Sports Log
Baseball
Former Washington manager Manny Acta will get a second interview with the Cleveland Indians. Acta, fired by the Nationals in July, will meet with Indians owner Paul Dolan, general manager Mark Shapiro, assistant GM Chris Antonetti, and other front office personnel today at Progressive Field. Acta was one of up to 10 candidates the team interviewed by phone last week during organizational meetings from their training complex in Goodyear, Ariz. Acta, 40, went 158-252 in two-plus seasons for the Nationals, who fired him after the team started 21-61 last season . . . The Mariners’ Kenji Johjima opted out of the final two years of his contract, allowing him to sign with a Japanese team. In April 2008, Seattle had signed the 33-year-old catcher to a $24 million, three-year extension covering 2009-11. He gave up salaries of $7.7 million next year and $8.1 million in 2011. Johjima, who hit .268 in his four seasons with Seattle, including 84 doubles, 48 homers, and 198 RBIs in 462 games, hit just .247 in 71 games this season.Colleges
QB Pike practices for No. 5 Bearcats
Tony Pike was back at practice with a cast on his left forearm, an indication that fifth-ranked Cincinnati may not be without its starting quarterback for long. Pike broke the forearm last season, had a plate and six screws inserted, and wore a protective cast when he returned after missing only two games. The plate shifted when he was tackled last Thursday night against South Florida, causing concern that he might need more surgery and be lost for the season . . . Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford has been ruled out of No. 25 Oklahoma’s game this week at 24th-ranked Kansas, but coach Bob Stoops said any decision beyond that is yet to come. Bradford reinjured his right shoulder on Oklahoma’s second possession during a 16-13 loss to No. 3 Texas Saturday . . . BC sophomore Montel Harris was named the Walter Camp Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week and the Atlantic Coast Conference offensive back of the week after setting school records with 264 yards rushing and five touchdowns in a 52-20 win over North Carolina State . . . Texas quarterback Colt McCoy said he plans to play Saturday against Missouri despite a bruised right thumb that will likely lose its nail. McCoy hurt his throwing hand in the Longhorns’ win over Oklahoma . . . UMass (4-2) climbed four spots in both Championship Subdivision polls - up to No. 14 in the Sports Network poll and No. 16 in the coaches’ poll - after its weekend upset of New Hampshire. UNH (5-1) slipped to ninth (Sports Network) and eighth (coaches’). Holy Cross (5-1) is 22d in both polls . . . A 4-1 win over Boston College Sunday helped Vermont move up four spots to No. 7 in the USCHO.com/CBS men’s hockey rankings. Boston University dropped one spot to No. 3 and BC fell three places to No. 14, one below UMass-Lowell . . . Five UCLA basketball players have been sidelined by injuries during preseason practice. Guard Jerime Anderson (groin), forward James Keefe (shoulder), guard Malcolm Lee (concussion), forward Brendan Lane (ankle), and forward Mike Moser (back) are all injured for the perennial national power.Soccer
Davies out of ICU, faces surgery next
US national team forward Charlie Davies has been moved out of intensive care at a Washington hospital as he recovers from serious injuries after a car accident. The former Boston College standout will have surgery early next week to repair a broken left elbow and may require operations to repair facial fractures. Davies is expected to need 6-12 months to recover, essentially ruling him out for the 2010 World Cup . . . American defender Oguchi Onyewu will have surgery tomorrow to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his left knee, an injury sustained during last week’s World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica. The timeframe for Onyewu’s recovery will be determined after surgery . . . US national team midfielder Carli Lloyd agreed to contract terms with Women’s Professional Soccer champion Sky Blue FC. Lloyd became a free agent after playing her first WPS season with the Chicago Red Stars.Miscellany
WNBA’s Shock ready to move to Tulsa
The WNBA’s Detroit Shock will move to Tulsa, Okla., a team official told the Associated Press. Detroit made its debut in the league in 1998 and won titles in 2003, 2006, and 2008. The Shock lost last month to the Indiana Fever in the Eastern Conference finals after rallying to earn a playoff spot . Lead investor Bill Cameron has said his group will exercise its option to buy a WNBA team with the goal of having a team in Oklahoma next season. The Shock had a lot of success on the court, but not in the stands. In the 2003 WNBA finals, Detroit drew 22,076 fans - a record for a women’s professional basketball game - but most games were sparsely attended . . . The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission is investigating the death of a Texas jockey who was thrown from his horse during a thoroughbred race at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw over the weekend. Mark Pace, 58, died Sunday after falling off his mount, Reep What You Sow, during the first race. According to the race chart, the horse hit the rail on the backstretch, lost its jockey, and did not finish . . . Nadia Petrova easily advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, beating Yana Buchina, 6-2, 6-0. In the men’s first round, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny defeated Horacio Zeballos, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) . . . World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title in Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 12 against Kevin Johnson of the United States.
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