WASHINGTON -- Federico Higuain scored twice to help Columbus open the season with a 3-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night in Gregg Berhalters first game as the Crews coach. Jairo Arrieta also scored in the Crews third straight victory over United, this one coming despite the suspension of 2013 scoring leader Dominic Oduro. United extended its league winless streak to 13 games. The Washington teams last league victory was at home against Montreal on Aug. 3 of last year, although it did also win the 2013 U.S. Open Cup. Columbus scored twice in nine minutes, going ahead in the 18th when Arrieta stuck a one-time finish past goalkeeper Bill Hamid after reaching Josh Williams cross. Replays showed Arrieta stayed behind the ball -- and thus onside -- until Williams cross was hit. Higuain scored in the 27th on a penalty kick after referee Andres Pfefferkorn ruled Uniteds Perry Kitchen pulled down Michael Parkhurst inside the penalty area. Higuain scored again in the 90th on a one-time finish after a perfect cross from substitute Justin Meram. . - Olympic champion Marielle Thompson accomplished her mission of defending her skicross World Cup title at Nakiska Ski Area on Saturday. . - New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has an agreement to bring back outside linebacker Parys Haralson on a one-year deal.
https://www.cheapmagiconline.com/478i-m ... magic.html. "That was a great lift for the staff," Padres manager Bud Black said. Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal homered, and Chase Headley drove in three runs, as the Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 11-1 on Friday night. . Jurrjens signed a minor league contract with Cincinnati in May, and was 2-3 with a 4.46 ERA at Triple-A Louisville. He has a 53-37 record with a 3.63 ERA in seven major league seasons, including five with Atlanta. . The Islanders own the fifth pick in the 2014 draft but had until June 1 to decide whether to keep it or defer to 2015. The selection was packaged in the teams deal for Thomas Vanek on October 27, 2013.WACO, Texas - Baylor coach Kim Mulkey no longer has All-American players Brittney Griner or Odyssey Sims on the floor like in recent seasons.Mulkey instead has a roster loaded with talented young players that makes her think about what John Calipari has with the No. 1 Kentucky men and his platoon system.I kind of like what Caliparis doing. You hate to call them bench players, you hate to call them subs, you hate to call them all that, said Mulkey, in her 15th season at Baylor. I can only play five at a time, and Im comfortable starting any of those 10. Im comfortable with any of those 10 being on the floor right now.Led by sophomore post Nina Davis, the ninth-ranked Lady Bears (8-1) have four players averaging double figures in scoring and two more with at least nine points a game. There are 10 players getting on the court for at least 15 minutes per game.We have a lot of doubters, and How can you replace this? and How can you replace an All-American and things like that? but we have a lot of different weapons on this team that I dont think people were aware of, Davis said. As the season goes on theyll start to notice that we do have other people that can step up. We do have people that can play defence and make up for the things we lost.The Lady Bears, who are outscoring opponents by 36 points a game, are in a Florida tournament this weekend. They play Syracuse on Friday night and then Michigan State on Saturday in a rematch of the 2005 national championship game Baylor won by 22 points.Baylors only loss was to Kentucky in the second game of the season. But the four-time defending Big 12 champion Lady Bears, with only one senior on their 13-player roster, havve scored at least 88 points in every other game.dddddddddddd.I like the way were progressing so far, Davis said. Things are really starting to fall together. The pieces are starting to fit.Only once has Baylor finished a season under Mulkey with 10 players averaging double-figure minutes. That was 2010-11, when Sims was a freshman point guard and the 6-foot-8 Griner was a sophomore, one year before the Lady Bears had an undefeated 40-win season. The only time they finished with more than three double-figure scorers was 2007-08, when they had five.An undersized post at 5-foot-11, Davis led the Big 12 in rebounding as a freshman last season and was Baylors top returning player this season. She leads the team with 23.3 points and 7.4 rebounds while playing a team-high 29.3 minutes a game.Davis and three other post players — 6-5 junior Kristina Higgins, 6-2 sophomore Khadijiah Cave and 6-2 freshman Dekeiya Cohen — are shooting a combined 62 per cent this season. Australian freshman Kristy Wallace is a sharp-shooting guard and Niya Johnson has a team-high 65 assists with an even more prominent role running the point with Sims gone.With all that help around her, Davis hasnt had to do things alone.She just kind of blends in, and when its necessary, OK, if its there, Ill do it. Ive got 10 kids that can play, Mulkey said. They all can play and they all play the same position. So theres not a lot of great separation there. And the good thing is theyre all young. Ive just got to keep figuring out who needs to play with who, who do I get the most out of at what time of the game, because they can all score and they dont lack for confidence in shooting it. ' ' '
