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ESPN's Jackson wins broadcasting award

July 7, 2015

CANTON, Ohio (AP) ESPN broadcaster Tom Jackson has won the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame made the announcement Tuesday. The NFL analyst will be recognized for ''longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football'' during the 2015 enshrinement ceremony on Aug. 8.

Jackson joined ESPN in 1987 following a 14-year NFL career as a linebacker for the Denver Broncos.

Jackson says his playing career ''was a dream come true, but never did it occur to me that I'd have a second career so gratifying and an award like this bestowed upon me.''

He received the Sports Emmy for best studio analyst in 2009. Jackson and Chris Berman host the network's Sunday NFL Countdown.

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Diamond Trends - Wednesday


July 8, 2015




SU TREND OF THE DAY:


-- The Tigers are 0-12 SU since Sep 17, 2005 as a dog when they are off a loss in which they hit at least three home runs.


PITCHER TREND OF THE DAY:


-- When Julio Teheran starts the Braves are 10-0 OU since September 01, 2014 after his team won the last time he started.


MLB BIBLE ACTIVE TREND:


-- The Angels are 12-1 since June 20, 2012 as a favorite of -125 or more after a 5+ run win when it is the last game of a series.


CHOICE TREND:


-- The Angels are 10-0 SU since May 12, 2015 and after a win in which they had fewer team-left-on-base than their opponent.


ACTIVE TRENDS:


-- The Marlins are 11-0-1 OU (2.79 ppg) since Jul 05, 2014 on the road after a one run loss.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack


How Phil Steele's magazne sees the Big X conference this year........


10) Kansas-- Went 7-29 under Charlie Weis; mercifully, he is gone now but 15 of 22 starters went with him. Major rebuilding job here.


9) Iowa State-- Has been in bowl in three of five years under coach Rhoads.


8) Texas Tech-- Six conference losses by double digit margin LY; no bueno.


7) West Virginia-- Why are they in this league? Look at a map; it makes no sense.


6) Kansas State-- People have no idea how great a coach Bill Snyder is; this was the absolute worst program in America when he took it over. Snyder is 187-94-1. .


5) Texas-- Strong cleaned house last year; now he has a roster full of "his guys".


4) Oklahoma State-- 16 returning starters; only 19 kids graduated. Good team.


3) Oklahoma-- Hardest part of their schedule is right at the end, in November.


2) Baylor-- 18 starters back, but none of them are QBs. Had a hideous bowl loss.


1) TCU-- Think they have a chip on their shoulder after last year's snub?


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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Happy Hump Day!!!!......


13) Pittsburgh Pirates have turned it around, are 49-34, second best record in major leagues, but they're in same division with St Louis, which has the best record. Right now, NL Central would get three teams in the playoffs (Cubs).


Pirates started the season by going 3-12 in their first 15 games when winning scored from 7th inning on. They're now 8-1 in last nine such games.


12) There was a rain delay at PNC Park last night, with the tarp damn near getting blown into the Allegheny River by strong winds. Some of the Pirates came out of the dugout and helped the ground crew secure the tarp.


11) Padres are in Steel City this week; San Diego's new manager is Pat Murphy, whose daughter is married to Pittsburgh 1B Pedro Alvarez, who had a walk-off single in the Monday night Pirate win. Padres were 32-33 when they fired Bub Black; they are 39-46 now. Changing managers during the season is seldom a good move.


10) 11 guys on the Atlanta Braves made their MLB debut this year, yet the team stays in contention in a weak NL East. Good job by skipper Fredi Gonazalez.


9) They were talking about doubleheaders on the Cub game Tuesday; in his career, which lasted 19 years, Ernie Banks played in over 300 doubleheaders, which are rare in today's money-grabbing, double admission culture.


8) On DirecTV's baseball package, for some reason the games from Chicago don't go to commecial in between innings, so you get to hear the ballpark music and see whats going on, its a little like actually being at the ballpark. Pretty cool.


7) Miguel Montero caught Jon Lester Monday night because David Ross, who is Lester's personal catcher, is on the 7-day DL with a concussion.


6) The catch/throw Hunter Pence made last night is Exhibit A why the new statistic WAR isn't what analytics people think it is, an easy way to sum up a player's value with one single number. You can't and never will be able to quantify "heart".


This was Pence's first game off the DL; he makes a spectacular catch, bounces up and throws a fairly fast runner out at the plate. Go ahead, give me a number for the lift that gave a team that had been on a 7-game losing streak-- you can't!!!!


5) San Antonio Spurs basically cut Cory Joseph after signing LaMarcus Aldridge, but Toronto was quick to give Joseph $30M for four years.


4) According to the Interweb, David West has earned $87,668,418 in his career as an NBA player; he must've saved most of it, since he signed with the Spurs this week for the veteran minimum of $1.4M, turning down $12.2M from the Indiana Pacers. West has a wife named Lesley; would've enjoyed hearing him explain THAT to her.


3) The late Manute Bol has a 15-year old son who is 6-foot-10 and making rounds of summer camps out west. Young man's name is Bol Bol and he looks a lot like his dad did way back when. If I see him play in Las Vegas later this month, I'll let you know.


2) Milwaukee Bucks are making noise about moving to Las Vegas; I've been told by more than one person in Vegas that the civic leaders want nothing to do with the NBA after the chaos and general lawlessness that took place when Las Vegas hosted the NBA All-Star Game back in 2007. Las Vegas wants an NHL team, and they want UNLV to get back to the NCAA tournament. Thats it.


1) Florida State had a backup QB who hit his girlfriend and it was captured on camera; Seminoles have already dumped the kid, who will wind up playing at a JC somewhere and then re-surfacing at West Texas State, Delaware or some other obscure outpost, unless he wins a national title in JC, then he'll be at Auburn or another SEC school.


This kid learned nothing from the Jameis Winston era in Tallahassee:
-- You can't get in trouble until you've won at least one league title. This kid hadn't even been named the starter yet-- no one is going out on a limb to defend him. Ever.

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MLB EVENING RATED PLAYS :


Oakland - 7:05 PM ET Oakland -107 500 *****
NY Yankees - Over 8 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Cincinnati - 7:05 PM ET Cincinnati +134 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Washington - Under 7.5 500

San Diego - 7:05 PM ET San Diego +118 500
Pittsburgh - Under 7 500

Miami - 7:10 PM ET Boston -181 500
Boston - Under 9 500

Houston - 7:10 PM ET Houston +124 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Cleveland - Over 8 500

Arizona - 8:05 PM ET Arizona +101 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Texas - Over 9.5 500 TRIPLE PLAY

St. Louis - 8:05 PM ET Chi. Cubs -115 500
Chi. Cubs - Over 6.5 500

Toronto - 8:10 PM ET Chi. White Sox +143 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Chi. White Sox - Under 9 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Tampa Bay - 8:10 PM ET Tampa Bay -150 500
Kansas City - Under 6.5 500

LA Angels - 8:40 PM ET LA Angels -126 500 *****
Colorado - Over 10.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Philadelphia - 10:10 PM ET Philadelphia +314 500 DOUBLE PLAY
LA Dodgers - Over 6.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8


Game Score Status Pick Amount


Seattle - 12:00 PM ET Indiana -6.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY WINNER


Indiana - Over 149 500 DOUBLE PLAY WINNER


Los Angeles - 8:00 PM ET San Antonio +3 500 *****


San Antonio - Over 155 500 TRIPLE PLAY