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Rose admits to betting on Reds every night ESPN.com news services Pete Rose revealed Wednesday that he bet on the Reds "every night" while he was manager of the team and that the Dowd Report was correct when it said he did so. Rose spoke Wednesday with Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann on ESPN Radio to discuss the new Pete Rose exhibit that will be on display at the Great American Ballpark as part of the Reds Hall of Fame. The exhibit will be on display for 11 months. "I bet on my team every night. I didn't bet on my team four nights a week. I was wrong," Rose said. Rose said that he believed in his team so much that he bet on them to win every night. "I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team, I believe in my team," Rose said. "I did everything in my power every night to win that game." Rose accepted a lifetime ban for gambling in 1989, but denied for nearly 15 years that he bet on baseball. He finally acknowledged in his latest autobiography, published in January 2004, that he made baseball wagers while he managed the Cincinnati Reds. Rose said he doesn't worry about getting into the Hall of Fame anymore, but if he is reinstated, he hopes to manage again in the majors. "I quit worrying about it," Rose said about the Hall. The former Reds great said that he thought he was going to be reinstated when he met with commissioner Bud Selig before his book came out. Rose said he met with Selig about a year before the book came out and told him everything that was in the book. "I really thought I was going to be reinstated. Something changed [selig's] mind," Rose said. Rose said he believes it should be up to each individual owner whether he should manage in the majors again. "[it's] all about dollars, Dan and Keith. If I was ever reinstated. If an owner don't want to win and draw people, don't call my number," Rose said. Major League Baseball's Hit King also said he thinks that Mark McGwire is getting a raw deal from the writers voting for the Hall of Fame. The reason he said he supported McGwire is because nothing has been proven and they're all "allegations." "Don't penalize McGwire because you think, other guys are taking steroids," Rose said. Rose admits he made a mistake in betting on baseball. "I made a big mistake. It's my fault, It's nobody's esle's fault," Rose said. However, he said he should be reinstated because "I'm the best ambassador baseball has." Because of the ban, Rose is not eligible for induction into the Reds' or Baseball's Hall of Fame. He also is not allowed to be involved in most on-field activities, which has prevented the Reds from retiring his uniform No. 14. Major League Baseball did include him in two events -- 1999's All-Century Team and 2002's 30 Memorable Moments -- that were sponsored by a credit card company. The new exhibit includes more than 300 items from the career of Rose, who finished playing in 1986 with record 4,256 hits. His total is reflected at the Reds' Hall in a three-story high wall of baseballs -- one for each hit. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Men's basketball: Canyon knew Gillispie was quick mover Web Posted: 03/13/2007 10:43 PM CDT Brent Zwerneman Express-News LEXINGTON, Ky. — The wide-eyed freshman, then 5-foot-8, told Billy Gillispie he wanted to play in the NBA. The kid's kid sister giggled behind her brother in the coach's office. Gillispie didn't. Instead, the intense new coach offered the youngster two things: advice to outwork everyone else in passionate pursuit of his dream, and a workout video by college and NBA coach Rick Pitino. advertisement The year? 1988. The setting? Class 4A Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Gillispie's second stop as a head coach. And outside of that impressionable freshman, Brian Caddell, and a few other true believers, people didn't quite know what to make of the young go-getter from Graford with all of the big ideas about basketball. "Canyon was a football school," said Caddell, who soaked in Gillispie's fervent counsel and wound up playing four years at Texas Lutheran. "Basketball wasn't important to everybody. But he caught my attention. "What he's doing now — is what he was doing then." The most striking memories of the 1988-90 Canyon tenure of Gillispie, whose ninth-ranked Texas A&M squad faces Pennsylvania in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday in Rupp Arena, begin with his eyes. Texas A&M Mailbag Got a question about Texas A&M? Use the form below and fire away! *Your name *Your e-mail Your hometown *Your question *Required "He had the most expressive eyes and smile when he was conversing with you," said Dorothy Oelkers, who has served as Canyon's athletics secretary the past 26 years. "Yet he was very intense when it came to his job. You can see that to this day." Said retired Canyon athletic director and football coach Troy Burch, who hired Gillispie from Copperas Cove: "You looked him in the eyes — his eyes are bright — and you saw his enthusiasm and excitement and belief in what he was doing. "It all came across." So did Gillispie's toughness. Then-principal Will Krieg said the coach's no-nonsense approach brought about "concerns" among parents whose children no longer wanted to play Canyon hoops. "Billy lived, ate, slept and drank basketball," Krieg said. "He demanded 100 percent participation and attention. By his second year, there weren't any problems. I've never seen anyone like Billy Gillispie. He's special." Added Burch, "At first, I don't think the kids knew whether they really wanted to commit themselves that much or work that hard. By the time he left, they were disciplined and ready to win." Oelkers described Gillispie's early drive and concentration as "pretty scary." "There were times when you absolutely couldn't make a joke with him, because he was so focused on something else," she said. "You couldn't pull him off of that track. When I catch glimpses of him on television, I realize that I've seen that look before." Gillispie, married at the time and only a few years removed from serving as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas State, finished 15-15 in his first season at Canyon. His second and final Cougars squad wound up 18-13, his first winning season as a head coach, at the age of 30. "New Braunfels was a great town to live in," Gillispie recalled. "(Canyon) didn't have any immediate basketball tradition, but they used to be great; because Canyon used to not play football. They were a 3A school that didn't play football. "As they grew, they started getting away from that. They had great facilities, but the emphasis wasn't there." Gillispie's emphasis was on basketball, but as a high school coach, he also guided the Canyon cross-country team and taught world geography. "So there are a lot of people out there who can't find their way around right now," he said, grinning. Gillispie's Canyon basketball players — much like his A&M players of today — knew exactly where they stood, however. "The biggest effect he had on me is the importance that you've got to put in the work," Caddell said. "There are no shortcuts." When Gillispie left Canyon for Class 5A Killeen Ellison in 1990, Oelkers said the town was "heartbroken." "It was sort of a feeling of betrayal — but that's just human nature," she said. "You say, 'Look where you could have taken us.' People were sad and angry. They thought he was going to be a miracle worker, so it was, 'How could you walk away?'" Gillispie has since walked away from a head coaching job at Ellison, where he led the program to the state final four in 1993, and assistant jobs at South Plains Junior College, Baylor, Tulsa and Illinois. He left a head-coaching job at Texas-El Paso for A&M, which he's guided to consecutive NCAA tournaments for the first time in history. Burch said 17 years ago, Canyon's following had a tough time dealing with Gillispie's departure — but people also understood. "A&M is going to be the same way if he leaves there," Burch said. "You knew Billy wasn't going to stay at Canyon very long. He's a mover. You knew he was going to go — and go fast. The people who followed him reaped the rewards."

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Indians open 22-4A with shutout PREP BALL ROUNDUP PORT NECHES - Eric Harrington pounded a three-run homer and pitched a complete game three-hitter Tuesday afternoon as Port Neches-Groves opened District 22-4A baseball competition with a 10-0 win over Beaumont Ozen. The game was called after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run rule. PN-G improved to 8-7 on the season and is scheduled to host New Caney in a 3 p.m. non-district game today, weather permitting. Tuesday's game was moved from a 7 p.m. start to begin six hours earlier in a successful effort to duck the rainstorms that hopscotched around the area. Maybe it was the timechange that threw off the Panthers, whose ace pitcher, junior lefty D.D. Lott, was greeted with a nine-run first inning by the Indians. In that first, PN-G got a two-run double by Drew Barnett, a two-run single by Mitchell Todd, an RBI single by Shawn Flores and Harrington's big blast. Harrington and center fielder Payton Faseler each went 2 for 3. Todd picked up his third RBI when he pushed across PN-G's final run with a bases-loaded walk in the third. Ozen drops to 7-7 for the season. PN-G returns to district action Friday at Little Cypress-Mauriceville at 7 p.m.

Vidor boys 1, Nederland 0 VIDOR -- Nederland's proud soccer empire was eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday night for the first time in 17 years as Vidor claimed a 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs at Pirate Stadium. Their proud soccer tradition contained 15 consecutive district championships until last spring, but the 2006 Bulldogs still produced an impressive post-season run into the 4A regional quarterfinals. Yet on this night when Nederland needed to stay in the playoff chase, three starters did not participate due to a spring break and a fourth starter, Miles Lawler, underwent surgery on Tuesday, missing the game due to a broken arm.

Jaguars clinch tie for 20-4A crown, capture shootout victory over PN-G HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER The Port Arthur News PORT NECHES -- Beaumont Central weathered everything Port Neches-Groves managed to fire in its direction and captured a shootout to secure a share of its first district soccer title in school history. The Jaguars of coach Tony Cox (15-0-1 and 15-0-1) assured themselves of at least a 20-4A co-championship in boys soccer with a 4-3 win over the Indians in a wild Tuesday night game at The Reservation. Coach Don Sandell's Tribe also benefittted from the night's results even after a crushing defeat. PN-G (12-4-4 and 11-3-2) gained a point in the overall district standings by forcing extra time in this game. Coupled with Nederland's 1-0 loss at Vidor, the Tuesday night results secured at least a 4A playoff berth for PN-G and eliminated Nederland from the post-season. Central won the 35-yard shootout, 4-2, to unlock a 3-3 score at the end of 80 regulation minutes and 20 additional overtime minutes. A 15-minute weather delay at Indian Stadium also occurred before the teams could proceed into overtime. "You've got to give Central credit," PN-G coach Sandell said. "They did what it took. Most importantly, I never saw Central panic. Our effort was there. We tied a good team but we had several missed opportunities." PN-G went first in the shootout by virtue of a coin flip. Stephen Zimmerman and Kris Hayes made shots for the Indians on the second and third rounds. Fernando Uribe, Jose Ruiz, and Horacio Cevallos converted goals on Central's first three rounds. After Alejandro Jiminez's ricochet attempt was nullified, Central's Miguel Estrada fired the victory-clinching shot by goalkeeper Eric Parks. Neither team had a legitimate look during the two 10-minute overtime sessions. Jiminez outjumped a PN-G defender and headed in the last and perhaps most crucial regulation goal. The Jaguars tied the game at 3-3 with 3:24 left in regulation after Cevallos attempted a free kick. The ball deflected toward Jiminez for the header. Uribe and Cevallos combined on a 2-on-1 fast break for the only other second-half goal as Central reduced PN-G's lead to 3-2 midway in the second half. Cevallos opened the scoring in the game's 12th minute with a penalty kick. PN-G tied it six minutes later as Bryce Tallant scored after taking an assist from Evan Johnson. Matt Parks' header off Nathan Romero's throw-in gave PN-G a 2-1 lead with 18 minutes left in the half. Then at the nine-minute mark, Central tried to clear out a ball from its defensive end and Sean LeBlanc had other ideas, giving the Indians a 3-1 lead. The Indians will have no time to lick their wounds because they will travel to Vidor on Friday at 7 p.m.

Good news keeps coming for Wildcatters on goalie front First, back-to-back shutout victories were good enough for Matt Yeats to earn ECHL goalie of the week honors for the period of March 5-11, the league announced Tuesday. Also, goalie Miroslav Kopriva practiced Tuesday with the Wildcatters for the first time since he returned from the Houston Aeros. Kopriva last played for the Wildcatters Jan. 21. He since played seven games with Houston and suited up for one with the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild. He was reassigned Monday. The Wildcatters won four times during the seven-game trip through Utah, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Shutouts by Yeats in a 4-0 victory Thursday at Phoenix and a 4-0 victory Friday at Las Vegas highlighted a week in which he won three of four starts. The shutouts were the second and third in a four-game span. He also was in goal for a 6-0 victory March 3 at Utah. Kopriva's return allows Yeats a chance to rest, Wildcatters coach Malcolm Cameron said. Yeats started 24 straight games for the Wildcatters without Kopriva. With Kopriva, the Wildcatters have three goalies as they head into the final nine regular season games. The Wildcatters returned home one point ahead of Florida and two points over Gwinnett for the South Division lead. Texas plays Friday and Saturday against Augusta at Ford Arena. Augusta is in fourth place, 10 points behind Texas. The two-game series is the first of three straight two-game sets to be played at home over the next three weekends. The Wildcatters play March 23-24 against Gwinnett and March 30-31 against Florida. Goalie Danny Taylor will remain with the team, Cameron said. Taylor was assigned to the Wildcatters by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Taylor relieved Yeats and was given the loss in the Wildcatters 4-3 loss to Las Vegas. Yeats started and allowed three goals in the first period. Yeats has been honored by the league twice this season. He was named goalie of the month for November.

NCAA women's tournament bids out The Blue Devils, who went 29-0 in the regular season and then lost to N.C. State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals, will open up against No. 16 Holy Cross on Sunday in Raleigh. With a regional in Greensboro, Duke would stay in North Carolina until the Final Four in Cleveland. The 64-team tournament begins Saturday. "We're really excited. We're playing all year long, hoping to get a chance to stay in Raleigh, and stay in Greensboro which is about an hour and 15 minutes down the road," Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said. Duke, ranked atop the AP Poll for the final nine weeks, hopes for better results than the last time the Blue Devils finished No. 1 - the 2003-04 final poll. They lost to Minnesota in the regional finals that season. Others in the Greensboro regional are No. 8 Temple vs. No. 9 Nebraska, No. 4 Rutgers vs. No. 12 East Carolina, No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Delaware, No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 Brigham Young, No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 14 UC Riverside, No. 7 Bowling Green vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State, and No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 Delaware State. In the West, LSU, which saw Pokey Chatman abruptly resign last Wednesday, is No. 3 in the Fresno region. Former coach Chatman was not allowed to be alone with her players after an assistant reported alleged improper conduct to the university in February, a school official with direct knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Monday. The university reacted promptly and properly to assistant coach Carla Berry's allegations, said the official, who asked to remain anonymous because it was a personnel matter. The Tigers will play UNC Asheville on Friday night in Austin with acting head coach Bob Starkey at the helm. "The kids have done a wonderful job," Starkey said. "They are a very resilient bunch. They have been through difficult times with Sue Gunter's death and Hurricane Katrina." The defending champion Maryland Terrapins will face Ivy League champion Harvard on Sunday afternoon in Hartford. Maryland, which returned all five starters from last season's team, was 0-5 against Duke and North Carolina this season. The Terps are looking to become the first repeat champions since Connecticut won three straight from 2002-04. "The only team that's going into the tournament knowing they can win it is Maryland, cause they've won it, and they've got a lot of the players back from the team that won it," Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said. "Everybody else is going in with the same mind-set, 'I think we can win it,' and that's how we're going into it." West No. 1 Connecticut (29-3) will play No. 16 UMBC on Sunday in Hartford. If they advance past the first two rounds, the Huskies then must travel to Fresno, Calif., for the regionals. During its run of five national championships since 1995, Connecticut hasn't been farther West than Kansas City. The Huskies eventually could face No. 2 Stanford, which opens up at home against No. 15 Idaho State. The sentimental choice in Fresno might be North Carolina State and coach Kay Yow. The Wolfpack, who have won 11 of the 13 games since Yow returned after breast cancer treatments, are No. 4 in Fresno. They will play Robert Morris on Sunday in the first round in the Raleigh subregional. Also in the West bracket, it will be: No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Chattanooga, No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11 West Virginia, and No. 7 Old Dominion vs. No. 10 Florida State. North Carolina, which won the ACC conference tournament, earned a No. 1 spot for the third straight season and will open Sunday against Prairie View. The Tar Heels are the top teams in the Dallas region. Other games in the region include No. 8 California vs. No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 5 George Washington vs. No. 12 Boise State, No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Texas-Arlington, No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Washington, No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 14 Belmont, No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. No. 10 DePaul, and No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Oral Roberts. The Boilermakers won the Big Ten tournament championship. The Big East placed the most teams in the championship bracket with eight, followed by the Atlantic Coast and Big 12 with six each. Six-time champion Tennessee is now the only team that has competed in every NCAA tournament after Louisiana Tech didn't make the field this year. The Lady Vols, who are a No. 1 seed for the 17th time in 20 years, will open up Sunday against No. 16 Drake in Pittsburgh. The No. 8 Panthers will host No. 9 James Madison in the other game in that subregional. Other games in the Dayton regional include: No. 5 Middle Tennessee, which has won 26 straight games, vs. No. 12 Gonzaga; No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Marist; No. 6 Marquette vs. No. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette; No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Southeast Missouri State; No. 7 Mississippi vs. No. 10 TCU. Holy Cross and Drake became the fifth and sixth teams with losing records to make the tournament. The Crusaders won the Patriot League, and the Bulldogs were victorious in the Missouri Valley Conference. The women's Final Four is April 1-3 in Cleveland.

Coach at game hours after giving birth GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- About five hours after giving birth to her first child, University of Nebraska at Kearney women's basketball coach Carol Russell was out of the hospital and on the bench to help coach her players in the North Central Region basketball tournament. "I could have watched the Webcast, but I wanted to be there for the girls because they've been working so hard for this all year," Russell said. The University of North Dakota beat the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 108-75 for the regional championship Monday night, to advance to the NCAA Division II tournament in Kearney, Neb. Russell said her team seemed tired in the second half. And being tired was something she could relate to. "I usually stand up the whole game, but I didn't have the energy," said Russell, 35, who's in her fifth year as head coach. Russell had permission from doctors to attend the game. She arrived at the game early in the first half and sat on the team bench. Assistant coach Tim Connealy took over most of the coaching duties while Russell said she provided mostly "input and encouragement." "I was about three minutes late," Russell said. "I'm always on my kids about being late, but I guess they understood why I was." Russell said her arrival at the game caused double takes by players, coaches and referees, who knew she had just had a baby. Newborn Isaac bounced in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces. "She comes to town, has a baby and goes back to coach the game," said Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown, an obstetrician who was one of Russell's doctors at Altru Hospital. "She was due, so she hand-carried her OB records with her to travel," Brown said. "It makes you smile." Russell said she gave birth at about 1:45 p.m. Monday. "I wasn't really thinking about the game at that point," she said. "It's the birth of my first child, so obviously that came first." But shortly before game time, "I started feeling better," she said, and decided to go to the game. Russell said hospital officials gave Isaac some UND Fighting Sioux outfits. "We're honored the baby chose our community," said Brown, the city's mayor. Russell was slated to check out of the Grand Forks hospital on Tuesday afternoon. She planned to fly back to Nebraska with her team, her husband and Isaac. But she said the baby wouldn't be dressed in his new North Dakota baby clothes. "That might be a little salt in wounds for my players, so I doubt it," Russell said. Isaac may have a permanent reminder about his time in North Dakota, Russell said. "My family is kidding me about naming him Dakota," Russell said. "We're still searching for a middle name, and that's an option."

BC lifters have six qualify for state Van Wade The Orange Leader Bridge City had six lifters qualify for the Class 3A State Powerlifting Meet while West Orange-Stark has three, one as an alternate, while Deweyville had a tandem that fared well at the Class 2A regionals, good enough to make it to the Class 2A State Powerlifting Meet. The Cardinals came away with another major conquest at the Region III Meet held at Kirbyville High School as they won the Region III crown. The Cardinals duked it out with Palacios, which had won two of the previous four regional meets, but the Cardinals came out on top due to one first-place finish and five second-place spots. Justin Norman was the biggest winner for the Cardinals, taking the 198-pound division with 1,370 pounds, setting a new regional bench press mark record as well. WO-S’ Mario Rose dominated the 181-pound division and picked up the outstanding dead-lifter award after totaling 1,355 pounds at the 3A Region III Meet in Kirbyville on Saturday. Norman’s teammate Kris Wedekind, also in the 198-pound class, also qualified for state with 1,355 pounds. Three other Cardinals punched in state tickets as Clinton DeRouen was second in the 275-plus division with 1,600 pounds, including a magnificent lift of 725 pounds in the squat. Kurt Moerbe (1,250 pounds) claimed second in the 181-pound class. Garrett McNeil (1,225 pounds) nabbed second in the 156-pound division and Tim Sharp (1,035 pounds) claimed second in the 132-pound division. Mustang Cedric Dantzler claimed second place in the 114-pound class with 745 pounds and teammate Leatrice Robinson earned an alternate spot at state with a third-place finish in the 1,000-pound division with 1,000 pounds. Bridge City’s Wally Khan is a state alternate after placing third in the 220-pound class with 1,220 pounds and Devon Oceagura was fifth in the 114-pound division with 655 pounds. Deweyville Lady Pirate Rachel Suire, who had already qualified for state in the 148-pound class, finished fourth at regionals at Houston Westside High School with 750 pounds. In the boys division, Pirate Jarod Martin competed at the regional meet in Kirbyville last week, finishing fourth in the 148-pound division with 1,065 pounds.

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