Friday, July 30, 2010

BRUSHY PRAIRIE - Prairie Heights High School fall athletes will begin practice on Monday.
Football will practice from 3 to 9 p-m, volleyball from 5 to 7 p-m, boys tennis from 4 to 6 p-m, cross country from 7 to 8:30 p-m, soccer from 5 to 7 p-m on Monday and 8 to 9:30 on Tuesday morning. Girls golf begins practice tonight (Friday) at 5:30. Middle school athletic practice times will be posted at registration on August 10th.

Rays 4, Tigers 2.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - David Price became the AL's first 14-game winner, Carlos Pena had four RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 to complete a four-game sweep.

White Sox 9, Mariners 5.
CHICAGO (AP) - Ramon Castro homered twice and Paul Konerko went deep for the fourth straight game in leading the Chicago White Sox to their 11th consecutive home victory, 9-5 over the Seattle Mariners. Carlos Quentin also homered for the White Sox, whose previous home winning streak this lon g came in 1989 - two years before they left old Comiskey Park for U.S. Cellular Field. Since June 9, AL Central-leading Chicago is 33-11 overall and 18-1 at home.

Yankees 11, Indians 4.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs without hitting his 600th homer and the New York Yankees used a seven-run seventh inning to beat the Cleveland Indians 11-4.

Midwest League:
Fort Wayne 6, South Bend 1

UNDATED (AP) - Three baseball contenders are adding depth for their stretch run. The Minnesota Twins have acquired closer Matt Capps from Washington, NL West-leading San Diego picked up Miguel Tejada from Baltimore while the AL West-leading Texas Rangers acquired third baseman Jorge Cantu from the Florida Marlins for two minor league pitchers.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Nationals have placed their rookie phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder inflammation. It's the first trip to the DL for Strasburg, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft and signed a record $15.1 million contract.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Pat Angerer has joined the Indianapolis Colts' signing flurry. All the Colts need now is to sign first-round pick Jerry Hughes and smooth things over with Pro Bowlers Reggie Wayne and Robert Mathis, and they should have everyone reporting to camp on time Sunday. Angerer was a second-round pick and signed Thursday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow has agreed to a contract that is believed to be worth $11 million over five years, with $8 million guaranteed. ESPN reported that Tebow could earn as much as $33 million over the course of the contract.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Lions report to training camp today to get ready for tomorrow's practice. They've won just two games in the past two seasons but have several reasons to be optimistic. That includes the addition of defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (ehn-DAHM'-uh-kehn soo) with the Number 2 draft pick.

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith kept mentioning the Super Bowl. He couldn't resist invoking the Monsters of the Midway, either. Whether it's unbridled optimism or the pure delusion of someone whose job is on the line, Smith sounded more like the coach of a reigning champion than the guy with a win-or-else mandate.