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Right fielder Hayden Parrott had a triple, a two-run home run and two RBI to lead West Michigan to a 9-4 win over Fort Wayne in a Midwest League baseball game Tuesday.
Shortstop Audy Ciriaco also homered for the Whitecaps.
Right fielder Danny Payne went 2 for 3 for Fort Wayne with two RBI. Aaron Breit took the loss for the Wizards, falling to 1-3.
Fort Wayne dropped to 42-41 overall, 5-8 in the second half. West Michigan improved to 43-38, 6-7.
Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and the shrine. Ecko paid $752,467 for the prize in an online auction in September. Soon after, he asked fans to vote in an Internet poll on what he should do with the ball. The winner: Brand it with an asterisk, to reflect the steroid allegations surrounding Bonds, and give it to the Hall. The ball indeed was marked, with the five-pronged asterisk dye-cut into the cowhide, from stitch-to-stitch where “Major League Baseball” is printed.
Former Notre Dame forward Rob Kurz told The Journal Gazette on Tuesday he will play in the NBA Summer League with Golden State. The 6-foot-9 captain of the Irish in 2007-08 went undrafted in last week’s NBA draft but had worked out for the Warriors before it. The Summer League, held in Las Vegas, runs July 11-20.
Grace College will host the 2008-09 National Christian College Athletic Association’s women’s basketball national championship tournament from March 12-14 in Winona Lake. All 12 games will be played at the Orthopedic Capital Center.
UCLA coach Ben Howland, who has guided the Bruins to the Final Four each of the past three years, agreed to a new seven-year contract with the university. The deal runs through the 2014-15 season and includes a guaranteed $1.97 million for next season, rising to $2.3 million in the final year of the contract.
The NBA hired Army Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Johnson on Tuesday as senior vice president of referee operations, a newly created position to help strengthen the league’s officiating programs following the Tim Donaghy scandal.
The Chicago Bears signed defensive tackle Marcus Harrison to a four-year contract and agreed to four-year deals with wide receiver Earl Bennett and cornerback Zack Bowman. … Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius had his second knee surgery since January on Monday, a procedure that could prevent him from reporting to camp on time.
Jordan Essman of Angola finished ninth in the PGA Indiana Women’s Open at Legends in Franklin. Essman shot a 10-over-par 154 in the two-day tournament. Auburn’s Lauren Vogt finished tied for 13th at 12-over-par, Fort Wayne’s Sarah Prascsak was tied for 15th at 13-over, and Huntington’s Tara Boone was 18th at 14-over. Kristi Piepenbrink of Greenwood won, shooting a 1-over 145.
Three teams from the Citadel Futbol Club will go to England and Scotland to train with the coaches of the Glasgow Rangers and Sunderland AFC. The Citadel U14 Girls, U14 Boys and U16 Girls will be there July 20-29 and will also play matches against Rangers, Newcastle United and Lumley FC.
Bronn Pfeiffer, a former standout for IPFW and a nine-year pro in the National Professional Soccer League, will be an assistant men’s soccer coach for the Mastodons. Pfeiffer played for IPFW from 1984 to ’87.
Robert C. Herber, the former athletic director at New Haven and Woodlan, died Saturday. Herber, 61, was also the boys’ basketball coach at Bishop Dwenger and was a two-time SAC basketball coach of the year. He was inducted into the Dwenger and St. Francis Halls of Fame.
