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Published on Sunday, Jul 20, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Penn State coach Joe Paterno helped a lot of players make it into the College Football Hall of Fame. He counts former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie among them.
''We made Flutie. I told him that 10 times,'' Paterno said Saturday evening at a news conference before the pair, Mount Union quarterback Jim Ballard, Ohio State quarterback Rex Kern and 16 others were enshrined in South Bend, Ind. ''He came to our place and nobody knew who he was and he ended up throwing for 400 yards.
''But we beat 'em,'' Paterno added with a smile.
Flutie got a chuckle out of it, as well.
''He kind of liked me, so I figured he let me throw for a bunch of yards, but not beat them too often,'' Flutie said.
The Nittany Lions beat the Eagles three out of four times, although in his junior year, Flutie passed for 380 yards in a 27-17 victory. As a sophomore, Flutie threw for 520 yards in a 52-17 loss and as a senior, he threw for 447 yards in a 37-30 loss.
For most coaches, joining the hall of fame is a final accolade, but Paterno is getting ready to start his 43rd season as coach.
''I'd rather do it now than when I'm dead,'' he said.
Also enshrined were Oklahoma center Tom Brahaney; Michigan defensive back Dave Brown; Clemson linebacker Jeff Davis; Texas defensive back Johnnie Johnson; North Alabama linebacker Ronald McKinnon; Texas A&I defensive end John Randle; Oregon running back Ahmad Rashad; McMurry halfback Brad Rowland; Indiana running back Anthony Thompson; Houston defensive tackle Wilson Whitley; Dartmouth linebacker Reggie Williams; Southern California linebacker Richard Wood; and Notre Dame nose tackle Chris Zorich.
Coaches being enshrined along with Paterno were Herb Deromedi of Central Michigan, W.C. Gorden of Jackson State and Doug Porter of Mississippi Valley State, Howard and Fort Valley State.
Cycling: Freire wins 14th stage of Tour
• Oscar Freire closed in on the sprint title at the Tour de France by winning the 14th stage, while Australia's Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey in the doping-battered race. The Spaniard prevailed in a mass sprint at the end of a hot, 120.9-mile ride from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains, a stage that featured small climbs in the last day before three punishing Alpine stages.
• Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton thinks Mark Cavendish might quit this year's Tour de France. The British sprint ace, winner of four stages so far, struggled in hot conditions during Saturday's 14th stage, having already complained of tiredness. He may pull out to better prepare for next month's Beijing Olympics.
Olympics: Paul Hamm proves hand OK
• Paul Hamm is going to the Olympics again, thanks to a performance that ended any doubt about whether his broken hand has healed and made it easy for the gymnastics selection committee to give its OK. Eight weeks after breaking his hand, Hamm needed to show competitive readiness Saturday at the last intrasquad meet before the U.S. team leaves for China. He did that during a two-hour meet at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. After a short meeting, the men's selection committee confirmed the defending Olympic champion would be on the team.
• Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone and Samantha Peszek are going to the Beijing Olympics. And they're bringing Bridget Sloan with them. Sloan, the alternate on last year's world championship gymnastics team, upgraded herself with an impressive performance at the two-day selection camp in New Waverly, Texas. The four join Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, who secured spots with their 1-2 finish at trials, on the last U.S. team to be finalized. Jana Bieger, Ivana Hong and Corrie Lothrop were named alternates.
• Ninth-ranked Andy Murray will represent Britain in singles tennis at next month's Olympic Games, his first, and partner with brother Jamie in the doubles.
Tennis: Serena out with injured knee
• Serena Williams' busy summer schedule caught up with her, making her the latest U.S. Olympian dealing with a knee injury as the Beijing Games approach. Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif., becoming the third singles player on the U.S. women's tennis team with a knee injury. Williams retired from her match after losing the first set and falling behind in the second set of her semifinal against qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak.
• Top-seeded James Blake struggled after a rain delay and was upset by defending champion Dimitry Tursunov 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. Tursunov, the third seed, will meet second-seeded Gilles Simon of France in the championship match today. Simon outlasted fourth-seeded American Sam Querrey 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
Horse racing: California bans steroids
• The California Horse Racing Board has unanimously adopted a regulation that effectively bans anabolic steroids in horses running in the state.
From Beacon Journal wire services
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