Triple threatPosted Jun29, 2008 at 07:24 PMWinston-Salem's Paulo Orlando led off Sunday's game with his 10th triple of the season. The Carolina League record for triples is 17, held by Mike Cameron (Prince William 1994) and David Arrington (Salem 1968). Arrington's triples came at the old Salem Memorial, now Kiwanis Field, better known for homers than triples. Chone Figgins, now with the Los Angeles Angels, had an-Avalanche record 14 triples at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium in 2000. -- Katrina Waugh NBA draft has name recognitionPosted Jun27, 2008 at 03:28 PMThe NBA draft certainly holds more interest for the average fan now that college players are the top picks. For the past two years, the early picks are mostly players we've gotten to know, even if it was only for one season. David Stern wants to raise the minimum drafting age by another year, and I hope he gets his way. It's better for college basketball, which makes it better for basketball as a whole. Who would know who Derrick Rose is if he hadn't led Memphis to the national title game? Not many outside of the Chicago Bulls. -- Jeff Gilbert James Price looking for a fightPosted Jun27, 2008 at 12:24 PMJames Price of Bassett wants to put his 2-0 record on the line, but his fights keep getting postponed. Price's manager, Jim Westmoreland, said last week's card in Greensboro, N.C., was postponed the day before. Then, Price was supposed to fight tonight in Charleston, S.C., but his opponent backed out. Price is still scheduled to be part of the card at the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. Westmoreland hopes to get Price in the ring a few times before that. Price is expecting to fight July 25 in Charleston. "Once a week right now would be fine," Westmoreland said. -- Jeff Gilbert Some of Salem boxing card knownPosted Jun23, 2008 at 08:57 PMSome of the fighters have been lined up for the boxing card that is coming to the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. We know at least one half of each bout, but promoter Rick Hawkins of Pro-Motion Sports in Salem and matchmaker Scott Farmer from the northern Shenandoah Valley have yet to reveal anyone's opponent. We should know by early July. In what will likely be the main event, Andrew Farmer (Scott Farmer's son) will put his 10-1 record on the line in an eight-round light welterweight bout. Charles Norwood (3-3) of Roanoke is expected to be back from broken ribs suffered in his last fight to fight in a six-round light middleweight bout. Norwood suffered some broken ribs in a loss to Joshua Snyder (7-3) on Feb. 23 at the Sportsplex in Winchester in one of Farmer's shows. That loss for Norwood followed a tough loss to John Mackey (9-1). Mackey, from Birmingham, is scheduled for a middleweight bout in Salem. He will be coming off a loss (four-round majority decision) to Snyder on June 13 in Scranton, Pa. That fight was on the undercard for the Patrick Lopez-Juaquin Gallardo welterweight bout that Lopez (13-1) won by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. Other fighters scheduled for Salem are cruiserweight Jaywon Woods (7-0) of Danville, supermiddleweight David Novia (0-1) of Roanoke, bantamweight Travis Mallin (2-0) of Fairfax, heavyweight James Price (2-0) of Bassett and light welterweight David Hopkins of Roanoke in his pro debut. Woods is ranked 143rd on boxrec.com, and right now is the highest rated fighter on the card. Another young fighter with local ties, Elijah McCall of Bassett, won his pro heavyweight debut this past Saturday in Hollywood, Fla. McCall, the son of former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, won with a first-round TKO in 2:24 against Darion Moss (0-2). Moss was knocked down twice. -- Jeff Gilbert Hippensteel to play in WimbledonPosted Jun22, 2008 at 08:55 PMWimbledon begins Monday, and former North Cross and Stanford standout K.J. Hippensteel will be playing doubles. Hippensteel and Newport News native Tripp Phillips will face Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins. Hippensteel and Phillips earned their berth in the main draw through a Wimbledon qualifier. Hippensteel lost his first-round match in the singles qualifier. Hippensteel, 28, is 0-3 in Grand Slam men’s matches, having played U.S. Open doubles in 1998 and 1999 and U.S. Open singles in 2004. But he does own an NCAA doubles title and a U.S. Open boys’ doubles crown, and he once made the Wimbledon boys’ doubles semifinals. But he underwent surgeries in 2005 and 2006. — Mark Berman Celtics a pleasure to watchPosted Jun18, 2008 at 09:49 AMThe story of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen sacrificing for the good of the team has been talked about and written about throughout this season. When Danny Ainge put this Boston Celtics team together, I didn't believe it would end with an NBA championship. Too many egos, too much of a chance of injury and too many unknowns among the role players. A team coming together like this proves again that money doesn't have to be the ultimate pursuit of a millionaire athlete. You need defense to win a championship, but more than that you need players sold out to the team. -- Jeff Gilbert Jay Bruce on a roll for RedsPosted Jun03, 2008 at 09:46 AMIn his first six games, Jay Bruce has been like a reincarnation of the Big Red Machine all by himself. All of the numbers are impressive, starting with 21 years old. He was batting .591 entering Monday night’s game. He’s hit two important home runs, driven in six and stolen two bases. He’s big and strong, he’s left-handed and maybe he’s the next big thing in baseball. He certainly has been the big thing this past week. — Jeff Gilbert |
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