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Redskins take OL Brandon Scherff with 5th pick in NFL draft

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May 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have taken Iowa offensive lineman Brandon Scherff with the Number 5 pick in the first round of the NFL draft. The choice Thursday night addresses one of Washington’s many needs — improving the right side of the Redskins’ offensive line. Scherff, listed at 6-foot-5 and about 320 pounds, is new general manager Scot McCloughan’s first draft pick for Washington.

This was also the first time the Redskins had drafted in the first round since using the Number 2 overall selection in 2012 to get quarterback Robert Griffin the Third. That pick was obtained in a trade with the St. Louis Rams that cost the Redskins a bevy of choices, including first-rounders in 2013 and 2014.

Wainwright has surgery to repair torn Achillies tendon

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright has had surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon, an injury that will sideline him for the rest of the season. “Everything went well,” Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said after Thursday’s operation. “No surprises, which was probably the best news, and didn’t have to use any extra material to reattach the tendon. So now it’s rest and recovery for probably the next 6 to 8 weeks.” Wainwright was injured while batting in Milwaukee last Saturday.

 

Cooney brought up by Cardinals to make big league debut

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Left-hander Tim Cooney has been brought up from the minor leagues by the St. Louis Cardinals to start against Philadelphia in his major league debut. Cooney’s contract was selected from Triple-A Memphis before today’s (Thursday’s) game.

The Cardinals optioned catcher Cody Stanley to Memphis and opened a spot on their 40-man roster by transferring pitcher Adam Wainwright from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. Cooney, 24, was 2-1 with a 3.63 ERA in three starts at Memphis.

(Podcast) KJAN morning Sports report, 4/30/2015

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Bowlsby says Big 12 will probably move toward champ game

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he believes the conference will move toward having a championship football game because not having one puts it at a disadvantage when it comes placing teams in the College Football Playoff.

Bowlsby says he spoke with selection committee chairman Jeff Long this week during the College Football Playoff meetings in North Texas and came away convinced not having a conference championship game to end the season will continue to be a problem for the league.

The Big 12 is the lone Big Five conference that has only 10 teams and does not have a title game. Baylor and TCU tied for the Big 12 title last season, but were both jumped by Ohio State in the final playoff committee rankings.

 

Bourjos’ legs help Cardinals beat Phillies 5-2

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peter Bourjos hit a game-tying RBI triple, then scored the go-ahead run by beating the throw home on an infield tapper to fuel a four-run fifth inning in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Carlos Martinez (3-0) allowed two runs in six innings and Matt Adams doubled twice with an RBI.

Ryan Howard hit his 20th career homer against St. Louis, 11 coming in his hometown, and Odubel Herrera had two hits and an RBI. Aaron Harang (2-2) surrendered five runs in six innings, ending a career-best run of eight consecutive quality starts dating to last September. Bourjos entered 7 for 15 against Harang with a homer and four RBIs, no doubt factoring into his second start considering he was just 1 for 10 on the season.

 

Local nonprofit disputes St. Louis Cardinals lawsuit

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April 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The president of a youth baseball charity being sued by the St. Louis Cardinals over alleged scalped tickets says it has used funds properly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Nicholas Mahrt, president of the Lewis & Clark Baseball League disputed the baseball team’s allegations Tuesday, stating money involved in the ticket transactions was used for charity. Last week, the team filed a lawsuit against the nonprofit accusing it of breaching a contract and committing fraud by selling hundreds of tickets over face value.

The Leagues of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which runs the charity, last year was allotted 3,500 tickets at a discounted price through the team’s Cardinals Care program. The suit claims the charity sold tickets for high-demand games online, instead of selling them for up to face value in fundraisers to support youth baseball.

The lawsuit seeks to recover $40,475 in profits.

 

Hawkeye baseball team wins in 18 innings

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April 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The 15th ranked Iowa baseball team won another extra-innings game Tuesday, this time downing Sacramento State 4-3 in 18 innings. The Hawkeyes used extra innings to win one of their games in a three-game weekend sweep over Nebraska. Rick Heller’s team has put in a lot of work in a short amount of time after weather forced them to play a single game Saturday and a double-header with the Huskers Sunday.

“It’s tough to deal with in the early part of the weekend and obviously that’s always a stressful situation when you are the home team trying to make those tough decision on when to play,” Heller says. “And ending up having to play three nine-inning games in a 24-hour period is never easy, and for our guys to find way to beat Nebraska three times and not have a let down in any of those games says a lot about our team.” Heller says they were expecting to get back to normal with the single game Tuesday.

“Thinking you are going to have a nice single game on a beautiful night against Sacramento State turns into 18 innings and a lot of stressful innings during that one. But that one was extras special to be able to win that, if you play 18 innings, you certainly don’t want to lose it,” Heller says. Iowa had to come back a couple of times to win the game.

“If you keep playing the game, the game usually comes back to you in some way. When you just give up and let down is when you are beat, and this team just doesn’t give up,” Heller says. “It isn’t just recently that that’s been happening. We had some games early in the season where we hung around and came back and won, and I think that’s important in your first 10-15 games to win some games like that.” Iowa has had some injuries to key players, but also has had some come back and start to round into form, such as junior Jimmy Frankos.

“He’s just now three-quarters of the way into the season back into shape where he is turning into his old self. It was nice to have Jimmy swinging the bat well against Nebraska and he ended up being the co-conference player of the week. Getting some added punch from him has really helped,” Heller says. “Dan Potempa has had a good stretch — same thing with him –he got off to a slow start. He was an all-Big Ten D-H last season. Dan is really starting to swing the bat a lot better.” The extra-inning win moves the Hawkeyes to 31-11 overall. They return to conference action Friday afternoon with the start of a three-game series at Michigan.

(Learfield Sports)

Iowa State’s Naz Long To Have Second Hip Surgery

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April 29th, 2015 by Jim Field

Iowa State guard Naz Long will have arthroscopic surgery performed on his right hip on Thursday, May 7. The surgery will replicate the previous procedure that was performed on April 1 on his left hip, alleviating chronic pain that worsened throughout his junior season. The surgery will again be performed by Dr. Bryan Warme at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames and the recovery time is expected to be 3-5 months.

Iowa State men’s basketball athletic trainer Vic Miller says that Long’s recovery from his first surgery has went well.

“Naz is ahead of schedule on his recovery from his first surgery on his left hip and our hope is the second hip will respond in the same way,” Miller said. “Naz was so strong going into the first surgery, which always helps in a recovery.”

Long looks forward to getting the surgeries behind him and becoming an even bigger threat on the court.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to where I was and being able to do things from a mobility standpoint that I haven’t been able to do,” Long said. “I’ve been lifting for two weeks now and they tell me I am ahead of schedule. I’ve been blessed with a good body, one that has allowed me to heal faster. I’m excited to get this second surgery behind me.”

Long, a Mississauga, Ontario, native, started 33 of 34 games for the Cyclones in 2014-15. He averaged 10.1 points and hit a team-high 77 three-pointers. Long’s 2.3 three-pointers per game was second among Big 12 players.

(Podcast) KJAN morning Sports report, 4/29/2015

Podcasts, Sports

April 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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