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THE SIDELINE
TELEVISION AND RADIO FRIDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m. 7 p.m.
10 p.m.
Still more questions and
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs » WGN
Baltimore at Toronto » MASN, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
Washington at San Diego » MASN2, WXTR (730 AM), WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM)
NBA PLAYOFFS
8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Boston » ESPN,WTNT (570 AM)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon 8 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
11 p.m.
GOLF
2 p.m. 6 p.m.
TENNIS
Noon
BOXING
9 p.m.
answers about D.C. sports, while wondering whether good seats are still available at Nats Park on June 4. Because, you know, who doesn’t love a nice baseball game on a spring Friday night?
Q.How would you help an up-and-coming defensive linemen attain the stature of a Dexter Manley? A.Heck if I know. Let’s ask
ACC Tournament, Boston College vs. Florida State » Comcast SportsNet Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina State » Comcast SportsNet
NCAA super regional » ESPN2 NCAA super regional » ESPN2
Dexter Manley. “You’ve got to want it more so than you want anything in the world,” Manley said on ESPN 980 this week. “More so than you want to go out there and chase the next girl.” Perish the thought. And yes,
PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational » Golf Channel Champions Tour, Senior PGA Championship » Golf Channel
Manley said this before word emerged of that paternity lawsuit being leveled against Albert Haynesworth.
French Open » ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, Eric Lucas vs. Librado Andrade » ESPN2
SATURDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto » MASN, WJZ (Channel 13), WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs » WTTG (Channel 5), WBFF (Channel 45)
8:30 p.m. Washington at San Diego » MASN, WXTR (730 AM), WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM)
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Turkey at United States » ESPN2 MLS, Chivas USA at D.C. United » Comcast SportsNet
NBA PLAYOFFS
8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix » TNT, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
STANLEY CUP FINALS
8 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon
4 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11)
ACC Tournament, Miami vs. Virginia » Comcast SportsNet Georgia Tech vs. Clemson » Comcast SportsNet
North Carolina State vs. Virginia Tech (taped)» Comcast SportsNet
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
2:30 p.m. 5 p.m.
7:30 p.m. 9 p.m.
GOLF
1 p.m. 3 p.m.
3 p.m.
TENNIS
5 a.m. Noon
NCAA semifinal, Notre Dame vs. Cornell » ESPN2 NCAA semifinal, Duke at Virginia » ESPN2
NCAA super regional, Georgia vs. California » ESPN NCAA super regional » ESPN
NCAA super regional, Alabama vs. Hawaii » ESPN NCAA super regional » ESPN
NCAA super regional, Louisiana Lafayette vs. UCLA » ESPN PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational » Golf Channel
Champions Tour, Senior PGA Championship» WRC (Channel 4),
WBAL (Channel 11)
PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational » WUSA (Channel 9)
French Open » Tennis Channel French Open » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11)
AUTO RACING
2:30 p.m.
NASCAR Nationwide series, Tech-Net Auto Service 300 » WJLA
(Channel 7), WMAR (Channel 2)
SUNDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 4 p.m.
8 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto » MASN, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay » WGN St. Louis at Chicago Cubs » TBS
Washington at San Diego » MASN2, WXTR (730 AM), WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM)
Texas at Minnesota » ESPN2, WTNT (570 AM)
NBA PLAYOFFS
8:30 p.m.
Boston at Orlando (if necessary)» ESPN, WWXT (92.7 FM),
WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m. 2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
1 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
GOLF
1 p.m. 3 p.m.
3 p.m.
TENNIS
5 a.m. Noon
DIGEST
ACC Tournament Championship » Comcast SportsNet Southeastern Conference Championship » ESPN2
NCAA super regional, Missouri vs. Oregon » ESPN NCAA super regional » ESPN
PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational » Golf Channel
Champions Tour, Senior PGA Championship » WRC (Channel 4),
WBAL (Channel 11)
PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational » WUSA (Channel 9),
WJZ (Channel 13)
French Open » Tennis Channel French Open » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11)
AUTO RACING
1 p.m. 5 p.m.
IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 » WJLA (Channel 7), WMAR (Channel 2)
NASCAR Sprint Cup, Coca-Cola 600 » WTTG (Channel 5),
WBFF (Channel 45)
PROFESSIONAL LACROSSE
4 p.m.
MLL, Chesapeake at Chicago » Comcast SportsNet
TENNIS
Roddick struggles but advances in Paris
On a rainy, chilly day in Paris, Andy Roddick endured two de- lays and difficult conditions to defeat Blaz Kavcic, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, despite having his serve bro- ken seven times. Ana Ivanovic hit another low in her slide since winning the French Open two years ago, los- ing in the second round to No. 28
Alisa Kleybanova, 6-3, 6-0.
In other women’s matches, No.
4 seed Jelena Jankovic, No. 5 Ele-
na Dementieva and No. 11 Li Na
won. Three seeded women lost:
No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska,
No. 21 Vera Zvonareva and No.
32 Kateryna Bondarenko.
On the men’s side, No. 4 Andy
Murray and No. 17 John Isner ad- vanced. Sixteen singles matches were postponed.
only from Comcast.
COLLEGES
Stephen Cardullo blasted
three home runs and drove in four to propel the fifth-seeded Florida State baseball team (40- 17) to an 11-4 rout of top-seeded
Virginia at the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Virginia (46- 11) next plays No. 4 seed Miami on Saturday at noon. . . . Former Navy football player Chet Moeller was one of 14 in- ductees to the National College Football Hall of Fame. A safety, Moeller was named East Coast Athletic Conference player of the year and was a unanimous first- team all-American in 1975. He is the 22nd Navy player to be elect- ed to the Hall of Fame. . . . Oregon State Coach Mike Riley said that quarterback Peter Lal- ich (West Springfield), arrested earlier this month on suspicion of drunken boating, has been dis- missed from the team. Lalich transferred to Oregon State from Virginia, where he was kicked off the team for a pair of alcohol- related incidents.
PRO FOOTBALL
Quarterback Ben Roethlis-
berger was cleared by NFL Com- missioner Roger Goodell to re-
sume participating in offseason activities with the Pittsburgh Steelers next week. According to a statement released by the league, Goodell’s ruling was “based on the reports and recom- mendations of our medical ex- perts.”
When Goodell suspended
Roethlisberger from the first six games of next season without pay for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, he ordered him to undergo a behavioral evaluation by medical experts, which report- edly was completed. Goodell suspended Roethlis-
berger last month after a district attorney in Georgia announced that Roethlisberger would not be charged with a crime based on an allegation by a 20-year-old wom- an that she was sexually assault- ed by Roethlisberger. . . . New Orleans Saints tight end
Jeremy Shockey was hospital-
ized after suffering “seizure-like symptoms” following a practice Thursday, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. It was not clear how long Shockey would be hospitalized. . . .
Rookie offensive lineman Ed
Wang has signed with the Buffalo Bills. The 6-foot-5, 301-pounder from Virginia Tech was a fifth- round pick.
MISC.
Jason Bohn, Jeff Overton and
Blake Adams shot 7-under-par
63s to share the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s Colonial in Fort Worth, Tex. Brian Davis was alone in fourth with a 64, and de-
fending champion Steve Strick-
er carded a 68. . . .
Robin Freeman and Bernhard
Langer both shot 6-under 66 for a share of the first-round lead at the 71st PGA Senior Champion- ship in Parker, Colo. . . . David Ferreira of FC Dallas
and Brian McBride of the Chica- go Fire scored in the first half as the teams played to a 1-1 MLS draw in Bridgeview, Ill. . . . The St. Louis Athletica of the second-year Women’s Profession- al Soccer is shutting down six games into the season because of a “funding crisis.”
— From news services and staff reports
Hot Topic Lacrosse
Speaking of whom, Manley joined every living Redskins player, coach, ballboy, cafeteria chef and plant waterer — and likely many of the deceased ones — in offering his opinion on Haynesworth’s absence from Ashburn.
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WASHINGTONPOST.COM/SPORTS
First Things First: Dan Steinberg and Barry Svrluga hold the fort while Tracee Hamilton is away, weekday mornings at 9:30.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
WASHINGTON POST LIVE WITH IVAN CARTER
5 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet
Chuck Driesell, Brian Mitchell and Joe Barber join The Post’s Thomas Boswell and Tarik El-Bashir.
Baby Bear, banners and bus thefts
D.C. SPORTS BOG
Dan Steinberg
“When you give a guy
$100 million, what are you gonna say to a guy?” Manley asked. “You know, it’s hard to control these guys when you pay ’em that kind of money. You give him $42 million in 34 months, it’s like, what can you say to a guy that’s 6-[foot-]7, 300 pounds who says his stomach hurts?” You could suggest he buy
$12million worth of Maalox, I suppose. Manley also said that “people sort of see [Haynesworth] bigger than life; he’s almost like a little baby bear.” Having a toddler, this immediately made me think of the Sesame Street character Baby Bear, who basically just fills
screen time between Elmo appearances. Here’s what the Sesame Street Web site says about Baby Bear: “Like a young child, Baby Bear is territorial about his things. Children relate to his difficulty in sharing. However, he is open to new experiences and is also learning to cooperate and share with others.”
So yeah, not a bad role model. Q. What happens if you bring a Caps Southeast Division Champions banner to Machu Picchu? A.Heck if I know. Let’s ask
Tom Foye.
“I was swarmed by security,” e-mailed Foye, who was posing for a photo with the banner at the time. “Apparently they thought it was a political flag and wanted to confiscate it. “My tour guide explained it was an ice hockey flag, but the guards didn’t know what ice hockey was. So my guide told them it was for my football [soccer] team back home, and they let me go with a warning. Oops.”
As one of my commenters noted, the Machu Picchu Web site indicates that banners are acceptable so long as they don’t obstruct other tourists’ views or poke them in the heads. Q.Why should your kids not dream of playing in the Frontier League? A.Heck if I know. Let’s ask former Nats first baseman Dmitri Young, now a consultant with the Oakland County Cruisers. “The bus driver, the old bus driver I should say, stole the bus and the team had to basically show and go,” Young said on Sirius XM’s MLB Network Radio this week. “They drove from Michigan all the way to outside of Cleveland, that’s like a
31
-hour drive. They got here about 30 minutes before the game.” “That’s a rough league when the bus driver steals the bus!” Rob Dibble pointed out. Indeed. When you play for the
⁄2
Nats, you only get your car stolen.
steinberg@washpost.com
JIM ROGASH / GETTY IMAGES
Syracuse celebrates after winning last year’s title game in Foxborough, Mass., one of three rotating sites for lacrosse’s premier event.
Area makes bid for Final Four
The Greater Washington Sports Alliance is hoping to bring the 2013 and 2014 NCAA men’s lacrosse Final Fours to 91,000- seat FedEx Field, with the U.S. Naval Academy as the host. The NCAA will announce the winning bid in late June, after the completion of the 2010 championship. Washington is among five cities vying for the bid; the NCAA would not release the other cities. The event is held on Memorial Day weekend each year. “I think we’ve got a very, very good chance. I don’t think we’re a dark horse at all,” said Robert Sweeney, president of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance. “It’s never been here before, but because we have the Naval Academy as our host institution and FedEx Field as one of the best facilities to host this event because of how many people we can put in there. It’s probably not going to be sold out. They’ve never had more than 60,000 fans in a game. But we think with the Redskins database and our own marketplace knowledge and the fact that we’re in the center of the hotbed of lacrosse, we can be the best place to host this event.”
The event has been held at the University
of Maryland’s Byrd Stadium 10 times, but since 2003 it has rotated among three NFL stadiums: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., and M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, site of this year’s Final Four. Sweeney said the growth of lacrosse in Northern Virginia and proximity to the Baltimore region, a lacrosse hotbed, would give Washington’s bid an edge. He also said the bid will help in efforts to promote lacrosse in Washington’s inner city. Additionally, FedEx Field and its parking lots are owned by the Washington Redskins. Sweeney said that could help with the events that take place in the parking lots during the championship weekend, and that the Redskins have been cooperative with pursuing the bid. “It’s so refreshing to deal with the Redskins today and how great they’ve kind of become at this part of their job,” Sweeney said. “It’s something they were not focused on two years ago and before. They were always focused on only their 10
games, only the Redskins, and a couple of concerts. Now they’re really actively pursuing how to maximize the use of their facility.” The Washington region is a fertile ground for college lacrosse’s top programs, with Navy, Virginia, Maryland and Johns Hopkins all within relatively close proximity. It would also be the closest the event has been to national powers North Carolina and Duke since the 1977 Final Four in Charlottesville. Although FedEx Field is in Prince
George’s County, the host hotels would be in Washington, and Sweeney said past tournaments suggest the event could generate $15 million to $20 million into the region. The Greater Washington Sports Alliance also was responsible for bringing the NCAA’s hockey championship — the Frozen Four — to Verizon Center for the first time in 2009. “I think they would be crazy not to award
it to us,” Sweeney said. “I think it’s the fact that we got the best stadium in the mix, and the biggest draw of fans.”
— Zach Berman
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