IN BRIEF
With the golf season in full swing, the Eagle brings back its weekly golf page today.
The page features stories and results from PGA events, the illustrated golf tips feature Master Strokes, and other items of interest to Butler County golfers. Golden
OAKLAND, Calif. — Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson shot the ragtag Warriors right into the second round, capping perhaps the NBA's biggest playoff upset with yet one more memorable performance on their home floor.Davis willed the Warriors on one good leg, shaking off a strained hamstring to score 20 points, Jackson made a franchise playoff-record seven 3-pointers, and Golden State became the first No. 8 seed to capture a best-of-seven playoff series with a 111-86 victory over the NBA-best Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 on Thursday night.Coach Don Nelson's emotional bunch of castoffs beat his old team by holding likely league MVP Dirk Nowitzki to eight points and two field goals, after he saved the Mavs with 30 points in their six-point Game 5 win Tuesday.
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State pulled a reverse with its policy for student football tickets.Bowing to criticism, the athletic department scrapped a plan to distribute the 21,800 tickets by lottery and will return to the old first-come, first-served policy.The proposed lottery was announced Tuesday night, and thousands of students began criticizing the plan through social networking Web sites. Some worried that die-hard Nittany Lions fans would be shut out of Beaver Stadium, and that less interested students might scalp their tickets.
MILWAUKEE — Right-hander John Wasdin was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained thumb Thursday by the Pittsburgh Pirates, who recalled Marty McLeary from Triple-A Indianapolis.McLeary arrived in Milwaukee for Thursday night's game against the Brewers. A starter in the minors, McLeary said he expects to be used in long relief."I can suck up some innings," said McLeary, who threw 104 pitches for Indianapolis on April 28.In four starts with Indianapolis, McLeary was 2-1 with a 2.57 ERA. Wasdin (1-1) appeared in nine games as a reliever.