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SECTION B
WHO TO CALL
Larry McBride,
940-566-6913
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Denton Record-Chronicle
Sports
INSIDE SPORTS
Logano notches
third win of season
Page 2B
DentonRC.com
After first-pitch homer, Rangers struggle
ARLINGTON — Jeremy Guthrie
gave up a home run on his first pitch
and not much else, pitching the Kansas
City Royals past the Texas Rangers 6-3
Saturday night for their 24th win in 30
games.
Alex Gordon had two hits, including
a first-inning homer for his 15th of the
season, and made a diving catch in left
field for the AL Central leaders.
Guthrie (10-10) won for the fifth
time in six starts.
Shin-Soo Choo hit a leadoff homer
— after that, Guthrie blanked the Rang-
ers on six more hits before leaving after
the eighth.
He struck out two and walked one.
The Royals broke a 1-all tie by scor-
ing three runs in the fifth inning, capi-
talizing on the wildness of Nick Tepesch
(4-8).
He gave up three four-pitch walks
and two singles that inning.
Jarrod Dyson drove in three runs,
matching a career high, with a bases-
loaded walk and a two-run single for
the Royals.
Rangers
Kansas City 6, Texas 3
Aaron Crow worked the ninth for
Kansas City, allowing two runs.
Tepesch unsuccessfully sought a
third consecutive quality start for the
first time in his two-year career in the
majors.
He allowed six runs on seven hits
and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.
With the bases loaded in the fifth,
Tepesch walked Dyson and allowed a
two-run single to Omar Infante on an
0-2 pitch.
Dyson chased Tepesch in the sev-
enth with the two-run single on which
Lorenzo Cain slid in with the second
run.
The safe call was confirmed by video
replay following a challenge by Texas
manager Ron Washington.
Choo’s homer was his 14th leading
off a game since the beginning of the
2012 season, the most in the majors.
Texas’ Adrian Beltre had his fourth
consecutive multihit game.
LM Otero/AP
Rangers Shin-Soo Choo, right, runs the bases after a solo home run as Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas (8)
and shortstop Alcides Escobar (2) look on during the first inning Saturday in Arlington.
Lynne Sladky/AP
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) calls a play from the line of scrimmage during the first half of an NFL preseason football game on
Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Cowboys blow lead, lose again
By Tim Reynolds
Associated Press
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Tony
Romo played one half and got sacked
three times. Ryan TannehiH’s final
throw was an interception on a play he
forced.
Neither quarterback got every-
thing to his liking Saturday night.
At least Tannehill’s side left with a
victory.
Orleans Darkwa ran in from 1 yard
with 1:45 left, and the Miami Dolphins
Cowboys
Preseason: Miami 25, Dallas 20
rallied from two scores down in the fi-
nal minutes to beat the Dallas Cow-
boys 25-20.
All five of the game’s touchdowns
came with most of the starters already
done for the evening.
Tannehill played into the third
quarter, completing 13 of 21 passes for
119 yards. His only big mistake was his
final throw, an interception inside the
Dallas 10 on Miami’s opening posses-
sion of the third quarter.
It was the first interception in 41
preseason throws for Tannehill, who is
one of the biggest reasons why Miami
thinks this could be a breakthrough
season.
“You can see the things that we’re
doing,” Dolphins owner Stephen Ross
said on the game broadcast. “I’m ex-
pecting much better things.”
Romo completed 10 of 18 passes for
87 yards for the Cowboys, and his sur-
gically repaired back got tested plenty
of times by the Dolphins’ defense —
twice on sacks by Cameron Wake.
“It was good to see Tony out there
playing,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett
said at halftime. “He got knocked
around a little bit, and that could be
good and bad. It’s good to have him
feel the physical part of the game.”
Romo noted there are some things
Dallas has to clean up.
See COWBOYS on 4B
Lovefest: Love traded to Cavs
By Tom Withers and Jon Krawczynski
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Olympic champi-
ons together, Kevin Love and LeBron
James spent the last 30 days waiting to
become teammates again.
Cleveland has craved a champion-
ship for 50 years.
One drought over. One to go.
On the first day they were able to
complete the long-discussed blockbust-
er trade, the Minnesota Timberwolves
sent Love to the Cavaliers, who capped
a spectacular summer on Saturday by
acquiring the All-Star power forward as
another running mate for James and
becoming instant title contenders.
James didn’t waste any time in mak-
ing Love feel at home.
“Welcome to the Land @kevinlove! ”
the four-time league MVP posted on his
Twitter account.
Pro basketball
NBA
Yes, Cleveland, a city without a ma-
jor sports championship since 1964, has
a new superstar.
The Timberwolves receive a bounti-
ful return for parting with Love, the dis-
gruntled face of their franchise. They
acquired No. 1 overall draft choice An-
drew Wiggins and former top pick An-
thony Bennett from the Cavs and veter-
an forward Thaddeus Young from the
Philadelphia 76ers in the three-team
deal.
The Sixers received a 2015 first-
round draft choice from Cleveland —
ironically, one of the ones the Cavs got
from Miami for James in 2010 — and
guard Alexey Shved and forward Luc
See LOVE on 3B
Alex Brandon/AP file photo
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love reacts during a 2013 game
against the Washington Wizards. The Timberwolves sent Love to the
Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.
Rams,
Cardinals
watching
Ferguson
By R.B. Fallstrom
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — More than most, Ken-
ny Britt can relate to the drama unfold-
ing just a few miles from Rams Park in
Ferguson.
The St. Louis wide receiver and for-
mer 2009 first-round draft pick feels
strongly that the trouble in Ferguson,
scene of so much unrest following the
fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-
year-old by a white police officer, is not
so much a race issue as it is one of pow-
er.
“I can identify 100 percent with what
they’re going through,” Britt said of Fer-
guson residents. “Especially as a young
kid growing up, I’ve seen it. When peo-
ple have power they tend to use it. I have
a 13-year-old brother and I’m in the
NFL and he’s calling me saying the cops
are following him around the block.”
The bottom line: “It’s sad to see the
same thing is happening over and over.”
Britt has had numerous brushes
with the law, making the news for the
wrong reasons three straight years ear-
lier in his career when he was with the
Titans. In 2013, he was questioned by
police when a close friend was involved
in a stabbing, a year after being cited for
resisting arrest and then suspended for
the opener after a DUI arrest. In 2011,
he was arrested in New Jersey following
a car chase with police.
Britt, other members of the Rams
and players for baseball’s Cardinals are
all playing or living within only a few
miles of Ferguson. To a man, those will-
ing to discuss the incident with The As-
sociated Press were careful with their
opinions about the rioting and looting
since Michael Brown was shot to death
Aug. 9.
“I don’t know if the cops were overly
aggressive, or what happened with the
protesters,” Britt said. “It’s kind of hard
when people with a voice [are] not say-
ing anything.”
Offensive tackle Joe Barksdale, who
grew up in Detroit, wondered about the
rationale for looting: “What’s even more
messed up is people destroying their
own communities.”
Whether it’s preparing for preseason
games and trying to survive looming
cut-down days or gearing up for the
postseason chase, the Rams and Cardi-
nals can’t help following the day to day
events. The Rams earlier this week in-
vited football teams from disrupted
high schools to practice at their indoor
facility. They also provided 75 compli-
mentary tickets to the schools.
The Rams have drawn headlines
this year for becoming the first NFL
team to draft an openly gay player in
Michael Sam. That was 77 years after
the franchise, then in Los Angeles, was
the first to sign a black player in the
See FERGUSON on 3B
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