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SPORTS
Thursday, July 16, 2009
INSIDE
THOMAS BOSWELL
Home Management
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BY CHARLES PLATIAU — REUTERS
Keeping Pace
Mark Cavendish wins the 11th stage of the Tour de France while Lance Armstrong holds steady to remain third overall. D2
Caps Open in Boston
Washington will start the season on Oct. 1 against the Bruins in a battle between the East’s top teams from a year ago. D3
Also Today
PRO BASKETBALL
Comeback Unfulfilled
The Mystics rally in the fourth quarter and have two chances to defeat the Silver Stars at home, but fail to get off a shot.
Yesterday’s Results
Silver Stars 79 Sky Mystics 78 Fever
74 84
Dream 91 Monarchs 81 Lynx
Shock Storm Late
GOLF
Norman Ready for Run?
After a strong showing at last year’s British Open, Greg Norman is back but uncertain if he can duplicate his 2008 performance.
THURSDAY MORNING
Young’s Euphoria
Nick Young’s parents, Charles and Mae, come to the defense of the Wizard’s ever-present smile.
Suggs, Ravens Ink Deal
The Ravens and Terrell Suggs agree to a six-year, $63 million contract, making him the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history.
BASEBALL
Today’s Schedule
Cubs Mets
Nationals 7:05 Braves 7:10 Brewers
Phillies
Reds 7:10 Marlins 7:10 Mariners
Angels
Indians 7:05 Athletics 10:05 Rockies
Astros Padres 10:05 Dodgers 10:10
Index
SPORTS IN BRIEF.....................D2 RADIO/TV.................................D2 CYCLING...................................D2 HOCKEY....................................D3 PRO BASKETBALL....................D3 SOCCER ....................................D3 GOLF......................................D3-4 BASEBALL.................................D5 SCOREBOARD..........................D6 SWIMMING..............................D6
GETTY IMAGES
1986, GREG NORMAN: A second-round
63 (11 better than his first- and third-round scores) carried the Shark though a week of volatile weather.
BY STUART FRANKLIN — GETTY IMAGES
Jim Furyk, who has one major championship to his name, hopes to get two by sea as he prepares for the 138th Open Championship.
By Barry Svrluga
Washington Post Staff Writer
Venue’s History Indicates a Top Player Will Emerge in End
Tournament Glance
BY STEPHEN MUNDAY — GETTY IMAGES
1994, NICK PRICE: Bested Jesper Parnevik
on the 72nd hole by one, making par where Parnevik made bogey. Price won with four days under 70, 12 under overall.
TURNBERRY, Scotland, July 15 — The sun came out Wednesday over the Firth of Clyde, the stretch of ocean that runs along Turnberry’s Ailsa Course here, and Tom Watson walked toward the back nine. He looked across the wa- ter as he strode to the 10th tee, turned to his caddie, and mentioned the reflection of the clouds in the sea, still as could be. “Pretty calm out there, isn’t it?” Wat- son said. Watson knows, better than most, that
Where: Ailsa Course, Turnberry, Scotland. Par: 70. Length: 7,204 yards. TV: Today, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., TNT.
Turnberry typically stays calm for just hours at a time. The wind here will de- termine so much about the British Open, which begins Thursday. If it picks up, it could make the closing holes a ferocious test or a birdie-fest, depending on its di- rection. If it stays away, even for a day, it could leave the course all but helpless,
and produce a number such as the 63 Greg Norman shot here in 1986. It is, af- ter all, the British Open, where wind is the most important player in the field. But whatever happens with the weath-
er, Turnberry is likely to produce a champion worthy of the moment. Only three of the 137 previous Opens have been staged on this gorgeous slice of seacoast. In 1977, Watson beat Jack Nicklaus on the 72nd hole, matching Nicklaus’s 40-foot birdie putt with a short birdie of his own, one of golf’s fin-
See BRITISH, Page D4
77 Mercury 100
or a third of a century, when Washington didn’t have baseball, the bonds of affection between the sport and the nation’s capital
grew weaker every year. Each season, those who had once played for the Senators and were still in major league uniforms as managers or coaches, dwindled and disappeared from the sport, a Dick Bosman or Frank Howard at a time. Ever more rare, almost extinct now for decades,
were those in baseball who had actually grown up in the Washington area and learned to love the sport in their formative youth by watching the Senators. Once, the commissioner of baseball, Bowie Kuhn, had worked in the scoreboard at Griffith Stadium. But those authentic Washington connections shrunk
See BOSWELL, Page D5
Riggleman Era Begins for Nats
By Chico Harlan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Jim Riggleman, introduced as the
thirdmanager in Washington Nation- als history, spent much of yesterday’s news conference paying homage to the franchise’s second manager. He called Manny Acta a future mana- gerial star and said, “Manny did all the right things.”
BY MARK GAIL — THE WASHINGTON POST
Interim manager Jim Riggleman, who grew up in Rockville, called the opportunity to lead the Nationals a dream job.
Speaking on behalf of everybody from the players to the parking atten- dants, Riggleman thanked Acta for everything he did. Riggleman’s own tenure, the new manager explained, would simply try to build on the mes- sages of the old manager, because
“there’s not a lot of change to make,” even down to the lineup, because how “Manny had them aligned was pretty much the best way.”
The Jim Riggleman era — team President Stan Kasten’s words — be- gan in a strange middle ground, still in cozy proximity to the era that pre- ceded it, and likely stunted by what- ever bolder era awaits with the in- troduction, perhaps months from now, of manager No. 4. The timeline goes like this: Acta was managing for 21
⁄2 years — most
recently with Riggleman as his bench coach. Things went badly. Acta lost
See NATIONALS, Page D5
138TH BRITISH OPEN
TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY
Turnberry Brings Out the Best
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Turnberry Survivors
The Open has been held at Turnberry only three times, each proving to be one of the most challenging majors of the year. All three victors return this year.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
1977, TOM WATSON: Watson went
stroke-for-stroke on Sunday with favorite Jack Nicklaus in the “Duel in the Sun,” before birdies on Nos. 15 and 17.
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Blatche Pulls a Switch, Wizards Like the Change
By Dan Steinberg
Washington Post Staff Writer
LAS VEGAS, July 15 — Andray Blatche came out for his NBA sum- mer league debut Tuesday evening with the number 7 on his back, in- stead of the customary No. 32 jersey he wore during his first four NBA sea- sons. The switch is permanent, and it has a meaning — and not just for the handful of fans who now own replica anachronisms. “We’ve got a new coaching staff,
we changed a lot, so it’s time for me to change my whole style, my whole mentality,” Blatche said Wednesday afternoon. “I’m wearing 7, and that means seven days [a week] of hard
work, seven days of being focused. I’m all about business, and I’ve got a big opportunity I’m gonna take ad- vantage of.”
That opportunity came in several parts. The Wizards changed coaches this spring, and Blatche said he relish- es the fresh start and words of confi- dence offered by Flip Saunders. The team also traded big men Darius Son- gaila and Etan Thomas to the Minne- sota Timberwolves for two perimeter players in Randy Foye and Mike Mill- er, and while the Wizards are likely to add a veteran front-court player be- fore training camp begins, the 6- foot-11 Blatche could be in line for an
See WIZARDS, Page D3
High-Tech Swimsuits Are Drag on Wallets
By Ishita Singh
Washington Post Staff Writer
The first time Andrew McGehee put on a Speedo LZR, he needed 10 minutes to fit himself in the skin- tight, rubber-like swimsuit. A stark change from the old-school Speedo briefs he had worn all his life, the LZR felt like a “really, really, really tight pair of pants.” The Rockville-Montgomery Swim
BY DEB LINDSEY — THE WASHINGTON POST
Inverness Forest’s Natalya Ares is one of many local swimmers who have begun using high-tech fastsuits. The swimsuits can cost more than $500.
Club swimmer, 18, bought his high- tech suit last summer, after watching Michael Phelps and company break records and win Olympic medals wearing the LZR. Soon, the suits be- gan popping up at local pools, and on the starting blocks at meets such as
PVS Long Course Senior Championships
What: A USA Swimming sanctioned event for any swimmer who meets the qualifying time in a particular event. When: Today through Sunday. Where: University of Maryland. Updates from the meet can be found daily on reachforthewall.com
the Potomac Valley Swimming Long Course Senior Championships, which begin today at the University of Maryland.
The PVS Championships bring
See SWIMSUITS, Page D6
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