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Mack girls get jolted in desert
PHOENIX -- Melissa Jones hit two 3-pointers late in the third quarter to give Legacy a 42-39 lead, and the Lightning ran away in the fourth for a 62-47 win over McKinleyville in the opening round of the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix on Monday. Though the final score wasn't pretty, the game was, for the most part, a hard-fought battle. "It kind of flowed back and forth, but their spurts were bigger than ours," said McKinleyville head coach Brad Warze. The game was tied at 20, 22, 24, and 26 before a seven-point Lightning run left Mack behind 33-26 at the half. The Panthers stifled Jones and Legacy for most of the third quarter, and went on a 10-0 run of their own out of the locker room to take a 36-33 lead. Legacy's first points of the quarter came on a 3 that tied it at 36.
Jim Harbaugh to become Stanford coach
Stanford hired former NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh on Monday to take over its struggling football program.
Harbaugh had spent the last three years as head coach at the University of San Diego, a non-scholarship Division I-AA program. He led the Toreros to a 29-6 record, winning 27 of his final 29 games at San Diego.
The school planned to formally introduce Harbaugh at a news conference Tuesday. Phone messages left for Harbaugh were not immediately returned.
Harbaugh has the tough task of turning around the Cardinal, who set a school record for losses in a 1-11 season this year that led to the firing of coach Walt Harris.
Stanford has won just 16 games in the past five seasons under Harris and Buddy Teevens, and have to struggled to compete in the Pac-10 since Tyrone Willingham left for Notre Dame following the 2001 season.
Arash Markazi: Resilient Eckstein talks about life since his Series MVP
There's nothing about David Eckstein that would make you look twice at him. His appearance could best be summed up by Charles S. Dutton's memorable line in Rudy. "You're 5-foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability." While Eckstein certainly can relate to the first two, the third description couldn't be further from the truth. It's been Eckstein's athletic ability that has made the 5-foot-7, 165-pound shortstop a two-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and the current World Series MVP. Yet as he rolls up to the campus of USC to speak at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, he has to introduce himself to the parking attendant who has no idea who he is and asks him to repeat his name twice. It's nothing new for Eckstein, who has had to re-introduce himself to people over and over again throughout his career.
Nine COS football players declare their plans
Junior college football players can't officially sign their letters of intent for four-year colleges until 8 a.m. today. But nine College of the Sequoias players have already made up their minds about where they want to go and are expected to make it official as soon as they can. .
Tiara trouble: Trump rules on Miss USA's future
Donald Trump announced this morning that Miss USA will enter rehab after a series of high-profile missteps, but will keep her tiara as long as she stays out of trouble."This has been a very difficult time for the Miss USA pageant and especially for our current Miss USA Tara Conner," Trump told reporters in New York. He said he wasn't sure what he was going to do as late as this morning, but concluded after meeting with Conner that many of the reports were false and decided that she deserved a second chance despite some "bad mistakes" that he attributed to getting "caught up in the whirlwind that is New York." Trump, who fired Miss Universe in 2002, said Conner's going to be the "great comeback kid." A tearful Conner thanked the billionaire builder and TV star, saying she "can't wait to just get back to work and do my job." (Photo by Lucas Jackson, Reuters.) When a reporter asked about reports that she had a drinking problem Conner said: "I wouldn't say I'm an alcoholic.
OSAC scholarship application ready
OREGON: Oregon students can search 340 scholarship programs and apply with one application through the Oregon Student Assistance Commission. Booklets are available at local high schools, and students can apply online at www.GetCollegeFunds.org.
Awards range from $500 to $20,000, and there is no charge to use the unified application. Most scholarships are for Oregon residents entering or returning to various types of Oregon colleges in the fall of 2007. Some are open to out of state students and many may be used at eligible colleges throughout the United states.
Students are encouraged to apply online, where they can use search and filter features and apply for more scholarships. Other financial aid information is also available online.
Applications must be submitted by March 1.
Student group offers scholarship for whites only
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- A Boston University student group is offering a scholarship for white students to protest financial aid programs in the United States that select by ethnic background, university officials said on Tuesday. The group, Boston University College Republicans, told campus publications the $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship was intended as a statement and they had raised funds privately for the award, which does not have the backing of the university. "We think giving out a scholarship based on any race is crazy," Joe Mroszczyk, president of the group, told the college's BU Today Web site. Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said he believed the move was misguided. "Our goal is to try to increase diversity on the campus, and that usually means diversity from an ethnic and racial standpoint," Elmore said.
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