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Williams pushes for youngsters Beckham and Poreda When Ken Williams promised after the 2006 season he would start infusing youth into a team one year removed from a World Series championship, it was met with shock and scorn.

Andrew 'Dog' Palfrey sailed with John Bertrand and Ben Ainslie at the Audi Etchells Worlds. They were leading the series

The up-and-down season of the Badgers' men's hockey team is up again.

By STEVEN WINE Jake Peavy lasted only two innings, and in the wake of a Classic blowout, Team USA could soon be gone, too.Thanks to an embarrassing 11-1 loss to Puerto Rico on Saturday night that was stopped early because of the mercy rule, the Americans are once again on the ropes in round two of the World Baseball Classic.Carlos Beltran and Felipe Lopez homered, and Puerto Rico rocked Peavy for six runs to send the U.S. team into the loser's bracket. The Americans face the Netherlands in an elimination game Sunday night.Javier Vazquez (2-0) allowed one run in five innings for Puerto Rico, which remained unbeaten through four games. Ivan Rodriguez, playing in Miami for the first time since he helped the Marlins win the 2003 World Series, went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI to hike his WBC batting average to .600 (9-for-15).Adding embarrassment to an ugly U.S. performance, the game ended in the seventh inning because of the tournament's 10-run rule.The Americans were eager to mak

The England players in the Test series against the West Indies ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous.

The Rangers ran into a hot goaltender and a bundle of their own mistakes Saturday - particularly at the left defense position - and absorbed a 4-2 loss to the philadelphia flyers in Game 1 of these teams' monthlong mini-playoff series.

In a SuperSport Series cricket match bedevilled by the elements, the Diamond Eagles were 54 for one at close of play against the Highveld Lions.

The West Indies should start as favourites to win the fivematch series of 50over internationals beginning in Guyana on Friday but there is hope for England.

Minnesota beat St. Cloud State for a fifth consecutive time as the teams opened their best-of-three, first-round WCHA playoff series.

Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the Supersport Series match between the Titans and the Warriors at Supersport Park.