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Felton hoping to avoid jail time 0ROSECUTORS SAY .EW 9ORK +NICKS POINT GUARD Raymond Felton IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY IN A FELONY GUN POSSESSION CASE IN EXCHANGE FOR BEING SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A FINE &ELTON WAS ARRESTED IN &EBRUARY (E TURNED HIM SELF IN SHORTLY AFTER A GAME !UTHORITIES SAY HIS ESTRANGED WIFE S LAWYER HAD BROUGHT A LOADED SEMI AUTOMATIC HANDGUN TO A POLICE PRECINCT SAY ING IT WAS &ELTON S AND SHE WANTED IT OUT OF THEIR HOUSE 3HE HAD FILED FOR DIVORCE THE WEEK BEFORE
Disease ends NBA hopeful’s career "AYLOR CENTER Isaiah Austin AN ."! HOPEFUL IS ENDING HIS PLAYING CAREER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH -ARFAN SYNDROME A RARE GENETIC DISORDER -ARFAN SYNDROME AFFECTS THE BODY S CONNECTIVE TISSUE NHL
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Racer’s medical records stolen -EDICAL RECORDS BELONG ING TO SEVEN TIME &OR MULA /NE WORLD CHAMPION Michael Schumacher ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STO LEN HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT RELEASED -ONDAY
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Andy Murray plays a return to David Goffin during their first-round match Monday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. Murray is the first England native to start a title defense of the tournament since 1936.
Offensive start to defense Murray dominates in return to Wimbledon; No upsets on first day BY HOWARD FENDRICH !0 4ENNIS 7RITER
LONDON – It had been, famously, more than 75 years since a British man arrived at Wimbledon as the defending champion. So Andy Murray took a moment – and, really, only a moment – to take in the sights and sounds Monday at Centre Court as nearly 15,000 spectators, including Shaquille O’Neal up in the Royal Box, rose to greet him with a raucous standing ovation. Murray’s parents and grandparents were present. So, of course, was his muchdiscussed recent choice as coach, Amelie Mauresmo. The other player, 105th-ranked David Goffin of Belgium, was little more than a bystander for all of the proceedings, which wrapped up a little more than 2 hours after they began with a 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory for Murray. “I was pretty nervous and stuff before the match. Then when you’re walking to the court – I have a lot of memories obviously from last year. To come to the court and get that reception, it was very nice,� said Murray, who last year became the first man from Britain since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the nation’s prestigious tennis tournament.
Did you know? s Maria Sharapova WON HER FIRST 7IMBLEDON TITLE AT THE AGE OF IN 3HE S STILL TRYING TO WIN HER SECOND TITLE That title for Perry was his third in a row at the All England Club, but he did not try for another one in 1937. Murray heeded advice from Mauresmo, the 2006 women’s champion at Wimbledon, who told him to soak in everything while walking out to play because, as he put it, “You never know if you’ll get the chance to do it again.� He responded to the crowd’s reaction with a quick wave and a glance around the arena. “Enjoyed it for the walk to the chair,� Murray said. “Then when I sat down, it was time to get on with business.� Certainly took care of that. He was crisp and clean, finishing with only 10 unforced errors and saving the only two break points he faced. He pounded serves at up to 131 mph and returned Goffin’s not-quite-as-fast offerings with ease. All the while, the fans roared for his winners and groaned as a group when their man lost
points, no matter how or what significance. They gasped when Murray’s leg buckled a bit, and he slipped to the fresh turf in the third game. He rose to his feet quickly and won that point, part of racing to a 3-0 lead. No matter the attention and expectations heaped on him by a nation, Murray handles it quite well, particularly when’s on the court. Even when he’s away from the action, he’s been at ease, pausing less than 2 hours before Monday’s match to oblige a fan’s request to pose for a selfie. The man he beat in last year’s final, No. 1-seeded Novak Djokovic, won in similarly easy fashion on Day 1, taking the first 11 games and never facing a break point en route to beating 56th-ranked Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-0, 6-1, 6-4. “A great start,� said Djokovic, the 2011 champion. All in all, it was a relatively quiet start to a tournament that a year ago was as tumultuous as ever, including exits by the end of the second round for past champions Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova. That trio, along with five-time champion and No. 1-seeded Serena Williams, play their opening matches today.
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Conference changes coming in 2014-15 The Northern Illinois Big 12 is no longer 12. CONTINUED FROM B1 More like 10. The Big Northern has I mean, I’ve read the two new teams, includ“success factor� release ing Dixon. Although, a few times, and I still they are already facam not sure I undering more changes in 2 stand what is going years, as a few teams to happen to start the will leave the East Divi2015-16 school year. sion. I think we’ll have to do Those changes could a story or two on how be important to a couthat will affect our local ple conferences around schools. here, not just the BNC. What about conferenc- The Three Rivers es? Yes, they are chang- remains intact, but it ing for the upcoming has made some imporschool year. tant changes to its
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scheduling and divisions. I think it’ll be important to brief everyone on the future of these conferences. Oh, and the IHSA released enrollments and classifications for the 2014-15 school year. The Sauk Valley didn’t see a lot of shakeup, but there was a little movement. With that being said, we are going to take the next few weeks to look at each school individually.
These profiles will give you the numbers, and a brief recap of last year, and a look ahead. They’ll occupy a space on bottom of B2 each day. That’s starting today with Amboy. We will try to keep it in alphabetical order. So, you see, it’s a break, of sorts. But, we will be busy. Plus, there’s all kinds of community and outdoor adventures that we will be following this summer.
2014-15 SCHOOL SPORTS PROFILE AMBOY CLIPPERS 2014-15 enrollment: 2013-14 enrollement: Difference Boys sports: "ASEBALL BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL GOLF SOCCER SWIMMING TRACK FIELD WRESTLING Girls sports: "ASKETBALL BOWLING CROSS COUNTRY GOLF SOFTBALL SWIMMING TRACK FIELD VOLLEYBALL Classes: 4WO CLASSES n ! 4HREE CLASSES n ! &OUR CLASSES n ! &OOTBALL n $ETERMINED BY PLAYOFF QUALIFIERS LIKELY ! CO OP WITH ,A-OILLE Looking back: )T WAS ALL ABOUT GIRL POWER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AT !MBOY 4HE #LIPPERS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON A REGIONAL TITLE AND LOST ON A FREE THROW WITH NO TIME LEFT IN THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 4HE SOFTBALL TEAM TOOK THE NEXT STEP ADVANCING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND PLACING FOURTH &RESHMAN -EGAN 'RADY WAS STRONG IN BOTH CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK MAKING STATE APPEARANCES IN BOTH "OYS SPORTS STRUGGLED INCLUDING THE USUALLY CONSISTENT FOOTBALL PROGRAM THAT FINISHED "OYS BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL HAVE HAD TALENT BUT HAVEN T BEEN ABLE TO TURN IT INTO WINNING RECORDS Looking ahead: 4HERE S PLENTY OF REASONS TO BE EXCITED ESPECIALLY WITH GIRLS SPORTS "OTH THE SOFTBALL AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS RETURN THE BULK OF THEIR ROSTERS 7ITH PLENTY OF ! TESTS IN CON FERENCE BOTH THOSE #LIPPER SQUADS SHOULD BE BATTLE READY FOR THE POSTSEASON 4HE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SO IT SEEMS LIKELY THEY LL REBOUND
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