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Salem-News.com Sports (July 02, 2007 16:45)Oregon's Porter Leads U19 Team Past China Salem-News.com SPORTSChina’s Yi Jianlian, who recently was the No. 6 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, scored 14 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter. (DALLAS) -  Behind a combined 36 points on 9-of-11 shooting from behind the 3-point arc by guards Tajuan Porter (Oregon / Detroit, Mich.) and Stephen Curry (Davidson / Charlotte, N.C.), the USA Men’s U19 World Championship Team looked sharp Sunday evening in defeating the China Senior National Team 91-75 in an exhibition game at Moody Coliseum at Southern Methodist University.
Porter dropped back-to-back 3-pointers to push the USA lead to 16, 32-16 with 7:20 to play in period two, but China battled back.
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 02, 2007 16:39)Murrell Named Vikings' New Women's Basketball Coach Salem-News.com SPORTSMurrell replaces Charity Elliott, who resigned after three seasons to take the head coaching position at UC San Diego. (PORTLAND, Ore. ) -  Portland State has announced the hiring of Sherri Murrell as the Vikings’ new head women’s basketball coach.
Murrell, a native of Redmond, Ore., was most recently the head coach at Washington State and was an assistant coach at Portland State from 1996-1998. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 02, 2007 08:14)Rodriguez, Griffey, Jr. Headline 2007 MLB All-Star Game Starters Salem-News.com SPORTSAlex Rodriguez finishes as overall leading votegetter; Griffey, Jr. tops National League. (NEW YORK) -  New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. have finished as their League's leading vote-getters in Major League Baseball fan balloting, which drew a record 18.5 million ballots, and will be among the starters at the 78th All-Star Game, to be played on Tuesday, July 10th at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Rodriguez, now an 11-time American League All-Star who has been fan-elected 10 times, finished as baseball's overall balloting leader with 3,890,515 votes. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 02, 2007 08:00)Former Oregon State Catcher to Begin Pro Career with Ems Salem-News.com SPORTSMitch Canham is expected to report to the Emeralds by July 5th. (EUGENE, Ore. ) -  The San Diego Padres have announced that the club has agreed to terms with former Oregon State catcher Mitch Canham, the team's third pick in the compensation round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
Canham, the 57th overall pick in the draft out of Oregon State University, batted .326 (74-for-227) with 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 59 RBI and 52 runs scored in 65 games for the College World Series Champion Beavers in 2007. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 01, 2007 17:57)Franchitti Wins SunTrust Indy Challenge Salem-News.com SPORTSRounding out the top five were Tony Kanaan and Buddy Rice. (RICHMOND, Va.) -  Dario Franchitti continued his dominance of the IndyCar® Series this year with a dominant win "Under the Lights" at Richmond International Raceway.
He nearly achieved "Racing Perfection" as he led all but 8 laps in the fastest race in Raceway history.
At an average speed of 133.408 mph, Dario finished 0.4194 seconds ahead of Scott Dixon, who in turn narrowly beat his teammate Dan Wheldon. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 01, 2007 17:05)Cristie Kerr Wins 2007 U.S. Women`s Open Salem-News.com SPORTS29-year-old ends 0-For-41 major drought with Women’s Open triumph. (SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.) -  Nobody can ever ask Cristie Kerr about her inability to win a major title anymore.
Just like Phil Mickelson did on that fateful Masters Sunday in 2004, the 29-year-old Kerr finally claimed that elusive major prize.
The Miami, Fla., native staved off world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, shooting a final-round, 1-under-par 70 at Pine Needles to register a two-stroke victory at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 01, 2007 16:43)Robert Doornbos Claims First Champ Car Victory Salem-News.com SPORTSWith the win Doornbos moves into a tie with Bourdais for the series championship lead at 145 points. (ST. JOVITE, Canada) -  It was anything but a Canada Day parade on Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant as Robert Doornbos battled the weather as well as open wheel's best drivers to claim his first career Champ Car victory.
The 25-year-old Dutchman was involved in wheel-to-wheel fights throughout the day and emerged victorious on the 2.62-mile mountainous circuit in the heart of the Laurentians. Read Full Article
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 01, 2007 16:37)Oregon State's LaVonda Wagner Receives Contract Extension Salem-News.com SPORTSThree starters return off of last year’s team, including junior point guard Mercedes Fox-Griffin. (CORVALLIS, Ore. ) -  Oregon State University’s women’s basketball head coach LaVonda Wagner has been awarded a one-year contract extension through the 2012 season, OSU Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced Friday.
Wagner is heading into her third year at the helm of the program.
Her 2006 team advanced to the WNIT, making the fifth-biggest improvement in the nation from the previous year with 16 wins.
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Salem-News.com Sports (July 01, 2007 16:16)Paul Durham, Father of Linfield Athletics, Memorial Set for Monday Salem-News.com SPORTSDurham was Linfield's head football coach for 20 seasons, compiling a record of 122 victories, 51 defeats and 10 ties for a .694 winning percentage. (McMINNVILLE, Ore. ) -  A memorial service for Coach Paul Durham is scheduled for Monday, July 2, at 1:00 p.m. in Ted Wilson Gym at Linfield College in McMinnville.
Durham, one of the founding fathers of Linfield athletics, died Friday in Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 93.
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