Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tennis selection show to reveal YSU opponent
YOUNGSTOWN
The Youngstown State women’s tennis team will gather today at 5 p.m. to watch the 2014 NCAA Tennis Championships selection show at the Ohio Room in the Kilcawley Center. The field of 64 will be announced on NCAA.com at 5:30 p.m.
The selection show gathering is part of a reception that will also honor YSU endowed scholarship donors as well as their annual recipients. Youngstown State’s annual scholar-athlete banquet is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the Chestnut Room following the show and reception.
The Penguins advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history by winning the Horizon League championship Sunday. The first round features 16 host sites with four schools at each location. The winners of the four-team single-elimination brackets advance to the finals which are May 15-26 at the University of Georgia.
YSU baseball faces Akron, Kent this week
YOUNGSTOWN
The Youngstown State baseball team will play its two nearest rivals this week before playing its final Horizon League road series of the season. The Penguins host Akron at Eastwood Field today at 1 p.m., and they’ll play at Kent State on Wednesday at 6. A three-game series at Wright State begins Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Freshman Alex Larivee (Sacramento, Calif.) leads the Penguins at the plate with a .320 batting average and a .388 on-base percentage. Phil Lipari (Poland) has scored a team-best 21 runs.
Sophomore left-hander Jared Wight (Los Angeles) will start today, and freshman righty Jeremy Quinlan (Brookfield) is the planned starter for Wednesday against Kent State.
Hall of Fame coach Ramsay dies at 89
MIAMI
Jack Ramsay served his country in World War II, coached Portland to the NBA title, was enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame and became one of the game’s most respected and revered broadcasters. His life was, by any measure, complete.
“Our father led the greatest life that one could lead,” the Ramsay family said in a statement released Monday, hours after the man that just about everyone in basketball called “Dr. Jack” died in Naples, Fla., at the age of 89.
Ramsay coached in the NBA for parts of 21 seasons before embarking on a second career as an NBA analyst, eventually working for ESPN.
Report: Bad thumb has Harper out until July
WASHINGTON
Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper reportedly is going to be sidelined at least until July because of surgery on his left thumb. ESPN.com says the two-time All-Star will have the operation today. Washington spokesman John Dever declined to comment. The Nationals put Harper on the 15-day disabled list Sunday, saying he had a sprained left thumb.
Harper was hurt Friday night on a headfirst slide into third base on a triple against San Diego. He didn’t leave the game until after the next inning.
AP source: Seahawks extend Thomas’ deal
RENTON, Wash.
Earl Thomas is the latest member of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks to be locked up for the future. Thomas and the Seahawks reached agreement Monday on a $40 million, four-year contract extension with just over $27.7 million guaranteed, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement.
Staff reports/Associated Press