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2015年5月31日星期日

Looking ahead: Washington State Cougars

It's never too early to look ahead to next season. Over the coming weeks, we will examine what comes next for each team in the Power 5 conferences and also those outside the Power 5 who could make noise on the national stage. Today: the Washington State Cougars.

The past summer, Ernie Kent shuffled through the parking lot of a Las Vegas high school gymnasium and the 113-degree heat that covered it as he searched for prospects at an AAU tournament. The former Oregon head coach had recently accepted the top job at Washington State. He seemed excited to move forward and begin his first head-coaching stint since he was fired by the Ducks in 2010.

He recognized the challenges that would accompany the post -- the Cougars have reached the NCAA tournament just two times (2007 and 2008) since 1994 -- but remained positive about his ability to help Washington State script a new, more fruitful chapter.

He might need more time to turn the page. Washington State finished 13-18 overall and 7-11 in the Pac-12 the past season. Its opponents managed a 52.4 effective field goal percentage (296th nationally per KenPom.com), and the team will lose top scorer DaVonte Lacy(16.9 points per game), Dexter Kernich-Drew (43 percent from the 3-point line) and 7-footer Jordan Railey. Aaron Cheatum, Trevor Dunbar and Jackie Davis -- none averaged more than 1.0 ppg -- decided to transfer.

The rebuilding process will continue. Kent has added some intriguing pieces to a program that won three more games and four more conference games than the 2013-14 team. But Washington State could struggle again in 2015-16 as Kent continues to put things together in Pullman.

What the immediate future holds:

Conor Clifford, a 7-foot junior college prospect from Saddleback College in Southern California, had offers from multiple Power 5 schools. His decision to pick Washington State helped fill a major void for WSU with Riley departing.

Paired with Josh Hawkinson (14.7 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 1.1 BPG), Houston transferValentine Izundu (who sat out 2014-15) and Clifford could form a strong frontcourt for the Cougars.

“Not only [did Clifford have] the most options, but he's also kind of the missing piece, particularly with this group that's coming in the door,” Kent told the Spokesman-Review the past month. “We needed a five-man, needed some size like that, so I think the fact that he was so highly recruited is also a really good indication of where our program is.”

There are more questions but more depth on the perimeter with Lacy and Kernich-Drew both gone. But the return of veteran Ike Iroegbu (8.9 PPG) helps.Que Johnson, Brett Boese and Ny Redding all averaged less than 20 minutes per game the past season. They could all carry heavier loads next year.

Recruit Vionte Daniels, Washington's 4A prep player of the year, and juco transfer Charles Callison could help immediately too. Junior college transfersDerrien King and Renard Suggs could also play their way into the mix.

Clifford is the most important addition. If Washington State intends to take the next step, it will need its talented frontcourt players to lead the way. In the future, Kent will need more guys such as Clifford -- elite prospects who could choose other big-league schools -- to pick Washington State.

The latter has been the obstacle for decades.

Yeah, Seattle produces talent. But Pullman isn't any closer to the city than Corvallis, Spokane or Eugene. That trek across the snowy mountains to get to the other side of the state doesn't help the program's cause. But Kent boosted the previous season's win tally in his first year. This year's group could also provide an upgrade if the frontcourt matches the hype.

Kent might need more elite players to compete in the Pac-12. The team's supporters will definitely need patience.

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If Bryce Harper is an All-Star, he needs to be in HR Derby

Before we dial up the fauxtrage all the way up to 11, let’s be clear about where things stand: Bryce Harper may -- or may not -- participate in this year’s Home Run Derby, and some folks are understandably wondering what’s up with that. With 18 homers on the season, he’s tied with Seattle’s Nelson Cruz for the major league lead, having hit 13 in May. If anybody should be in the Home Run Derby, it’s Bryce Harper. If he’s absent, seriously, why have it?

Harper finished second in the 2013 Home Run Derby to Yoenis Cespedes. Now, at 22 years old, he’s breaking out as one of the best players in baseball because he has tapped into the power people projected from him going back to high school. He is the game’s hottest ticket, the guy you want to see, the guy the game itself needs on the field if you want to validate the Home Run Derby as a front page “feat of strength” contest. What’s the point of having the event if the National League’s home run leader bugs out?

Harper’s stated reason for adding any doubt over his participation is his dad’s health. Harper has said his dad’s work ethic has been a major motivator for him in the past, and nobody should forget that Harper’s dad was the man serving up meatballs to his son in the 2013 Derby. And that automatically engenders sympathy: Guy loves his dad, no film at 11 and we’re done here, right?

Wrong. This isn’t a scary situation in which Ron Harper is seriously ill -- he’s recovering from rotator cuff surgery. So the “problem,” as far as this goes, is that he won’t be available to put cookies on a plate for Bryce in July.

Keep in mind, Harper didn’t say he was opting out of the All-Star Game in Cincinnati, just that he hasn’t made up his mind about participating in the Home Run Derby. Apparently because we don’t know yet who’s available to play-act Craig Ehlo to Harper’s Michael Jordan in a bit of July fun, the game’s great staged showcase for slugging prowess.

If Harper was so concerned for his dad that he was going to skip all the All-Star activities, that would be one thing. But if Harper is in Cincinnati as an All-Star accepting his due from fans at the ballot box, there really isn’t much excuse for his opting out of the Home Run Derby. That’s a scenario that would leave fans feeling cheated of something that's supposed to be fun.

Ultimately, the outcome of the event doesn't matter, but if anyone is going to give us something that might approach Josh Hamilton's epic 2008 Derby performance in Yankee Stadium, it's Harper. And if anybody is going to give us a slugger vs. slugger duel to compare to McGwire vs. Bonds in 1996, it's Cruz vs. Harper. We want to see that, and we should.

So, before this becomes any more controversial than it already is, here’s hoping a quiet phone call from Commissioner Manfred and a quick casting call for somebody capable of conjuring up meatballs faster than the Swedish Chef fixes this, and fixes it before the full weight of the opinionated jabberocracy ramps up to full dudgeon to see who can be the angriest sportswriter over this very solvable “problem.”

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2015年5月26日星期二

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Tortorella's 5 keys for a Rangers win in Game 6

The New York Rangers are again facing elimination, trailing the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in the Eastern Conference finals, with Game 6 on tap from Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. If anyone knows about these two franchises, it’s former NHL coach John Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup with the Bolts in 2004 and led the Blueshirts to the Eastern Conference finals in 2012. What is it going to take for the Rangers to save their season? Tortorella serves up some chalk talk with a few keys for the Rangers heading into Tuesday’s do-or-die game:

1. Special-teams savvy: “First of all, they need to score a power-play goal,” Tortorella told ESPN.com in a telephone conversation Tuesday afternoon. “That really hurt them last game; it really took some of their momentum away and they seemed to lose a little energy.”

The Rangers were blanked on all four power-play opportunities Sunday night after tallying a pair of man-up goals in each of their previous three games. Additionally, the Lightning did not allow a single shot from a "high-danger area" while short-handed, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Power-play woes are nothing new for the Blueshirts -- Tortorella had to field questions about their much-maligned unit often during his tenure in New York -- but he expressed confidence they will find the back of the net in Game 6: “I know they will.”

2. Defense is key: Under Tortorella’s structured shot-blocking system, the Rangers developed a reputation as one of the stingiest defensive teams in the league. The club’s system has changed under coach Alain Vigneault to employ a more opportunistic, offensive approach, but that strong defensive identity remains the same, even though the Rangers finished third in the league in total offense (3.02 goals/game) during the regular season.

“They need to be who they are,” Tortorella said. “Everyone loves talking about offense, but you have to defend. ... They defend well and their offense comes off of that.”

This is where the Rangers need stalwarts Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh and Marc Staal rise to the occasion.

“They can't get too excited, and they won't,” Tortorella said. “This is a veteran group, they’re well-coached; they need to be themselves.”

3. Hank has to be Hank: The Rangers have long relied on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist as their backbone, and they need him now more than ever to play like the King. Lundqvist has been so steady in previous postseason runs that it was a shock to the system to see the Vezina Trophy winner surrender six goals in both Games 3 and 4. But if there is anything to know about the steady Swede, it is that he excels when the Rangers are facing elimination. That should give New York a sense of comfort heading into their biggest game of the postseason yet.

“I’ll just go on my own experience -- as the stakes get higher and the closer it gets to [the Stanley Cup finals], his game keeps rising,” Tortorella said. "He has to be the best player tonight, and I think he will be.”

4. Neutralize the opponent: Both clubs possess ample speed throughout their lineups, so it’s no surprise that, at times, this series has resembled a track meet. That’s not necessarily the sort of game the Rangers want to play, Tortorella said, especially since Tampa Bay’s offensive arsenal fuels a strong transition game, led by Tyler Johnson and his Triplets line.

“You let that little [Tyler] Johnson get going throughout that neutral zone, and you can't stop him,” Tortorella said.

Maintaining gaps, pressuring the defense and clogging up the neutral zone are essential to limiting the Lightning’s opportunities.

“You’re not going to control them completely,” Tortorella said. “But you have to inhibit them a little bit.”

5. Rely on experience: If nothing else, the Rangers can seek solace in the fact they have had their backs against the wall plenty of times before and emerged on the winning side. Knowing what to expect and how to stay calm with their season on the line should help bolster this group’s confidence.

Tortorella thinks Game 6 will be more defensive-minded than physical, considering what is at stake and the small margin for error. The Rangers know that they cannot afford to let emotions play a role and that discipline will be a key.

“They’re not going to get caught up in all the bulls--- of running around,” Tortorella said. "It’s such a close series that it’s whoever blinks first.”

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Looking ahead: Stanford Cardinal

It’s never too early to look ahead to next season. Over the coming weeks, we will examine what comes next for each team in the Power 5 conferences and also those outside the Power 5 who could make noise on the national stage. Today: the Stanford Cardinal

The biggest thing to happen to the Stanford Cardinal basketball this season didn’t happen on the Cardinal campus.

It happened down the road, at Berkeley.

Stanford’s Pac 12 travel rival, Cal, cleaned up on the recruiting trail this year. Coach Cuonzo Martin secured the nation’s fifth best class, anchored by Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb, the Nos. 4 and 8 players, respectively, in their class.

That does not exactly throw cold water on the seat already steaming under Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins.

The two academic stalwarts of the conference, separated by just 40 miles, will always be compared to each another. This year, the comparison might not be terribly comparative. The Bears are loaded, good enough to challenge the hierarchy in the Pac 12. Stanford is not.

After losing four of five to finish the season, Stanford did regroup and win the NIT, but those were not the postseason letters fans were clamoring to see -- especially on the heels of a Sweet 16 berth in the 2014 NCAA tournament.

The cold, hard truth is that under Dawkins’ stewardship the Cardinal have made just one NCAA tournament in seven years, and have never won more than 10 league games in a season.

That the road doesn’t look terribly easy this season -- Chasson Randle, Anthony Brown and Stefan Nastic and their combined 48 points per game (out of 72 for the team) are gone -- could give Dawkins a mulligan this year.

Or it could add to the pressure he’s under, especially with things percolating down the road at Berkeley.

What the immediate future holds: Losing the top three scorers from last season ought to mean the cupboard is pretty bare for Dawkins. It’s actually not, because the next four leading scorers return. Rosco Allen, Marcus Allen, Reid Travis and Michael Humphrey are a more than adequate core group to build around.

Though each remained more in the background, allowing Randle, Brown and Nastic to handle the scoring, all played significant minutes and should be able to slide into more critical roles.

Rosco Allen and Travis, who worked the boards well last season, give the Cardinal a decent frontcourt and Marcus Allen will get the assistance of his twin brother, Malcolm, in the backcourt. Malcolm missed all of last season with a broken wrist.

Humphrey showed real flashes in spots, forced into a more active role while Rosco Allen nursed a back injury. Humphrey had 14 and 11 against Cal, then 14 and 15 against Oregon State, but just as he was finding his rhythm, he suffered a sprained ankle and played sparingly down the stretch.

The real key for Stanford, though, will be depth. Dawkins adds three recruits --Josh Sharma, a center ranked No. 100 in the ESPN 100 based largely on his raw potential, and two three-star small forwards -- Marcus Sheffield and Cameron Walker. Walker was a high school scoring machine, averaging 19.8 points per game, and Sheffield, too, has a good knack for scoring.

But none of that adds certainty for Stanford, especially in a Pac-12 that only is getting better.

Especially right down the road, at Berkeley.

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2015年5月25日星期一

NFL taking closer look at Los Angeles relocation fees

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- There are many moving parts to the potential relocation of the St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles. But one that the league is beginning to examine is what the cost of moving will be for the teams that get the green light to go.

Relocation fees figure to be a big part of the equation, and though they won't likely be enough to prevent anyone from moving, the potential cost of a relocation could give some pause, especially if that tag reaches the exorbitant prices some are projecting.

Speaking at last week's NFL spring owners meetings, NFL executive Eric Grubman said the league has hired an outside consulting firm to help determine just what that cost will be.

“We’ve engaged an outside firm to help us look at various ways to analyze it,” Grubman said. “That’s not to say that our finance staff is not capable of doing any of the analysis, but sometimes it’s good to have an independent mind take a look at it. And so we’ve engaged a firm to help us and the committee do that."

There has been plenty of speculation that getting the opportunity to move to Los Angeles will lead to record-breaking fees. The theory being that the chance to move into a market the size of Los Angeles will automatically increase the value of the franchise, and for the other owners to surrender what's been a well-leveraged market like Los Angeles, it will be costly.

Some believe that for Stan Kroenke to relocate the Rams, the number could be as high as $500 million, with the Raiders and Chargers having to pay the same amount, only split between the two of them.

While Kroenke could easily afford such a fee, if it rose to that level, it could be something he has to consider knowing it would affect how quickly he'd be able to realize the new value of the club after a move and investing heavily in his own project in Inglewood. And he'd have to weigh that against a potential deal for a stadium in St. Louis that would undoubtedly come at a much cheaper price.

For now, there's no guarantee of what that final fee will be, but the league has at least begun preliminary work on it.

"We are not very far along in that," Grubman said. "They are just sort of designing the analysis, and we’re debating the different ways it can be looked at, and the different time frames it can be looked at. My best guess is that a relocation fee wouldn’t be defined until well toward the end of the process.”

When we'll reach the end of the process also remains up in the air. The league didn't officially move or condense the timeline to file for relocation in San Francisco, but it has made it clear that such a decision will probably be forthcoming in the late summer or early fall.

One thing we do know for sure, though, is that any team filing for relocation will know exactly what the cost is to relocate before filing to do so.

“Anybody’s who’s getting into it or asking for a vote would be understanding of what it is,” Grubman said.

Which means the league will determine that number before it opens the window to file.

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The important five key things to watch this week

he Yankees are sliding, Josh Hamilton is returning, and Michael Wacha is in some elite company. Getty Images, USA TODAY Sports

1. The decline and fall of the New York Yankees. Not too long ago the Yankees were 21-12 and some writer had the audacity to say the Yankees might actually be good. Fool! Since then the Yankees have looked like an old, broken-down team relying on the past. They've gone 1-10 to fall to .500 and just gave up 30 runs in a three-game sweep at home to the Rangers. Ugly times, indeed. Here's what things look like during their current six-game losing trek.

The week begins with a series at home against the Royals, withNathan Eovaldi attempting to stop the leaking on Monday. He's followed by Adam Warren and Michael Pineda, who has allowed 18 hits and 12 runs over 11.1 innings in his past two starts. The team's strength remains the bullpen duo of Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, but they're not of much use if you can't get a lead. Old men Alex Rodriguez andMark Teixeira have actually hit OK during this 11-game skid, but the Yankees continue to get little offense from second base and shortstop and Brian McCannand Carlos Beltran are plodding along with OBPs under .300.

Really, this is the team many projected before the season: A .500-ish club.

Alas, the good news: The rest of the AL East is just as mediocre and the Yankees are only 1.5 games behind the Rays.

2. The return of Josh Hamilton. He returns to the Texas Rangers for their Monday game in Cleveland and the Rangers return home on Thursday. Will Rangers fans boo him or cheer him? Hamilton, recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, had a 12-game rehab stint in the minors, including eight games in Triple-A, where he hit .250/.276/.357 with no home runs, one walk and nine strikeouts. That strikeout-to-walk ratio is the key stat because if Hamilton continue to flail away at pitches out of the strike zone he won't be much of a threat. The Rangers have actually won five in a row to claw back to 21-23 after an 8-16 start, but that doesn't mean they can't use Hamilton. He'll start in left field, where the Rangers have already gone through five different starters who have hit a combined .204/.307/.362.

3. Pitching matchup of the week: Max Scherzer versus Jon Lester(Wednesday). This is the final game of a fun three-game series between theWashington Nationals and Chicago Cubs. Scherzer has laid waste to the National League so far, going 5-3 with a 1.67 ERA and an opponents batting line of .199/.234/.290. In his three losses, the Nationals have scored a total of two runs and he has allowed just three earned runs. In his no-decision, he allowed one run. So he could easily be 9-0. After a 6.23 ERA in April, Lester has been solid in May, going 4-0 in five starts with a 1.85 ERA and .225 average allowed. Oh, plus you get to see Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant. In case that interests you. (The Cubs also host Kansas City, so a challenging week for them.)

4. Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals, Friday through Sunday. Remember that unstoppable L.A. offense? Welcome to baseball. In their past eight games they've scored 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 2 and 3 runs, hitting .190 with just three home runs. In their first 35 games they had bushed 54 home runs. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have had the stingiest pitching/defense in the majors, allowing just 3.05 runs per game. Michael Wacha starts Saturday and he's 7-0 with a 1.87 ERA through his first nine starts, making just the fifth starter age 23 and younger to win his first seven decisions with an ERA under 2.00, joining Patrick Corbin in 2013, Jered Weaver in 2006, Dontrelle Willis in 2005, and Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.

5. Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners. OK, enough is enough. It's getting late enough into the season where you can't use "slow start" as an excuse. Cano is hitting .247 with one home run and a .290 OBP. He has 31 strikeouts in 43 games after striking out 68 times in 157 games last year. He hasn't walked much and has looked a step slower on defense. He ranks 20th among second baseman in WAR. If he doesn't start hitting, you can kiss Seattle's playoff chances goodbye.

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Rangers fans should cheer for Josh Hamilton

In one of the more bizarre twists of the still-young 2015 season, Josh Hamiltonwas traded back to the Texas Rangers from the Los Angeles Angels in April. After nearly a month of waiting, Hamilton's shoulder has healed, he has completed a 12-game minor-league rehab, and he'll be in the lineup on Mondayin Cleveland. A once-star player has returned home.

When Hamilton takes the field in a Texas uniform for the first time since 2012, there are sure to be mixed emotions. The lasting image for Rangers fans was a dropped pop fly in a crucial loss to Oakland and a free-swinging approach that didn't help the postseason cause that year.

It's easy to forget that Hamilton very easily could have been the hero in the 2011 World Series, when the Rangers were twice one strike away from victory. His home run in the top of the 10th inning of Game 6 was of the go-ahead variety. Instead, when Hamilton signed a five-year, $125 million deal with the Angels, he became the enemy in the eyes of Texas fans, and his public comments -- and those of his wife -- certainly didn't help. He made the "baseball town" remarks. His wife implied that if the Rangers had wanted him back, they should have "put a ring on it."

After two disappointing seasons with the Angels, it became clear in April that Hamilton wanted to go back to the organization that he experienced the most success with. He admitted to an alcohol and cocaine relapse, and Angels owner Arte Moreno made it publicly clear that Hamilton was no longer welcome, which helped push the trade along. The MLBPA even allowed Hamilton to relinquish some money -- presumably on the basis of no state income tax in Texas -- in order to allow the deal to happen.

For now, it's clear Hamilton needs support. The battle he fights daily with drug addiction is one that is never over. In admitting, essentially, that he needed his comfort zone back, Hamilton made the first step toward fighting back. He needs the support of fans, family, friends, teammates, and his own front office.

There will be an instinctual reaction for many fans that makes them feel like booing the first time Hamilton steps to the plate. Before doing so, consider this: The Angels will pay most of the remaining three years on Hamilton's contract to play for a division rival. Meanwhile, Texas will end up on the hook to him for less per year than Mitch Moreland makes.

How well Hamilton plays remains to be seen, but if he can even play at his 2014 level, he'll be considered a success by many of the analytics. Anything beyond that becomes a bonus. No, he likely won't replicate his 2010 AL MVP performance, or even 2012 when he hit 43 home runs, but Texas isn't paying him to do so.

There's a good chance that Rangers fans who were opposed to this move will change their minds if Hamilton can be productive. The upside is that, should the plethora of prospects Texas has in the minor leagues pan out over the next two seasons, Hamilton will still be in the thick of the lineup -- and not counted on to carry the team. He will be counted on to provide only some excess value.

If you're a Rangers fan, you might be rubbed the wrong way by Hamilton's persona. He never has been particularly good in front of a microphone, and he has made his fair share of eyebrow-raising remarks. When it comes to injuries, you can be sure that he will have some odd maladies. We're talking about the player who missed time due to overindulging on energy drinks and blamed some of his struggles because he gave up chewing tobacco in the middle of the season. Those issues were always covered up by Hamilton's prodigious talent and eye-popping plays. While some of that talent has certainly eroded for a player who just turned 34, a supportive environment just might milk out the best baseball Hamilton has left in his body.

Will this be the return of a prodigal son, or is this just another guy trying to stay in baseball as long as he can? Only time will tell, but Josh Hamilton is home. He’s ready to play. For my part, when Josh comes up to bat for the first time when the Rangers return to Arlington on Thursday, I'll be standing and cheering.

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