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SPORTS SHORTS LOCAL FACES Cardinals, Fox Sports Midwest ink new deal The men behind the masks The St. Louis Cardinals will stay on Fox Sports Hannibal High School graduates break out as mascots Midwest through 2032, thanks to an agreement Their costumed identities suggest other- and chalk line. On Tuesday, Yochum lived up announced Thursday. wise. to the Shoeless name as he loss his left shoe in The 15-year deal begins Yochum, 19, and Kempker, 18, both life- an unplanned gag. He quickly rose to his feet in 2018 and runs through long Hannibal residents and Hannibal High and held his empty shoe in the air, pointing the 2032 season. Financial School graduates, are nearing the end of their at it angrily as if to condemn it for causing his terms of the deal were not summer as the Hannibal Cavemen defeat in the race. disclosed. team’s Shoeless Joe and Rascal mascots. The hordes of children running with him The Cardinals are a And the two young men insist the char- got a kick out of it, and fans in attendance lynchpin of Fox Sports acters have brought out their personalities. laughed along with them. It was an impro- Midwest, which broad- “I feel like it’s made for us,” Yochum said vised stunt, but the type Yochum and Kemp- casts games to parts of 10 about his and his best friend’s jobs. “It’s not ker said really brings them joy in what they do. states. Cardinals games are scary. It just clicks … it works for us.” “I made it work. My shoe came untied while the highest-rated prime- What works for Yochum and Kempker is I was walking around meeting everyone, and I time programming in St. the opportunity to goof o! and “not have any said, “Well, this could work out for running,’” Louis during the baseball consequences,” Yochum said. While they are Yochum explained. “And then I just ended up season, and the local rat- costumes, Shoeless Joe, a bu! cavemen-like stepping on the lace and the shoe came o! and ings ranked first among character, and Rascal, a cave-diving raccoon, I ate it near third base. The people loved it so all aren’t just suits to their inhabitants. Inside of it worked out.” teams in 2014. This season, the costumes, Yochum and Kempker are able “You have to improvise on the field,” Kemp- only the to fulfill a passion they both share. ker added. have higher local ratings. “You get to interact with people,” Kempker Kempker and Yochum said they are always “The St. Louis Cardinals said. “Just getting to walk around, see people, finding new ways to entertain, admitting and St. Louis Blues are re- make kids happy … that’s what this is about their routine can get stale pretty quickly if ally critical to our St. Louis and it’s awesome.” they aren’t searching for new ways to keep operation,” Fox Sports Mid- “I basically just wanted to be myself, hon- things fresh. west Senior Vice President estly, and just goof o!. Seeing the kids happy, Their e!orts haven’t gone unnoticed, as the and General Jack too, that’s a big part of it. I like seeing other Hannibal Cavemen’s director of marketing Donovan said. “They pro- people happy,” Yochum added. and operations, Deron Johnson, said the duo’s vide the backbone to our Their ability to make the fans happy, and act serves as a major draw at Clemens Field, programming. The Cardi- more specifically, younger fans, relies solely especially to young fans. nals have 150 games, which Hannibal natives Adam Yochum (left) and on Yochum and Kempker’s on-field antics. “The mascots have always been the hardest is an awful lot of premium Travis Kempker have donned the mascot cos- The friends use their positive relationship thing to fill,” Johnson said. “Nobody wants to content for the network.” tumes for the Hannibal Cavemen this summer, o! the field as a vehicle to draw laughs from do it because it can get so hot. We’d go several and have loved every minute of it. fans when they’re on it. Practical jokes are a games in the past where there was no Shoeless Gomez traded to JOE ALBERICO/COURIER-POST common sight, and during the middle of the Joe or Rascal. JOE ALBERICO fourth of each Cavemen home game, “But Travis came in and said ‘I’d love to do Astros Courier-Post Sports Editor Shoeless Joe will partake in a race with young it,’ and brought in Adam and they’ve really The Astros have added fans that starts at second base and concludes just embraced the role and they both do a another bat to their lineup Adam Yochum and Travis Kempker swear at home plate. phenomenal job. In and out of the costumes, as they make a push for they’re just a couple of shy teenagers. The race usually ends badly for Joe, as the the postseason, acquiring mascot often finds himself face first in dirt SEE MASCOTS, A8 two-time All-Star outfield- er Carlos Gomez from the MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL . , which also re- ceived right-hander Mike Fiers in the deal, sent four Cardinals swap minor league for Moss prospects to the Brewers: left-hander Josh Had- TOM WITHERS Moss didn’t perform as the middle-of-the- phia and Pittsburgh, expressed disappoint- er, right-hander Adrian Associated Press order power hitter the Indians had hoped, ment at seeing Murphy traded to the Los Houser and outfielders and when he was informed of the trade, the Angeles Angels and a season that hasn’t gone Brett Phillips and Domin- Brandon Moss was sorry to see close friend slugger told general manager well for the Indians. go Santana. David Murphy traded earlier this week by he wished he could have done more. “Nobody’s happy. Nobody’s enjoyed this sea- Milwaukee general the Indians. “We all know how much Brandon cares, son,” Moss said. “It’s just one of those things manager Doug Melvin Now he’s gone, too. how passionate he was, almost maybe at times where, the more you try, the more adjustments said a trade fell through Moss was dealt Thursday to the St. Louis too much and he wanted so desperately to you try to make, we’re just not making them. Wednesday that would Cardinals, who were in the market for an out- be that force in the middle of the lineup that Whether we try to make them, whether we go have sent Gomez to the fielder after seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday maybe it was di"cult for him to do that,” up there with a di!erent approach, everything for in- re-injured his right quadriceps on Wednesday. Antonetti said. “Now maybe with the change seems to fall apart.” fielder Wilmer Flores “He’s a production guy in a time in baseball of opportunity and starting fresh with the Kaminsky is another strong arm for Cleve- and injured pitcher Zack when production’s low,” Cardinals manager Cardinals that he will get back to that hitter land’s future. Wheeler. Mike Matheny said. that we all know he is capable of being.” The 20-year-old was selected with the No. Houston’s move came “I know he’s excited to be here and we’re Matheny wouldn’t commit to Moss in the 28 overall pick two years ago and was consid- a week after the Astros excited to have him.” middle of the Cardinals order, either, saying ered one of the top prospects in the Cardinals obtained top starter Scott In exchange for Moss, who was in his first for starters it would probably be more based on system. Kazmir from the Oakland season with the Indians, the Indians received matchups. Moss was not in the lineup Thurs- Kaminsky has spent the entire season at Athletics. Seeking its first minor league pitcher Rob Kaminsky, a first- day and had not arrived in St. Louis about three Single-A Palm Beach, going 6-5 with a 2.09 postseason appearance round pick in 2013. hours before a game against the Rockies. ERA in 17 starts. He is currently leading the since 2005, Houston en- The Cardinals led the NL Central by 4 1/2 “We want to get our eyes on him, too,” Florida State League in ERA and has 79 tered Thursday with a one- games over Pittsburgh. However, St. Louis Matheny said. “Just kind of watch how he fits, strikeouts in 94 2/3 . game lead in the AL West. is in an offensive funk and hasn’t scored a but not necessarily having to put him in one In parts of three minor league seasons, The 29-year-old Gomez run in 22 consecutive innings after being particular spot.” Kaminsky is 14-10 with a 2.15 ERA. is hitting .262 with eight blanked 1-0 on Wednesday by the Cincin- Certainly, he saw the deal as a morale boost “Rob is a guy who we have liked for quite homers and 43 RBIs in 74 nati Reds. for a team in need. a while out of the draft,” Antonetti said. “He’s games for the Brewers this And Holliday is out again with the same “I’ve been on teams where it was obvious a left-handed pitcher who has got a good season. He is making $8 injury that sidelined him for 31 games earlier nothing was going to happen,” Matheny said. fastball with good life to it, generates a lot of million this season and $9 this season. The Cardinals will hope to get “We were on the other end and watching some groundballs and has a really good compliment million in 2016, then can some pop from Moss, who signed a one-year, of our leaders and players walk out the door of secondary pitches. We think he has a good become a free agent. $6.5 million contract as a free agent with without anything really coming back, and chance to develop into a solid major league Cleveland during the o!season. While he did that’s a di!erent feeling than when you see pitcher. OSU suspends produce — 15 homers, 50 RBIs in 94 games reinforcements coming in.” Antonetti said the Indians continue explore — the Indians have fallen back in the AL Following Cleveland’s sixth straight loss other deals before Friday’s deadline. Bosa, Marshall, wild-card race and figure they would try to on Monday night to Kansas City, Moss, who As part of the Murphy trade, the Indians two others get something for the 31-year-old. played four seasons in the NL with Philadel- will pay the Angels $100,000 on Aug. 15. State will face one of its toughest tests of the season without its best de- fensive player and three Cards earn walk o! win with Greg Garcia walk talented receivers. JOE HARRIS recorded their seventh walk-o! win of the season. the second gave the Cardinals a 4-1 lead and his The Buckeyes suspended ASOCIATED PRESS All-America defensive end Axford (3-5) took his third loss in his last four solo shot in the fifth tied it at 5. Joey Bosa, receiver Corey outings. Nick Hundley’s 442-foot to left in the Matt Carpenter a pair of home runs and Smith and H-backs Jalin Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez gave up five sixth tied the game at 6. The Rockies capitalized Greg Garcia’s bases-loaded walk capped a three- Marshall and Dontre Wil- runs on 10 hits in five innings. Carlos Villanueva on a pair of throwing errors by Kevin Siegrist to run rally in the ninth inning as the St. Louis son for their opening game (4-3) earned the win. snap that tie with two runs in the eighth. Cardinals beat the 9-8 on at Virginia Tech because The Cardinals snapped a two-game skid and Nolan Arenado drove in his major league-lead- Thursday night. of unspecified violation of improved to a major league-best 38-15 at home. ing 78th run in the first. Carpenter went 4 for 5 with four RBIs after athletic department pol- The Rockies are 3-15 at since Rockies starter Chris Rusin erased one moving back to the leado! spot. It was his first icies. 2010 and haven’t won in St. Louis since May 12, of his mistakes to Carpenter by hitting his career multihomer game and he has a career-high “Violation of team poli- 2013. first major league home run to tie the game 12 home runs this season. cies,” Buckeyes Ur- The Cardinals ended a 22-inning scoreless in the fourth. Rusin, who gave up six runs ’s two-run single o! Rockies ban Meyer said Thursday . streak when Wong’s groundout scored Carpenter in five innings, became the third opposing closer tied the game at 8-all and Gar- “That’s as far as I’ll go.” in the first. pitcher to go deep against Cardinals pitching cia’s walk scored as the Cardinals Meyer did say the vio- Carpenter’s 423-foot homer to dead center in this season. lations had nothing to do with players breaking any PGA TOUR laws. He said he is “100 percent supportive” of the policies. Ohio State opens its Woods heats up, shoots 68 at Quicken Loans season Labor Day night in BEN NUCKOLS 5-footer for par before slamming handed out an autographed glove he’s turned a bad round into a Blacksburg, Virginia, look- Associated Press his putter against his bag. and made his first birdie. Then good one. ing to avenge a 35-21 loss to Tiger Woods took a conser- On the third hole, he missed the he ran o! five birdies in six holes “That’s what scoring is all the Hokies. The Buckeyes vative 3-wood o! the first hole green well left and had to get up- around the turn for a 3-under 68. about,” Woods said. “I made a have won 13 straight since. Thursday in the Quicken Loans and-down for bogey. A three-putt That left him five shots behind lot of key putts today. I ran them “We’re pushing for- National when many players were on No. 4 left him 3 over. leaders Retief Goosen and Ryo by the hole but I made all the ward,” Meyer said. “We’re hitting driver. No matter — he It was his final bogey of the day. Ishikawa at Robert Trent Jones comebacks, and overall I felt like playing an extremely tal- still pull-hooked it into the gal- Woods got a fortunate deflec- Golf Club. I hit the ball well enough to turn ented team on the road in lery, hit his second shot into a tion o! a marshal left of the green Woods said it was the first time a tough environment.” greenside bunker and lipped out a on the par-5 fifth. He apologized, since the Masters in April that SEE WOODS, A8 A8 FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 • Hannibal Courier-Post • www.hannibal.net (SPORTS)

SCOREBOARD Tampa Bay at Boston, 12:35 p.m. BASEBALL Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 6:10 p.m. Standings at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. East Division at , 6:10 p.m. W L Pct GB L10 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. 33 20 .623 — 7-3 San Diego at Miami, 6:10 p.m. West Virginia Miners 31 22 .585 2 4-6 Seattle at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Butler BlueSox 28 25 .528 5 5-5 Washington at New York Mets, 6:10 p.m. 24 29 .453 9 2-8 Colorado at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m. 22 30 .423 10½ 4-6 San Francisco at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Richmond RiverRats 20 31 .392 12 6-4 Cleveland at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. West Division W L Pct GB L10 Box Scores 39 13 .750 — 7-3 ST. LOUIS 9, COLORADO 8 29 24 .547 10½ 5-5 Rockies Cardinals 26 27 .491 13½ 5-5 ab r h bi ab r h bi Springfield Sliders 24 28 .462 15 3-7 Blckmn c 4 1 2 0 MCrpnt 3b-1b 5 4 4 4 23 28 .442 15½ 7-3 Reyes ss 4 1 1 1 Grichk cf 4 1 1 0 Hannibal Cavemen 14 35 .286 23½ 4-6 CGnzlz rf 4 1 2 0 Wong 2b 4 1 2 1 Arenad 3b 5 0 1 1 JhPerlt ss 4 1 2 2 Thursday’s results Dickrsn lf 3 0 1 1 Kozma pr 0 0 0 0 Terre Haute 1, Springfield 0 Betncrt p 0 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 0 2 1 Springfield 3, Terre Haute 2 Stubbs ph 1 0 1 0 Molina c 4 0 1 0 Danville 14, Quincy 0 Fridrch p 0 0 0 0 Rynlds 1b 3 0 0 0 West Virginia 5, Jamestown 2 Descals ph 1 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Hannibal 2, Kokomo 1 Kahnle p 0 0 0 0 GGarci ph-3b 1 0 0 1 Champion City 4, Chillicothe 3 Logan p 0 0 0 0 Pisctty lf 4 1 2 0 Butler 11, Richmond 1 Axford p 0 0 0 0 CMrtnz p 2 1 0 0 LeMahi 2b 4 1 3 0 Moss ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Hannibal Cavemen mascot Shoeless Joe (left) runs with children in a race around Today’s Games Paulsn 1b 3 0 0 0 Hundly c 5 2 2 2 Terre Haute at Springfield, 6:35 p.m. the bases during a Cavemen home game this season. The mascot, played inter- Rusin p 2 1 2 2 Champion City at Butler, 6:35 p.m. BBarns ph-lf 3 1 1 0 changably by friends Adam Yochum and Travis Kempker, has been a successful bit West Virginia at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m. DAVE CARTER/CONTRIBUTED Danville at Quincy, 7:05 p.m. of entertainment at Cavemen games this summer. Cincinnati ...... 100 311 020 — 8 Richmond at Chillicothe, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis ...... 130 020 003 — 9 Hannibal at Kokomo, 7:05 p.m. in the low 90s, while the Kempker added: “We want One out when winning run scored. Saturday’s Games MASCOTS heat index reached 99. to be out here with the Danville at Springfield, 6:35 p.m. E_Siegrist 2 (3), M.Carpenter (10). DP_St. Louis 3. LOB_Colo- Continued from Page A7 Yochum was equipped fans and on the field with Quincy at Hannibal, 6:35 p.m. rado 10, St. Louis 9. 2B_Blackmon (18), Arenado (26), Hundley with ice packs inside of the kids, and I think peo- Chillicothe at Terre Haute, 7:05 p.m. (16), M.Carpenter (25), Grichuk (18), Piscotty (2). 3B_Heyward Champion City at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m. (2). HR_Hundley (8), Rusin (1), M.Carpenter 2 (12). SB_LeMahieu the Shoeless Joe suit, ple really notice that. They Kokomo at Butler, 7:05 p.m. (13). CS_Blackmon 2 (10), Wong (6). S_Blackmon. SF_Reyes. they’re super kids, and Richmond at West Virginia. 7:05 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO but said even those can don’t know who you are Colorado we’re very lucky to have be futile against the heat. behind the mask, but they LEAGUE OFFENSIVE LEADERS Rusin 5 10 6 6 0 5 them.” When it comes down to it, appreciate you and I think Home Run Leaders Betancourt 1 1 0 0 0 0 Johnson stressed that Player Team AB HR RBI AVG Friedrich 1 0 0 0 1 0 Yochum and Kempker’s they really enjoy what David Marcus BUT 192 8 38 .359 Kahnle H,9 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 while the job looks and is passion for the job ulti- we’re doing out there.” Curtis Olvey JAM 120 5 22 .200 Logan H,19 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 fun, it certainly isn’t easy. David Jacob SPR 107 4 23 .393 Axford L,3-5 BS,5-21 1-3 2 2 2 3 0 mately has to persevere. Paxton De La Garza JAM 174 4 36 .247 There are trip hazards on St. Louis “There’s nothing really Reach Courier-Post Batting AVG Leaders C.Martinez 5 10 5 5 0 6 the field, and the Midwest quite like it, and you fall in sports editor Joe Alberico Player Team AB H R AVG Maness BS,3-6 1 2 1 1 1 1 heat isn’t forgiving. Tem- Aiden McMahan RIC 132 51 20 .386 Cishek 1 1 0 0 1 1 love with it pretty quick- at joe.alberico@courier- David Marcus BUT 192 69 27 .359 Siegrist 1-3 2 2 1 0 0 peratures on Tuesday were ly,” Yochum said before post.com Deion Tansel CHI 200 70 27 .350 Socolovich 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Hansen BUT 189 65 28 .344 Villanueva W,4-3 1 1 0 0 0 0

RBI Leaders Player Team AB H RBI AVG to break par. ing on the 14th hole. Then David Marcus BUT 192 69 38 .359 WOODS “We got the fresh greens he made a hole-in-one Paxton De La Garza JAM 174 43 36 .247 WNBA Justin Paul WVA 185 58 34 .314 Continued from Page A7 tomorrow,” said Woods, on the 180-yard fourth, Zach Sterry WVA 163 54 32 .331 Standings who played in the after- spinning an 8-iron 15 feet East Conference W L Pct L10 noon after a 95-minute back into the cup for his MLB New York 12 6 .666 8-2 it around. It was nice to Standings Washington 10 6 .625 6-4 rain delay. “Hopefully, go first competitive ace in the Chicago 11 7 .611 6-4 actually turn it around.” out there and post a low . East Division Indiana 10 8 .555 6-4 W L Pct GB Connecticut 8 8 .500 3-7 Woods is the host of the one.” At that point he was 8 Washington 54 46 .540 — Atlanta 7 11 .389 4-6 Quicken Loans Nation- RTJ is welcoming a reg- under with five holes to New York 52 50 .510 3 Atlanta 46 56 .451 9 West Conference al, which he won in 2009 ular PGA Tour event for go. He parred the last five. Miami 42 60 .412 13 W L Pct L10 and 2012 at Congressional the first time after host- “It took about two holes Philadelphia 39 64 .379 16½ Minnesota 13 4 .765 7-3 Phoenix 11 7 .611 8-2 in Maryland. The last of ing four Presidents Cups, to make myself calm,” he Central Division Tulsa 10 9 .526 2-8 his 79 PGA Tour victories W L Pct GB San Antonio 6 12 .333 4-6 most recently in 2005, and said. “No. 5 was a par 5, St. Louis 65 37 .637 — Seattle 5 14 .263 3-7 was nearly two years ago, experience seemed to help. like a birdie hole, but it Pittsburgh 59 42 .584 5½ Los Angeles 3 14 .176 3-7 Chicago 54 47 .535 10½ and he has plummeted to Goosen, who played in two was kind of di"cult for me Cincinnati 46 54 .460 18 Thursday’s Results 266th in the world. of those events, had a bo- to make a par right there.” Milwaukee 44 59 .427 21½ Phoenix 78, Tulsa 66 Woods got up-and- gey-free 63. Presidents Defending champion West Division down from a greenside W L Pct GB Today’s Games Cup veterans Ernie Els Justin Rose, the high- Los Angeles 56 45 .554 — Seattle at Connecticut, 6 p.m. bunker for birdie on the and Justin Leonard were est-ranked player in the San Francisco 56 45 .554 — Washington at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Arizona 49 51 .490 6½ Atlanta at Minnesota, 7 p.m. par-5 eighth. He made one shot back, along with field, was three shots back. San Diego 49 53 .480 7½ Los Angeles at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. a 9-footer on 10 and a Kevin Chappell. So was Ollie Schneider- Colorado 43 57 .430 12½ Saturday’s Games 7-footer on 11. He hit his Goosen, a 46-year-old jans, making his second Minnesota at Tulsa, 7 p.m. approach to tap-in range two-time major champion, professional start. East Division W L Pct GB on 12, the most diffi- is finally feeling healthy Rickie Fowler also made New York 57 44 .564 — AUTO RACING cult hole on the course, after major back surgery an ace, kicking a 7-iron o! Toronto 52 51 .505 6 and ended the run with Baltimore 51 50 .505 6 NASCAR in 2012. Always stoic on the fringe and into the cup Tampa Bay 51 52 .495 7 a 12-footer on 13. He the course, he still has on the 184-yard ninth, his Boston 45 58 .437 13 Sunday’s Race Windows 10 400, 12:48 p.m. at Long Pond, Pennsylvania two-putted for par on the plenty of passion for the final hole of the day. He Central Division final five holes. W L Pct GB Sprint Cup Standings game, which he showed was four shots back after Kansas City 61 40 .604 — Rank (+/-) Drivers Total Pts Behind The 68 was only his by qualifying for both the a 67 that could have been Minnesota 53 48 .525 8 1 - 777 Leader Detroit 50 52 .490 11½ 2 - Joey Logano 708 69 sixth round under 70 this U.S. Open and the British much better. Chicago 49 51 .490 11½ 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. 677 100 year. He has had three Open. Fowler said his put- Cleveland 46 54 .460 14½ 4 - Jimmie Johnson 675 102 5 - Martin Truex Jr. 668 109 scores of 80 or higher and “I’m lucky to be out here. ter went cold after his West Division 6 - Brad Keselowski 638 139 has missed three cuts and Three, four years ago my victory at the Scottish W L Pct GB 7 - Matt Kenseth 615 162 Houston 58 45 .563 — 8 - 612 165 withdrawn once in eight career looked like it was Open, and on Thursday Los Angeles 55 46 .545 2 9 - Jamie McMurray 602 175 events. Texas 49 52 .485 8 10 +1 Denny Hamlin 591 186 at an end,” said Goosen, he missed four birdie Seattle 46 57 .447 12 wc 11 -1 Jeff Gordon 575 202 In soft conditions with whose last victory was in putts from inside 15 feet Oakland 45 57 .441 12½ 12 +1 Ryan Newman 563 214 13 -1 Kasey Kahne 558 219 little wind, Woods’ 68 2009. “I’m just glad I’m in a five-hole stretch. Thursday’s Results 13 +1 558 219 was only good for a tie still out there and playing. Three of his four birdies San Diego 8, New York Mets 7 15 +1 Clint Bowyer 538 239 for 27th. Players were al- Washington 1, Miami 0 wc 16 +1 Carl Edwards 519 258 Yeah, I just wish I was 10 were from inside 4 feet. Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1 17 -2 Aric Almirola 508 269 lowed to lift, clean and years younger again.” Honoring a club golf tra- Detroit 9, Baltimore 8 18 - Greg Biffle 462 315 Toronto 5, Kansas City 2 19 - Austin Dillon 453 324 place their golf balls on Ishikawa, who started dition, he bought beer Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 2 20 +1 452 325 the rain-softened fairways, on the back nine, ran o! for the media to toast his Cincinnati 15, Pittsburgh 5 21 -1 Casey Mears 451 326 St. Louis 9, Colorado 8 22 - Danica Patrick 433 344 and 81 of them managed six birdies in a row start- hole-in-one. Minnesota 9, Seattle 5 23 - AJ Allmendinger 423 354 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 24 - David Ragan 412 365 Houston 3, Los Angeles Angels 0 25 +3 Sam Hornish Jr. 385 392 Texas 7, New York Yankees 6 26 - 382 395 Cleveland at Oakland, late night 27 -2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 380 397 28 -1 Trevor Bayne 366 411 Brady lawsuit transferred to New York court 29 +1 320 457 Today’s Games 30 -1 Justin Allgaier 317 460 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. 31 - Cole Whitt 314 463 BARRY WILNER filed papers Tuesday in New in Massachusetts, the union Detroit at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. 32 +1 294 483 Associated Press York, moments after an- is headquartered in Wash- Kansas City at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. 33 -1 Brett Moffitt 266 511 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. 34 - Alex Bowman 245 532 nouncing that Commission- ington and the NFL in New San Diego at Florida, 6:10 p.m. 35 - Michael Annett 230 547 Tom Brady’s lawsuit er Roger Goodell upheld the York. Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10 p.m. 36 - Matt DiBenedetto 205 572 Washington at New York Mets, 6:10 p.m. 37 - Josh Wise 186 591 against the NFL in which suspension for Brady’s in- Je!rey Kessler, the lead San Francisco at Texas, 7:05 p.m. 38 - Michael McDowell 124 653 Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m. 39 -1 Jeb Burton 111 666 he wants his four-game sus- volvement in the use of un- attorney for Brady and the Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. 40 - Alex Kennedy 71 706 pension overturned will be derinflated footballs in the union, wasn’t concerned New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. 41 - 39 738 Seattle at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. 42 - Brian Vickers 32 745 heard in New York instead AFC championship game. about this game of musical Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. 43 - Reed Sorenson 31 746 of Minnesota. The judge wrote that he witness chairs. 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HANNIBAL COURIER~POSTFRIDAY, ( ’s oldest daily newspaper, serving since 1838 Volume 178, Issue 186 • 16 Pages • 75¢ ( SEPT. 18, 2015 ONLINE STATE NEWS • Video: New BPW bucket truck used at Clemens Field Jobless Mark Twain running benefits back Tyler Elledge FOLLOW leads the nation in cut in rushing this season, •Ray Behrens and has his linemen Recreation Area veto the leaders construction set to to thank for it begin • MoDOT plans cul- vert replacements session for Monroe County DAVID A. LIEB routes Associated Press See more at www.hannibal.net Missouri’s Republi- can-led Legislature put a conservative stamp on OPINION state employment laws Esther Cepeda: The Wednesday, voting to cut real story of Detroit unemployment benefits to one of the shortest peri- Story, page A4 ods nationally while also outlawing local minimum wage increases. SPORTS Internal Republican dis- sention doomed another high-profile measure, as the House fell significantly short of the two-thirds ma- jority needed to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nix- on’s veto of a right-to-work bill barring mandatory Street work comes to an end on Kingshigh- union fees in workplaces. way in Hannibal. But Republicans held their supermajorities to- Mark Twain High School senior running back Tyler Elledge (22) is surrounded by members of his o!ensive Story, page A3 gether to enact a variety of line, including Walker Sharp (61), Dalton Hill (54) and Aidan Epperson (74), as he runs the football against other measures over Nix- Van-Far on Sept. 4. The Tigers’ o!ensive line has played a huge part in Elledge’s success this season, as the on’s objections, including running back currently sits atop MaxPreps.com’s national high school football rushing rankings with 1,205 TWEET a new law that eliminates yards gained. JOE ALBERICO/COURIER-POST WITH US a college scholarship for some immigrant students BY JOE ALBERICO Top ten rushing leaders @hannibalcourier Courier-Post Sports Editor who are not U.S. citizens or (School, total yards, yards per game) @HCP_Editor permanent residents. @Danny_Henley The Legislature over- @HCP_Trevor hen Tyler Elledge looked at the 1. Tyler Elledge @HCP_Sports rode 10 of Nixon’s vetoes Mark Twain (Center, Mo.) 1,203 • 300.8 Wednesday, raising the an- No. 1 spot on MaxPreps.com’s nual total to a dozen and 2. Sean Wallace THIS DAY adding to Nixon’s distinc- latest national high school A Plus Academy (Dallas, Texas) 1,195 • 298.8 tion as the most frequent- W ly overridden governor in football rushing leaderboard, he noticed a 3. Joel Durkes Oak Hill (Converse, Ind.) 1,123• 280.8 Missouri history. half-dozen names missing. House Speaker Todd 4. Caden Fields Richardson said lawmak- “My o!ensive line, man, they’re the reason North Knox (Bicknell, Ind.) 1,098 • 274.5 ers had “acted in the best interest of our citizens, our I’m up there.” 5. Antonio Williams businesses and our state.” North Stanly (New London, N.C.) 1,036 •345.3 Sept. 18, 1837: The employment bills Ti!any, Young & Ellis were a primary focus of Elledge, a New London native and Mark Twain’s standout 6. Ethan Falaniko (the company now this year’s annual veto Bartlett (Anchorage, Alaska) 1,013 • 202.6 known as Ti!any & running back, has been on fire through the first four weeks session, which drew hun- Co.) is founded by of the prep football season. The senior has already amassed 7. Will Jones Charles Lewis Ti!any dreds of union members 1,203 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, and is averaging Lapel (Ind.) 986 • 246.5 and Teddy Young and business leaders to the a ridiculous 14.2 yards per carry and 300.8 per game. His in New York City. Capitol. Union members total yards are tops in the nation, helping him achieve a 8. Romello Harris Ti!any sells jewelry, cheered when the right-to- goal he had for himself since week one. But while Elledge is Tulare Union (Tulare, Calif.) 947 • 315.7 sterling silver, china, work bill failed. getting 99 percent of the recognition for his performances, crystal, stationery, Businesses scored a vic- 100 percent of his appreciation is going to his O-line. 9. Paul Underwood fragrances, water tory with the vote to reduce “I trust them a lot. I tell them before every game, ‘You Seventy-First (Fayetteville, N.C.) 933 • 233.3 bottles, watches, per- jobless benefits, which they win the game for us,’” Elledge said. “If it wasn’t for them, I sonal accessories, as fund through special taxes, 10. Cody Reece well as some leather wouldn’t have 1,200 yards. I’d have zero yards.” Mount Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant, N.C.) 903 • 225.8 goods.Ti!any markets but that may be tempered SEE ELLEDGE, A15 itself as an arbiter of SEE VETO, A15 taste and style and is headquartered in New York City. HANNIBAL

GREETINGS Changing stadium bulbs easy with new truck To Grace Powell, a BPW puts its tallest Stewart, electric line superin- valued subscriber tendent of the BPW, regarding from Hannibal. bucket truck to use at the work that could extend into Clemens Field Friday. OBITUARIES According to Stewart, Thursday DANNY HENLEY marked the first time the truck • Bobbie Taylor Courier-Post Reporter had been used on a project since it was acquired earlier this year Changing a light bulb can be through a federal auction site. a pain in the neck. Typically the After paying $71,000 for the INDEX higher the light, the bigger the truck, Bob Stevenson, general Weather A2 headache. On Thursday morning, manager of the BPW, said that Nation/World A2 Hannibal Board of Public Works amount was about 14 percent of Local A3 personnel were dealing with light the showroom floor sticker price Opinion A4 issues at Clemens Field, but the for a comparable vehicle. Deaths A5 height at which the bad bulbs Prior to this spring’s purchase Comics A6 were located did not present any the BPW had just a single truck Sports A7 sizable problems, thanks to the capable of reaching 70 feet. The Classifieds A9 additional 25 feet are important Visitors’ Guide A11 BPW’s new bucket truck. City Wide Sale A16 The truck, which has a maxi- when it comes to maintaining mum reach of 95 feet, didn’t have one of the city’s main transmis- to fully extend its arm to easily sion lines coming into town. That reach the top bulbs on an outfield approximately 6-mile line runs light pole. from an Ameren switch station, A member of the Board of Public Works used the BPW’s “new” “They’re replacing bulbs, bal- bucket truck to work on lights at Clemens Field Thursday morning. lasts and capacitors,” said Jared SEE TRUCK, A15 DANNY HENLEY/COURIER-POST 6 46436 00050 6 Hannibal Courier-Post • www.hannibal.net • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 A15 (NEWS)

Missouri Conference) cham- and Nick Davenport are the the field, Elledge said. When ELLEDGE pionship, and we know the only two who will graduate in things go wrong — though they TRUCK Continued from Page A1 best way to do that is to get 2016. But the youth has had no haven’t much this season — Continued from Page A1 our blocks and let Tyler run ill e!ects on the unit’s ability to Elledge said there is no anger past everyone,” Sharp added. succeed this season. Hill said or arguing. That may be an exaggera- For as much as Elledge’s most of the linemen have been “I don’t ever yell at them … located by The Rocket, to a BPW substation, tion, but the 5-feet, 10-inch, talent has inspired the Ti- forming a bond since pee wee it’d be a big mistake,” Elledge situated in the city’s business park in western 145-pound speedster has a gers’ O-line this fall, it may football, and have been looking joked. “We take a deep breath, Hannibal. point. With a six-man of- be his constant apprecia- forward to the day they could talk to each other and work Prior to the purchase the BPW had to rent a fensive line in front of him tion for the group that has work together with the senior things out.” truck to reach 95 feet. The nearest rental truck that averages out at 6’ and cemented the unit together. class above them to have a suc- With a 4-0 record, a No. 6 capable of reaching that height is in Columbia, 230 pounds — a solid size Elledge rarely acknowledges cessful season. ranking in the Missouri Media Mo. The delay in putting the truck into service advantage for Class 1 foot- his stats after games before “We’ve been thinking about Poll and a running back that’s is not unusual. Heath Hall, director of oper- ball — Elledge’s job has been first insisting his lineman this for a long time. Even back taking his teammates on pos- ations for the BPW, said this spring that the an easy one this season. paved the way. in junior high, we were talking sibly a history-making journey, truck would be run “through routine safety and He opened the year with “They can do more dam- about all of us getting to our things seem to be working out operating inspections that high voltage electric a robust 419 yards in a win age than I can, so I just fol- junior year so we could team just fine for the Mark Twain bucket trucks require. After those inspections over Westran (good for 11th low them and run,” Elledge up with the seniors on varsity,” Tigers. are complete and completing any repairs nec- most in Missouri history), said. “Growing up, every Davenport added. essary, the truck will be placed into service.” and recently totaled 349 in coach I’ve had always taught That desire to play and be Reach Courier-Post sports a win over Clopton on Sept. me to talk about the O-line successful together has led editor Joe Alberico at joe.al- Reach reporter Danny Henley at danny.hen- 11. Elledge constantly breaks and to appreciate those guys. to a healthy relationship on [email protected]:7” [email protected] . away for huge gains thanks And I do.” to massive holes in oppo- Elledge’s words aren’t nents’ defensive lines. empty ones. When asked — “The best part is when you as a group — about Elledge’s get your block, and you look appreciation for their e!orts, to your right and see Tyler the Tiger linemen nearly running 80 yards, 90 yards spoke all at once. for the touchdown,” said se- “Tyler is a very unselfish nior lineman Walker Sharp. player. He gives all the credit “We all sprint down (to to the guys in front of him,” the end zone) and give him Barnes said. a high five,” junior lineman “Tyler has always been Dalton Hill added. really good about giving the The MTHS o!ensive line’s o!ensive line all the credit. appreciation for Elledge’s He knows that he’s got a accomplishments comes good group in front of him, from a mutual understand- and without us, he couldn’t ing that, without one, there do his job. Even though, wouldn’t be another. For as GUARANTEED obviously, he is one of the much as Elledge benefits better running backs in the from having a skilled line area,” Sharp added. blocking in front of him, the “Tyler, he’s always appreci- to beat big boys up front agreed that ated the O-line. He knows he blocking for one of the best can’t get anywhere without tailbacks in the state gives the o!ensive line blocking the unit extra incentive to for him,” sophomore lineman put in the work in the weight Aidan Epperson stated. room, in practice and on VERIZON & AT&T “Tyler is great, but he lets Friday nights. us know that we’re helping “Seeing Tyler in the end him get there, and it makes zone is fun,” junior lineman our job easy,” junior lineman PLUS, UNLIMITED CONTRACT PAYOFF Colten Barnes said. Taron Finnigan a"rmed. “We had our goals set at MTHS’ O-line is mostly the beginning of the season: made up of juniors and the We want to win a (Eastern one sophomore, as Sharp

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AFC East W L T New England 11 2 0 N.Y. Jets 8 5 0 Starting to come together Bu!alo 6 7 0 Miami 5 8 0 South With a new coach and a new attitude, imperfect Lady Pirates are putting up a fight W L T Indianapolis 6 7 0 The Hannibal High School varsity girls basketball team huddles together with first-year Ben Jamerson (center facing out- Houston 6 7 0 ward) after a practice on Wednesday at Korf Gymnasium in Hannibal. After finishing 4-17 in 2013-14 and 1-21 last season, Jamerson Jacksonville 5 8 0 – a first-time head coach – already has the Lady Pirates improving with a 4-4 record this winter. JOE ALBERICO/COURIER-POST Tennessee 3 10 0 JOE ALBERICO North Dec. 2 contest – Jamerson is fulfilling that Even with a loss in their season-opener Courier-Post Sports Editor W L T role this winter. against Bowling Green, Jamerson – who as Cincitnnati 10 3 0 And although Hannibal has yet to devel- an assistant at Moberly last season observed Pittsburgh 8 5 0 Just three games into its season, the Han- op into the well-oiled machine Jamerson several of his current athletes in action – saw Baltimore 4 9 0 nibal High School girls basketball team was believes the team is capable of becoming, a di!erence in the Lady Pirates' play. They Cleveland 3 10 0 already preparing for a repeat of the misfor- a quick look at the Lady Pirates' first eight held an early 9-2 edge in that contest before tunes of its past. games this season suggests the coach's mes- absorbing a 44-35 loss. West A mere two days removed from their W L T sage has spread much further than that Even in defeat, Jamerson believed his girls Denver 10 3 0 first win in 361 days, pivotal timeout. caught a glimpse of their potential. Kansas City 8 5 0 the Lady Pirates “It was a major culture “I think going up 9-2 Oakland 6 7 0 found themselves fac- shock when (Jamerson) “We had a timeout, gave them confidence right San Diego 3 10 0 ing a 10-point deficit arrived. He came in be- and he said, ‘I could away,” Jamerson said. “If against Trinity Catholic fore the summer started we had gone down 9-2, we NFC see your heads falling, with four minutes re- and said 'We're going to could be talking about a East and I needed to let W L T maining in a Winfield do things you guys have whole di!erent record, a Washington 6 7 0 Tournament semifinal never done before,'” senior you know this is a new whole di!erent season at Philadelphia 6 7 0 matchup. Anna Murphy said. “We year,’” this point in time. N.Y. Giants 6 7 0 First-year – and first- played in Iowa, we played “But going up 9-2 to start Dallas 4 9 0 time – head coach Ben in Monroe (City) … we did – Sydney Bennett, HHS senior that game … having a really Jamerson quickly no- South BEN JAMERSON so much more than what good 27 minutes with just W L T ticed what had become we're used to. He really prepared us for what about a four- or five-minute stretch of rough Carolina 13 0 0 the norm for HHS fans, parents and his our season was supposed to be like.” play, really gave them confidence going into Tampa Bay 6 7 0 players over the past couple of seasons: Jamerson took over the girls basketball the Winfield Tournament.” Atlanta 6 7 0 dropped heads, defeated gazes and “here- program in May, and some of those previ- “Confidence” has been a buzzword for New Orleans 5 8 0 were-go-again” demeanors. ously-mentioned preparations have created Jamerson from day one, and his players have Senior Sydney Bennett still remembers renewed attitudes, self-confidence and opti- quickly bought in. North the message Jamerson delivered to the Lady mism on the court. “He made us realize that we had the ability, W L T Pirates that promptly put an end to all of “I would say consistency is definitely key we just needed to come together. He believed Green Bay 9 4 0 that – for good. for these girls,” Jamerson said. “Building that in us, and that made us believe in us,” senior Minnesota 8 5 0 “We had a timeout, and he said, 'I could Chicago 5 8 0 confidence happened a lot over the summer Bethany Allen added. “And I know I defi- Detroit 4 9 0 see your heads falling, and I needed to let when we went to Burlington, Iowa, for a nitely do. I have so much faith in this team.” you know this is a new year,'” Bennett re- team camp and played and won a couple of To say faith might have been in low sup- West called. games there. You could see their confidence ply prior to Jamerson's arrival may be an W L T After a combined 38 losses and just five starting to raise. understatement. After numerous defeats, Arizona 11 2 0 total wins between December 2013 and “And then we had things like team barbe- Hannibal had grown accustomed to rough Seattle 8 5 0 March 2015, several Lady Pirates will tell St. Louis 5 8 0 cues and team bonding time. And we had games and bad losses. But Bennett said Jam- San Francisco 4 9 0 you they needed a voice of reason and en- our summer camp here at Korf Gymnasium, erson immediately implemented a complete couragement heading into this season. To and all of the girls showed up for that. You overhaul in expectations. the tune of a 4-4 record – and yes, a wild could tell the girls were after something “The way we think about every game now SPORTS SHORTS 49-48 comeback victory over Trinity in that di!erent.” SEE LADY PIRATES, A7 Jenkins active for Rams against Buc- HANNIBAL CAVEMEN caneers Cornerback Janoris Jenkins is active for the St. Louis Rams Cavemen co-owner says against the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers after clearing the concus- sion protocol. team going 'back to basics' Jenkins did not play last week. The Rams also have placed DANNY HENLEY provide insights on how to make defensive end Robert Quinn on Courier-Post Reporter injured reserve and promoted their Clemens Field experience defensive tackle Doug Worthing- more enjoyable. ton to the active roster from the Normally when a member of “We're a blank slate,” said He- practice squad. Quinn was ruled a baseball team says it is going mond. “We want feedback and out for the year with a back in- back to the basics, fans antici- input on how to make this com- jury earlier this month. pate an added emphasis being munity asset be exactly that.” Wide receiver Vincent Jack- placed on baserunning, bunting, Hemond reported the process son (knee) had previously been fielding, etc. When Bob Hemond, of securing players for the up- ruled out by the Buccaneers. a member of the Hannibal Cave- coming season is underway. Linebacker Bruce Carter (ankle) men's ownership group, made “That's something we're work- also is inactive after being that statement to the Northeast doubtful. ing on,” he said. Other inactives for Tampa Missouri Economic Development Prospect League meetings Bay: quarterback Ryan Gri"n, Council on Wednesday, he was are scheduled Wednesday and o!ensive tackle Demar Dotson, talking about things to enhance Thursday, Jan. 6-7, according to tight end Brandon Myers, defen- fans' experience when attending Hemond, who noted that at least sive end George Johnson and Cavemen games this summer. two franchises have relocated defensive tackle Akeem Spence. “We're going back to the ba- since the end of last season. Johnson (calf) had been ques- sics,” he said. “We want to create “You'll see a lot of activity com- tionable. a buzz in the stands by providing ing up,” said Hemond. Other inactives for St. Louis: things for fans to participate in. quarterback Sean Mannion, cor- We want to do more to engage nerback Eric Patterson, defen- Reach reporter Danny Henley sive tackle Louis Trinca-Passat, fans with the players.” at danny.henley@courierpost. o!ensive tackle Isaiah Battle, Hemond encourages fans to com and defensive end Matt Lon- Hannibal Cavemen co-owner Bob Hemond speaks to the North- gacre. east Missouri Economic Development Council on Wednesday. DANNY HENLEY/COURIER-POST Missouri hires Josh Heupel as OC NFL NEWS New Missouri coach Barry Odom hired Josh Heupel as offensive coordinator and ‘Concussion’ movie subject exaggerated role, researchers say quarterbacks coach Thurs- day. JIMMY GOLEN detailed description about how he standing football’s dangers, fellow It’s not a new term,” Stewart said. Heupel (HIGH-pull) is Associated Press came to name that disease “chron- researchers say Omalu goes too far “The only thing I would say that finishing his first season as ic traumatic encephalopathy.” when he publicly takes credit for Bennet has done is that he identi- assistant head coach/offen- In the trailer for the movie “Con- But Omalu neither discovered naming or discovering CTE. fied it in an American footballer.” sive coordinator and quar- cussion,” star Will Smith says: “I the disease nor named it, accord- “It’s just not true, and I think he In a telephone call to the AP terbacks coach at Utah State found a disease that no one has ing to scientific journals and brain knows that,” said William Stew- on Thursday, Omalu passionately and will join the staff after ever seen.” researchers interviewed by The art, a neuropathologist at Queen defended his work and attributed the Aggies play in the Idaho It’s a claim the real-life doc- Associated Press. And though no Elizabeth University Hospital in the criticisms to “people histori- Potato Bowl on Tuesday tor portrayed by Smith, forensic one doubts that Omalu’s diagnosis Glasgow, Scotland. cally who have made a systematic against Akron. The school pathologist Bennet Omalu, has will release contract details of Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike “Chronic traumatic encephalop- himself made for years, giving a at a later date. Webster was pivotal in under- athy has been around for decades. SEE CONCUSSION, A7 Hannibal Courier-Post • www.hannibal.net • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015 A7 (SPORTS)

Albright said. “But we were able to come back this girls found a way.” LADY PIRATES season, and that was great; it felt really good knowing Unlike the Trinity Catholic game, Jamerson opted not Continued from Page A6 that we could do that.” to call a timeout, and had faith the Lady Pirates could Although it does carry four losses, Hannibal has had “self-soothe” themselves on the court. In other words, a shot at victory in each of its games. The Lady Pirates Jamerson was ready to see his players dig themselves is, we have expectations that we have to meet, especially have been plagued by stretches of poor play at times out of a hole without being tossed a rope. with coach Jamerson,” Bennett explained. “He's always that have turned close contests into ugly defeats, but What resulted was just another stroke of genius for telling us we've got to put the past in the past, and that's those poor stretches have also taught the team some the coach and his imperfect, but ever-competing team: we've done so far this year. valuable lessons. Lessons such as fixing your mistakes, a 61-56 victory. “There's games where we're down, but coach takes recovering and winning anyway. “We're at a point where we know that if we believe in us into the locker room at halftime and he tells us, ba- Hannibal took an in-game tutorial on that particular ourselves, believe in what coach is telling us and apply sically, we need to think 'Enough is enough, we're not situation Monday, when Hannibal lost a late 12-point it, we can be champions,” Murphy said. “If we play losing this game anymore.'” lead against Moberly on the road, and suddenly trailed together, play for each other and continue to focus on That mentality is a far cry from where several Lady by two in the fourth quarter. this season and this season only, we know we can do Pirates admitted the team's mindset was in previous “Even in that game, a lot of lessons to be learned,” great things.” seasons. Jamerson said. “We had a 12-point lead … we let it “We were down 10 a lot of games last year, and we dwindle away with the same kind of rut thing we Reach Courier-Post sports editor Joe Alberico at joe. were never able to come back from that,” junior Emily had going on in some other other games. But the [email protected]

drug abuse, violent behavior and a business degree along with his CONCUSSION even suicide. medical credentials. “’Chronic’ Continued from Page A6 Also beyond dispute is the means long-term. ‘Traumatic’ Pickleball champions personal struggle Omalu went means it’s associated with trau- through after the NFL sought to ma. ‘Encephalopathy’ means a attempt to discredit me, and to discredit his research rather than bad brain. So I had both ends marginalize me.” confront the threat to long-term covered.” “This is totally false. And write health of its players. At the time of Webster’s autop- that in a big font, that it is totally But the new complaints are not sy, though, CTE had been known and completely false,” he shouted from the league and its support- —and known by that name — for into the phone. “There is a good ers, but from fellow researchers decades. deal of jealousy and envy in my who say Omalu is claiming credit Originally studied in boxers in field. For me to come out and he doesn’t deserve. the 1920s as dementia pugilisti- discover the paradigm shift, it This time, the quarrel seems ca, the seminal work on the dis- upset some people. I am well to center on what it means to ease came from British neurol- aware of that.” discover a disease, and what it is ogist Macdonald Critchley, who Sony Pictures, which will re- to name it. in 1949 wrote a paper entitled: lease “Concussion” on Christ- In a 2013 talk that is view- “Punch-drunk syndromes: the mas Day, issued a statement on able on YouTube, Omalu says chronic traumatic encephalop- Thursday that also noted “com- he came up with the name CTE athy of boxers.” peting interests and agendas ... after diagnosing the disease in By Webster’s death in 2002, that are still trying to undermine Webster’s brain: “I said to myself the disease had been diagnosed Dr. Omalu’s work.” ... you need to give it a name. You not just in individual boxers but “What is beyond dispute is that need to give it a sexy name. You in rugby and soccer players, epi- Dr. Omalu’s discovery shined a need to give it a name that has a leptics and others with illnesses light on a reality that the NFL ig- good acronym that people will that resulted in head-banging, nored for too long and continues remember, even a 3-year-old kid and an alcoholic circus clown to play out every Sunday,” Sony would remember. That is how who was knocked unconscious Pictures spokeswoman Jean ‘CTE’ came about.” a dozen times as the subject of a Guerin said. In the PBS documentary dwarf-tossing routine. With its marquee star and hol- “League of Denial,” Omalu also “(Omalu) must know that this iday release, “Concussion” is cer- claims credit for discovering and tain to revive that debate. Dozens pathology existed for many de- naming the disease. cades before,” said Stewart, the of former football players have “Name it a disease; give it a been posthumously diagnosed Scottish researcher. “Otherwise name. Present it as a disease; he wouldn’t know what to be with CTE after descending into package it,” said Omalu, who has lives of depression, alcohol or looking for.” The six-week doubles pickleball league hosted by the Hannibal Parks & Recreation department recently wrapped up its winter season at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. The cham- pions of the competitive division were Jamie Nemes and Jake Buckman (pictured above). The pair also won the fall pickle- ball league. Second-place winners in the competitive division Chiefs could ride soft schedule were Andrew Shores and Bronson Shaver, and third place went to Tom and Sue Dorsey. The winners in the leisure divi- sion were Tom and Lucy Roisum (pictured below), while Larry into improbable postseason and Tammy Nichols finished second and Kimberly Stout and Robin Domzalski took third. The league was home to 24 teams DAVE SKRETTA There is no argument the Among those first six teams, this season. There will be a one-day pickleball tournament on Associated Press Chiefs aren’t playing better than four are presently atop their Jan. 23 at Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. More informa- they did early in the season, division with another in sec- tion is available on the Hannibal Parks & Recreation website, www.hannibalparks.org or from Jenna McDonald, who can be When the Kansas City Chiefs’ when they followed up a victory ond place. Two of them (the reached at [email protected]. CONTRIBUTED schedule was first released, the at Houston with five consec- Broncos and Bengals) have assumption was that if they utive losses. Alex Smith went won 10 games, while the could only weather the first six more than 300 passes without Packers have won nine and weeks, they would have a good an interception, the running the Vikings have won eight. shot at returning to the playo!s. game steadily improved behind All of them except Chicago Then they won just one game. a congealing o!ensive line and are in the middle of the play- But after the brutal open- a defense that most assumed off hunt. ing stretch against some of the would be among the league’s Their combined winning NFL’s best teams, the Chiefs best has finally started to play percentage is .615. (8-5) have a pillow-soft finish- like it. Now, consider the seven ing kick. It begins with a trip The Chiefs have even over- teams that Kansas City has to four-win Baltimore, where come a litany of injuries to big beaten in successive weeks. third-string quarterback Jimmy names. Charles has been out for Only the Broncos are atop their Clausen could be under center weeks, while All-Pro linebacker division, and five of the seven Sunday. Then it continues with Justin Houston is out for the have losing records. They’ve three-win Cleveland and finish- foreseeable future by a knee beaten three-win San Diego es with six-win Oakland, both of injury. twice, and the four-win Lions those games in the friendly con- But more than anything were in the midst of a coaching fines of Arrowhead Stadium. else, Kansas City’s tilted upheaval when they met. Suddenly, that 1-5 start seems schedule has helped it climb Their combined winning like a distant memory. And after out of its hole. percentage is .412. seven straight victories to set Over the first six weeks, Still, facing lousy opposition up the final three weeks of the the Chiefs played four times is only part of the equation. season, the playo!s seem like on the road — then head- The Chiefs still had to take ad- inevitability. ed to London for a “home vantage of it, something that “We’re trying to make history,” game” against Detroit. That Baltimore failed to do after a said running back Charcandrick stretched included a game similarly tough start. West, who has gone from no- against Denver on Thursday “The way they turned it name fill-in for injured Jamaal night. The result was an in- around, it’s something we’d Charles to a fantasy football ability to get into the kind hoped to do as well, earlier,” hero in his own right. of Sunday-to-Sunday rhythm Ravens coach John Harbaugh “This is a special team and I that most teams crave. said. “They were able to pull really believe that,” West said. Then there was substance it off. All the respect in the “All of us believe that.” of their opponents. world for them.”

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