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June 23, 2009 By

Chiefs draft pick, kicker Ryan Succop is reaping the benefits of being the NFL’s Mr. Irrelevant.  You might be surprised who Chase Daniel is cheering for in the College Baseball World Series and today is the 25th Anniversary of the Sandberg Game.  Follow us at twitter.com/missourisports .

@ missourisports   Happy 25th Anniversary on what has been known to Cub fans as “The Sandberg Game.” http://tinyurl.com/n4edu6  

@ ChiefsNFL   ArrowheadPride Day One of Mr. Irrelevant Week: Chiefs’ Succop Receives ‘Shower of Gifts’:  http://kl.am/UBK

@ ChaseDaniel  I’m pulling for Texas to win this game and take the series, believe it or not!

@ MissouriTigers  M. Basketball. Mizzou’s Matt Lawrence Named Strength & Conditioning All-American: Former University of Missouri .. http://tinyurl.com/mouo2k  

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Mizzou’s Lawrence picks up All-American honor

June 23, 2009 By

Former Mizzou basketball guard Matt Lawrence was honored as a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) All-American. It’s the third consecutive season a Missouri Tiger has been honored as an NSCA All-American. Marcus Watkins was named to the team in 2007 and DeMarre Carroll was a 2008 honoree.

Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning David Deets said, "Matt has utilized the weight room to improve his on-court performance.  He comes to each workout with a great attitude and with a desire to improve as an individual as well as adding to the overall level of team play." 

Lawrence a 6’7 guard averaged 9.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game and was the 40 th player in school history to reach the 1,000 points in his career.  Lawrence also finished his career second in three pointers (244) and attempts (614).  Matt was also named Big 12 Co-Sixth Man of the Year in 2009.

 

 

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Former Rams DL Glover to retire

June 23, 2009 By

Six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle La’Roi Glover is retiring after 13 NFL seasons.  Glover, who will turn 35 on the 4 th of July was not re-signed by the Rams following a 2008 season that saw him start nine of the team’s 16 games. 

Glover spent the last three seasons with the Rams where prior to that he went to six straight Pro Bowls.  His best year was 2000, when he led the NFL with 17 sacks while playing for the Saints.  He’s 37 th on the all-time sack list with 83.5. 

Glover attended San Diego State and was taken in the 1996 draft in the fifth round by Oakland.  He played with New Orleans from 1997-2001 and Dallas from 2002-2005 before coming over to the Rams.

In a statement that Glover released, he said, "I still love the game with the same passion I had as a young player in high school, so I plan to always be attached to it in some way, whether commentating, working in the front office, or scouting.

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Cardinals come up short in Big Apple

June 23, 2009 By

Mets’ starting pitcher Tim Redding won for the first time in 11 starts going back to last year.  He certainly didn’t look like the 0-2 pitcher he is.  Redding pitched seven plus innings and gave up a two run homer to Ryan Ludwick and a solo homer to Brendan Ryan, but held off the Cardinals enough to give his team a 5-4 win. 

Todd Wellemeyer on the other hand looked his usual shaky self.  He pitched 5.2 innings and gave up all five runs while allowing 10 hits and four walks.  Albert Pujols 1 for 4 with a double as Mets’ pitcher got him out in key situations.  The Cardinals kept battling the whole night, but could never quite catch the Mets.

The Cardinals were down 2-0 after the first inning and got a run back in the third.  The Mets added single runs in the fourth and fifth to go up 4-1.  That’s when Ludwick connected for his 11th homer of the year to draw St. Louis to 4-3, but the Mets answered with another run in the bottom of the sixth to go up 5-3.  Ryan made it a one run game again with his first homer of the year to end lead off the eighth ending Redding’s night.

Albert Pujols flew out with the tying run to end the inning and in the bottom half of the inning, a close play at the plate as Rick Ankiel fired a throw in from center field on a base hit that was up the third base line.  On some replay angles, it looked like Yadier Molina tagged Luis Castillo who was trying to score and on others it looked like he missed.  That provided another insurance run for the Mets who then closed out the game with Francisco Rodriquez.  

The guy is almost automatic in the 9 th , he picked up his 19 th save with a three up and three down inning.  Milwaukee had the night off, so the Cards lose a half game, but are still up one in the NL Central.

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