• UH remains hot in conference play • Owens skips minicamp • India’s Atwal tops Zurich Classic UH remains hot in conference play By ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — Hawai‘i picked up its fourth straight conference win late Thursday by holding
• UH remains hot in conference play
• Owens skips minicamp
• India’s Atwal tops Zurich Classic
UH remains hot in conference play
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i picked up its fourth straight conference win late Thursday by holding off Nevada 11-9 in the opener of a three-game series.
The Rainbows (22-23, 9-10 Western Athletic Conference) used two big innings to defeat the Wolf Pack (20-18, 9-7) in front of 2,027 at Les Murakami Stadium.
Ricky Bauer (4-3) came on in relief to get the win while Tim Schoeninger (4-6) took the loss. Richard Olsen came in late to get his second save of the season.
Esteban Lopez led Hawaii at the plate, going 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs. Joseph Spiers was 2-for-4 with one run, one RBI and two stolen bases.
The Wolf Pack got on the board first, scoring two in the top of the fourth, highlighted by a solo home run to center by Shawn Scobee. Nevada increased its advantage to 4-0.
But the Rainbows broke out with six runs in the bottom of the sixth and added five more in the seventh. Lopez started it off, driving in Daniel Magana.
Nevada out hit Hawaii 13-12, but committed four errors.
The three-game series was slated to end on Saturday.
Owens skips minicamp
PHILADELPHIA — Donovan McNabb hit Terrell Owens right between the numbers.
While Owens skipped Philadelphia’s first mandatory mini-camp practice Friday, McNabb responded sternly to the All-Pro wide receiver’s stinging comments about the quarterback’s performance in the Eagles’ Super Bowl loss to New England.
“I don’t play games in the media,” McNabb said. “I’m not going to sit here and try to have a war of words. I’m a man at what I do. If there’s a problem with anyone, and they feel the need to lash out, they know how to get in touch with me and we can handle it like men.”
Owens — who is holding out, presumably because he wants a new contract — took a verbal shot at McNabb in an interview earlier this month. Some Eagles said McNabb was so ill in the fourth quarter against the Patriots that he couldn’t call one play in the huddle.
“I played every snap they allowed me to play,” Owens told ESPN.com. “I wasn’t even running until, like, two weeks before the game. But I made sure I was in the best shape possible. I wasn’t the guy who got tired in the Super Bowl.” McNabb, who made a recruiting pitch to get Owens to Philadelphia before last season, insisted he wasn’t tired or sick in the final minutes against New England, though it appeared at one point he was either coughing or struggling to catch his breath.
“If you say I was winded, if you say the (offensive) line was winded, if you say the defense was winded, that’s fine,” McNabb said. “But to be tired and dropping to a knee, that didn’t happen.”
India’s Atwal tops Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — India’s Arjun Atwal is trying to keep a low profile in the Zurich Classic. It won’t be easy if he keeps playing this well.
“I don’t think people know who I am and don’t expect anything,” Atwal said. “So even if I mess up, they are just going to say I wasn’t expected to win. I’m just going out there and play my game and see if I can handle it or not.” The 32-year-old Atwal, a two-time winner on the PGA European Tour, shot a 4-under 69 in windy conditions Friday to finish the second round at 11-under 133. He had six birdies and two bogeys on the TPC of Louisiana, the Pete Dye-designed course in its first year as the tournament site after a 16-year run at English Turn.
J.J. Henry (67) was a stroke back at 10 under.
“It was another kind of stress-free day to be honest with you,” Henry said.
