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ERIE — Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher will share his "Blueprint for a Winning Team" at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Junker Center when he kicks off the 2010-11 Speakers Series at Penn State-Behrend.
No ticket is required for the free event.
For information, call the Office of Student Activities at 814-898-6171.
ERIE — Ryan Prokay of Grove City and Brett Rinker of Slippery Rock each carded a 223 to tie for 32nd place at the Erie Junior Golf Classic, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at The Kahkwa Club.Prokay fired a 77-76-70 while Rinker shot 78-73-72. There were 74 golfers in the field.In the girls division, Paige Wojdyla of Cranberry Township placed 20th with a 269 (90-93-86).
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Percy Harvin experienced the scariest episode yet in a career plagued by migraine headaches when he collapsed at Minnesota Vikings' practice and was taken to a hospital by ambulance.Coach Brad Childress left team headquarters after practice and spent the rest of the afternoon at the hospital with Harvin, who also got visits from other coaches and teammates.Harvin, who has dealt with migraines most of his life, returned to the field Monday after missing more than two weeks, but at the beginning of Thursday's workout the wide receiver experienced another episode that was scary enough for the Vikings to halt practice while their teammate received medical attention.
MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray were pushed to their limits Thursday before moving on to the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters. Both got some help with their matches on the line.Nadal survived a set point in the second-set tiebreaker, then surged to a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over France's Julien Benneteau, who developed leg cramps in the final set and wasn't the same. A worn-out Murray took advantage of Ernests Gulbis' erratic shots — especially in the tiebreaker — for a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) victory.Andy Roddick couldn't blame the heat for his full-length match. The top-ranked American played in the evening and wasted five match points — one of them during a second-set tiebreaker — before closing out a 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5) win over No. 5 Robin Soderling.
MONTREAL — Kim Clijsters breezed into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup Thursday with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kaia Kanepi.Clijsters will face Vera Zvonareva, the eighth seed from Russia who downed Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-3, 6-3.Svetlana Kuznetsova rallied for a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory that put her into the quarterfinals. The win put the 11th-seeded Kuznetsova into a quarterfinal Friday against Zheng Jie, who upset fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva 7-6 (3), 6-4.No. 2-seeded Carolina Wozniacki defeated 15th-seeded Flavia Pennetta 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Wozniacki next plays French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, who beat 2008 champ Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Tiger Woods is playing the first FedEx Cup playoff event with hopes that it's not his last.Woods officially entered The Barclays, which starts Aug. 26. It's the first of four playoff events that conclude with the Tour Championship and a $10 million prize to the winner of the yearlong FedEx Cup competition.Woods is No. 108 in the standings, and he is likely to go further down the list depending on what happens this week at the Wyndham Championship. Only the top 125 players are eligible for The Barclays.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Arjun Atwal tied a tournament record with a 61 Thursday and took a two-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship.
