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5/6/2008 - 5/7/08
Hoover's homer lifts 'Topes in 12th
Paul Hoover's two-run home run in the 12th inning gave the Albuquerque Isotopes a 9-7 win over the Salt Lake Bees in front of a crowd of 4,153 at Franklin Covey Field in Pacific Coast League baseball on Tuesday.
The Isotopes rebounded from blowing a 7-5 lead on Bees shortstop Chris Patchett hammered a two-run home run in the eighth. Salt Lake (25-6) followed that by loading the bases with one out in the ninth, but the threat ended when Isotopes closer Joe Nelson retired the last two batters.
Nelson (1-1) went 3 2/3 inning for the win, striking out six.
Albuquerque (17-14) missed out on its own bases-loaded, one-out opportunity in the 11th when Jason Wood grounded into a double play.
The Isotopes came back from a 5-2 deficit with two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth, which included a solo home run from Tagg Bozied and a two-run shot by Chris Barnwell.
Martinez wins wrestling award
Las Vegas Robertson senior Jake Martinez was selected as the state's winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence award present by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.
Martinez, who is a four-time state champion in four different weight classes in Class A-AAA, was one of 49 winners from states which sponsor a high school state wrestling tournament. Martinez went 38-4 this year in the 160-pound division and joined his brother, Adam, among a group of 11 wrestlers who have won four state titles.
The award is based on wrestling and academic excellence as well as character, citizenship and community service. It is named in honor of Dave Schultz, who was a three-time collegiate All-American at Oklahoma State and Oklahoma plus a gold medalist in the 1984 Olympics.
Judge denies bond for Montgomery
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge denied bond for former track star Tim Montgomery on federal heroin distribution charges.
Montgomery appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge F. Bradford Stillman. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested a jury trial, which the judge set for July 9.
The former 100-meter world-record holder was arrested last week on a sealed indictment accusing him of dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia.
Davis Cup city selection gets ugly
MADRID, Spain — The selection process to determine which city will host Spain's Davis Cup semifinal series against the United States is threatening to turn into a mutiny.
The players and team captain are upset that the Spanish tennis federation appears to be ready to overlook home-court advantage in favor of sponsorship money.
Madrid is one of four cities vying to host the Sept. 19-21 best-of-five series at the Las Ventas bullring. Benidorm, Tenerife and Gijon are also trying to win the right to host the event.
Union concerned with Bonds' status
NEW YORK — The players' association has expressed concern to the baseball commissioner's office over the lack of offers to Barry Bonds, asking for additional information about the offseason's free-agent market.
The union did not go as far as to file a grievance on behalf of the 43-year-old outfielder, who remains unsigned and hasn't received any offers since the San Francisco Giants decided not to re-sign him last year and he became a free agent.