday.
The top Republicans on
Congress education com-
mittees unveiled rewrites
to the nations sweeping
law known as No Child
Left Behind, which gov-
erns elementary and
secondary schools that
receive tax dollars. While
there were differences
in the details, the Repub-
licans overall approach
would give governors nal
responsibility for holding
schools accountable and
largely limit the Education
Department to promoting
the importance of learn-
ing.
We would stop Wash-
ington, D.C., from decid-
ing whether schools and
teachers are failing and
restore those decisions
back to state and local
governments, the top Re-
publican on the Senate Ed-
ucation Committee, Sen.
Lamar Alexander of Ten-
nessee, told The Associat-
ed Press in an interview.
The chairman of the
House Education Commit-
tee said Washington was a
poor arbiter of what works
and what does not in
schools.
Were not leaving the
secretary in the position of
judging that system, said
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn.
The state-by-state ap-
proach to education stan-
dards is already largely
in place in the 37 states
that received permission
from Duncan to ignore
the No Child Left Behind
requirements in exchange
for customized school im-
provement plans. The oth-
er states face the threat
of being deemed failing
schools if they cannot
demonstrate their stu-
dents perform at grade
level in reading and math
a designation that could
cost them federal educa-
tion dollars.
Under Republicans
plans, states would de-
termine if their schools
are succeeding, and they
could ignore previous fed-
eral requirements to show
they are getting better ev-
ery year.
No Child Left Behind rewrites would
give governors nal responsibility
Deborah Bryant joins Community Bank board
BY EMILY
WAGSTER PETTUS
JACKSON Deborah
Bryant, the wife of Missis-
sippi Gov. Phil Bryant, is
now serving on the board
of directors for privately
held Community Bank of
Mississippi.
The bank announced
Thursday that she was
elected to
the board
March 21.
T h e
board had
15 mem-
bers, and
D e b o r a h
Bryant be-
came the
16th, said Tony Sims, mar-
keting director for Commu-
nity Bancshares, Inc., the
parent company of Com-
munity Bank. He said she is
one of three women on the
board. He said no elected
ofcials serve on the board.
All of the board mem-
bers, including Deborah
Bryant, are compensated
for their work, Sims said,
but information about the
amount of compensation
was not immediately avail-
able.
Bryant
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Anderson Grove Community Center, Caledonia
Community Fellowship Hall, Artesia
The Golden Triangle Planning and Development
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Adrain Rogers
Mr. Adrain O. Rogers, 85, of Columbus, MS
passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hopsital-GT, Columbus, MS.
Visitation will be Friday, June 7, 2013, from
5-8 pm at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus,
MS. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 8,
2013, at 10 am at Fairview Baptist Church, Co-
lumbus, MS with Bro. Sammy Crawford offci-
ating and Bro. Breck Ladd assisting. Interment
will follow at Memorial Gardens, Columbus,
MS with Bro. Melvin Mordecai offciating and
Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Rogers was born September 15, 1927,
in Couch, MO to the late George Edward and
Stella Mae Johnson Rogers. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Air Force and worked for Tennessee
Gas Company for over 35 years. Mr. Rogers
was a member of Fairview Baptist Church for
53 years, where he was a member of the Choir,
Sunday School Secretary and worked in the
church library. He was a member of the Joseph
Warren Masonic Lodge #71 F & AM, New Al-
bany, MS, Grand York Rite Bodies of Missis-
sippi and Shrine of Hamasa Temple, Meridian,
MS. Mr. Rogers was a member of the Toast-
masters, retired Mens Coffee Club (Hwy. 82
McDonalds), Columbus and New Hope YMCA
and Caveman Breakfast Club. He was a Limo
Driver for the GTR Airport, an avid woodwork-
er, gardener, writer of short stories and ama-
teur musician. Mr. Rogers also made walking
canes, enjoyed fshing and was a friend to many
people.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his daughter, Jea-
nette (Clyde Edward) Lee, Columbus, MS;
sister, Mary Francis (Leo) Hall, Thayer, MO:
grandson, Michael Dale (Jenny) Lee, Grena-
da, MS: great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Ian
and Rebecca Lee; 9 cousins and 17 nieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers will be Mark Vickers, Mike
Reeves, Brooks Pope, Jimmy Parker, Bill Delk,
Joe Atkins, Ken Aldridge and Lee Roy Lollar.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Retired
Mens Coffee Club, Former and Current Em-
ployees of Tennaco Gas and the Caveman
Breakfast Club.
Memorials may be made to Fairview Baptist
Church Music Ministry, Building Fund or Chil-
drens Ministry, 127 Airline Rd., Columbus, MS
39702 or Donors Favorite Charity.
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Lula York
COLUMBUS Lula
Mae York, 79, died
May 31, 2013, at North
Mississippi Medical
Center.
Services are Satur-
day at 11
a.m. at Mt.
Ary MB
Church
with the
Rev. Ther-
man Cun-
ningham
ofciating.
Burial will follow in
the church cemetery.
Visitation is today from
3-8 p.m. at Carters of
Columbus.
Ms. York was born
June 7, 1933, to the late
Joe Nathan Gordon and
Sarah Foote. She was a
member of Mt. Ary MB
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
siblings, Lewis Poston
and Freddie Coleman.
Survivors include
her siblings, Robert
Sykes of Levelland,
Texas, Lucy Williams,
Edna Newman and
Martha Wilson, all of
Columbus.
Elijah Short Jr.
BROOKSVILLE
Elijah Short Jr., 70, died
May 30, 2013, at Emory
Adventist
Hospital in
Smyrna,
Ga.
Ser-
vices are
Saturday
at 10:30
a.m. at Mt.
Ary MB Church with
John Ball ofciating.
Oakland MB Church
cemetery. Visitation is
today from 3-8 p.m. at
Carters of Columbus.
Mr. Short was born
March 17, 1943, to the
late Elijah Short Sr.,
and Mary Edwards. He
was formerly employed
as a crane operator
with Interlake Steel. He
was a member of Mt.
Ary MB Church.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
wife, Mattie Short; and
siblings, William Short,
Sam Short and John
Henry Short.
Survivors include his
children, Eric Short of
Mableton, Ga., Leton
Short, Janice Dean
and Delwin Short, all
of Chicago, and Elijah
Short III of Starkville;
siblings, L.C. Short,
Samuel Short, James
Short, Willie Short and
Hattie Stephens, all of
Chicago, Emma Hull
of Brooksville, Pearl-
ie Powell and Louise
Short, both of Jackson;
and 17 grandchildren.
Pallbearers are
Joe Mosley Jr., Casey
Hairston, Carl Brown,
Maurice James, Tom-
my Eckles, Delwin
Short Jr., and Maurice
Rumph.
Reginald Robinson
MACON Reginald
Gerome Robinson, 45,
died June
4, 2013,
at Baptist
Memorial
Hospital
Golden
Triangle.
Ser-
vices are
Saturday
at 1 p.m. at Tabernacle
MB Church with the
Rev. Billy Goodman
ofciating. Visitation
is today from noon to
5 p.m. at Carters of
Macon.
Mr. Robinson was
born Nov. 27, 1967,
Thomas Payton and
Norris G. Howlett. He
was a member of Harri-
son Grove MB Church.
In addition to his
parents, survivors in-
clude his son, Jaquavi-
ous Robinson of Colum-
bus; brother, Terrance
Payton of St. Louis;
and sisters, Tisha and
Tiffany Brown, both of
St. Louis.
Joe Jordan Jr.
CRAWFORD Joe
Lewis Soul Jordan Jr.,
66, died June 3, 2013,
at Baptist
Memorial
Hospital
Golden
Triangle.
Ser-
vices are
Saturday
at 2 p.m.
at Charity
Mission Full Gospel
Baptist Church with
the Rev. Sammie White
ofciating. Burial
will follow in Oakland
Cemetery. Visitation is
Carters of Columbus.
Mr. Jordan was born
Jan. 3, 1947, to the late
Joe Jordan Sr., and
Lucinda Burrell Jordan.
He was a member of
Oakland MB Church.
wife, Bernice Lowery
Jordan of Crawford;
children, Trini Pryor
of Nashville, Tenn.,
Cynthia Jordan, Shanda
Jefferson, Joe Jordan
III and Tamarah Jor-
dan, all of Crawford; 10
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
J.C. Harris
CRAWFORD J.C.
Harris, 80, died June 6,
2013, at OCH Regional
Medical Center.
Arrangement are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carters
Funeral Services.
Irene McCaughey
COLUMBUS
Irene Beatrice Mc-
Caughey, 93, died
June 6, 2013, at Trinity
Healthcare.
Services are Sat-
urday at 2 p.m. at
Lowndes Funeral home
Chapel with the Rev.
Tony Proctor ofciat-
ing.
Ms. McCaughey was
born Nov. 2, 1919, to
the late Alfred J. and
Sarah McLoughlin
Burns. She attended
First United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include
her son, Walt Lock-
wood of Columbus;
three grandchildren
and two great-grand-
children.
Memorials may be
made to the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Humane
Society, P.O. Box 85,
Columbus, MS 39703.
Donna Henry
TUPELO Don-
na Jo Henry, 55, died
June 6, 2013, at North
Mississippi Medical
Center.
Services are Sun-
day at 2 p.m. at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
Visitation is Saturday
6-9 p.m. at Lowndes
Funeral Home.
Eddie Smith
COLUMBUS Ed-
die B. Smith, 81, died
May 31, 2013.
Services are Satur-
day at 11 a.m. at New
Prairie Grove MB
Church with the Rev.
Sam Bonner ofciat-
ing. Burial will follow
in New Prairie Grove
Cemetery. West Me-
morial Funeral home
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Survivors include
his wife, Peach Smith
of Columbus; children
and stepchildren,
Eddie B. Smith Jr. of
Louisville, Larry Smith
and Judy K. Smith,
both of Starkville,
Mykle K. Smith of Hat-
tiesburg, Daisy Flowers
Hawkins and Sarah
Flowers Sykes, both of
Columbus and Tommie
Flowers of Redlands,
Calif.; sisters, Lena M.
Johnson of Starkville
and Mandy Sharp
of Maywood, Ill.; 19
grandchildren and 26
great-grandchildren.
Mell Lowery
STARKVILLE
Mell Rose Lowery, 94,
died June 3, 2013.
Services are Satur-
day at 11 a.m. at Chap-
el Hill MB Church with
the Rev. Earl Willis
ofciating. Burial will
follow in Chapel Hill
today from 1- 6 p.m. at
West Memorial Funer-
al Home.
Survivors include
her daughters, Min-
erva Stevenson of
East St. Louis, Mo.,
and Sara Lowery
of Starkville; sons,
Willie James Lowery
and Elex Lowery,
both of Starkville;
32 grandchildren;
75 great-grand-
children and 28
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Sylvia Miles
STARKVILLE
Sylvia Mae Watt Miles,
83, died June 4, 2013.
Services are Sunday
at 2 p.m. at New Prairie
Grove MB Church with
the Rev. Sam Bonner
follow in New Prairie
Grove Cemetery. Vis-
itation is Saturday 2- 6
p.m. at West Memorial
Funeral Home.
Survivors include
her daughters, Kath-
leen Jones, Vanessa
Miles Bush and Wanda
Parks; sons, George
Lee Miles, Randolph
Miles, Mencil Bell
Miles Jr., and James
Miles, all of Starkville;
sister, Annie Miles of
Muskegon, Mich.; 16
Jasper Beamon
MACON Jas-
per Ivy Beamon, 55,
died May 30, 2013, at
Baptist
Memorial
Hospital
Golden
Triangle.
Ser-
vices are
Saturday
at 2 p.m.
at Prairie
Point Baptist Church
with the Rev. Lar-
ry Clay ofciating.
1-5 p.m. at Lee-Sykes
Funeral Chapel in
Macon.
Mr. Beamon was
born March 24, 1958,
to the late Wallace and
Lurene Brewer Bea-
mon Jr. He was a mem-
ber of Prairie Point MB
Church and Barn Pride
Lodge #932. He was a
graduate of Noxubee
County High School
and was employed with
Noxubee Solid Waste.
In addition to his
ceded in death by
his brother, Wallace
Beamon Jr.
Survivors include
his wife, Bertha
Stevenson Beamon of
Macon; sons, Damas-
cus Stevenson and
Eric Beamon, both of
Macon; brother, John-
ny Beamon; sisters,
Dorothy Jackson and
Fannie Tate, both of
Columbus; and six
grandchildren.
Pallbearers are
Jermaine Washing-
ton, Quinton Beamon,
Timothy Tate, Johnnie
B. Beamon, Dedrick
Stevenson and Robert
Stevenson.
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Robinson
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Beatrice Nelson
ABERDEEN
Alma Beatrice Smith-
erman Nelson, 75, died
June 5, 2013, at North
Mississippi Medical
Center.
Services are Sat-
urday at 11 a.m. at
Tisdale-Lann Memorial
Chapel. Burial will
follow in New Hope
the funeral home.
Ms. Nelson was
born Nov. 18, 1937, to
the late Prentis Grady
Smitherman and Birtie
Mae Barnes Smither-
man. She was a mem-
ber of Grady Chapel
Methodist Church and
was employed as a
caregiver.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her daughter, Tammy
Holloway Pannell;
seven brothers and six
sisters.
Survivors include
her daughters, Janet
Lee Howell of Mor-
gan Hill, Calif., Diana
Lynne Houk of Gil-
roy, Calif., and Tonya
Downey of Wren; sister,
Mary Smith of Una; 10
grandchildren and six
Marlinda Phillips
STARKVILLE
Marlinda Martin Phil-
lips, 55, died June 5,
2013, at her residence.
Services are Satur-
day at 2 p.m. at Adaton
Baptist Church with
the Rev. Hal Selby and
Danny Cheatham ofci-
ating. Burial will follow
in the church ceme-
tery. Visitation is today
from 5-7 p.m. at Welch
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Phillips was a
member of Adaton Bap-
tist Church and was
employed at Mississip-
pi State University.
She was preceded
in death by her father,
Charles Martin.
Survivors include
her husband, Porter
Phillips of Starkville;
daughter, Chelsea
Phillips of Starkville;
son, Brett Phillips of
Hattiesburg; mother,
Marilyn Martin of
Starkville; brothers,
Keith Martin of Mad-
ison, Barry Martin of
Hartselle, Ala., and
Andy Martin of New
Hope.
Memorials may be
made to UAB Town-
house, 2008 University
Blvd., Birmingham, AL
35233.
Mary Spearing
BROOKSVILLE
Mary E. Spearing, 87,
died June 4, 2013, at
Noxubee County Nurs-
ing Home.
Memorial services
are Saturday at 2 p.m.
at X-Prairie Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Spearing was
born Feb. 6, 1926, to
the late Fred R. and
Isabelle Brown Long.
She was a graduate of
Belvedere High School
and she attended col-
lege in Bloomington,
Ill. She was formerly
employed with Noxu-
bee County Extension
Service. She attended
X-Prairie Methodist
Church.
Survivors include
her son, Dean Spear-
ing of Macon; one
grandchild and two
great-grandchildren;
and daughters, Linda
Spearing of Columbus,
Marcia Weber of Atlan-
ta and Pamela Lawler
of Charlotte, N.C.
Eunice Brooks
MACON Eunice
Brooks, 80, died June
4, 2013, at her resi-
dence.
Ser-
vices are
Saturday
at noon at
Mt. Olive
Baptist
Church
with
the Rev.
William
Davidson ofciating.
1-5 p.m. at Lee-Sykes
Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Brooks was
born March 29, 1933,
to the late John Henry
and Hettie Florence
Jones. She was for-
merly employed with
Mashulaville Daycare
Center and was a mem-
ber of Mt. Olive MB
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
son, Lawrence Brooks
Jones; brothers, John
M., Walter, Roy and
Raymond; and sister,
Ruby.
Survivors include
her husband, Leon
Brooks Sr., of Macon;
children, Leon Jr.,
Thelma Brooks Geete
and Brenda Brooks
Smith, all of Macon
and Jeffery Brooks of
Alliance, Ohio; nine
grandchildren and
eight great-grandchil-
dren.
Mary Lang
COLUMBUS
Mary Lizzie Lang, 78,
died June 3, 2013, at
OCH Regional Medical
Center.
Services are Satur-
day at 1 p.m. at Piney
Grove MB Church with
the Rev. Michael Reed
follow in the church
cemetery. Visitation is
today from noon to 5:30
p.m. at Century Hair-
ston Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lang was
born May 7, 1935, to
the late Lewis Lang
and Loudetia Sanders
Lang. She was formerly
employed with Colum-
bus Packing and was a
member of Piney grove
MB Church.
Survivors include
her sons, Johnny Lang,
Troy Lang, Kenny Lang
and Leroy Lang, all of
Columbus; daughter,
Lizzie Ann Lang of Co-
lumbus; sisters, Emma
Lang, Ada Conner and
Hattie Dismuke, all of
Columbus, Dorothy
Robertson and Leolia
Ellis, both of Chicago;
brother, Ellis B. Lang
of Columbus; and many
grandchildren and
Robert Rupert
TUPELO Robert
Lee Rupert, 74, died
June 3, 2013, at his
residence.
Services are Satur-
day at 11 a.m. at North
Green Street Church
of Christ with Daniel
McCollum ofciating.
Porters Memorial
Park. Visitation is
today from 3-6 p.m.
at Carters Mortuary
Services Chapel.
Mr. Rupert was born
March 14, 1939, to the
late Lemon Rupert and
Alberta Rupert.
In addition to his
ceded in death by his
daughter, Shirley F. Ru-
pert; brothers, Lemon
Rupert Jr., Collin Ru-
pert, Clarence Rupert,
Emmitt Rupert, Ollie
Rupert and homer Ru-
pert; and sisters, Mary
Owens, Minnie Harris
and Christana Rupert.
wife, Jettie Rupert of
Tupelo; sons, Roger Ru-
pert, Charles Rupert,
George Rupert, Antho-
ny Rupert and Donald
Rupert; daughters, Bar-
bara Rupert and Vickie
Shumpert; brothers,
Willie L. Rupert and
Henry W. Rupert;
sister, Clara Staples; 27
Tommie Hannah
KENNEDY, Ala.
Tommie L. Hannah,
81, died June 5, 2013,
at Hospice of West
Alabama.
Services are Satur-
day at noon at St. Pauls
CME. Burial will follow
in Kennedy Communi-
ty Cemetery. Visitation
is one hour prior to ser-
vices. Dowdle Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Hannah was
preceded in death by
her parents, Cliffton
Delouch and Minnie
Lou Dixon; husband,
Joe Ed Hannah; daugh-
ter, Minnie L. Robin-
son; son, Dennis Han-
nah; sister, Mary Lou
Noland; and brothers,
Cleveland Dixon, Joe
Guin and Paul Guin.
Survivors include
her daughters, Jewe-
lene Hannah and Ge-
neva Dove; and sons,
Andy Joe Hannah and
Rodney Lewis Hannah;
sister, Maggie Thomp-
son; brothers, O.D.
Dixon and Luther Guin
Jr.; 16 grandchildren
and 21 great-grandchil-
dren.
Brooks
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More plowshares, fewer swords
When the increasingly
infamous sequester offcially
began in March, the sky did
not fall. Well, it didnt fall right
away.
The sequester cuts a deal
agreed on by both the Demo-
cratic Administration and the
Republicans were to be split
evenly between the defense
and non-defense categories,
with each department given
the duty of deciding which cuts
to make. Some major programs
like Social Security, Medicaid,
federal pay (including military
pay and pensions) and veter-
ans benefts are exempt.
In the frst weeks of the
sequester, many small-govern-
ment Republicans, including
those in Mississippi, suggest-
ed that the warning of dire
consequences resulting from
the sequester were merely
scare talk from the Obama
Administration. The GOP line
at the time was: See? These 10
percent across-the-board cuts
dont hurt.
And then...
The TSA began to reduce
the number of air traffc
controllers, leading the long
delays at airports, including
those used by Congress. As
could be predicted, the howl-
ing commenced in earnest.
The discontent has only
increased since then. In recent
weeks, the Pentagon started
making its cuts. Thousands of
National Guardsmen were put
on furlough. Closer to home,
the cuts threatened to reduce
an order with American Euro-
copter for Lakota helicopters
from 41 to 10. It was very much
a local matter then because the
companys Lakotas are assem-
bled at the companys Colum-
bus facility. The reduction in
the military order could mean
layoffs.
Predictably, the same GOP
state leaders who had dis-
missed the sequester as harm-
less, were lining up to say what
a terrible thing the sequester
had become. Mississippi Gov.
Phil Bryant and U.S. con-
gressmen Roger Wicker, Alan
Nunnelee and Gregg Harper
all turned out for a rally in Co-
lumbus to protest the cuts.
Their actions affrm a
well-established truth: People
dont mind if an ox gets gored
every now and then: As long as
its not THEIR ox.
Sequester or no sequester,
it is neither a sign of disrespect
to Eurocopter or unpatriotic to
wish that military orders will
begin to decline.
In our war-weary country,
the sentiment expressed in
Isaiah They shall beat
their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning
hooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
is something to be earnestly
hoped for by all Americans.
While there will always be a
need for military production
and we certainly hope Euro-
copter is prominent in meeting
those needs the ideal scenar-
io would be a Eurocopter that
spends most of its energies
making non-military products.
That is why we are greatly
encouraged by Thursdays
announcement that Eurocopter
has won a contract to build six
helicopters for Pylon Aviation,
which specializes in the com-
mercial sale of aircraft.
In truth, the alarming news
that Eurocopters contract with
the Pentagon might be jeop-
ardized may have created a
distorted image of the compa-
ny. Eurocopter has long been
an active and successful entity
in the commercial aviation in-
dustry. We hope Eurocopters
future is heavily dominated by
commercial production, mainly
because we hope the need for
military aircraft will diminish
in a long absence of war.
Aurora Flight Services and
Stark Aerospace, both with
facilities in Columbus, are
actively pursuing commercial
applications for their drone
aircraft, too.
That s a good thing. We
look forward to the day when
our need for plowshares is
greater than our need for
swords.
And we very much prefer
to have those metaphorical
plowshares made right here in
Columbus.
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ETG11: A BIG thank you to Sarah Fowler for
continuing to stay on top of this story. I have been
waiting a long time for some good investigative jour-
nalism to come to Columbus!
Vicki: I have followed the unbelievable story of
the CMSD superintendent for quite some time. Like
many, I assumed this problem was a done deal fol-
lowing the release of evidence that she used district
money for a personal Christmas party.
Like many, I am astonished by the blindness of
a school board that continues to keep her in this
position.
Thank you Dispatch for providing a copy of her
contract, because the school board obviously needs
one. Particularly the part that so clearly states It is
expressly acknowledged that the boards removal
of the superintendent from offce shall not relieve it
of the obligations to the superintendent hereunder
unless such removal is based upon a fnding of gross
negligence, malfeasance in offce, commission of
a crime involving moral turpitude or other good
cause....
My question is, what other good cause could you
possibly be waiting for? An email that accuses a
decent man of being a bigoted racist? (CHECK);
unheard of travel expenses and time out of the offce?
(CHECK, CHECK); the fring of an 16-year employ-
ee because he reported something she didnt like?
(CHECK); the lowest moral the district has seen in
years? (CHECK). People, school board, please......
slack water: If Liddell had any decency about her,
she would resign and quietly go away. Unless The
Dispatch has incorrectly reported something, Liddell
has been caught stealing - dress up with nicer words
if you like, but its still stealing. Its all about the
kids. Yeah right.
Its Smith in a landslide: Incumbent mayor,
Mickens easily outdistance election challengers
KJ705: The trouble with accusations of illegal
voting is that none is actually ever demonstrated. It
would be nice if voter ID was a panacea, but when it
comes to preventing election fraud its a placebo. The
real problem voter ID is intended to solve in Missis-
sippi is suppressing minority turnout. If eventually
accepted by the Justice Department, it may be effec-
tive in achieving that goal. If we really cared about
election fraud and protecting peoples franchise, we
would extend elections by providing a mechanism
for early voting in conjunction with a voter ID pro-
gram that was phased in to identify at-risk voters and
provide them with active assistance in obtaining the
necessary ID.
Matt2021: Get out the vote and helping disabled
people is illegal? Only 30% of Columbus voted. If the
other candidates wanted to win they should have
been out there trying to get every vote possible
including disabled people that are unable to get to the
polls. It looks like to me that the mayor and Mickens
had a much better ground game.
Will: Kudos to Ms. Mackay on a well-fought race.
Its hard to believe that of the 206 absentee ballots,
186 were in favor of Mr. Mickens considering Ms.
Mackays lead from general voting. If that doesnt
send up some sort of red fag, then I dont know
what will.
international
Message from the ruins of Qusair
WASHINGTON
On Wednesday, Qusair
fell to the Bashar al-As-
sad regime in Syria.
Qusair is a strategic
town that connects Da-
mascus with Assads
Alawite heartland on
the Mediterranean,
with its ports and
Russian naval base. Its
a major strategic shift.
Assads forces can now
advance on rebel-dom-
inated areas in central
and northern Syria,
including Aleppo.
For the rebels, its
a devastating loss of
territory, morale and
their supply corridor
to Lebanon. No one
knows if this reversal
of fortune will be the
last, but everyone knows that
Assad now has the upper hand.
What altered the tide of battle
was brazen outside intervention.
A hardened, well-trained, well-
armed Hezbollah force from
the terrorist Shiite group that
dominates Lebanon and answers
to Iran crossed into Syria and
drove the rebels out of Qusair,
which Syrian artillery has left a
smoking ruin.
This is a huge victory not just
for Tehran but also for Moscow,
which sustains Assad in power
and prizes its warm-water port
at Tartus, Russias only mili-
tary base outside of the former
Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin has
stationed a dozen or more Rus-
sian warships offshore, further
protecting his strategic outpost
and his Syrian client.
The losers? NATO-member
Turkey, the major supporter of the
rebels; Jordan, Americas closest
Arab ally, now drowning in half
a million Syrian refugees; and
Americas Gulf allies, principal
weapons suppliers to the rebels.
And the U.S., whose bystander
president, having declared that
Assad must go, that he has lost all
legitimacy and that his fall is just
a matter of time, is looking not
just feckless but clueless.
President Obama
doesnt want U.S.
boots on the ground.
Fine. No one does.
But between noth-
ing and invasion lie
many intermediate
measures: arming the
rebels, helping Turkey
maintain a safe zone
in northern Syria,
grounding Assads
murderous air force
by attacking airfelds
all the way up to
enforcing a no-fy zone
by destroying the
regimes air-defense
system.
Obama could have
chosen any rung on
the ladder. He chose
none. Weeks ago, as
battle fortunes began
changing, the administration
leaked that it was contemplating
possibly, well maybe, arming the
rebels. Then nothing. Obama
simply does not understand that if
America is completely hands-off,
it invites hostile outside inter-
vention. A superpowers role in a
regional confict is deterrence.
In 1958, President Eisenhower
venerated by todays fashion-
able realists for his strategic
restraint landed Marines in
Lebanon to protect the pro-Amer-
ican government from threats
from Syria and Egypt.
In the 1973 Yom Kippur War,
Russia threatened to send troops
on behalf of the Egyptian army.
President Nixon threatened a
U.S. counteraction, reinforced the
Sixth Fleet and raised the U.S.
worldwide military alert level to
DEFCON 3. Russia stood down.
Thats how the region works.
Power deterring power. Obama
deals instead in empty abstrac-
tions such as international
legitimacy and useless con-
claves, such as Friends of Syria
conferences.
Assad, in contrast, has a real
friend. Putin knows Obama.
Having watched Obamas retreat
in Eastern Europe, his passivity at
Russian obstructionism on Iran,
his abject bended-knee reset
policy, Putin knows he has noth-
ing to fear from the American
president.
Result? The contemptuous
Putin foods Syria with weapons.
Iran, equally disdainful, sends
Revolutionary Guards to advise
and shore up Assads forces. Hez-
bollah invades Syria and seizes
Qusair.
Obamas response? No warn-
ing that such balance-altering
provocations would trigger even
the most minimal American
response.
Even Obamas chemical
weapons red line is a farce. Its
very pronouncement advertised
passivity, signaling that anything
short of WMD say, massacring
80,000 innocents using conven-
tional weapons would draw no
U.S. response.
And when that WMD red line
was fnally crossed, Obama went
into lawyerly overdrive to erase it.
Is it any wonder that Assads allies
are on full offensive Hezbollah
brazenly joining the ground war,
Russia sending a small armada
and mountains of military materi-
al, Iran warning everyone to stay
out.
Obamas response is to send
the secretary of state, hat in
hand, to Moscow. And John Kerry
returns actually thinking hes
achieved some great diplomatic
breakthrough a peace con-
ference that Russia will dominate
and use to re-legitimize Assad
and marginalize the rebels.
Just to make sure Kerry under-
stood his place, Putin kept him
waiting outside his offce for three
hours. The Russians know how to
send messages. And the one from
Qusair is this: If youre fghting
for your life and have your choice
of allies Obama bearing in-
ternational legitimacy or Putin
bearing Russian naval protection,
Iranian arms shipments and
thousands of Hezbollah fghters
which would you choose?
Charles Krauthammers email
address is letters@charleskrau-
thammer.com.
obama could
have chosen
any rung on
the ladder. He
chose none.
Charles Krauthammer
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WASHINGTON
Companies that drill for
oil and natural gas and
their critics will have
60 more days to comment
on a new rule regulating
hydraulic fracturing op-
erations on public lands.
Interior Secretary Sal-
ly Jewell announced the
extension Thursday af-
ter industry groups and
environmentalists said
they needed more time to
digest a 171-page frack-
ing rule issued last
month.
The rule requires com-
panies for the rst time
to disclose publicly the
chemicals used in frack-
ing operations. It also
sets standards for proper
construction of wells and
disposal of wastewater.
Jewell called the rule
a common-sense up-
date that increases safe-
ty while also providing
exibility and improving
coordination with states
and Indian tribes. Drill-
ing regulations were last
changed in 1982.
Comments on the
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Companies and
critics will have
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Man tries to slit his wrists outside Today
IRS ofcial apologizes for $4M conference
BY ALAN FRAM
AND STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
WASHINGTON An Internal
Revenue Service ofcial whose di-
vision staged a lavish $4.1 million
training conference and who starred
as Mr. Spock in a Star Trek paro-
dy shown at the 2010 gathering con-
ceded to Congress on Thursday that
taxpayer dollars were wasted in the
episode.
Were now in a very different en-
vironment with new IRS spending
curbs, Faris Fink, a top deputy in the
agencys small business division at
the time, told the House Oversight
and Government Reform Committee.
Fink, who now heads that 24,000-em-
ployee division, said he believes many
of the expenditures should have
been more closely scrutinized or not
incurred at all and were not the best
use of taxpayer dollars.
The mea culpa was echoed by
new acting IRS chief Danny Werfel
as the embattled agency struggled
to contain public and congressional
ire over its targeting of conservative
groups seeking tax-exempt status
and its spending of $49 million on 225
employee conferences over the past
three years.
Werfel called the 2010 gathering
in Anaheim, Calif., an unfortunate
vestige from a prior era and said IRS
spending on travel and training has
fallen 80 percent since then.
Our work in this area is one part
of a much larger effort to chart a path
forward in the IRS. This is obviously a
very challenging time for the agency,
Werfel said.
Werfel, who testied after Fink
had left the committee room, became
acting commissioner last month af-
ter President Barack Obama forced
Steven Miller out of the job. Werfel
appeared a day after putting two IRS
ofcials on administrative leave for ac-
cepting free food at a party in a private
suite at the Anaheim conference.
Behind the scenes, committee in-
vestigators have interviewed at least
four IRS employees about the target-
ing of conservative groups for addi-
tional scrutiny when they applied for
tax-exempt status during the 2010 and
2012 elections. The Associated Press
viewed transcripts of interviews with
two employees who work in the Cin-
cinnati ofce where agents screened
the applications.
The transcripts show that the em-
ployees believed that ofcials in Wash-
ington were directing their work. But
they dont show any direct evidence
that ofcials in Washington ordered
the agents to target tea party groups,
or why they may have done so.
NEW YORK A
76-year-old man yelling
that the government was
going to take his house
slit his wrists outside
NBCs Today show
Thursday morning before
he was taken into police
custody, police said.
The man, Pak Chong-
Mar, was in the crowd on
Rockefeller Plaza outside
the Today studio and
also was yelling about
how the Internal Revenue
Service was corrupt and
ruined his life, authorities
said. He took out a knife
and sliced at his wrists,
police said.
I need people to help
me ght for justice, Pak
told the Daily News of
New York from his hos-
pital bed afterward. If I
dont do something dras-
tic, sooner or later these
guys are going to kill me
anyway. I couldnt even
pay rent this month.
His daughter sat near-
by and told the newspaper
what had happened was
sad.
Authorities and wit-
nesses said police and
plaza security guards
quickly subdued the man.
Some bystanders in the
crowd were treated for
exposure to blood. Police
took the man to a hospital
where his mental health
was being evaluated.
His injuries were not life
threatening.
I saw him take slice
after slice. I saw the blood
gushing, witness Kellie
Ostransky told The New
York Post. Ostransky,
who lives near Phoenix,
was in town to celebrate
her birthday with her
twin sister, the newspaper
reported.
Authorities said the
mans behavior was not
believed to have been
caught on television. The
show moves inside and
outside the studio to the
plaza.
Today show host
Matt Lauer explained to
viewers at one point that
the show was brought in-
side the studio because
of an incident on the
plaza. He said a man tried
to harm himself with a
knife but was taken into
custody and the plaza was
secure.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel is sworn in on Capitol Hill in
Washington, Thursday, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee regarding IRS conference spending.
Man said government was going to
take his house and the IRS ruined him
Deputy says spending
was not the best use of
taxpayer money
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guilty of the
b u r g l a r y
charge and
not guilty of
the armed
r o b b e r y
charge. He
was sen-
tenced to 20
years with
the Mississippi Depart-
ment of Corrections.
Lathan went to trial in
September 2012. He was
found guilty for burglary
of a dwelling. He was sen-
tenced to serve 15 years,
with fve suspended.
Billups pleaded guilty
to one count burglary of
a dwelling in May. He was
sentenced to 25 years with
MDOC.
During Gardner and
Lathans trials, Winter
spoke with hesitation and
rarely looked at the men
accused of robbing her.
With Oglens trial
scheduled for next term,
Winter said she is appre-
hensive about testifying
for the third time.
Im anxious, she said.
Its always apprehensive.
Winter said it has taken
her some time to put the
ordeal behind her.
I have pretty much
moved on, she said. Just
within the last few months
Ive gotten to where I will
go out after dark. I didnt
even open my curtains for
a year-and-a -half.
While Winter said
she felt like justice was
served with Gardners and
Lathans conviction, she
is still anxious about the
outcome of the other three
trials.
Its not necessarily
peace, just kind of be-
tween relief and peace,
she said. I dont think it
will ever be peaceful. On
the frst three, justice was
served on them. We just
have to wait and see what
happens with the others.
Gardner, Lathan,
Oglen and Billups are cur-
rently in the custody of the
Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center.
Bluitt and Satterfeld
are out on bond and await-
ing trial. Bluitts court
date is set for Aug. 21.
Satterfelds trial is set for
Aug. 19.
MSU
gram. Sources close to the
situation confrmed to The
Dispatch the investigation,
at least in part, involved
an automobile purchased
for MSU freshman defen-
sive back Will Redmond,
a highly-coveted recruit
from Memphis. The Ford
Mustang was purchased
from a used car dealership
in Memphis before Red-
mond signed with MSU in
February 2012.
On that same day in
August, MSU offcials
released a two-sentence
statement saying the
school over the last sev-
eral months has worked
in cooperation with the
NCAA to examine a po-
tential recruiting irregu-
larity. The statement also
said the investigation is
nearing the end.
Less than a month lat-
er, Byron DeVinner of
Memphis, who coached
Redmond in a summer
program, went into detail
about the improper bene-
fts he encountered during
Redmonds recruitment
in a interview with Yahoo!
Sports. DeVinner went
into details about arrange-
ments for lodging and
complementary meals in a
Yahoo! Sports report.
The NCAA also inter-
viewed DeVinner because
of his ties to multiple play-
ers in Memphis who are on
his summer 7-on-7 team.
DeVinner also named
the booster, whose name
was redacted from the doc-
uments obtained by The
Dispatch, as Robert Den-
ton Herring of Roswell,
Ga. Herring is a former
MSU football season-ticket
holder. MSU has disasso-
ciated itself with Herring
due to what its legal coun-
sel described in letters to
Herring as impermissible
contact with the prospec-
tive student-athlete.
On a state-wide radio
show in August, DeVin-
ner said Mirando was
aware of the improper
benefts. DeVinner said he
was introduced to Mirando
in June 2011 and Mirando
later sent him a message
on Facebook, gave me his
number to call him.
Mirando resigned from
his position at MSU later
in August, citing only per-
sonal reasons. His res-
ignation came less than
two weeks before the Bull-
dogs 2012 season-open-
ing game against Jackson
State University. Former
University of Minnesota
head coach Tim Brewster
replaced Mirando. Brew-
ster left MSU this past
offseason for Florida State
University.
Redmond didnt play
in 2012 and is status as a
member of the team may
be in question in light of
the NCAAs investigation.
Eurocopter
AS350B2s. The AS-
350B3e is Eurocopters
top-selling single engine
aircraft, according to
company spokesman Bob
Cox.
Each order of the
ASE350 is built in Colum-
bus along with the UH-72
Lakota, which the com-
pany produces for United
States Army and National
Guard feets.
According to a press
release, Pylon Aviation
specializes in all aspects
of operating aircraft, es-
pecially Eurocopter he-
licopters. The company
helps operators navigate
fight instruction and hire
pilots and equips heli-
copters with customized
equipment.
While its typical for
Eurocopter to receive
an order to build one or
two AS350s, an order to
produce six is rare, Cox
said. This is the second
such order in six months,
a positive sign for work-
ers at the plant even as
they wait for a decision
on possible cuts to the
Lakota program due to
sequestration. Proposed
cuts to the Pentagon bud-
get include a reduction of
funding from 41 helicop-
ters to 10 over in 2014-15.
The company held a ral-
ly for state offcials and
employees last week to
call for Congress to re-
consider any cuts to the
program.
Cox said the AS350 is
a popular non-military
helicopter.
Its very popular with
law enforcement, emer-
gency medical services
companies and others
who want to buy a he-
licopter but dont need
a big one. Its our most
popular model and has
been for quite a number
of years now, Cox said.
Production of the AS350
and the Lakota helps that
plant going forward. We
expect to keep selling
these aircraft for years
to come. Its always good
news anytime you get
more orders. Increasing
the backlog helps in-
crease job security.
Cox said over the last
decade Eurocopter has
delivered an average of
45 models of the AS350
per year, including 42 last
year. He said he hopes to
see that number go up in
the near future.
This is a big piece of
what is done (in Colum-
bus). We put the plant
there to start this produc-
tion before we got the La-
kota contract, Cox said.
(The AS350) has been
produced every year
since the plant opened in
2004.
Shortly after announc-
ing the contract, Euro-
copter offcials also said
they had named heli-
copter industry veteran
Steven D. Webster vice
president of engineering
and fight operations. Of-
fcials stated in a release
that he will be responsi-
ble for engineering, cer-
tifcations and fight op-
erations at the companys
operations in Columbus
and Texas. Webster was
formerly a technology
director for AVX Aircraft
Co., in Fort Worth, Texas,
and has previous experi-
ence in leadership roles
at Bell Helicopter.
Gardner Lathan Bluitt Billups
Courtesy photo/Aviationnews.eu
An American Eurocopter AS350 B2 the company built
for the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is pictured.
Cox Webster
Satterfeld
MUW
of the Fiction Award for
his novel, Canada. He is
a previous winner of the
MIAL Fiction Award and
also won a Pulitzer Prize
for his novel Indepen-
dence Day.
Prior winner Crespi-
no won the 2012 MIAL
Nonfction Award for his
book, Strom Thurmans
America. Originally
from Macon, Crespino
currently teaches at Emo-
ry University.
Pierce, of Starkville,
won the Poetry Award for
The Girls of Peculiar.
She currently teaches and
co-directs the creative
writing program at Mis-
sissippi State University.
Wharton won the
Photography Award for
his book, Small Town
South. Wharton is the
Director of Documentary
Studies and Assistant
Professor of Southern
Studies at the Center for
the Study of Southern
Culture at the University
of Mississippi.
Renninger won the
Visual Arts Award for her
work, Botanica. A Gulf-
port native, Renninger is
a self-described ceram-
ic-based installation artist
Rouse, a musician and
composer, won the Music
Composition-Classical
Award for his composi-
tion, Sonata for Violin
and Piano. Rouse is a
native of Moss Point.
Herring, a prior
winner and a Canton
native, wins the Music
Composition-Contempo-
rary Award for her album,
Camilla.
Dr. Bridget Smith
Pieschel, an MUW pro-
fessor who serves on the
board of governors for the
organization said it was
an honor for the school to
serve as host.
This is wonderful to
have the banquet in this
part of the state even, but
to have it on the MUW
(campus) is really an
honor for us, she said.
Were thrilled
Pieschel said that in
the 34 years of the cere-
mony, this year is the frst
time it has been hosted in
Columbus.
Having all of these
people come here from
other parts of Mississippi
to our campus is exciting
to me because Im proud
of our campus and Im
proud of the place where
were having the reading
and performances, she
said.
The event typically
takes palce in larger,
more metropolitan
areas but Pieschel said
by having the event in
Columbus, the institute is
recognizing artists who
may come from more
rural parts of the state.
Mississippi artists
and writers and mu-
sicians come from all
counties in the state. We
wanted to bring recogni-
tion to those who werent
necessarily from the Jack-
son area, she said.
In order to be consid-
ered for the eight awards,
artists have to either be
Mississippi natives or
have signifcant ties to
the area, Pieschel said.
The artist also must have
had their work published,
displayed or performed in
the previous year.
MUW alum Patti
Carr Black will receive
the Noel Polk Lifetime
Achievement Award, a
fact that Pieschel is espe-
cially thrilled about.
We are so excited
the lifetime achievement
award is going to some-
one who is a MUW alum.
Thats really exciting for
us.
Pieschel said MUW
students and staffers will
handle the entire week-
end event from catering
to decorations.
Saturday afternoons
poetry reading and
musical performances
are offered at no cost to
the public. They begin
at 1 p.m. at Poindexter
Auditorium.
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
STARKVILLE Mississippi
State University junior outelder
Hunter Renfroe has experienced
what he calls the surreal mo-
ment of being a rst-round pick
in the Major League Baseball
First-Year Player draft.
On Thursday, Renfroe was se-
lected 13th by the San Diego Pa-
dres, becoming the 12th player
in MSU history to be taken in the
rst round.
Its pure elation for me and
my family, Renfroe said. Its just
such a surreal feeling to hear your
name called and realize youre a
rst-round draft pick in profes-
sional baseball.
Last year, the San Francisco
Giants used the 20th pick to select
2012 Southeastern Conference
Pitcher of the Year Chris Stratton.
I had my girlfriend, my par-
ents, my grandparents, and a lot
of friends around me when I was
drafted, Renfroe said. I was so
happy to be able to share this ex-
perience with so many different
people I care deeply about. It was
a wonderful thing to have them
around.
After struggling in his rst
two seasons at MSU, Renfroe n-
ished the 2013 regular season as
the SECs leader with 15 home
runs. He also has the leagues
second-best slugging percentage
(.634) and is among the league
leaders in batting average (.352),
on-base percentage (.440), RBIs
can do, what they cant do
and how to develop plans for
young arms.
Cohen and Thompson will
put that knowledge to the test
this weekend against No. 6
national seed University of
Virginia in the NCAA Char-
lottesville Super Regional at
Davenport Field. Game one
of the best-of-three series will
be at noon Saturday (ESPN2).
The winner will advance to
the College World Series in
Omaha, Neb.
For MSU to take the next
step, its bullpen likely will
have to play a key role. MSU
averages using three pitch-
ers per game, and its starting
pitchers averaged only 5.59
innings per start in the South-
eastern Conference, which
includes three-straight com-
plete games by senior right-
hander Kendall Graveman.
Im human just like any-
body else, and I wish people
understood I agonize over
these decisions, Thompson
said. Do I even think we
BY BRIAN MAHONEY
MIAMI Tim Duncans
NBA Finals game looks as good
now as it did last decade.
And last century.
Duncan overcame a slow start
to nish with 20 points and 14 re-
bounds, Tony Parker banked in a
desperation jumper on a broken
play with 5.2 seconds left and
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Thursday night in a thrilling
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again.
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Its been a lot of years since weve
been here. Were just happy to be
back here, said Duncan, who is
trying to join John Salley as the
only NBA players to win titles in
three decades.
Old, veterans, whatever you
want to call us, were in the mix
right now.
Parker ended up with 21
points after referees reviewed his
shot to make sure it just beat the
shot clock, giving San Antonio a
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BULLPEN DOMINANCE
From left, clockwise, Will Cox,
Myles Gentry, Chad Girodo, and
closer Jonathan Holder have been
four integral components of the
Mississippi State Universitys
bullpen this season. As a whole,
MSUs staff has an earned run
average of 2.73. Opponents are
hitting only .222. No. 6 national
seed University Virginia has an ERA
of 3.05. Opponents are hitting .246
against the Cavaliers, who have zero
complete games. Virginia pitchers
have combined for nine shutouts.
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Mississippi State University senior Kendall Graveman has been the teams most reliable starting pitcher this season. The right-
hander leads the staff in innings (98), starts (16), and complete games (three).
PITCHING IN TO MAKE IT WORK
Ability of Cohen, Thompson to use bullpen pieces in right situations pushes MSU into Super Regionals
While starting pitcher Kendall Graveman leads the Mississippi
State University pitching staff in innings, sophomore left-
hander Ross Mitchell leads the team in victories (12-0, 1.41
ERA) and is second in innings (83).
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STARKVILLE Unlike
John Cohen, who keeps his
cell phone in the back pocket
of his uniform pants, Missis-
sippi State University pitch-
ing coach Butch Thompson
doesnt need to hear or want
to listen to the instant reac-
tion to his moves.
I can feel it in my gut,
Thompson said.
While every major deci-
sion runs through Cohen,
Thompson is responsible
for developing pitchers and
nding the right roles for
them on the Bulldogs staff.
Considered one of the best
pitching coaches and recruit-
ers in Division I college base-
ball, Thompson understands
the scrutiny he faces when
he makes multiple pitching
moves in a game or in an
inning. He knows piecing to-
gether a game backwards
from how its traditionally
done can be looked upon
with skepticism. After 20
years as a coach, he admits
some of what he has frustrat-
ed him.
But its hard to argue with
MSUs recipe for success.
Even though MSU (46-
18) has the most bullpen ap-
pearances (194) of any of the
16 teams that are still alive,
Cohen and Thompson have
found ways to cobble togeth-
er the pieces of their pitching
staff to nd the best match-
ups for the right situations
to keep the Bulldogs season
alive.
We dont honestly get a
lot of questions about how
and why we use the pitchers
the way we do, Cohen said.
I believe our fans believe
Butch Thompson knows
these young men, what they
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event Saturday night at the Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus,
highlight the Week 11 schedule for the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Mans
Garage Weekly Racing Series.
After taking a week of competition off, teammates Michael Arnold,
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against his Daspit, his Billy Riels Racing teammate. Derrick Mackmer,
of Purvis, is third with 398 points.
There will be five races on the NeSmith Performance Parts Street
Stock Division Week 11 schedule, including a race at Magnolia Motor
Speedway in Columbus.
Kevin Spears, of Fayette, Ala., and Trey Bright, of Coker, Ala.,
have traded the points lead three times in as many weeks. Spears has
a one-point lead on Bright.
Magnolia Motor Speedway will be feature events in the Weekly
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The action begins with an open practice session for all divisions
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MSU
Thirteen football players begin academic careers
STARKVILLE As the first term of summer classes began
Thursday at Mississippi State University, 13 football student-athletes
begin their academic careers.
Enrolled in first term summer school are Shelby Christy, Jamaal
Clayborn, Tolando Cleveland, Kent Flowers, Dezmond Harris,
Jahmere Irvin-Sills, Gabe Myles, Fred Ross, Ashton Shumpert, Jake
Thomas, Brandon Wells, Damian Williams, and DeRunnya Wilson.
Most of the veteran Bulldogs are enrolled in summer classes
and have begun preparations for the fall.
MSU will open fall camp Thursday, Aug. 1. It kicks off the season
against Oklahoma State University in the Texas Kickoff Classic on
Aug. 31 at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
nBougard second after three events in heptathlon: At
Eugene, Ore., If theres one thing Erica Bougard understands as well
as anyone, its putting herself in position to win titles.
Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
at Hayward Field, the sophomore from Byhalia, Miss., totaled 3,581
points in four of the seven heptathlon events to put herself second
overall behind Southeastern Conference champion Makeba Alcide,
of the University of Arkansas (3,685).
Bougard, who won the NCAA indoor pentathlon title back in
March, was fifth entering the 200-meter dash. She ran a person-
al-best time of 23.84 seconds to climb to second.
In the other three events, she ran 13.37 in the 100 hurdles,
leaped 5 feet, 8 3/4 inches in the high jump, and threw 36-4 in the
shot put. Today, the heptathlon concludes with the long jump, triple
jump, and 800.
Shes put herself in great position, MSU coach Steve Dudley
said. To do what she did in the 200 is what a champion is all about.
The only other events MSU competed in Thursday were the
semifinals of the mens and womens 4x400. However, neither team
qualified for Saturdays finals.
The womens foursome of Brittany Covington, Jody-Ann Muir,
Steyce McNeil, and Ocian Archer ran a time of 3 minutes, 52.77
seconds, while the mens team of Tavaris Tate, Randy Patterson,
Daundre Barnaby, and Brandon McBride just missed on making the
final eight as it posted a time of 3:06.17.
Also today, Muir will compete in the finals of the 400, while
Marcus Jackson will compete in the finals of the high jump. ESPNU
will begin coverage of the championships starting at 6:30 p.m.
n Mens tennis team caps successful year in classroom:
At Starkville, the mens tennis team finished the spring with a team
grade-point average of 3.76, which is the highest amongst all male
sports at MSU, and the second-highest GPA in the teams history.
All eight members of the team earned Deans or Presidents
scholar honors. Senior James Chaudry and junior Malte Stropp
earned 4.0 GPAs. Freshmen Romain Bogaerts and Stefan Vinti join
Chaudry and Stropp as Presidents Scholar honorees.
Freshmen Jordan Angus and Pedro Dumont, senior Ethan
Wilkinson, and junior Zach White earned Deans Scholar honors, as
all four achieved higher than a 3.50 GPA for the spring.
Very proud of the guys for their accomplishments in the
classroom, MSU coach Per Nilsson said. To be part of this team,
it is important to put the work in both on and off the court and they
have done just that.
The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time
since 2001. Nilsson was voted ITA Southern Region Coach of the
Year, while Bogaerts was named ITA National Rookie of the Year
and Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year. He also earned
first-team All-SEC honors. Stropp earned second-team All-SEC
honors.
MSU finished the season ranked 11th nationally. It was ranked
as high as No. 9. Bogaerts finished No. 11 in the nation, while Stropp
was 63rd. Angus and Stropp ended the season ranked 14th in
doubles.
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overdo it sometimes and we
overcoach with our bullpen.
Yes.
Thompsons philosophy
on how to handle the pitch-
ers, especially his start-
ing pitchers this season, is
based on three things that
have helped the Bulldogs
produce the most active and,
possibly, the nations deep-
est bullpen.
The frst key is you
have to ask, Does this give
us the best chance to win?
Will our kids buy into it?
Finally, (you ask), Can it
be revised based on match-
ups throughout a game or
season? Thompson said.
When you have 15-16 guys
that can throw it 90 mph,
have talent, and can execute
multiple pitches to lefties
and righties, I guess the
question is why wouldnt you
utilize that as a weapon in a
game. I know people in the
stands see me come out and
replace a guy in a 1-2 count
and go, Oh boy, here we go
again with the overcoach-
ing, but weve allowed under
four runs in over 50 games
this season. Something is
working here at Mississippi
State.
Graveman can attest to
that. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound
right-hander from Alexan-
der City, Ala., entered this
season as the teams most
experienced pitcher (29
starts in 196 1/3 innings).
He has matured from a
pitcher who served primari-
ly as a reliever as a freshman
but also started four games
en route to a 2-4 record with
a 7.02 ERA. Graveman im-
proved as a sophomore and
went 5-0 with a 3.65 ERA
in 14 games (nine starts).
Last season, he established
himself as a mainstay on the
staff with a team-leading 16
starts and 89 2/3 innings,
which was the second-high-
est total on the team.
This season, Graveman
(6-5, 2.94), who is expected
to start game one Saturday,
has more than double the
number of innings pitched
than all but three other
pitchers Ross Mitchell
(83), Luis Pollorena (77),
and Jacob Lindgren (56)
on staff. His 98 innings and
16 starts lead the team. He
has the squads only three
complete games.
Coach Thompson is like
a father to me, and I know a
lot of the other pitches feel
the same way, too, Grave-
man said. We dont feel like
were on a short leash when
were out there, I promise
you. Are we mad at the time
when were taken out? Sure.
But we also believe our next
best pitcher is just as good
and going to get it done.
In the 2013 NCAA
Starkville Regional cham-
pionship game, Thompson
went to the bullpen after 2
1/3 innings and summoned
senior left-hander Chad Gi-
rodo to replace junior right-
hander Ben Bracewell.
Im sure fans think
theres no rhyme or reason
to what coach Thompson
and coach Cohen are doing
with the matchups and the
bullpen roles, MSU sopho-
more closer Jonathan Hold-
er said. It does take a while
to get used to as a player, but
eventually you realize its
about trust. Its about hav-
ing faith in them and know-
ing they have faith in us as
pitchers.
Bracewell had only al-
lowed one hit before he gave
way to Girodo, who was
about to face off against the
University of Central Arkan-
sas right-handed dominant
lineup. In front of 8,662 fans
at Dudy Noble Field, Thomp-
son knew he was working on
a tightrope with the fans,
but it was one he felt com-
fortable with because of the
depth on this seasons staff.
Its such a fne line be-
tween being the goat and
the hero anymore that may-
be Im defecting the blame
of the kids onto me, Thomp-
son said. Even at this level
where the kids should feel
responsible for the results, I
probably prefer it that way.
In the 6-1 victory against
UCA that secured MSUs
trip to Virginia, Bracewell
and Girodo combined for 17
strikeouts. Still, Thompson
understands the questions
after Girodo struck out 12 in
the fnal 6 1/3 innings in what
looked like an fipped pitching
order in the box score.
If that box score is
fipped and Benny fnished
the fnal 2 1/3 innings then
were not here discussing
this and thats just because
fans arent used to and dont
get used to something that
isnt conventional, Thomp-
son said. Catering to how
the casual or normal base-
ball fan is used to seeing
the game played isnt what
Im worried. Coach Cohen
promotes having a creative
approach to the game, and
with the new bats were
winning with pitching and
defense in 2013. Were win-
ning by putting our kids in
the best chance to succeed.
Were not just sitting back
and hoping for something
good to happen.
Thompson said the key is
mixing highly competitive
starting pitchers who are
unselfsh and not driven by
individual accolades.
Do I worry about pro-
moting the idea of not teach-
ing our starters how to pitch
out of trouble? Yes. Every
day I worry about that,
Thompson said. People
dont believe me when I say
Id rather throw a starter
and then a closer for nine
innings and call it a day.
Thatd be the easy thing for
everybody. I guess in 2013
at Mississippi State were
not interested in doing it
the easily explainable way.
Were interested in winning
baseball games with the
best talent we have.
Renfroe
(58), hits (80), runs scored (51),
and total bases (144). Renfroe
was a frst-team All-America
selection by Louisville Slugger
and a frst-team All-SEC pick
by the coaches this season.
I had a feeling it would be
San Diego, and the more and
more I started thinking about it,
the more and more I got excited
about playing in their organiza-
tion and being a Padre one day,
Renfroe said in a phone inter-
view Thursday night.
Renfroe was a semifnalist
for the USA Baseballs Golden
Spikes Award and the NCBWAs
Dick Howser Trophy, which are
given to the nations top colle-
giate player. He also was the frst
SEC player to be taken in the
draft, which was broadcast live
on MLB Network.
The entire Bulldog family is
so proud of Hunter, MSU coach
John Cohen said. Hes been one
of our hardest workers and has
come a long way in a short period
of time. Hunter is very deserving
of the distinction of being a frst-
round draft pick.
Renfroe gained confdence
in his power the past two sea-
sons playing in the Cal Ripken
League, a wood-bat summer
league, where he hit a league-re-
cord 19 home runs last summer,
which prompted the Bethesda
(Md.) Big Train to retire his jer-
sey. Perfect Game USA, a nation-
al scouting service, named Ren-
froe the leagues top prospect
last summer after he hit .364
with 57 RBIs.
Thats the thing I really think
Im going to enjoy the most about
professional baseball, Renfroe
said. The bats we use right now
are junk. They just are. The ball
doesnt carry off of them and the
balls are as tightly wound as they
are in summer ball and in minor
leagues. Ill be able to translate
the power immediately if not
better with the wood at the next
level.
Scouts consider Renfroe a
fve-tool player who can run, hit,
hit for power, defend his position,
and throw with power from the
outfeld. Renfroe, who will be
represented in contract negotia-
tions by Bo McKinnis, is project-
ed as a player who could move
quickly through a organizations
minor league system.
The frst two rounds of the
draft were Thursday. Rounds 3-10
will be today, while rounds 11-40
will be Saturday. Renfroe and
the MSU coaches believe being
picked before the teams NCAA
Charlottesville Super Region-
al series against No. 6 national
seed University of Virginia could
be the best thing for the squad.
MSU and Virginia will play game
one of the best-of-three series at
12:05 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2) in
Charlottesville, Va.
It feels better to get the draft
out of the way, Renfroe said. I
can now focus on Virginia and
the goal of getting to Omaha.
Theres no worrying about the
Padres, and I can just relax now
that this is all over.
Renfroe, who is from Crystal
Springs and was an All-State
player at Copiah Academy, is the
fourth-highest Bulldog selection
in the draft. Will Clark was tak-
en second in 1985, B.J. Wallace
was the third pick in 1992, and
current Atlanta Braves pitcher
Paul Maholm was the eighth se-
lection of the 2003 draft. He is a
two-time SEC Academic Honor
Roll selection, and last month he
received the C Spire Ferriss Tro-
phy as the Mississippi collegiate
player of the year.
College Baseball
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
SECAUCUS, N.J.
Mark Appel was passed
over by the Houston Astros
a year ago.
Not this time.
The hard-throwing
pitcher from Stanford was
taken by the Astros with
the No. 1 pick in the Ma-
jor League Baseball draft
Thursday night, exactly
where many expected him
to end up a year ago.
No matter what hap-
pened in the draft, Appel
said, I knew I had done
everything that was in my
control to put myself in the
best situation possible.
Appel was considered a
possible frst selection last
year by the Astros, but they
instead chose 17-year-old
shortstop Carlos Correa
from Puerto Rico. Appel,
who grew up in Houston
before moving to Califor-
nia when he was 12, slid
to Pittsburgh at No. 8 last
year but turned down a $3.8
million offer and returned
to Stanford for his senior
season.
The move paid off.
After going 10-4 with a
2.12 ERA and 130 strike-
outs in 106 1/3 innings this
season for the Cardinal, the
6-foot-4 right-hander is ex-
pected to fetch about dou-
ble the amount he passed
up from the Pirates.
I dont think I necessar-
ily had an end goal in mind
when I turned down the
Pirates offer, said Appel,
who complements his mid-
90s (mph) fastball with a
nasty slider and improving
changeup. My goals were
to fnish my degree and be-
come a better baseball play-
er and better person and
better teammate. As far as
that goes, I think I accom-
plished those things.
And, a year later, the As-
tros have a potential future
ace.
I talked to him and told
him: Welcome home, As-
tros general manager Jeff
Luhnow said. Its a kids
dream to go frst in the
country, frst in the draft
and to be taken by your
hometown team. It just
doesnt get any better than
that. Its also really a great
opportunity for us.
The deadline for teams
to sign draft picks is July 12,
but that doesnt apply to Ap-
pel because he is a college
senior.
Im very confdent that
Mark Appel is going to put
on an Astros uniform, Luh-
now said. Hes from here.
He wants to play here. Hes
been selected frst in the
draft. All the indicators are
pointing in the same direc-
tion, so I assume it will be
a fairly straightforward dis-
cussion and that hell sign
sometime this summer.
Astros select Appel
with No. 1 overall pick
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10 p.m. Bantamweights, Jonathan Vidal
(17-0-0) vs. Mario Munoz (13-0-1); junior
middleweights, Jorge Melendez (26-2-1) vs. Luis
Grajeda (14-1-1), at Verona, N.Y., Showtime
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon NCAA Division I, playoffs, super
regionals, game 1, South Carolina at North
Carolina, ESPN2
3 p.m. NCAA Division I, playoffs, super
regionals, game 1, Rice at North Carolina State,
ESPN2
regionals, game 1, Oklahoma at LSU, ESPN
regionals, game 1, UCLA at Cal State-Fullerton,
ESPN2
CYCLING
11 p.m. Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6, La
Lechere to Grenoble, France (same-day tape),
NBC Sports Network
GOLF
11:30 a.m. LPGA, Wegmans Championship,
second round, at Pittsford, N.Y., TGC
2 p.m. PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, second
round, at Memphis, Tenn., TGC
5:30 p.m. Champions Tour, The Tradition,
second round, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day
tape), TGC
HORSE RACING
4 p.m. NTRA, Brooklyn Handicap and Jaipur
Stakes, at Elmont, N.Y., NBC Sports Network
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, WGN
6 p.m. Regional coverage, St. Louis at
Cincinnati or Cleveland at Detroit, MLB
9 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, Fox Sports
South
NHL
7 p.m. Playoffs, conference nals, game 4,
Pittsburgh at Boston, NBC Sports Network
Saturday
AUTO RACING
9 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Party
in the Poconos 400, at Long Pond, Pa., SPEED
10:30 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Happy Hour
Series, nal practice for Party in the Poconos
400, at Long Pond, Pa., SPEED
Noon Formula One, qualifying for Canadian
Grand Prix, at Montreal, NBC Sports Network
Noon ARCA, at Long Pond, Pa., SPEED
7 p.m. NASCAR, Nationwide Series, DuPont
Pioneer 250, at Newton, Iowa, ESPN
7:30 p.m. IRL, IndyCar, Firestone 550, at Fort
Worth, Texas, WKDH-WTVA
BOXING
9 p.m. Lightweights, Yuriorkis Gamboa
(22-0-0) vs. Darley Perez (28-0-0); champion
Chad Dawson (31-2-0) vs. Adonis Stevenson
(20-1-0), for WBC light heavyweight title, at
Montreal, HBO
9 p.m. Junior middleweights, Demetrius
Hopkins (33-2-1) vs. Jermell Charlo (20-0-0);
super welterweights, Alfredo Angulo (22-2-0)
vs. Erislandy Lara (17-1-2); champion Marcos
Maidana (33-3-0) vs. Josesito Lopez (30-5-0),
for WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title, at
Carson, Calif., Showtime
COLLEGE BASEBALL
11 a.m. NCAA Division I, playoffs, super
regionals, game 2, South Carolina at North
Carolina, ESPN
Noon NCAA Division I, playoffs, super
regionals, game 1, Mississippi State at Virginia,
ESPN2
regionals, game 1, Louisville at Vanderbilt, ESPN
regionals, game 2, Rice at North Carolina State,
ESPN2
regionals, game 2, Oklahoma at LSU, ESPN2
regionals, game 2, UCLA at Cal State-Fullerton,
ESPN2
CYCLING
Midnight Criterium du Dauphine, stage 7, Le
Pont-de-Claix to Superdevoluy, France (delayed
tape), NBC Sports Network
GOLF
8 a.m. European PGA Tour, Lyoness Open,
third round, at Atzenbrugg, Austria (same-day
tape), TGC
Noon PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round,
at Memphis, Tenn., TGC
2 p.m. PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round,
at Memphis, Tenn., WCBI
2 p.m. LPGA, Wegmans Championship, third
round, at Pittsford, N.Y., TGC
6:30 p.m. Champions Tour, The Tradition,
third round, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape),
TGC
HORSE RACING
2 p.m. NTRA, Belmont Stakes undercard, at
Elmont, N.Y., NBC Sports Network
4 p.m. NTRA, Manhattan Handicap and
Belmont Stakes, at Elmont, N.Y., WTVA
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
3 p.m. Regional coverage, Minnesota at
Washington or Cleveland at Detroit, MLB
3 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, WGN
6 p.m. Regional coverage, L.A. Angels at
Boston, St. Louis at Cincinnati, San Diego at
Colorado, Houston at Kansas City, or
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, WLOV
9 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, Fox Sports
South
MOTORSPORTS
4 p.m. AMA Motocross, High Point National, at
Mount Morris, Pa., NBC Sports Network
NHL
7 p.m. Playoffs, conference nals, game 5,
Los Angeles vs. Chicago, WTVA
SOCCER
9:30 p.m. MLS, Vancouver at Seattle, NBC
Sports Network
TENNIS
8 a.m. French Open, womens championship
match, at Paris, WTVA
WNBA
2:30 p.m. Phoenix at Indiana, WKDH-WTVA
ON THE AIR
BRIEFLY
Ole Miss
Young makes history for track and eld program
EUGENE, Ore. University of Mississippi senior sprinter Isiah
Young made history Thursday as he advanced to the finals of the 200
meters at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships at the University
of Oregon.
Young advanced to the final of the 200 one day after he qualified
for the finals in the 100. In the process, he became the first athlete
in program history to make the NCAA finals in both sprints. Young
cruised to second place in his heat with a time of 20.12 seconds, which
is four-hundredths of a second faster than the school record he set
last year at the U.S. Olympic Trials when he qualified for the London
Olympics. His 20.12 was the fourth-fastest time out of the eight men
that qualified for the final at 4:50 p.m. Saturday (ESPNU).
Young finished fourth in the 200 at last years outdoor champi-
onships.
Junior Mary Ashton Nall started competition Thursday at the
two-day womens heptathlon competition. She finished the day in 21st
place with 3,201 points through four events. She had a personal-best
of 13.77 in the 100 hurdles that moved her up to sixth place in the
Rebel record books. She capped the day with another personal best,
clocking a 24.90 in the 200.
Today, Nall will compete in the final three events of the heptathlon,
beginning at 2:30 p.m., while Young will go for a national title in the 100
at 7:10 p.m. (ESPNU).
Mens tennis team will play host to ITA Kick-Off in 2014:
At Oxford, the mens tennis team was selected Thursday to be one
of 15 sites to play host to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Kick-Off Weekend.
Ole Miss, which ended the 2013 season ranked No. 10 in the
nation, will welcome Clemson University, the University of Illinois, and
the University of Michigan to Oxford on Jan. 25-26, 2014. Matches will
take place at the Gillom Sports Center.
This marks the fourth time for the Rebels to host this event, which
began in 2009 as a prelude to the ITA National Team Indoor. Teams
are competing for one of 15 spots in the ITA National Team Indoor
Championship on Feb. 14-17 in Houston, Texas.
As the No. 1 seed in the four-team regional, Ole Miss will face the
No. 4 seed Michigan in the first round. No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Illinois
will meet in the other match. All three visiting teams finished the 2013
season ranked among the top 30.
The other 14 host sites are: the University of Virginia, UCLA, the
University of Georgia, Ohio State University, USC, the University of
Tennessee, Duke University, Pepperdine University, the University of
Kentucky, Baylor University, Mississippi State University, the University
of Oklahoma, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Florida.
In related news, senior Jonas Lutjen and sophomore Nik
Scholtz earned top rankings in singles and doubles. The duo capped
an outstanding two-year run as a doubles duo with a final national
ranking of No. 4. Lutjen and Scholtz ended the year ranked No.15 and
17 in the nation in singles, respectively. They are two of only six players
to finish the year ranked top 20 in singles and top 10 in doubles.
Volleyball teams recruiting class receives highest
honorable mention: At Oxford, Bringing in one of its largest and
most talented classes in the Joe Getzin era, the volleyball has been
recognized for its hard work on the recruiting trail by being ranked
Highest Honorable Mention by PrepVolleyball.com.
The Rebels will be bringing in seven newcomers for the 2013 cam-
paign, including Marie-Pierre Bakima, Laura Beaty, Kristen Brashear,
Melanie Crow, Aubrey Edie, Margaret Eggert, and Cara Fisher.
Bakima and Fisher will come to Ole Miss as juniors, and will
have two years of eligibility remaining. PrepVolleyball.coms recruiting
class rankings consist only of players making their initial appearance
in a four-year program. The class rankings do not take into account
transfers, including those from junior colleges, or foreign players.
Bakima, who will play outside for the Rebels, played at San Jacin-
to College for each of the last two years, and was named the NJCAA
Player of the Year last season for region XIV.
Womens soccer team announces schedule: At Oxford,
Fresh off one of the programs best seasons that saw the Rebels finish
two games shy of the best record in school history, the Ole Miss wom-
ens soccer team has stepped up to the plate again with a challenging
schedule for the 2013 season, head coach Matt Mott announced on
Wednesday.
The 2013 campaign will feature five teams who advanced to
NCAA Tournament play a year ago, including games against four
teams who advanced past the first round and a pair of Sweet 16 teams
in Florida and Texas A&M.
Were really excited about this schedule, said Ole Miss head
coach Matt Mott. Its a challenging schedule, but one were thrilled
to get a chance to play. We look forward to testing ourselves with a
challenging non-conference schedule that features a pair of perennial
powers in Minnesota and Southern California, as well as hosting
Memphis in a regional rivalry game. We then jump into our conference
schedule and play a tough slate of league games.
The Rebels will play host to 10 matches this season, including four
non-conference contests against Louisiana-Lafayette (8/23), North-
western State (8/30), Memphis (9/15) and Arkansas-Little Rock (9/22).
In addition to the four non-conference matches, the Rebels will
host seven Southeastern Conference foes, including Florida (9/27),
Auburn (9/29), Vanderbilt (10/11), South Carolina (10/20), Alabama
(10/27) and in-state rival Mississippi State (11/1).
Ole Miss will play a challenging road schedule this season,
including five non-conference matches and five SEC contests. While
playing on the road at UAB (8/25), Saint Louis (9/1) and Kennesaw
State (9/13), the Rebels will also head north to play in the Minnesota
Gold Classic, hosted by the University of Minnesota. There, Ole
Miss will play a neutral site match against the Women of Troy from
the University of Southern California (9/6) and face the host Golden
Gophers (9/8).
The Rebels are coming off a 13-9 season a year ago and posted
the best start in school history with a perfect 8-0 mark to open the year.
Ole Miss earned a berth in the Southeastern Conference Tournament
for the 14th time in school history and advanced past the first round
four only the fourth time in school history eliminating LSU in the
opening round before falling to eventual SEC Tournament Champion
Florida 2-1 in the quarterfinals on a late goal.
Returning to lead Ole Miss in the 2013 campaign is a solid nucleus
of players that include a pair of All-Star honor recipients in seniors
Mandy McCalla and Rafaelle Souza. McCalla was named the SEC
Offensive Player of the Year and a third team All-America selection by
CollegeSportsMadness.com last season, while Souza was named an
All-SEC selection and NSCAA All-Region selection.
McCalla and Souza combined to form the most prolific offensive
tandem in the SEC last year, leading the conference with 13 goals
each and seven assists.
Returning to help anchor the Rebel defense is junior goalkeeper
Kelly McCormick, who posted eight shutout victories in 2013 and
helped direct a back line that featured three freshmen and helped the
Ole Miss hold opponents to one goal or less in 14 outings.
Ole Miss will open the season at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, when it
plays host to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Junior Colleges
Limited spots remain for ICC Golf Classic
FULTON Itawamba Community College football coach Jon
Williams said there is a limited number of spots remaining for the
fifth annual ICC Golf Classic.
The four-person scramble will be held Thursday, June 27 at
Big Oaks Golf Club. Registration will start at 10 a.m. before a 12:35
shotgun start. Dinner and a silent auction will follow the golf. The
deadline is Saturday, June 15, or until the 20-team field is filled.
Registrations includes: 18 holes of golf with cart, range balls
prior to the tournament, one mulligan, closest to the hole and
longest drive contest, team photos, and a gift for each golfer.
Extra benefits will be available for purchase at the tournament.
All donations are tax deductible. Proceeds from the tournament go
to the ICC Athletic Department.
For more information, call Carrie Ball-Williamson at 662-862-
8123, Will Kollmeyer at 662-862-8274, or Williams at 662-862-
8115.
Colleges
Judge tosses lawsuit by Pa. governor against NCAA
HARRISBURG, Pa. A federal judge on Thursday threw out
the governors lawsuit against the NCAA over sanctions against
Penn State related to Jerry Sandusky, calling his argument a Hail
Mary pass that easily warranted dismissal.
U.S. Middle District Judge Yvette Kanes decision put an early
end to the antitrust lawsuit Gov. Tom Corbett filed in January in
which he sought to overturn a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl
ban, scholarship limits and other penalties.
She said she could not find any factual allegations supporting
(Corbetts) allegation of concerted action that might nudge its
conspiracy claim into plausible territory.
The NCAA said it was exceedingly pleased and hoped the
ruling would help heal divisions caused by the Sandusky scandal.
Corbett expressed disappointment and said he feels strongly
the claims he raised were compelling and deserved a thorough
review by the courts.
Countless individuals and small businesses throughout
the state will continue to suffer because of the NCAAs actions,
Corbett said.
Baseball
Major League Baseball
First-Year Player draft
Thursday
Round 1
1. Houston, Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford.
2. Chicago Cubs, Kris Bryant, 3B, San Diego.
3. Colorado, Jonathan Gray, RHP, Oklahoma.
4. Minnesota, Kohl Stewart, RHP, St. Pius X
HS, Houston.
5. Cleveland, Clint Frazier, OF, Loganville
(Ga.) HS.
6. Miami, Colin Moran, 3B, North Carolina.
7. Boston, Trey Ball, LHP, New Castle (Ind.) HS.
8. Kansas City, Hunter Dozier, SS, Stephen
F. Austin.
9. Pittsburgh, Austin Meadows, OF, Grayson
HS, Loganville, Ga.
10. Toronto, Phillip Bickford, RHP, Oaks
Chrisian HS, Westlake Village, Calif.
11. N.Y. Mets, Dominic Smith, 1B, Juniperro
Serra HS, Los Angeles.
12. Seattle, D.J. Peterson, 3B, New Mexico.
13. San Diego, Hunter Renfroe, OF, Mississippi
St.
14. Pittsburgh, Reese McGuire, C, Kentwood
HS, Covington, Wash.
15. Arizona, Braden Shipley, RHP, Nevada.
16. Philadelphia, J.P. Crawford, SS, Lakewood
(Calif.) HS.
17. Chicago White Sox, Tim Anderson, SS,
East Central CC.
18. L.A. Dodgers, Chris Anderson, RHP,
Jacksonville U.
19. St. Louis, Marco Gonzales, LHP, Gonzaga.
20. Detroit, Jonathon Crawford, RHP, Florida.
21. Tampa Bay, Nick Ciuffo, C, Lexington
(S.C.) HS.
22. Baltimore, Hunter Harvey, RHP, Bandys
HS, Catawba, N.C.
23. Texas, Alex Gonzalez, RHP, Oral Roberts.
24. Oakland, Billy McKinney, OF, Plano (Texas)
West HS.
25. San Francisco, Christian Arroyo, SS,
Hernando HS, Spring Hill, Fla.
26. N.Y. Yankees, Eric Jagielo, 3B, Notre
Dame.
27. Cincinnati, Phillip Ervin, OF, Samford.
28. St. Louis (Lohse-Milwaukee), Rob
Kaminsky, LHP, St. Joseph Regional HS,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
29. Tampa Bay (Upton-Atlanta), Ryne Stanek,
RHP, Arkansas.
30. Texas (Hamilton-LA Angels), Travis
Demeritte, SS, Winder-Barrow HS, Statham,
Ga.
31. Atlanta (Bourn-Cleveland), Jason Hursh,
RHP, Oklahoma St.
32. N.Y. Yankees (Swisher-Cleveland), Aaron
Judge, OF, Fresno St.
33. N.Y. Yankees (Soriano-Washington), Ian
Clarkin, LHP, James Madison HS, San Diego.
COMPETITIVE BALANCE ROUND A
34. Kansas City, Sean Manaea, LHP, Indiana
St.
35. Miami (from Pittsburgh), Matt Krook, LHP,
St. Ignatius College Prep, Hillsborough, Calif.
36. Arizona, Aaron Blair, RHP, Marshall.
37. Baltimore, Josh Hart, OF, Parkview HS,
Lilburn, Ga.
38. Cincinnati, Michael Lorenzen, RHP, Cal
St.-Fullerton.
39. Detroit (from Miami), Corey Knebel, RHP,
Texas.
SECOND ROUND
40. Houston, Andrew Thurman, RHP, UC
Irvine.
41. Chicago Cubs, Rob Zastryzny, LHP,
Missouri.
42. Colorado, Ryan McMahon, 3B, Mater Dei
HS, Yorba Linda, Calif.
43. Minnesota, Ryan Eades, RHP, LSU.
44. Miami, Trevor Williams, RHP, Arizona St.
45. Boston, Teddy Stankiewicz, RHP, Seminole
St. JC.
46. Kansas City, Cody Reed, LHP, Northwest
Mississippi CC.
47. Toronto, Clinton Hollon, RHP, Woodford
County HS, Versailles, Ky.
48. N.Y. Mets, Andrew Church, RHP, Basic HS,
Henderson Nev.
49. Seattle, Austin Wilson, OF, Stranford.
50. San Diego, Dustin Peterson, 3B, Gilbert
(Ariz.) HS.
51. Pittsburgh, Blake Taylor, LHP, Dana Hills
HS, Dana Point, Calif.
52. Arizona, Justin Williams, SS, Terrebonne
HS, Houma, La.
53. Philadelphia, Andrew Knapp C, California.
54. Milwaukee, Devin Williams, RHP,
Hazelwood (Mo.) West HS.
55. Chicago White Sox, Tyler Danish, RHP,
Durant HS, Valrico, Fla.
56. L.A. Dodgers, Tom Windle, LHP,
Minnesota.
57. St. Louis, Oscar Mercado, SS, Gaither HS,
Tampa, Fla.
58. Detroit, Kevin Zomek, LHP, Vanderbilt.
59. L.A. Angels, Hunter Green, LHP, Warren
East HS, Bowling Green, Ky.
60. Tampa Bay, Riley Unroe, SS, Desert Ridge
HS, Mesa, Ariz.
61. Baltimore, Chance Sisco, C, Santiago HS,
Corona, Calif.
62. Texas, Akeem Bostick, RHP, West Florence
HS, Florence, S.C.
63. Oakland, Dillon Overton, LHP, Oklahoma.
64. San Francisco, Ryder Jones, 3B, Watauga
HS, Boone, N.C.
65. Atlanta, Victor Caratini, C, Miami Dade CC.
66. N.Y. Yankees, Gosuke Katoh, 2B, Rancho
Bernardo HS, Poway, Calif.
67. Cincinnati, Kevin Franklin, 3B, Gahr HS,
Cerritos Calif.
68. Washington, Jacob Johansen, RHP, Dallas
Baptist.
COMPETITIVE BALANCE ROUND B
69. San Diego, Jordan Paroubeck, OF, Serra
HS, Redwood City, Calif.
70. Colorado, Alex Balog, RHP, San Francisco.
71. Oakland, Chad Pinder, SS, Virginia Tech.
72. Milwaukee, Tucker Neuhaus, SS, Wharton
HS, Tampa, Fla.
73. Miami (from Detroit), Colby Suggs, RHP,
Arkansas.
NCAA Division I Super
Regionals
Double Elimination
(x-if necessary)
(Best-of-three; x-if necessary)
Todays Games
South Carolina (42-18) at North Carolina
(55-9), Noon
Rice (44-18) at North Carolina State (47-14),
3 p.m.
Oklahoma (43-19) at LSU (55-9), 6 p.m.
UCLA (42-17) at Cal St.-Fullerton (51-8), 6 p.m.
Saturdays Games
South Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a.m.
Indiana (46-14) at Florida State (47-15), 11 a.m.
Mississippi State (46-18) at Virginia (47-10),
Noon
Louisville (49-12) at Vanderbilt (54-10), 2 p.m.
Rice at North Carolina State, 3 p.m.
Oklahoma at LSU, 6 p.m.
Kansas State (44-17) at Oregon State (48-10),
6 p.m.
UCLA at Cal St.-Fullerton, 9 p.m.
Sundays Games
Indiana at Florida State, Noon
x-South Carolina at North Carolina, Noon
x-Rice at North Carolina State, 3 p.m.
Louisville at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
Mississippi State at Virginia, 6 p.m.
x-Oklahoma at LSU, 6 p.m.
Kansas State at Oregon State, 9 p.m.
x-UCLA at Cal St.-Fullerton, 9 p.m.
Mondays Games
x-Indiana at Florida State, Noon
x-Mississippi State at Virginia, 3 p.m.
x-Louisville at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.
x-Kansas State at Oregon State, 6 p.m.
Basketball
NBA Playoffs
FINALS
Miami vs. San Antonio
(Best-of-seven)
Thursdays Game
San Antonio 92, Miami 88, San Antonio leads
series 1-09
Sundays Game
San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.
Tuesdays Game
Miami at San Antonio 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 13
Sunday, June 16
x-Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 18
x-San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 20
x-San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.
Spurs 92, Heat 88
SAN ANTONIO (92): Leonard 3-9 4-4 10,
Duncan 8-19 4-4 20, Splitter 3-6 1-2 7, Parker
9-18 3-4 21, Green 4-9 0-0 12, Ginobili 4-11 3-4
13, Diaw 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph 0-1 0-0 0, Neal 3-9
0-0 7, Bonner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-84 15-18 92.
MIAMI (88): James 7-16 3-4 18, Haslem
1-1 0-0 2, Bosh 6-16 1-2 13, Chalmers 3-10 0-0
8, Wade 7-15 3-4 17, Allen 3-4 4-5 13, Miller
2-3 0-0 5, Andersen 3-5 1-2 7, Cole 2-4 0-0 5,
Battier 0-3 0-0 0, Anthony 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-
78 12-17 88.
San Antonio 23 26 20 2392
Miami 24 28 20 1688
3-Point GoalsSan Antonio 7-23 (Green
4-9, Ginobili 2-5, Neal 1-5, Leonard 0-4),
Miami 8-25 (Allen 3-4, Chalmers 2-6, Cole 1-1,
Miller 1-2, James 1-5, Battier 0-3, Bosh 0-4).
ReboundsSan Antonio 47 (Duncan 14),
Miami 54 (James 18). AssistsSan Antonio 16
(Parker 6), Miami 20 (James 10). Total Fouls
San Antonio 12, Miami 12. A19,775 (19,600).
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 3 0 1.000
Chicago 3 0 1.000
New York 2 1 .667 1
Washington 1 1 .500 1
Connecticut 1 2 .333 2
Indiana 1 2 .333 2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 2 0 1.000
Los Angeles 1 1 .500 1
San Antonio 1 1 .500 1
Seattle 1 1 .500 1
Phoenix 0 3 .000 2
Tulsa 0 4 .000 3
Wednesdays Game
New York 75, Indiana 68, OT
Thursdays Game
Minnesota 99, Phoenix 79
Todays Games
Washington at Connecticut, 6 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Tulsa at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Phoenix at Indiana, 2:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington, 6 p.m.
Tulsa at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Football
Arena League
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 6 5 0 .545 605 597
San Antonio 5 5 0 .500 434 464
Iowa 4 7 0 .364 526 529
West Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 10 1 0 .909 743 525
Spokane 8 3 0 .727 737 593
San Jose 7 3 0 .700 520 499
Utah 4 6 0 .400 510 510
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Jacksonville 8 3 0 .727 590 494
Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 638 590
New Orleans 2 8 0 .200 415 586
Orlando 2 8 0 .200 499 600
Eastern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 588 525
Pittsburgh 3 7 0 .300 393 531
Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 447 603
Todays Game
Iowa at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays Games
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
Orlando at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Utah at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Arizona at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Spokane, 9 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Golf
PGA St Jude Classic
Thursday
At TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
Purse: $5.7 million
Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
a-denotes amateur
Nathan Green 34-3266
Martin Flores 32-3466
Davis Love III 33-3366
Stuart Appleby 33-3366
Glen Day 33-3366
Harris English 34-3266
Nicholas Thompson 33-3467
Scott Stallings 34-3367
David Toms 32-3567
Jason Bohn 34-3367
Dustin Johnson 31-3667
Peter Hanson 33-3467
Tim Petrovic 35-3267
John Rollins 34-3367
Justin Hicks 35-3267
Paul Haley II 33-3467
Shawn Stefani 33-3467
Bob Estes 34-3468
Roberto Castro 34-3468
Boo Weekley 34-3468
Russell Henley 33-3568
Billy Mayfair 33-3568
Nick OHern 32-3668
Eric Meierdierks 34-3468
Brad Fritsch 36-3268
Joe Affrunti 34-3468
Matt Jones 36-3369
D.J. Trahan 31-3869
Kevin Stadler 33-3669
Chez Reavie 36-3369
Jerry Kelly 36-3369
Padraig Harrington 35-3469
Aaron Baddeley 34-3569
Ian Poulter 33-3669
J.J. Henry 35-3469
Gary Woodland 34-3569
Robert Karlsson 35-3469
Brian Davis 34-3569
Brandt Jobe 34-3569
Tim Herron 34-3569
Camilo Villegas 35-3469
Brendon Todd 36-3369
Jim Herman 33-3669
Steve Flesch 36-3369
Woody Austin 34-3569
Ben Crane 34-3569
Justin Leonard 33-3669
John Merrick 33-3669
Scott Brown 31-3869
Tim Clark 34-3569
Rory Sabbatini 33-3669
Greg Owen 35-3469
Patrick Reed 35-3469
Jeff Maggert 36-3369
Jeff Overton 34-3569
David Hearn 34-3569
William McGirt 38-3270
Tag Ridings 36-3470
Brian Gay 34-3670
Freddie Jacobson 35-3570
Stephen Ames 35-3570
Trevor Immelman 35-3570
Brendan Steele 34-3670
Lee Janzen 35-3570
Chad Campbell 34-3670
Alistair Presnell 37-3370
Kevin Sutherland 35-3570
Bill Lunde 36-3470
Brendon de Jonge 35-3570
Ken Duke 35-3570
Brandt Snedeker 34-3670
Jonathan Byrd 37-3370
Mark Wilson 36-3470
Luke Guthrie 36-3470
Ross Fisher 33-3770
Doug LaBelle II 36-3470
Russell Knox 36-3470
Charles Howell III 34-3771
Ben Kohles 37-3471
Phil Mickelson 33-3871
Robert Allenby 34-3771
Shaun Micheel 33-3871
Jeff Gove 35-3671
Cameron Tringale 37-3471
Casey Wittenberg 35-3671
Justin Bolli 35-3671
George Coetzee 35-3671
Steve LeBrun 36-3571
Aaron Watkins 34-3771
Scott Gardiner 33-3871
John Daly 36-3571
James Hahn 32-3971
Joe Ogilvie 35-3671
Billy Horschel 37-3471
Arjun Atwal 36-3571
Jason Kokrak 37-3471
Seung-Yul Noh 36-3571
Andres Gonzales 34-3771
Chase Seiffert 38-3371
Cody Gribble 34-3771
Jin Park 36-3571
Jimmy Walker 35-3772
Tom Gillis 36-3672
Bud Cauley 36-3672
Fabian Gomez 34-3872
Vaughn Taylor 34-3872
Will Claxton 36-3672
Cameron Beckman 34-3872
Lee Williams 35-3772
Robert Streb 37-3572
Ryuji Imada 38-3472
Ryan Palmer 35-3772
Joe Durant 33-3972
Scott Langley 36-3672
Henrik Norlander 38-3472
Chris DiMarco 37-3673
Bryce Molder 36-3773
Tommy Gainey 34-3973
Donald Constable 37-3673
Chip Deason 35-3873
Cameron Percy 36-3773
Steven Bowditch 38-3573
a-Guan Tianlang 37-3673
a-Matthew NeSmith 36-3773
Paul Goydos 36-3773
Troy Matteson 35-3873
Derek Ernst 35-3873
Brian Harman 36-3773
Dicky Pride 35-3873
Morgan Hoffmann 37-3673
Gary Christian 35-3873
Charlie Holland 38-3573
Steve Marino 38-3674
D.A. Points 35-3974
Sean OHair 38-3674
Heath Slocum 37-3774
Trent Whitekiller 38-3674
Scott McCarron 37-3774
George McNeill 35-3974
Scott Verplank 37-3774
Bobby Gates 35-3974
a-Steven Fox 38-3674
Andrew Svoboda 36-3874
Ricky Barnes 37-3875
David Duval 38-3775
David Mathis 38-3775
Rod Pampling 38-3775
D.H. Lee 40-3575
Colt Knost 37-3875
Scott Moran 40-3575
Michael Letzig 40-3676
Darron Stiles 38-3977
Vince Covello 36-4177
Michael Bradley 38-4078
Luke List 37-4279
Matt Bettencourt WD
Champions Regions
Tradition
Thursday
At Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala.
Purse: $2.2 million
Yardage: 7,231; Par: 72 (36-36)
First Round
Jeff Sluman 32-3365
Fred Couples 32-3466
Duffy Waldorf 36-3167
Peter Senior 34-3367
Michael Allen 35-3368
Mark Calcavecchia 35-3368
David Frost 33-3568
Corey Pavin 33-3568
Dick Mast 36-3369
Bob Gilder 34-3569
Bart Bryant 33-3669
Tom Lehman 35-3469
Tom Jenkins 35-3469
David Eger 32-3769
Mark Wiebe 36-3369
Bob Tway 36-3369
Mark McNulty 33-3669
Loren Roberts 33-3669
Kenny Perry 35-3469
Mark Mouland 38-3270
Chien Soon Lu 35-3570
Mark Brooks 34-3670
Barry Lane 37-3370
Esteban Toledo 35-3570
John Cook 35-3570
Roger Chapman 38-3270
Jim Gallagher, Jr. 34-3670
Tom Pernice Jr. 35-3570
Mike Goodes 36-3470
Scott Simpson 36-3571
Bruce Vaughan 36-3571
Gene Jones 36-3571
Tommy Armour III 33-3871
Rod Spittle 36-3571
Craig Stadler 37-3471
Kirk Triplett 35-3671
Steve Elkington 37-3471
Jay Don Blake 35-3671
Bernhard Langer 36-3571
Jay Haas 35-3671
Morris Hatalsky 35-3671
Bobby Wadkins 38-3371
Joe Daley 38-3371
Dan Forsman 38-3371
Willie Wood 35-3671
Russ Cochran 36-3571
Hale Irwin 36-3571
Steve Pate 36-3672
Blaine McCallister 36-3672
Larry Mize 37-3572
Fred Funk 34-3872
Gene Sauers 37-3572
Mike Reid 36-3672
Chip Beck 35-3772
Scott Hoch 37-3572
Jim Thorpe 38-3472
Bill Glasson 35-3772
Rocco Mediate 35-3772
Andrew Magee 36-3773
Wayne Levi 37-3673
Hal Sutton 35-3873
Don Pooley 36-3773
Jeff Hart 37-3673
Bruce Fleisher 38-3573
Mark OMeara 36-3773
Peter Jacobsen 39-3473
Joel Edwards 39-3574
Bobby Clampett 37-3774
Jerry Pate 37-3774
Gil Morgan 36-3874
Brad Bryant 37-3774
Tom Purtzer 38-3674
Dana Quigley 35-3974
Tom Kite 37-3774
Neal Lancaster 37-3875
Jim Rutledge 35-4075
Brad Faxon 41-3677
Sandy Lyle 42-3678
Larry Nelson 40-3878
Jeff Freeman 40-3979
Gary Hallberg 40-4080
Hockey
NHL Playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-seven)
Wednesday, June 5
Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT, Boston leads
series 3-0
Thursdays Game
Chicago 3, Los Angeles 2, Chicago leads
series 3-1
Todays Game
Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m.
Saturdays Game
Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal 8 2 2 26 22 15
New York 7 5 4 25 23 19
Philadelphia 6 5 4 22 22 24
Houston 6 4 4 22 19 14
Sporting K.C. 6 5 4 22 18 13
New England 5 4 4 19 15 9
Columbus 4 5 5 17 16 16
Chicago 3 7 2 11 9 17
Toronto FC 1 7 5 8 12 19
D.C. 1 10 2 5 6 24
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas 8 2 4 28 23 17
Real Salt Lake 7 5 3 24 21 15
Portland 5 1 7 22 22 14
Los Angeles 6 5 2 20 21 15
Colorado 5 4 5 20 15 12
Seattle 5 4 3 18 16 13
Vancouver 4 4 4 16 16 17
San Jose 3 6 6 15 13 23
Chivas USA 3 8 2 11 13 26
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesdays Game
Philadelphia 3, Columbus 0
Saturdays Games
D.C. United at New England, 6:30 p.m.
Portland at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 9:30 p.m.
Tennis
French Open
Thursday
At Stade Roland Garros, Paris
Purse: $28.4 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Women
Semifinals
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Victoria
Azarenka (3), Belarus, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sara
Errani (5), Italy, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles
Men
Semifinals
Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut, France, def.
Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Horacio Zeballos,
Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def.
Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (7),
Brazil, 6-1, 6-4.
Mixed
Championship
Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak, Czech
Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and
Daniel Nestor (5), Canada, 1-6, 6-4, 10-6.
Legends Doubles
Round Robin
Men Under 45
Albert Costa and Carlos Moya, Spain, def.
Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, and Goran
Ivanisevic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7.
Men Over 45
Guy Forget and Henri Leconte, France, def.
Mikael Pernfors and Mats Wilander, Sweden,
1-6, 6-4, 10-7.
John McEnroe, United States, and Adriano
Panatta, Italy, def. Peter McNamara, Australia,
and Michael Stich, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 10-2.
Women
Elena Dementieva, Russia, and Martina
Navratilova, United States, def. Iva Majoli,
Croatia, and Conchita Martinez, Spain, 6-2,
6-4.
Nathalie Tauziat and Sandrine Testud, France,
def. Jana Novotna, Czech Republic, and
Barbara Schett, Austria, 6-3, 1-6, 10-7.
Transactions
Thursdays Moves
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLESRecalled OF Xavier
Avery from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Steve
Johnson on the 15-day DL.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Assigned SS Tyler
Greene outright to Charlotte (IL). Placed RHP
Jake Peavy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to
June 5. Optioned RHP Brian Omogrosso to
Charlotte. Recalled RHP Deunte Heath from
Charlotte. Purchased the contract of RHP
Ramon Troncoso from Charlotte.
LOS ANGELES ANGELSOptioned RHP
Dane De La Rosa to Salt Lake (PCL).
SEATTLE MARINERS_Recalled RHP Blake
Beavan from Tacoma (PCL). Optioned RHP
Hector Noesi to Tacoma.
TEXAS RANGERSPlaced 1B Mitch
Moreland on the 15-day DL. Purchased the
contract of 1B Chris McGuiness from Round
Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYSOptioned OF
Anthony Gose to Buffalo (IL).
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Sent RHP James
McDonald to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab
assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALSOptioned RHP
Maikel Cleto to Memphis (PCL). Recalled LHP
Kevin Siegrist from Memphis.
SAN DIEGO PADRESOptioned INF/OF
Kyle Blanks to Tucson (PCL). Reinstated OF
Cameron Maybin from the 15-day DL.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSSent LHP
Eric Surkamp to San Jose (Cal) for a rehab
assignment.
WASHINGTON NATIONALSRecalled LHP
Xavier Cedeno from Syracuse (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DENVER NUGGETSFired coach George
Karl.
Womens National Basketball Association
INDIANA FEVERSigned G Erin Thorn.
TULSA SHOCKRe-signed C Courtney Paris.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNSSigned DB Vernon
Kearney. Waived DB Prince Miller.
HOUSTON TEXANSSigned TE Adam
Schiltz.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFSSigned TE Travis
Kelce, CB Vince Agnew and LB Nico Johnson.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSSigned LB A.J.
Edds.
OAKLAND RAIDERSSigned TE Nick Kasa,
RB Latavius Murray, TE Mychal Rivera, DL
Stacy McGee, WR Brice Butler and DE David
Bass.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSSigned G
Jeremy Lewis. Waived G Desmond Wynn.
TENNESSEE TITANSWaived C Eugene
Amano.
MOTORSPORTS
INDYCARFined Sebastian Saavedra
$30,000 for making an obscene gesture at
Marco Andretti on June 2. Placed Will Power on
probation for the rest of the year for throwing his
gloves at Sebastien Bourdais and placed Bour-
dais on probation for comments made toward
officials on pit road after an accident. Fined
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing $10,000
for a pair of technical violations on the car of
James Jakes.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
VANCOUVER WHITECAPSTraded D Alain
Rochat to D.C. United for a 2015 second-round
SuperDraft pick and a conditional 2016 pick.
THE DISPATCH www.cdispatch.com 4B FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Boston 37 24 .607 6-4 W-1 19-13 18-11
New York 35 25 .583 1 5-5 W-4 19-13 16-12
Baltimore 34 26 .567 2 1 7-3 W-1 15-13 19-13
Tampa Bay 32 27 .542 4 2 7-3 L-1 17-10 15-17
Toronto 25 34 .424 11 9 5-5 W-1 14-16 11-18
Central Division
Detroit 32 26 .552 4-6 W-1 19-10 13-16
Cleveland 30 29 .508 2 4 3-7 L-4 18-12 12-17
Minnesota 26 31 .456 5 7 7-3 L-2 13-14 13-17
Kansas City 25 32 .439 6 8 4-6 W-2 12-15 13-17
Chicago 25 33 .431 7 9 1-9 L-1 13-12 12-21
West Division
Texas 36 23 .610 4-6 L-1 18-8 18-15
Oakland 37 25 .597 8-2 W-2 18-10 19-15
Los Angeles 26 34 .433 10 9 3-7 L-1 15-18 11-16
Seattle 26 35 .426 11 9 4-6 L-2 15-14 11-21
Houston 22 39 .361 15 13 7-3 L-1 10-23 12-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Atlanta 37 23 .617 7-3 L-1 21-7 16-16
Philadelphia 31 30 .508 6 4 7-3 W-5 16-15 15-15
Washington 29 30 .492 7 5 4-6 L-1 16-12 13-18
New York 23 33 .411 12 10 6-4 W-1 12-17 11-16
Miami 16 44 .267 21 19 3-7 L-3 10-20 6-24
Central Division
St. Louis 39 21 .650 6-4 W-1 19-12 20-9
Cincinnati 36 24 .600 3 5-5 L-2 21-9 15-15
Pittsburgh 35 25 .583 4 4-6 L-3 21-11 14-14
Chicago 24 33 .421 13 9 6-4 W-1 13-16 11-17
Milwaukee 22 37 .373 16 12 3-7 L-2 13-20 9-17
West Division
Arizona 34 26 .567 6-4 L-1 16-12 18-14
San Francisco 31 28 .525 2 3 4-6 L-1 21-11 10-17
Colorado 32 29 .525 2 3 5-5 L-1 18-13 14-16
San Diego 28 32 .467 6 7 6-4 W-2 16-14 12-18
Los Angeles 26 33 .441 7 8 5-5 W-1 17-16 9-17
Major League Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursdays Games
Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 2
Baltimore 3, Houston 1
Boston 6, Texas 3
Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3
Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 4,
10 innings
N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 1
Todays Games
Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington
(G.Gonzalez 3-3), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Tepesch 3-4) at Toronto (Rogers
1-2), 6:07 p.m.
Cleveland (U.Jimenez 4-3) at Detroit
(Verlander 7-4), 6:08 p.m.
Baltimore (Hammel 7-3) at Tampa Bay
(Archer 0-1), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-2) at Boston
(Doubront 4-2), 6:10 p.m.
Houston (Lyles 3-1) at Kansas City
(Shields 2-6), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (J.Parker 4-6) at Chicago White
Sox (Sale 5-3), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-4) at Seattle
(Bonderman 0-1), 9:10 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Texas (Darvish 7-2) at Toronto (Buehrle
2-4), 12:07 p.m.
Minnesota (Diamond 4-4) at Washington
(Karns 0-1), 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 8-4) at Detroit
(Porcello 2-3), 3:08 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 0-2) at Tampa Bay
(Hellickson 3-2), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 4-3) at Seattle
(J.Saunders 4-5), 3:10 p.m.
Oakland (Milone 6-5) at Chicago White
Sox (Joh.Danks 0-2), 3:10 p.m.
Houston (Bedard 1-2) at Kansas City
(E.Santana 3-5), 6:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 4-4) at Boston
(Buchholz 8-0), 6:15 p.m.
Sundays Games
Texas (Grimm 5-4) at Toronto
(Jo.Johnson 0-2), 12:07 p.m.
Cleveland (Kazmir 3-3) at Detroit (Ani.
Sanchez 6-5), 12:08 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Blanton 1-9) at Boston
(Dempster 3-6), 12:35 p.m.
Minnesota (Deduno 2-1) at Washington
(Zimmermann 8-3), 12:35 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 5-2) at Tampa Bay
(M.Moore 8-1), 12:40 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 4-7) at Kansas City
(Mendoza 1-3), 1:10 p.m.
Oakland (Griffin 5-4) at Chicago White
Sox (H.Santiago 1-4), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 4-3) at Seattle
(F.Hernandez 7-4), 3:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursdays Games
N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd., rain
St. Louis 12, Arizona 8
Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 1
San Diego 6, Colorado 5, 12 innings
L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 0
Todays Games
Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-2) at Chicago Cubs
(T.Wood 5-3), 1:20 p.m.
Minnesota (Correia 5-4) at Washington
(G.Gonzalez 3-3), 6:05 p.m.
Miami (Fernandez 3-3) at N.Y. Mets
(Harvey 5-0), 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 8-3) at Cincinnati
(Leake 5-2), 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Lee 7-2) at Milwaukee
(Figaro 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 4-5) at Colorado
(J.De La Rosa 7-3), 7:40 p.m.
San Francisco (M.Cain 4-3) at Arizona
(Corbin 9-0), 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Maholm 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers
(Ryu 6-2), 9:10 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Miami (Slowey 1-5) at N.Y. Mets (Mar-
cum 0-6), 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Diamond 4-4) at Washington
(Karns 0-1), 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 3-6) at Chicago
Cubs (Samardzija 3-6), 3:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 6-3) at
Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 1-0), 6:15 p.m.
San Diego (Stults 4-5) at Colorado
(Chatwood 3-1), 6:15 p.m.
St. Louis (Lyons 2-1) at Cincinnati (Latos
5-0), 6:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Medlen 2-6) at L.A. Dodgers
(Fife 1-0), 9:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-4) at
Arizona (Cahill 3-6), 9:10 p.m.
Sundays Games
Miami (Koehler 0-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese
3-5), 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Deduno 2-1) at Washington
(Zimmermann 8-3), 12:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-1) at
Milwaukee (Lohse 1-6), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 5-1) at Chicago Cubs
(E.Jackson 1-8), 1:20 p.m.
Atlanta (Minor 7-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly
0-2), 3:10 p.m.
San Diego (Richard 1-5) at Colorado
(Nicasio 4-2), 3:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Gaudin 1-1) at Arizona
(Skaggs 1-0), 3:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 8-1) at Cincinnati (Arroyo
6-5), 7:10 p.m.
By The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Yasi-
el Puig topped himself
yet again, electrifying the
Dodger Stadium crowd
with another big moment in
a week already full of them
for the rookie newly arrived
to the major leagues.
Puig hit his rst career
grand slam, Zack Greinke
scattered four hits in seven
innings, and Los Angeles
defeated Atlanta 5-0 on
Thursday night, snapping
the Braves ve-game win-
ning streak.
Hes really going out
there and playing like he
belongs up here, veteran
Braves pitcher Tim Hudson
said of Puig, who made his
debut on Monday.
Clinging to a 1-0 lead,
the Dodgers loaded the bas-
es in the eighth after Cory
Gearrin gave up one-out
singles to Skip Schumaker
and Luis Cruz, and then
walked pinch-hitter Hanley
Ramirez.
That set the stage for
Puig, who had fans on their
feet and clapping in expec-
tation of more exploits from
the 22-year-old Cuban de-
fector. He was 5-for-8 with
two homers and ve RBIs
in his rst two games this
week before going 0-for-4
Wednesday.
Greinke (3-1) put his re-
cent struggles behind him,
striking out a season-high
seven and walking three to
earn his rst victory since
May 15 against Washing-
ton.
Hudson (4-5) dueled
Greinke through seven in-
nings, allowing one run and
four hits. He struck out ve
and walked none in his rst
start against the Dodgers
since 2011.
Phillies 5, Brewers
1: At Milwaukee, Delmon
Young homered and Tyler
Cloyd allowed four hits in
6 2/3 scoreless innings to
help Philadelphia beat Mil-
waukee and move above
.500 for the rst time this
season.
Coming off a three-game
sweep of Miami that pulled
the Phillies even for the rst
time since they were 6-6 on
April 14, the season-high
fth consecutive win im-
proved their record to 31-30.
Cloyd (2-2) limited Mil-
waukee to singles by Jean
Segura, Ryan Braun and
Aramis Ramirez through 6
2/3 innings. When Norichi-
ka Aoki singled with two
out in the seventh, Phillies
manager Charlie Manuel
brought in Justin De Fratus
who retired Segura on a
grounder to second.
Philadelphia scored in
four of ve innings against
Milwaukee starter Wily
Peralta (4-7).
Cardinals 12, Dia-
mondbacks 8: At St. Lou-
is, Shelby Miller hit his rst
career home run and also
pitched six sharp innings to
lead St. Louis past Arizona.
Matt Adams and Daniel
Descalso homered in an
eight-run fourth inning off
Ian Kennedy. Matt Holliday
and Matt Carpenter also
connected for the Cardi-
nals.
Miller (7-3) allowed two
runs and six hits. He struck
out nine and walked none.
Kennedy (3-4) was
tagged for 10 runs and 13
hits in four innings.
Padres 6, Rockies
5, 12 innings: At Denver,
Pinch-hitter Yasmani Gran-
dal drove in the go-ahead
run with a elders choice in
the 12th inning to help San
Diego snap a six-game los-
ing streak to Colorado.
With the bases loaded
and one out, Grandal sent
a chopper to third that No-
lan Arenado elded, quick-
ly stepping on the bag and
throwing low to rst. Gran-
dal was ruled safe, though
replays appeared to show
he may have been out by
a step. Rockies manager
Walt Weiss ran out to argue
Dodgers
shut out
Braves
with rst base umpire Ed
Hickox before returning to
the dugout.
Luke Gregerson (4-2)
pitched two shutout in-
nings and Brad Boxberger
worked the 12th for his rst
save of the season.
American League
Red Sox 6, Rangers
3: At Boston, David Ortiz
hit a game-ending three-
run homer to help Boston
rally from, a three-run de-
cit to beat Texas.
Jacoby Ellsbury scored
the tying run on a elders
choice in the seventh in-
ning of his rst game after
sitting out ve straight be-
cause of a groin injury.
Tigers 5, Rays 2:
At Detroit, Max Scherzer
struck out nine in seven in-
nings to remain unbeaten
and Victor Martinez hom-
ered and drove in three
runs to lift Detroit past
Tampa Bay.
Scherzer (8-0) allowed a
run and four hits, walking
two. He is the rst Detroit
pitcher to start the season
8-0 since Jeremy Bonder-
man in 2007.
Royals 7, Twins 3:
At Kansas City, Mo., Lo-
renzo Cain hit a two-run
homer during a four-run
eighth inning and Kansas
City rallied to win back-
to-back games for the rst
time since May 4-5 thanks
to an offense that produced
as many runs in the eighth
as it had in any of its last 14
games.
The Royals seven runs
were their most since beat-
ing the Astros by the same
score on May 21.
Yankees 6,
Mariners 1: At Seattle,
Robinson Cano hit a three-
run homer and Mark Teix-
eira followed with a solo
shot in a six-run third, and
Phil Hughes took a shutout
into the eighth to lead New
York past Seattle.
Cano and Teixeira were
the catalysts for New Yorks
big third inning that proved
to be the Yankees only of-
fense as they started a 10-
game West Coast trip with
a win. New York matched
its season high for runs
scored in an inning, tag-
ging Seattle starter Aaron
Harang (2-6) for eight hits
in the third before being
shut down the rest of the
night.
As 5, White Sox 4,
10 innings: At Chicago,
Adam Rosales hit a two-out
homer in the 10th inning,
one of a season-high four
home runs Oakland hit to
beat Chicago.
Orioles 3, Astros
1: At Houston, J.J. Hardy
got a season-high four hits
and Adam Jones added an
RBI double, leading Miguel
Gonzalez and Baltimore
past Houston.
BRIEFLY
Alabama
Track and eld team scores at NCAA Championships
Track and field team scores on day two of NCAA Championships
EUGENE, Ore. The University of Alabama outdoor track and
field team got on the scoreboard Thursday on the second day of the
NCAA Championships and is 21st on the mens side after earning top-
eight finishes in the hammer throw and the long jump.
Kamal Fuller added three inches to his career-best outdoor mark
in the long jump to snag sixth place after soaring to 25 inches, 8
inches with his third jump. Fullers previous best outdoor mark of 25-5
came earlier this season.
Freshman Elias Hakansson finished eighth in the hammer throw
with a throw of 213-10. It was Hakanssons third best throw of his
career, inches off his personal best.
Diondre Batson posted a career-best time of 20.35 seconds in
the 200 meters, shaving nearly two-tenths of a second off his previous
best. The sophomore passed Olympian Kirani James and Latonel
Williams on the Tides all-time 200 list, moving into the third place
behind James Mallard (20.07) and Calvin Smith (19.99). He will return
to action today in the finals of the 100, where he was fifth after the
semifinals.
The Tides 4x400m relay, which included freshmen Dwight Davis
and Quincy Smith and juniors Joel Lynch and Ken Taylor, turned in
a time of 3 minutes, 6.69 seconds to take 12th. The quartet came in
seeded 18th and shaved more than three-tenths of a second off its
seed time.
Three athletes earn Academic All-American honors:
At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Junior gymnast Kim Jacob and junior golfer
Stephanie Meadow were named to the first team of the Capital One
Academic All-America Womens At-Large Team, while senior tennis
player Antonia Foehse was named to the second team.
Alabama is the only school in the nation to have two student-ath-
letes on the 15-member first team, and one of just two schools to have
all three nominees earn a place on the overall list.
Mens golf team has four Golfweek All-Americans; three
on first team: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Juniors Cory Whisett and Bobby
Wyatt and sophomore Justin Thomas were selected first-team
All-Americans by Golfweek Magazine, while junior Trey Mullinax was
an honorable mention choice.
It marks the first time Alabama has produced more than three
All-Americans in one season and the first time it has had multiple
first-team All-Americans in the same season. The Crimson Tide has
now had at least one first-team All-American in six straight seasons
(Michael Thompson, 2008; Bud Cauley, 2009-11; Thomas, 2012).
In related news, Alabamas Jay Seawell will direct the USA
squad at the Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition, between the
worlds best collegiate golfers from the United States and Europe that
begins today in Wilmington, Del., at Wilmington Country Clubs South
Course. Whitsett, Wyatt, and Thomas will represent the U.S.
White, Castillo Named Louisville Slugger Freshmen
All-Americans: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Alabama shortstop
Mikey White and relief pitcher Ray Castillo were named Wednesday
to Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-Americans, as announced by
Collegiate Baseball News.
White started all 63 games at shortstop and hit .287 batting aver-
age, with 34 runs, 11 doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 30 RBIs.
Castillo, who was a SEC All-Freshman Team selection, finished
2-3 with a 3.38 ERA and 12 saves to set a single-season record. The
12 saves tied for the third most in a single season at Alabama and rank
ninth in the career record books.
Five programs earn NCAA APR award: At Indianapolis, Ind.,
Five Alabama athletics teams were honored with the NCAA Division I
Public Recognition Award, the NCAA announced Wednesday, led by
the national champion football and mens golf teams.
Alabama had the only football squad in the Southeastern Confer-
ence to earn the award and was second only to Vanderbilt University in
the total number of teams honored.
In addition to football and mens golf, the NCAA champion wom-
ens golf team was honored for the third year in a row, the womens
tennis team was recognized for the second year in a row, and the
mens basketball team earned the accolade for the first time.
Meadow named First-Team All-American by Golfweek: At
Tuscaloosa, Ala., the Alabama womens golf team had three players
selected to the 2012-13 Golfweek All-Americans team Wednesday.
Junior Stephanie Meadow received first-team honors for the third
time in her career, while freshman Emma Talley was named to the third
team and senior Jennifer Kirby earned honorable mention accolades.
Kirby, from Paris, Ontario, is also a three-time honoree, earning
first-team mention in 2012. Meadow is the first Alabama player to be
selected as a three-time first-team All-American.
Womens tennis team will play host to ITA Kick-Off
Weekend: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., the womens tennis team, due to its
final ranking this season, will serve as one of the 15 hosts for the 2014
Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend, beginning Jan.
25. The Crimson Tide finished the season at No. 11 in the ITA Division
I Womens Poll, which ties for the highest final ranking in program
history.
Alabama will be the No. 1 seed and will be joined by the University
of Oklahoma, the University of Mississippi, and The College of William
& Mary, which are listed according to rank in the team draft.
Registration still being accepted for baseball teams
summer camps: At Tuscaloosa, Bama Baseball Camps, Inc. will offer
four camps this summer, and the staff is still accepting signups for this
year. Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard and his coaching staff will offer
top-notch baseball instruction and help each camper improve their
baseball skills.
Alabama will host its first camp of the summer June 20 with the
Super 60 Camp. The Super 60 Camp is a one-day pro-style show-
case. There will be a morning showcase, followed by two 10-inning
games in the afternoon. Space is limited for this camp, so everyone is
encouraged to sign up early. Because of the popularity of the Super
60 Camp, Alabama will close the summer with another super 60 camp
Aug. 24.
Three camps will take place during the month of July. The second
camp of the summer will be the Crimson Tide Experience Elite Camp,
from July 1-3, for ninth- through 12th-graders. With the Crimson Tide
Experience, each camper will be treated like an Alabama baseball
player for three days. This camp is sold out. Games are played under
the lights with the scoreboard and music, and there are meetings, pre-
game meals and plenty of instruction. This camp filled up two months
out last year, so register now to reserve your spot early.
On July 15-17, marks the Bama Youth Camp for kindergarten
through sixth-grade kids. This camp was a huge success last years, as
kids learn a lot about baseball, while having a great time.
The fourth camp of the summer runs from July 21-24, and is the
Bama Summer 2013 Overnight Camp and Showcase. The camp for
seventh through 12th-graders was the most popular camp in 2012.
Campers get to play games, showcase their skills and get great
instruction.
The Bama Baseball Camp provides the best possible baseball
instruction for players of all ages and abilities in a structured,
enthusiastic and fun environment. Each camper will receive instruction
from Alabama coaches and players, along with some of the top junior
college and high school coaches in the area.
Each camper will receive specific, quality instruction on how to
play the game and how to improve themselves on and off the field. Skill
and techniques will be improved through individual and small-group
instruction.
Region
Ex-Alabama player Pollard indicted in kidnapping
JACKSON Seven people, including a former University of
Alabama basketball player and his mother, have been charged with
conspiring to kidnap a 6-year-old girl from an east Mississippi elemen-
tary school in a plot that allegedly involved a property dispute.
Among those named in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday
was 18-year-old Devonta Pollard, who played this past season as a
freshman at the University of Alabama. Prosecutors said his mother,
Jessie Mae Brown Pollard, led a scheme to kidnap the girl to pressure
the childs mother in a dispute over some land. At one point, authorities
said kidnappers demanded a $50,000 ransom for the girl.
The charges against Devonta Pollards mother could carry a life
sentence. He and the five other defendants face up to five years in
prison. He was released on $10,000 bond.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Dowdy agreed to his release with
some reservation, saying he tested positive for marijuana.
Devonta Pollards lawyer, Lisa Ross, said he was seeking to enroll
at East Mississippi Community College.
We intend to defend him vigorously, Ross said. Of course hes
concerned about his future, athletics aside. Hes concerned about his
liberty.
Prosecutors said Jessie Mae Brown Pollard orchestrated a plan to
kidnap the girl from East Kemper Elementary School on April 30.
After picking up the girl with another woman, they said, Pollard
went to a hotel and bought a cellphone and texted the childs mother,
stating dont call the police I will call you later if you call the police u
wont see her again.
FBI agents later found receipts for the hotel and cellphone in
Devonta Pollards car. Police said they were notified early on about the
kidnapping. The girl was eventually returned to her mother safely.
The scheme also allegedly involved a school secretary, Wanda
Faye Dancy as well as Shamarious Ruffin; Shaquayla Johnigan;
James Johnigan; and Joyce Johnigan. The relationship between them
was not immediately clear.
Spurs
four-point edge in the game that was
close the whole way.
We got a little bit lucky in game
one, Parker said. Sometimes thats
what it takes to win games.
Playing for the championship for
the rst time since sweeping James
Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007 for their
fourth title, the Spurs improved
to 5-for-5 in game ones, hanging
around for three quarters and then
blowing by the defending champi-
ons midway through the fourth.
Ginobili, the third member of San
Antonios Big Three who battled
injuries throughout the season, n-
ished with 13 points. Danny Green
had 12.
San Antonio turned up its de-
fense in the fourth quarter, limiting
Miami to seven points in the rst 8
minutes in returning to the nals
just the way it left with a victory
over James.
James had 18 points, 18 rebounds
and 10 assists in his second straight
NBA Finals triple-double, but he
shot only 7 of 16 against some good
defense by Kawhi Leonard, and Mi-
amis offense stalled in the fourth
quarter.
The Spurs are the Spurs, James
said. Theyre going to put you in
positions where you feel uncom-
fortable offensively and defensively,
and every time you make a mistake,
theyre going to capitalize on it.
Game two is Sunday night.
James became a champion on
this oor last year in Game 5 against
Oklahoma City, but he hasnt forgot-
ten his rst taste of the nals.
The Spurs overwhelmed his Cav-
aliers and James spoke Wednesday
like someone who had payback in
mind. He was 22 then, a fourth-year
player headed for greatness but with
holes in his game that San Antonio
exploited.
Revenge wont come easily if it
comes at all.
Dwyane Wade scored 17 points
for the Heat but was shut out in the
fourth quarter. Chris Bosh had only
two of his 13 in the nal period.
James shot an airball on a 3-point-
er on his rst shot attempt, then was
soon back to the step-in-front-of-
him-at-your-own-risk force that has
made him the games best player.
But San Antonio handled that
and everything else Miami did, even
while only shooting 42 percent from
the eld.
Basketball: NBA
BY PAT GRAHAM
DENVER The starless Denver
Nuggets just lost their biggest name
on the bench.
George Karl was ousted Thursday
less than a month after winning the
NBAs Coach of the Year award. His
tenure with the Nuggets is over after
8 seasons.
The longtime coach is following
general manager Masai Ujiri out the
door in Denver after Ujiri, the leagues
executive of the year, recently left to
become GM of the Toronto Raptors.
So, we lost a GM now and a coach,
whats next? tweeted Nuggets big
man Kenneth Faried.
Karl had just a year left on his con-
tract, which may have played a role
in this decision. Calls and emails to
Karls representatives were not re-
turned Thursday.
But Karl did take to Twitter, post-
ing on his certied account: I want to
thank Nuggets fans for their support
over the past 8 yrs. The karma on the
street was incredible. Denver will al-
ways be home.
The Los Angeles Clippers, Brook-
lyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers also
have head coaching vacancies and the
Memphis Grizzlies have given coach
Lionel Hollins permission to speak
with other teams.
George has been an instrumental
part of our success over the past de-
cade, and we appreciate everything he
did to keep us among the top teams in
the Western Conference, team Presi-
dent Josh Kroenke said. He is a Hall
of Fame coach whose legacy in Den-
ver will last for years to come. George
is a legend in the game of basketball
and I could not have more respect for
him as a person and coach.
His players shared that feeling.
I had a great relationship with him
and I was honored to be coached by
him, forward Danilo Gallinari said.
Hopefully the management now will
do smart choices.
Karl guided the third-youngest
team in the NBA to the third-best re-
cord in the Western Conference with
a franchise-record 57 wins, but the
Nuggets were bounced from the rst
round of the playoffs for the fourth
straight season.
Denver ousts
Karl as coach
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EAR ABBY:
About a
year ago I
became engaged
to a very special
man. We have
decided to be
married during a
weeklong cruise
we have taken
the past two
years. We knew
some family
members might
not be able to at-
tend for nancial
reasons, so we
chose to invite only two close
friends as witnesses and not
have our families there.
My family is OK with our
decision, but his family is
not pleased. They have been
calling him constantly and
telling him to change our plans
and accommodate them, and
frankly, we are sick of it. We
know why theyre upset, but at
the same time this is our day
and they should respect our
decision.
How can we get them to
be more understanding and
less disrespect-
ful about how
we want our
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dont know what
else to say to
them. - - SOON TO
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DEAR SOON
TO BE NEWLY-
WEDS: It appears
your ances
family considers
weddings to be
more about the
joining of families
and less about the wishes of
the individuals involved. They
expected to be included, and
are hurt because they werent.
A way to explain your deci-
sion would be to make it less
about yourselves and more
about the fact that you knew
some family members could
not afford to make this trip, so
you plan to have a reception
when you return and include
everybody.
DEAR ABBY: Next month my
husband and I are leaving our
18-year-old son home alone
overnight for the rst time.
We have good neighbors who
will keep an eye on things.
Although we trust our son, I
feel we should let his 16-year-
old girlfriends parents know he
will have the house to himself
for the night.
I have never met them and
dont want to alarm them by
calling out of the blue. Do you
think I should call them? - -
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
DEAR WHAT: Yes. Call,
introduce yourself, and suggest
that because your teenagers
are involved that you meet in
person sometime soon. And
while youre making conversa-
tion, casually mention that you
will be leaving town and your
son will be alone overnight
for the rst time. If you had a
16-year-old daughter, wouldnt
YOU want to know?
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Abigail Van Buren, also known
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Dear Abby
Dear Abby
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (June
7). You wish grandly as you
shoot for the stars this year.
But by next month, youll land
on the right goal - - one that
can be accomplished by the
end of September. Throw a
party to celebrate your suc-
cess, and invite the attractive
people who come into your
life over the next 10 weeks.
November brings a solemn
exchange. Cancer and Libra
people adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 4, 24, 39, 50
and 2.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Youll do your thing today
- - dance your dance, sing your
song - - and probably be met
with shrugging shoulders. Its
them, not you. What is the
voice of song when the world
lacks the ear of taste? - - Na-
thaniel Hawthorne
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). What you see may disap-
point you. But ll your heart
with compassion, and your
eyes will change. Your love
is needed. You can make a
difference by approaching this
need differently.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The tools of structure youve
been resisting will help you.
Timelines and measurements
are needed; otherwise, your
project will not move along in
the way you want.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Your conversational savvy
will help you progress at work.
You know when to stay on
point and when to veer off in
order to bring a sense of fun
and surprise to the picture.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
love it when the action comes
full circle, and youll experi-
ence exactly that. The person
who left to explore other offers
will be back, realizing that the
best offer around comes from
you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
In this world of diverted atten-
tion, evidence that someone
has paid attention to the little
things you say and do is a
tremendous gift. Thats why,
in relationships, specicity
trumps grand gestures.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You sometimes get uncom-
fortable when its time to talk
money, but the conversation
doesnt have to be long and
drawn out. Spell out the major
terms. Only answer whats
being asked. Keep emotions
out of it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Concepts of good and evil
are not usually as black and
white as the fairy tales paint
them to be. And then some-
times they are. Like today - - a
day when its quite obvious
what to cherish and what to
ward off.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). What priority have
you placed on fun? Push it up
the chart now to avoid becom-
ing embittered and burned out.
Issue a few invites, and you
will have many takers.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Youll wonder whether
everyone is really on the same
page. Assumptions in this
regard could hurt you, so be
bold. Find out. Ask the others
involved to summarize whats
on their page, and check it
against yours.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Are you trying to do too
much? This seems counter-
intuitive, but if you add one
more task to your load, youll
nd that everything crystallizes
neatly into two categories: Do
it and Drop it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Sometimes you like to en-
joy a funny person; sometimes
you like to be the funny per-
son. Your need for humor and
self-expression will converge
today to good effect.
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Slop or not, Pletchers ve horses will be ready for Belmont Stakes
BY RICHARD ROSENBLATT
NEW YORK Sloppy track
or not, here comes Todd Pletcher
with another squad of 3-year-olds
for a Triple Crown race.
The trainer is taking aim on
the Belmont Stakes this time,
sending out a record ve horses
for Saturdays nal leg of the Tri-
ple Crown.
Pletcher saddled a re-
cord-equaling ve colts in the
Kentucky Derby last month, with
the best of the bunch over a wet
track being third-place nisher
Revolutionary.
After sitting out the Preak-
ness, Pletcher is back with Rev-
olutionary, two other Derby
runners in Palace Malice and
Overanalyze and two fresh faces
in Midnight Taboo and the lly
Unlimited Budget.
A sloppy track could be back
as well. The National Weather
Service is calling for heavy rains
today into Saturday, with a chance
of showers after 2 p.m. Post time
for the Belmont is 6:36 p.m.
It doesnt really matter
whether its sloppy or fast, you
just dont want it to be sticky or
heavy, Pletcher said, referring
to the track condition. He added
that his horses all have enough
pedigree on wet tracks so it wont
compromise them too much.
That includes Unlimited Bud-
get, who will try to make a little
history. She can become the
fourth lly to win the Belmont
Pletchers Rags to Riches was the
most recent in 2007 and could
make Rosie Napravnik the sec-
ond female jockey to win a Triple
Crown race and rst to win one
with a lly.
I think this is one year the
llies are as good as the colts,
and the numbers show it, said
Mike Repole, who owns Unlimit-
ed Budget as well as Overanalyze
and Midnight Taboo. Shes a big
lly, and shes bigger than half
the colts in the race.
Derby winner Orb is the 3-1
morning-line favorite, with Revo-
lutionary the second choice at 9-2
and Preakness winner Oxbow
third at 5-1. Unlimited Budget
and Freedom Child are co-fourth
choices at 8-1.
The possibility of an off-track
bodes well for Freedom Child and
a few Derby runners in the eld of
14 matching the largest since
1996 and one shy of the record in
1983.
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22 Tyler of
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26 Come up
28 Strand unit
29 Act of contrition
31 Tell tales
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33 Blown away
34 Letter start
36 Othellos
betrayer
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40 Parrot
43 Last letter
44 China piece
45 Crossed the
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Tornado beneft
Open Door Baptist Church,
1761 McFarland Blvd. N. in
Tuscaloosa, Ala., hosts a con-
cert tonight, 7 p.m. featuring
the Kingsmen Quartet and
Heartmen Quartet. An offering
will be taken for tornado relief
to Oklahoma communities
affected by recent tornadoes.
For information, call 205-657-
4051.
Rummage sale
Life Church Columbus,
419 Wilkins Wise Road,
hosts a church rummage sale
Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
To raise money for Life Church
Youth to go to Total Aban-
donment Youth Conference.
For information, call Debbie
Anklam 662-617-2994 or Dan-
ielle Plumier 228-623-9607.
Choir anniversary
Sand Creek Chapel MB
Church, 3818 Rockhill Road in
Starkville, celebrates the 14th
anniversary of the male choir
Saturday, 6 p.m. and Sunday,
3 p.m. All area groups are
invited to perform. For infor-
mation, call Orlando Trainer,
662-769-0071.
Youth day
Fourth Street MB Church,
610 4th St. N., hosts a youth
day program Sunday, 3 p.m.
Guest speaker is Joseph Long
of Truevine Baptist Church.
91st anniversary
Northside MB Church
hosts their 91st church
anniversary Sunday, 3 p.m.
The guest speaker is the Rev.
Anthony McIntosh.
Pastor appreciation
The Mt. Pleasant Church,
5110 Union Bluff Road in
Brooksville, hosts the 16th
appreciation program for Lee
Andrew Sanders Sunday, 2
p.m.
Pastor appreciation
Jerusalem MB Church
hosts the 20th appreciation
program for the Rev. Willie
Petty Sr., Sunday at 3 p.m.
at Lion Hills Golf Club. Guest
singers are Keith and Margie.
Anniversary program
Canaan MB Church, 2425
Bell Ave., hosts a mass choir
anniversary program Sunday,
3 p.m.
Anniversary celebration
Mt. Pelier MB Church,
1162 Mayhew Road, cele-
brates the second anniversary
of the Rev. Lonnie Snow Jr.,
Sunday, 3 p.m. The guest
speaker is the Rev. Joe P. Orr.
Gospel concert
Voices of Mobile will
perform Monday, 6 p.m. at
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Free admission. A love offering
will be taken.
Bible school
McBee Baptist Church,
2846 Highway 50 E., hosts
vacation bible school Monday-
Friday from 6-8:30 p.m. night-
ly. The theme is Colossal
Coaster WorldFacing Fear,
Trusting God. For information,
call 662-328-7177.
Bible school
St. Matthew MB Church,
1213 Island Road, hosts
Thursday, 6 p.m. nightly.
Spring revival
Tenth Street MB Church,
1118 7th St. S., will celebrate
its Spring Revival Monday-
Wednesday, 7 p.m. nightly.
The guest speaker is the Rev.
Lee Brand.
Bible school
Armstrong MB Church on
Yorkville Road hosts vacation
bible school Monday, 6-8 p.m.
The theme is Learning More
About Jesus.
Youth conference
1213 Island Road, hosts a
youth conference June 15
from 9 a.m. to noon. The
guest speakers are Rochelle
Jones and Ty Harris. Outdoor
activities and food after class.
Mens program
Pleasant Grove FGB Church
hosts a Men of the Bible
program June 15, 6:30 p.m.
For information, call 662-245-
5723.
Womens retreat
Christian World Missions
hosts a womens retreat June
13, 5-9 p.m. and June 14,
6-9:30 p.m. at the outreach
center. Guest speakers are
Tammie Tubbs and Lee Ann
Williamson. Registration is
$35. For information or to
register, 662-324-0390 or
christianworldmissions.org
Gospel singing
The Barnett family from
Brownville, Tenn., will sing at
McBee Baptist Church June
15, 7 p.m. For information call
662-328-7375 or 662-549-
6254.
Pastor anniversary
Faith Harvest Church
celebrates the 13th anniver-
sary of Hugh Dent June 16,
2 p.m. The guest speaker is
the The guest speaker is John
Sanders. For information, 662-
243-7076.
Homecoming service
Friendship Baptist Church,
between Steens and Fern-
bank, Ala., celebrates their
homecoming all day June 16.
For information call 662-328-
7375 or 662-549-6254.
100 men/women
1213 Island Road hosts 100
men and women in white June
23, 3 p.m. The guest speaker
is L.A. Gardner.
Bible school
Brick MB Church hosts
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Classes offered for children,
teen and adults. For informa-
tion, call Everett Little 662-
329-3721.
Tammie Tubbs and Lee
Ann Williamson
AP survey:
Economists
see no stock
market bubble
By CHRISTOPHER
S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON A de-
bate is raging among inves-
tors and analysts: Has the
Federal Reserve infated
a stock market bubble by
driving interest rates to re-
cord lows?
The answer, according
to economists surveyed by
The Associated Press: No.
Three-quarters of the
economists say stocks,
which are at their lowest
point in a month but are up
19 percent since November,
arent overvalued. Many
point to strong corporate
profts as justifying the
surge in stock prices, which
have more than doubled
since bottoming in 2009.
The economists expect
many consumers to re-
spond to their increased
stock wealth by spending
more in coming months.
Higher spending would
help sustain and perhaps
accelerate growth.

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