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The Colorado Rockies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals at Coors Field last night. Leading the way offensively for the Rockies was Troy Tulowitzki, who banged out three hits, including his 21st home run of the season. The Rockies trailed 1-0 after the first inning but tied the game in the fourth inning and took the lead for good in the fifth on Eric Young Jr’s RBI single. A three-run eighth inning provided what proved to be necessary insurance after Washington scored twice in the ninth. Rockies starting pitcher Esmil Rogers earned his fifth victory of the season, allowing one run in five and two thirds innings and striking out six. The Rockies and Nationals play game two of their four-game series tonight in Denver. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action with pregame coverage at 7:05 and the first pitch at 7:40.
The quarterbacking controversy at Denver Broncos training camp continues to provide drama, but not in terms of who is coming out ahead in the competition to start games under center. Kyle Orton continued to take snaps with the first team at workouts at Dove Valley yesterday, and has outperformed both Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn throughout the truncated training camp. The NFL’s league year officially began yesterday afternoon after the players association ratified the ten-year collective bargaining agreement. The Broncos worked out late in the afternoon so that their newly-signed and re-signed free agents could practice with the team. Returning players Brian Dawkins, Matt Prater, Ryan McBean and Wesley Woodyard joined newcomers Ty Warren, Derrick Harvey, Daniel Fells, Dante Rosario and Willis McGahee on the field.
The Nebraska women’s basketball team announced four non-conference games on their 2011-2012 schedule. The Huskers will host USC at the Devaney Center on November 18th. The Women of Troy appeared in the Women’s NIT Championship game last season. Nebraska will also visit a pair of NCAA tournament teams from the ACC. The Huskers head to Tallahassee to face Florida State on November 27th, and then take on Georgia Tech in Atlanta as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on November 30th. The Huskers also announced a home non-conference game against Creighton on December 8th. The Husker women finished 13-18 and 3-13 in the Big 12 last season. The team is headed to Europe for an eleven day, four game preseason tour today before returning for the start of the academic year.
The Nebraska football team ranks eleventh in the USA Today preseason Top 25 coaches poll. The Huskers are one of five Big Ten teams to rank in the poll, behind only Wisconsin, who is tenth. Ohio State is ranked 16th, with Michigan State one spot behind them at 17, and Penn State rounding out the poll at 25. Iowa, Northwestern, and Michigan also received votes. Oklahoma, Alabama, Oregon, LSU, and Florida State comprise the top five, followed by Stanford, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin. Nebraska ended the 2010 season ranked 19th after a 10-4 record and a Holiday Bowl loss to Washington. Their eight-spot jump in the preseason poll is exceed only by a nine-spot leap by Alabama from eleventh to second, and an eleven-spot jump by Florida State from 16th to fifth.
The Colorado Rockies hope to end a four game losing streak tonight as they welcome the Washington Nationals to Denver for the start of a four-game series. The Rockies lost 8-6 to the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday afternoon, completing a three-game sweep for the Phillies. It’s the first time the Rockies have been swept at home this season. Tonight the Rockies will give the start on the bump to Esmil Rogers. Rogers is taking Ubaldo Jimenez’s place in the rotation. He threw five strong innings in relief after Jimenez was traded to Cleveland mid-game last Saturday in San Diego. Starting on the mound for Washington is lefty Ross Detwiler. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action from Coors Field tonight. Pregame coverage starts at 7:05, with the first pitch set for 7:40.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Workers are breaking up some concrete floors and pouring new ones to resolve drainage issues at the new Lincoln County jail in North Platte.
Jail inspector Kirk Nichols first warned contractors about the problems in May last year, when the floors originally were poured. Nichols says the repairs being done now won’t cost the county anything. He says the floors will have to be sloped more toward the drains. He says that in some areas, the drains were placed level with the surrounding floors. At other spots, the drains sit higher
than the floors. Before the jail opened, the roof had to be replaced because of
leaks that had led to mold.
