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8/22/2008 - 8/23/08
Isotopes rally in ninth for win
Not even a discouraging ninth would deter the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Already down 4-3, the Isotopes saw New Orleans score three more insurance runs. But Albuquerque scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth for the 8-7 Pacific Coast League baseball win at Isotopes Park.
Michael Ryan hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer to tie the game at 7, and following a Dallas McPherson double, Robert Andino singled to right field and scored McPherson for the win.
Carlos Martinez (1-1) gave up all three runs in the ninth, but got the win. Eddie Kunz (0-1) gave up all five Isotopes runs and got the loss.
The Isotopes (61-72) conclude the home portion of their schedule with games today and Sunday — both against New Orleans.
Jones moved from federal prison
FORT WORTH, Texas — Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio.
The disgraced Olympic star was sentenced to six months in prison in January for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.
Jones also was ordered to do 400 hours of community service in each of the two years following her release.
Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley says Jones was transferred to a community corrections center in San Antonio on Tuesday.
Wrestlers broke rules previously
LINCOLN, Neb. — Two wrestlers kicked off Nebraska's team after appearing on a pornographic Web site broke NCAA rules twice in five months, athletic director Tom Osborne said Friday.
Osborne, saying he wanted to respond to criticism of the dismissals, made public a March incident in which Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan had been ruled ineligible for receiving an extra benefit.
Osborne and other athletic department officials declined to discuss the specifics of the violations that occurred in March.
The school's NCAA compliance staff deemed them to be secondary violations.
Wozniacki, Fish move into finals
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Caroline Wozniacki kept up the best month of her career, moving into the finals of the Pilot Pen with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over seventh-seeded Alize Cornet.
She will face the tournament's top seed, Anna Chakvetadze.
The 21-year-old Chakvetadze needed three sets to beat Amelie Mauresmo 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
In the men's draw, Mardy Fish upset top-seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to his second straight Pilot Pen final.
Fish will face Marin Cilic, who beat Luka Gregorc 6-3, 6-3.
Little League gets swag bags
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Only one team gets a championship banner at the Little League World Series.
The swag, well, all of the pint-sized competitors walk off with a slew of goodies.
From bats to caps to collectible pins — even a Little League video game for the Nintendo Wii — players who make it to South Williamsport are rewarded with plenty of cool items for their trip home.
The final four teams were off Friday. Games resume today when Waipahu, Hawaii, plays Lake Charles, La., for the U.S. title and Tokyo meets Matamoros, Mexico, for the international crown.
The World Series championship is Sunday.
