Once word got out that legendary Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken liked to bust slumps by swatting balls off a batting tee as far as he could, for instance, every high-school team suddenly owned a tee.
The Australian set the fastest time of one minute 37.188 seconds at Estoril on Saturday to head off Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa and British rider Cal Crutchlow.
The road to an eighth title got a bit easier for UConn, Notre Dame and Cal when Griner and the defending national champions were knocked off by the Cardinals.
Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 15 points and freshman NBA prospect Anthony Bennett shook off a poor start to finish with 15 points and 10 rebounds for UNLV, which beat Cal 76-75 in Berkeley on Dec. 9.
Mr. CAL RAPSON (Vice President, United Auto Workers): And the trade that would have taken that liability off their books was some major job opportunities.