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Bluffton to play baseball despite player deaths BLUFFTON, Ohio -- Bluffton University will play baseball this season despite the deaths of five players who were killed when the team bus toppled off an overpass. "It's important they get back on the field and do what they love," athletic director Phill Talavinia said Tuesday. School president James Harder said the players met daily the last week to talk about whether to play. More than anything, he said, they were concerned about the feelings of the families who lost sons. No one objected. "Those who lost their lives in this tragic accident were passionate about playing baseball," Harder said. The team, unanimous in its decision to play, will wear black uniforms to honor the five: Scott Harmon, Tyler Williams, Cody Holp, David Betts and Zach Arend. The Beavers had their first practice Monday inside a gym where a week ago they attended a memorial service for those killed. Their first game is March 30 against Mount St. Joseph of Cincinnati. About two dozen players gathered for the announcement, but none spoke. They took turns inside a batting cage erected on a stage in the gym. "It was a good feeling to go into the gym and hearing the crack of the bat," Talavinia said. "It was nice doing those normal things." The team will be without coach James Grandey for at least the beginning of the season. He is recovering from breaking all the bones in his face and injuring his right leg. As many as six players could miss all or part of the season with injuries. Tim Berta, a student coach, is in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital. Several sporting goods companies, including Nike and Wilson Sporting Goods, donated equipment to replace what was destroyed in the crash. The Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins also shipped balls, bats and gloves to the university. The team's bus plunged off an overpass in Atlanta on March 2 while on a trip to Florida. Four players died at the scene and a fifth died a week later. The driver and his wife also died. Investigators have said the driver apparently mistook an exit ramp for a highway lane. He continued without stopping at an intersection at the top of the ramp and then went over the edge. Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

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FRISCO – Junior Collin DeLome, who helped Lamar University sweep Texas-Arlington to open Southland Conference play over the weekend, was named Aeropostale SLC Hitter of the Week on Monday, announced the league office. A native of Buna, DeLome hit .400 (8/20) with six runs scored, a double, two triples, a home run and nine RBI in four games last week. In helping Lamar sweep Texas-Arlington to open Southland Conference play, DeLome hit .500 (6/12) with four runs scored, a double, two triples and five RBI in the three-game series. DeLome went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, a double and three RBI in Friday’s 11-3 win. He went 1-for-3 with a run scored, a triple and an RBI in Saturday’s 4-1 win. He went 2-for-4 with a run scored, a triple and an RBI in Sunday’s 5-0 shutout. His triple in Sunday’s game was the 19th of his career, surpassing Greg Gravois of Nicholls State (1991-94), who held the record at 18, as the SLC’s all-time leader. DeLome also hit a grand slam home run in Monday’s first game of a doubleheader against Louisiana Tech. For the season, DeLome is hitting .389 with 30 runs scored, six doubles, four triples, two home runs and 24 RBI. He also leads the team with a .600 slugging percentage and has a .442 on-base percentage. DeLome, who earned the first hitter of the week award of his career, became the second Lamar player to earn SLC hitter of the week honors, joining Brian Lloyd, who earned the award on Feb. 19.

Ameriquest out; it's now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Rangers rename their home Ameriquest out; it's now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 03:27 PM CDT on Monday, March 19, 2007 By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] The Liberty Bell no longer tolls for the Rangers. The club on Monday severed its relationship with Ameriquest Mortgage, the financially troubled lending company that uses the bell as its logo and that had served as the title sponsor on the ballpark in Arlington. Effective immediately, the stadium is now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Rather than simply add "The" to the title and restore the original name, the club wanted its name as part of the title to help build the Rangers' brand. "All our research showed that our biggest asset was the perception of the ballpark," owner Tom Hicks said. "We need to make sure that we identify our brand with our biggest asset. That is a huge plus for us." To get the brand name on the stadium, the Rangers are giving up a significant amount of cash. The club signed a 30-year, $75 million agreement with Ameriquest in 2004. The Rangers have received approximately $7.5 million of that money. Ameriquest, one of the leaders in the now-troubled subprime lending industry, announced on Friday that it was laying off a substantial number of workers and consolidating operations. The Orange County Register reported that Ameriquest would lay off between 2,800 and 3,200 workers. Last year, Ameriquest cut 3,800 employees and also agreed to pay $325 million in a multi-state settlement over claims of deceptive lending practices. Hicks said the Rangers had sought to buy back the stadium name as early as the middle of last year. Ameriquest, he said, resisted until late in 2006. The Rangers hope to make back about $1 million to $1.5 million per year in reselling the signage in and around the park that had been given to Ameriquest as part of the deal. Among the signs in the ballpark is a giant replica of the Liberty Bell in the left field upper deck. "It's worth more to us to have our brand back than it is to have the relationship [with Ameriquest]," Hicks said. "You never say never, but as far as I'm concerned, it's going to be Rangers Ballpark for forever. It's going to be 'Welcome to baseball at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

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Orton, other wrestlers, linked to probe of pharmacy Eleven professional wrestlers, including the WWE's Randy Orton, have joined the list of athletes linked to a nationwide steroids investigation. SI.com reported Monday that Orton allegedly received eight prescriptions for six different drugs -- including stanozolol, nandrolone and testosterone -- between March 2004 and August 2004. According to the documents SI.com reviewed, two doctors whose names also appear in Gary Matthews Jr.'s file, wrote prescriptions for Orton. Orton, through the WWE, declined comment, SI.com said. In its review of documents, SI.com reported it found Adam Copeland, a.k.a. Edge, and Shane Helms, a.k.a. The Hurricane, received HGH from Applied Pharmacy in Mobile, Ala., one of the pharmacies raided in the investigation led by Albany, N.Y., District Attorney David Soares. Through the WWE, Copeland and Helms didn't respond to a request for comment, SI.com said. WWE spokesman Gary Davis told SI.com that WWE policy prohibits performance-enhancing drugs but would not say whether any wrestlers have tested positive since the policy was enacted. Also linked to the scandal, in various reports, are baseball's Jose Canseco, John Rocker, Jerry Hairston Jr. and David Bell, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Pittsburgh Steelers doctor Richard Rydze, 1996 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kurt Angle and bodybuilder Victor Martinez. Monday, SI.com also reported Arizona doctor David Wilbirt's name has come up in multiple files, including Angle, Oscar Gutierrez (stage name Rey Mysterio) and former WWE star Eddie Guerrero, who died in 2005. Through the WWE, Gutierrez declined comment to SI.com about the report that Wilbirt had prescribed him nandrolone and stanozolol. Wilbirt told SI.com he's not practicing medicine now. "I'll tell you one thing and then this conversation is going to end," Wilbirt told SI.com when asked about the professional wrestlers. "They had done blood work and had laboratory work done and they had come to see me." Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

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