JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

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The two schools traded four homers and Nissho Gakuen collected at least one hit in each inning as the game seesawed back-and-forth at Koshien Stadium to open the second round of the tourney. The slugfest -- tied 8-8 after eight innings -- came down to two plays by the teams' respective pitchers in the ninth. Nissho Gakuen's Yukio Ogasawara let the go-ahead run score on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth and Kosei's Naohiro Imaizumi made a diving catch of a botched squeeze bunt in the bottom half and turned it into a double play that ended the final scoring threat　+READ

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The Lakers will kick off the 2011 preseason on October 9 when they take on the Warriors at the Save Mart Center in Fresno.

The Lakers will then return to Southern California where they will play back-to-back sets of games against the Hawks and Jazz before heading to Las Vegas, Nevada to face the Kings on October 21 at the Thomas and Mack Center.

BATTLE for the TOP

The 49ers' re-signing of Smith assured that he'd remain a prominent part of the team's plans, but could a quick development by Kaepernick force the rookie into the lineup?

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FOOTBALL or NOT

“We want to tell you we thank you for being supportive of us through this process,” Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “We were trying to make the game better for those guys that played it in the past, in the present and in the future. We appreciate your support. We look forward to a great football season. We got this thing done, now let’s play some ball.”