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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Friday’s Sports Transactions
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Mar 1, 2008
JJ Hones scored 16 points, while Jayne Appel added 12 points and dished out a
game-high seven assists for the Cardinal (26-3, 15-2 Pac-10), who have won 14
games in a row. Kayla Pedersen pitched in with 11 points. Andrea Plouffe scored a team-high 11 points and had four rebounds, while
Kali Bennett added eight points and six boards for the Huskies (12-7, 7-10),
who have lost two games in a row. Laura McLellan pitched in with eight points.
Friday’s Sports Transactions
USA Today – Mar 1, 2008
American AssociationFORT WORTH CATS-Agreed to terms with OF Ed Montague and INF Steve Butler. LINCOLN SALTDOGS-Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Kauten. Can-Am LeagueOTTAWA RAPIDES-Claimed RHP Matt Varner off waivers from Lincoln (AA). QUEBEC CAPITALES-Agreed to terms with INF Josh Colafemina.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Mar 1, 2008
The eighth-seeded Dementieva earned a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory Saturday to claim
her ninth career WTA singles title and first of 2008. Her best previous finish
this year was a semifinal loss to Agnes Szavay in Paris three weeks ago. Kuznetsova, seeded second this week, lost in a final for the second time in
2008. She was the runner-up to Justine Henin at an Australian Open tuneup in
Sydney.
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SportingNews.com – Mar 1, 2008
“It’s really difficult because they’re committed to the sport,” he said. “Their dream is to be in the Olympics. Their sport is softball and that dream won’t be realized for players growing up now with an eye on the 2012 London Olympics. Women’s softball, as well as men’s baseball, won’t be played on British turf because the people who run the Olympics decided they didn’t want the two sports anymore. Ask Porter why, and the longtime head of the International Softball Federation talks about the International Olympic Committee’s desire to reduce the number of athletes in the games and the fact that only four countries have won medals since softball was first admitted to the games in Atlanta in 1996. He’s trying to be diplomatic because he wants his sport back in 2016, and the very people who kicked softball out will be the ones voting on whether it will return. The predominant underlying reason, though, is one shared by both softball and baseball: They have the misfortune of being American sports in an world where it’s often very easy to be anti-American… Women’s softball, as well as men’s baseball, won’t be played on British turf because the people who run the Olympics decided they didn’t want the two sports anymore. Ask Porter why, and the longtime head of the International Softball Federation talks about the International Olympic Committee’s desire to reduce the number of athletes in the games and the fact that only four countries have won medals since softball was first admitted to the games in Atlanta in 1996. He’s trying to be diplomatic because he wants his sport back in 2016, and the very people who kicked softball out will be the ones voting on whether it will return. The predominant underlying reason, though, is one shared by both softball and baseball: They have the misfortune of being American sports in an world where it’s often very easy to be anti-American. “Some of the comments made to us were that the United States dominated the sport,” Porter said. “But that’s true in a lot of sports. Certain countries dominate certain sports.
