Osama Bin Laden Killed By U.S.

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I know OMOC Sports does not cover this sort of news, but this news is huge for america.

Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight.Bin Laden was located at a compound in Pakistan, which was monitored and when the time was determined to be right, U.S. forces struck, the president said."A small team of Americans carried out the operation," Obama said. "After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body."DNA testing confirmed that it was bin Laden, sources told ABC News.Sources said the attack was carried out by Joint Special Operations Command forces working with the CIA.Vice President Biden briefed Republican congressional leaders this evening on the operation, which had been kept secret until shortly before the president's announcement tonight."This is a terrific day for America and quite frankly the whole world that cares about winning the war on terror," former Bush chief of staff Andy Card told ABC News. Card said the news is "particularly significant" for the intelligence community."They're the ones who kept their nose to the grindstone and worked very hard to allow this day to be realized ... finally," he said.His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire, to terrorist leader and the most wanted man in the world.Bin Laden created and funded the al Qaeda terror network, which was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The Saudi exile had been a man on the run since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan overthrew the ruling Taliban regime, which harbored bin Laden.

Reds Pitching Struggles, Lose Series To Marlins.

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John Buck snapped a tie with a seventh-inning homer, one of a season-high five hit by the Florida Marlins in a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Buck followed Greg Dobbs' leadoff single with his third home run of the season and second of the series, giving the Marlins the lead in a game in which all of Florida's runs came on homers. Buck, who finished with three hits, had a three-run shot in the first inning of Florida's 7-6 win on Friday.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo allowed a season-high three home runs. Arroyo (3-3) gave up seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts in seven innings while falling to 1/3 in his last four starts.

Florida right-hander Ricky Nolasco (3-0) allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings to help the Marlins take two of three in the series.

Renteria Singles In 10th, Reds Win.

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The Cincinnati Reds last win was in Extra Innings in Milwaukee. Today, their last win, was in Extras also. The Reds won in 10 innings today, 4-3. Here's what happened.....

The Marlins had a 1-0 lead for 8 straight innings, until the 8th when Wes Helms hit a 2 run double. Now 3-0 Marlins.

The Reds got off to a quick start in the 8th, when Jonny Gomes singled to score Brandon Phillips.

Then, Miguel Cairo singled to score Phillips. Then Paul Janish did something huge.

Janish singled to score Cairo, and the Reds have tied the game at 3.

The Reds went into extras, and thats when the Reds got the bases loaded with no outs, then Hernandez grounded out, then Paul Janish popped out to first. Just when you think its over, it wasn't.

Edgar Renteria came up as a pinch hitter, and singled to left and Gomes scored, giving the Reds a 4-3 win.

The Reds are now 14-13 and will face the Marlins tomorrow.

Draft Update.

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The Raiders 2011 Draft picks are, Stefen Wisniewski (OL, Penn State),

DeMarcus Van Dyke (CB, Miami FL). Joe Barksdale ( OT, LSU).

Chimdi Chekwa (CB, Ohio State). Taiwan Jones (RB, Eastern Washington).

Denarius Moore (WR, Tennesee). Richard Gordon (TE, Miami FL)

David Ausberry ( WR, USC)

Josh Osich Pitches No-Hitter As Beavers Drop UCLA.

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Josh Osich, missed all of last year for OSU. This year, has been, a MVP type season for him, and today, he proved, OSU Baseball, is the next big thing.

Josh Osich threw a No-Hitter for the Beavers, helping them pull out a 2-0 win and clinching the series today.

Osich went all 9 innings, gave up 0 hits, and walked 1, and also struck out 13.

Trevor Bauer, a possible and predicted overall #1 in this June's MLB Draft, pitched 9 innings and gave up just 4 hits.

The Beavers scored on a good at bat by Kavin Keyes to drilled it to left field for a double and scored 2 runs, and those were the only 2 runs scored.

Thats it. A no-hitter for Josh Osich, and the Beavers win their 32 game, now 32-8 and 12-2 in the Pac-10.

Raiders Draft Chimdi Chekwa in 4th Round.

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The Oakland Raiders 4th round pick is Chimdi Chekwa from Ohio State. Here are some stats.

This pick is in part for depth, but also a bit of insurance in case Nnadmi Asomugha decides to take his services elsewhere. The all-pro cornerback was declared a free agent after failing to meet some basic performance incentives because nobody threw his way all season long. According to Mocking the Draft:

Strengths: Is fine when he’s playing off man coverage and has an extra step to turn and run with receivers. Reads the ball pretty well in the to cut and break quickly. Is naturally long and knows how to use his length to his advantage. Likes to quickly jump in front of the receiver and bat the ball away. Has very good timed speed (4.38 seconds at the Combine), but doesn’t always play up to it. Has lined up on both sides of the field and in the nickel. Played gunner on special teams.

Weaknesses: Chekwa really struggled when Ohio State tried to use him in press coverage. He doesn’t have the body control or fluidity to turn and run with his receiver. Poor on his transitions. Was consistently beaten on the outside. Needs to get stronger or he’ll really get pushed around a lot in the NFL. Is a drag down tackler who will have trouble against power possession receivers. Lack of body control allows quick ball carriers to beat him in the open field.

Raiders Draft Dyke and Barksdale.

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Joe Barksdale, CAREER: Four-year letterwinner for the Tigers from 2007-10 ... Played in 53 games, starting 39 times ... Started final 39 games of his career, the longest streak on the team at the conclusion of the 2010 season ... Did not have a redshirt season as he played in 14 games during LSU's national championship season in 2007 ... Originally came to LSU as a defensive lineman but switched to the offensive side of the ball shortly after his arrival ... Invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game in January of 2011.

SENIOR SEASON 2010: Switched from right tackle to left tackle as a senior, starting all 13 games for the Tigers at that position ... Ran his streak of consecutive starts to a team-best 39 ... Earned second team All-SEC honors from both the league's coaches and the AP ... Played a total of 853 snaps from scrimmage with 49 knockdowns ... Played every snap in nine games - North Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Texas A&M ... Only senior on the starting offensive line.

DeMarcus Van Dyke, CAREER: A two-sport athlete at Miami, playing both football and running track ... Played in 50 games from 2007-2010 ... Started 21 contests ... Tallied 80 tackles, including three for loss ... Recorded 10 pass break-ups...Had three interceptions during his career.

2010 (SENIOR): Played in 13 games, starting three ... Spent time at left cornerback and in the nickel package ... Had a season-high four solo stops at Clemson ... Had two tackles at Ohio State ... Tallied a single solo tackle against FAMU, Florida State, North Carolina and at Georgia Tech ... Posted 10 assisted stops on the season, including three at Duke ... Had one tackle for loss for two yards against North Carolina ... Forced and recovered a fumble at Clemson ... Picked off two passes on the season, including one at Pittsburgh that he returned for 74 yards ... Recorded five pass break-ups.

#3 Beaver Baseball Beats #24 UCLA.

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The Oregon State Beavers were looking to win game 1 vs. a Very good Friday starter for UCLA, Gerrit Cole, and the Beavers got to him, big time. The Beavers won, 7-5, here's what happened....

Sam Gaviglio was on the mound for OSU, getting the win, and now he is 8-1.

The Bruins scored first, on a Sac Fly, then the Beavers tied it in the 3rd win a 1 run double by Jared Norris to score Ryan Barnes.

The Bruins took a 5-1 lead in the 5th, but thats when the Beavers went hot.

Carter Bell had a 3 run triple, scoring Norris, Keyes and Danny Hayes. The Beavers still trailing, 5-4, Ryan Dunn singles to score Bell, and the Beavers tied it.

Then, Tyler Smith scored on a balk giving the Beavers a 7-5 lead and that was it.

The Beavers are now 31-8 and 11-2 in Pac-10 play.

Raiders Draft Stefen Wisniewski.

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With the 48th pick in the NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders select, Stefen Wisniewski from Penn State.

The Oakland Raiders drafted Stefen Wisniewski, a few minutes ago here on a pretty Friday evening.

Wisniewski played for Penn State in college, very athletic for a big man, and it was just what the Raiders needed, a big athlete on the O line.

He is a Center, Jason Campbell will always need some one to snap the ball.

In my opinion its a good pick for the Raiders. See ya tomorrow for another pick.

Mike Riley Leads The Uphill Fight For Oregon State.

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Oregon State coach Mike Riley is looking to rebound from a 5-7 season, the Beavers' first losing record in five years. Here's how it's gone for him since the end of last season. We like to call it, You Think You've Had It Tough:

All-American defensive tackle Stephen Paea graduated. Three-time All-Pac-10 tailback Jacquizz Rodgers left after his junior season for this weekend's NFL draft. Quizz's brother, former all-conference wideout and kick returner James Rodgers -- who had two knee surgeries to repair the MCL and ACL he tore last season -- has yet to begin to run.

Wide receiver Jordan Bishop tore a ligament in his ankle playing basketball in January. Quarterback Ryan Katz missed all live work during spring practice as he recuperated from wrist surgery. H-back Joe Halahuni, who actually made it to spring ball, injured his left shoulder and may not be ready until mid-September.

Just to top it off, it's been a cold, wet, miserable April. Spring practice, which concludes Saturday, can't conclude fast enough.

Of course, when you're Riley, every down is third-and-long. Oregon State is a little guy in a conference that keeps getting bigger. Disadvantage is as commonplace as raingear around here.

Oregon State football is the guy who lives down the street from the guy who won the lottery. Oregon used to be a regular Joe, too. The two schools used to never stray too far from one another in the basement of the league.

The University of Oregon, just a half-hour or so from Corvallis, has become the heartthrob of college football. America can't wait to see what it wears every Saturday, much less how it plays. The Ducks have benefited from the largesse of former Ducks track athlete Phil Knight, who has lavished his swooshed millions on his alma mater.

Take last summer, when the Pac-10 season preview for the media concluded after a dinner in Los Angeles. Riley booked a commercial flight for the following morning.

"Why don't you just come back with me in the private plane?" Oregon coach Chip Kelly said.

As he told the story, Riley's lean, angular face broke into a grin.

"The people who unloaded the stuff at the Eugene airport did a double take when I got off the plane after Chip," Riley said. "It was kind of funny. I like him. He's a good guy."

Riley doesn't lay awake at night, wondering why Knight couldn't have run for the Beavers.

"Thirty miles' difference," Riley said. "And back in those days, we had pretty good track, too. In the [era] Phil was competing, we had Dick Fosbury."

Oregon got the gazillionaire. Oregon State got the inventor of the Fosbury Flop.

Riley calls himself "a silver-lining guy." The only proven playmaker who has made it with all body parts intact to the spring game is wide receive Markus Wheaton. Riley's take: "The backups have gotten a lot of good work. They're better players for it."

George Schroeder, a columnist for the Eugene Register-Guard, refers to Corvallis as Mayberry and Riley as Sheriff Taylor, which is just about perfect. Riley grew up in Corvallis, "a five-minute town."

"I know this place," Riley said. "I love it and I can recruit to it with a passion."

Blazers 10-2011 Season Comes To A End.

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The Portland Trail Blazers were looking to force a Game 7 with the Dallas Mavericks last night. Instead, the Dallas Mavericks played like it was Game 7, but it was only Game 6.

The Blazers Lost in Game 6 last night, 103-96. The Blazers had as much as a 31-19 lead in the 1st quarter. But shutdown the rest of the way giving the Mavericks a 52-43 lead at the half.

LaMarcus Aldridge's amazing season comes to a end. He carried the Trail Blazers team this season. Everybody's gonna remember him from that 2010-2011 season. The Season were he became a leader. Next year Aldridge, next year.

Gerald Wallace finished with 32 points last night. This pick up became a very good one. He will be with us next season too.

Wesley Matthews, the best 3-point shooter on the team will be with us next season also.

Brandon Roy finished with 9 also.

Well, how about some flash backs to remember this 2010-2011 season? Shall we?

Blazers get off to a bad start now 12-14, Blazers on a hot streak, now 20-17, blazers lose 3 straight, now 20-20. Blazers win 5 straight, now 25-20. Blazers give OT win to the Lakers after being up 10 with 1:00 left, Blazers shock the Nuggets, Brandon Roy tied the game with 3, win by 1 in OT. Blazers win 4 straight, including wins over the Magic, and the Heat! Blazers win their 40th game 110-101 over Philadelphia. Nicolas Batum tips in Game winner vs. the Spurs! Blazers cap season 48-34. Blazers shock Mavericks with 23 point comeback to win Game 4. Blazers season Now over with loss in Game 6.

The Blazers a memorable season. More news will be here on OMOC Sports. GO BLAZERS!

Trail Blazers-Mavericks Game 6 NBA Playoffs Preview.

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If the Trail Blazers demonstrated anything this season, it's that they're not about to let a little challenge throw them off.

Portland has become adept at surpassing expectations.

But the ultimate test of the team's resolve will come Thursday night, when the Trail Blazers face elimination trailing 3-2 in their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks.

"When you get in these loser-out games, sometimes everybody tries to do it all, and then you get out of character," guard Brandon Roy said on Wednesday. "So the biggest thing tomorrow is that we stay in character and don't panic if they get up two points or we're up two. We need to play within our game plan like we've done all season, and we can beat this team."

Perhaps nothing demonstrates the Blazers' ability to deal with adversity more than their last win in the series. Down 67-44 in the third quarter, Roy led his team on a stunning comeback for an 84-82 Game 4 victory on Saturday.

Roy, a three-time All-Star who had been troubled by his knees all season and came on as a reserve, finished with 24 points -- 18 in the fourth quarter.

For Roy, there was satisfaction in the performance given what he had gone through.

In early December, it became apparent that something was amiss for Roy, the face of the franchise. It was later learned that the cartilage in both of his knees was so depleted that he was nearly playing bone-on-bone.

While the condition is something that will likely dog him for the rest of his career, Roy opted to have arthroscopic surgery on both knees in January. All told, he missed 35 regular-season games.

When Roy returned from surgery, LaMarcus Aldridge had taken over as the team's top playmaker, and second-year guard Wesley Matthews had taken his spot in the starting rotation. Roy's minutes were tightly controlled off the bench.

As they had with other key injuries -- most notably to centers Greg Oden and Marcus Camby -- the Blazers picked themselves up and moved on. They made the necessarily adjustments, and helped themselves by adding forward Gerald Wallace from Charlotte at the trade deadline, to wind up the sixth seed in the Western Conference.

Stubbs Homers In 10th, Leads to Reds Win.

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The Cincinnati Reds were looking to win the series today vs. the Brewers. With some very powerful hitting, the Reds grinded out 15 hits to lead to a extra inning 7-6 win. Here's what happened.....

Sam LeCure was on the hill for the Reds, who didn't last long, going 4.1 innings.

The Reds scored 4 runs in the 1st, starting with a 3 run homer by 2010 NL MVP Joey Votto.

Then, Paul Janish hit a sac fly to score Jonny Gomes and the Reds had a big lead, 4-0.

Carlos Gomez singled to right to scored 2 runs in the 3rd, then in the 5th, Lucroy had a RBI Groundout, and then the Brew Crew tied it with a Prince Fielder RBI Groundout.

Joey Votto singled to right in the 6th to bring in Edgar Renteria, in the same inning, Brandon Phillips singled to score Drew Stubbs. Now 6-4 Reds.

But it was not over. Kotsay hit a 1 run single, the last, Rickie Weeks hit a Sac fly and the Brewers have tied it.

The Reds in the 10th did one thing. Just one, and it was a amazing one.

Drew Stubbs hit a solo Home Run in the 10th and the Reds won 7-6. The Reds don't play until Friday, when they go back home to face the surging Florida Marlins.

#3 Beaver Baseball Roll Past Portland.

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James Nygren and Ben Wetzler combined to strike out 13 as the third-ranked Oregon State baseball team defeated Portland, 6-1, Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference game at Joe Etzel Field.

The win pushed the Beavers to a 30-8 record, putting them at the 30-win plateau for the second consecutive season and 11th time in head coach Pat Casey's 17 seasons in Corvallis. OSU also extended its win streak over the Pilots to 11 games.

"Credit James and Ben; they threw very well today," Casey said. "James set the tone early and Ben carried it throughout the end of the game. Offensively, we did what we needed to do to get the win."

Neither team was able to do much through three innings, but the Beavers broke the scoreless stalemate with four runs on six singles in top half of the top half of the fourth. Danny Hayes, Kavin Keyes, Parker Berberet and Ryan Dunn all drove in runs with singles off Portland starter Owen Jones.

Those four runs were all Nygren needed as the right-hander worked 5 1/3 innings to improve to 7-1, tying Sam Gaviglio for the team lead in wins. The senior tied a career-high with eight strikeouts and scattered just three hits while walking none.

Wetzler came in and worked the final 3 2/3 innings, striking out five while allowing an unearned run for his first career save. He struck out five and allowed two hits.

Jones took the loss for Portland after allowing all four runs in the fourth. The right-hander dropped to 3-5 this season after walking two and striking out seven.

The Beavers added two runs in the eighth on a Jared Norris double and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Keyes to conclude the win.

Norris led the Beavers with two hits. He also walked twice.

Kramer Scott tallied two of Portland's five hits. Colin Feldtman, who pinch hit in the ninth, singled home the Pilots' lone run.

The third-ranked Beavers now set their sights on No. 24 UCLA this weekend as the clubs open a three-game series in Los Angeles Friday night starting at 6 p.m. PT.

Blazers Lose Game 5, Now Just Loss Away From The Season Being Over.

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The Portland Trail Blazers are in some trouble, some big trouble.

The Trail Blazers failed to win Game 5 last night, 93-82, with 18 points from Andre Miller.

The Blazers need to win Game 6 and 7 to win the series, and they have their hands full.

If Dallas Win another game, they win the series and will face either the Lakers or the Hornets in the next round.

But the series is not over yet. Portland will come back home and face Dallas in Game 6, if they can win that, maybe they have enough power to pull off a shocker in Game 7.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 12 points, Gerald Wallace had 16, and Nicolas Batum had 12.

Brandon Roy, who scored 18 points in the 4th quarter in Game 4 to pull off a huge upset only scored 5 points today.

Anyways, the Series is not over, but the Blazers are on Losing Alert.