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Smith interviewed for Auburn opening
http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/06/04/06042008wacstevesmith.html
Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith has interviewed for the Auburn head coaching job, according to Auburn (Ala.) radio station WQSI-FM.
Smith, who recently completed his 14th season at Baylor, had no comment Tuesday when asked if he interviewed for the Auburn job.
Smith also wouldn’t comment on whether he has interviewed for the Mississippi State job. The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger recently named Smith as a potential candidate for the job which opened after long-time coach Ron Polk resigned. Smith, a native of Gulfport, Miss., was an assistant under Polk from 1990-94 before taking over the head coaching reins at Baylor.
“Baylor is a wonderful place to coach, and I have every intention of being there as long as I can,” Smith said.
The Auburn job opened on May 17 when Tom Slater resigned after going 115-113 in four seasons, including a 43-77 SEC record. Auburn finished 28-28 this season and went 11-19 in the SEC. The Tigers last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2005 when they finished 34-26, but they failed to make the SEC Tournament in each of Slater’s four seasons.
wacotrib.com
6/4/08
Big Brown puts in five furlongs in final pre-Belmont workout
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/news/story?id=3424013
NEW YORK -- A feisty Big Brown was back in his barn after a final workout Tuesday for the Belmont Stakes, and Rick Dutrow Jr. wasted no time zeroing in on the crack in the colt's left front hoof.
No blood.
"I didn't see any," the trainer said, promptly relaying the good news to hoof specialist Ian McKinlay by phone. "I said that he went good and I don't see any issue at all. I told him that everything was beautiful."
Big Brown ran five furlongs in 1:00.03 with Dutrow and co-owner Michael Iavarone looking on near the finish line, where they expect Big Brown to be proclaimed a Triple Crown champion on Saturday.
No such celebration has taken place at this track since 1978, when Affirmed dueled with Alydar and captured thoroughbred racing's highest honor.
"We're as happy as we can be," Dutrow said. "There's not any issues with our horse. He does whatever you would want him to do."
espn.com
6/4/08
Packers’ Herron hits intruder with bedpost during break-in at home
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3424737
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron thwarted a would-be burglar by hitting him with a bedpost during a break-in at his home.
Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken said Tuesday that the break-in happened late last Friday and the injured intruder remained hospitalized but is expected to recover.
"Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property," Kocken said in a statement. "Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is cooperating with law enforcement."
Herron, 26, missed all of last season with a knee injury.
espn.com 6/3/08
