Category: Sports Written by Associated Press

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by Frederic J. Frommer
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP)—A hundred years after President William Howard Taft started a baseball tradition with a low ceremonial first pitch, President Barack Obama went in the other direction Monday, sailing a high, wide toss at the Washington Nationals’ home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Just as Taft’s toss forced pitcher Walter Johnson to make an athletic play, Obama’s required Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman to lunge to prevent a wild pitch.

HISTORIC PITCH— Wearing a Washington Nationals jacket and a Chicago White Sox hat, President Barack Obama delivered the first pitch of the Washington Nationals home opening baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, April 5, at Nationals Park in Washington.

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Category: Sports Written by Courier Newsroom

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CHAMPIONS HONORED—The South Hills Judo Club champions were honored by Pittsburgh City Council March 29 for their recent accomplishments at the 2010 Pennsylvania State Judo Championships. From left: City Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak, Devin King (1 Silver and 1 Bronze in his weight and age division), Robert McGill (1 Silver and 1 Bronze in his weight and age division), Dashawn Dixon (1 Silver in his division), Dequon Layne (Silver and Bronze in his weight and age division) and Eric Throne (2 gold medals in his division and a silver from the Ocean State Internationals. Not shown are Tony Nelson, their manager, and Brian Foltz from Allegheny Youth Development. The club is located in Carrick and its mission is to positively affect the character, fitness and lives of its members and the community through the principle of “mutual benefit and welfare.”

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Category: Sports Written by Aubrey Bruce

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The 2010 baseball season has begun in Pittsburgh but if the Pirates aren’t careful, their heads may be the trophy hanging on the walls of a few MLB franchises.

The season had some pomp and ceremony happening prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers taking the field. Pregame festivities profiled the first home game of the season by honoring Pirate outfielder Andrew McCutchen as the 2009 Baseball America Rookie of the Year. Pirates general manager Neal Huntington and Pirates manager John Russell presented McCutchen with a framed print to commemorate the event.

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by Stephen D. Riley

Behind their dynamic duo of Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, the Findlay Prep Pilots of Henderson, Nev., claimed their second consecutive ESPN Rise National High School Invitational title with a 59-46 rout of the Montverde Academy Eagles of Montverde, Fla. April 3.

LEAD PILOT— Findlay Prep’s Cory Joseph, shown here during the McDonald’s All-American Game March 29, scored 17 points to lead Findlay past Montverde in last Saturday’s ESPN/Rise National High School Invitational title game.

The pair of McDonald’s All-Americans put on a show for a national audience as ESPN televised the game from Coppin State University’s Physical Education Complex in Baltimore.

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