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Shoemaker
named C-USA Pitcher of the Week
Junior
pitcher Kyle Shoemaker was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week
Monday by the conference office for his six-inning, two-hit pitching
performance against No. 9-ranked University of Texas this past weekend.
Shoemaker,
from Edmond, Okla., allowed only four balls out of the infield and
recording the rest in flyouts. He is surrendering a .105 batting
average against opponents.
The
conference honor was the first-ever for the Horned Frog baseball
team by C-USA.
Texas
Motor Speedway will not bid for Tyson fight
FORT
WORTH (AP) — Texas Motor Speedway officials decided against
bidding for Mike Tyson’s heavyweight title fight against Lennox
Lewis.
“Mike
Tyson makes this fight undesirable for us,” TMS general manager
Eddie Gossage said Monday. “We’ve wound up where I expected
it all along. We cannot sell our values. Texas Motor Speedway is
a clean-cut, family-oriented venue.”
Gossage
confirmed last week that the track had been in discussions with
Tyson advisor Shelly Finkel and Gary Shaw of Main Events, which
promotes Lewis. He said he faxed a letter to both on Monday with
his decision.
“I’m
disappointed. It would have been a terrific venue,” Shaw said.
“They’ve chosen not to affiliate with Mike Tyson, not
to not affiliate with boxing.”
Finkel
didn’t immediately return a phone message.
Tyson
and Lewis were scheduled to fight April 6 in Las Vegas. But then
came a melee at a news conference in New York on Jan. 22, followed
by the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s rejection of Tyson’s
license application a week later.
Shaw
said that four to five states, including Texas, still “have
a sincere interest” in the fight. Shaw said that he had already
received a call Monday from another “huge venue in Texas”
about the fight.
The
Houston Astrodome, the Alamodome in San Antonio and the new American
Airlines Center in Dallas would be the most likely options. Shaw
refused to say to whom else he had spoken in Texas or to what other
states he was referring.
Gossage
said he had been told by Finkel and Shaw that the fight was Texas
Motor Speedway’s if he wanted it. He said the fight would have
been a big moneymaker and would have drawn 20,000-65,000 spectators
depending on seating configuration.
Duke
maintains No. 1 basketball ranking
NEW
YORK (AP) — Duke, Kansas and Maryland were the top three teams
in the AP college basketball poll Monday, the fourth straight week
they have held those spots.
Duke
(22-1) was a unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week and the
ninth time this season. The Blue Devils, who beat Florida State
— the only team to beat them this season — and Georgia
Tech last week, received all 71 first-place votes from the national
media panel.
Kansas
(21-2) beat Kansas State and Texas Tech to hold on to second, while
No. 3 Maryland (19-3) beat North Carolina in its only game last
week.
Duke
is at Maryland on Sunday in a rematch of the Blue Devils’ 99-78
victory in January. Fourteen
ranked teams lost a total of 17 games last week, the sixth consecutive
week at least
14 members of the Top 25 lost at least once.
This
week’s newcomers were Pittsburgh, Indiana and North Carolina
State, while Missouri, Syracuse and Texas Tech dropped out.
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