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1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 I A Sports FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 2007 SECTION TOP NEWS DALY NEAR PGA LEAD John Daly shoots a 3- under-par 67 and is just 2 shots behind leader Graeme Storm after the rst round of the PGA Championship. Tiger Woods shot a 71. D3 IN BRIEF PUNTER GUILTY The backup punter accused of stabbing his rival at Northern Colorado in a desperate bid to become the starter was found guilty of second- degree assault Thursday, but jurors in Greeley, acquitted him of attempted rst-degree murder. Mitch Cozad, who faces up to 16 years in prison, was led away in handcuffs and must remain in jail while awaiting sentencing. LAW DEBATE Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam Jones appeared on ESPN2 to promote his foray into pro wrestling.

He also tried to untangle his legal record. He disputed been arrested six times. only been arrested he insisted. been accused and people have put warrants out on me numerous other times, but as of today on no probation, I been charged with anything Still, legal records show six arrests. ONLINE MORE RICK ANKIEL Sound off about Rick return to St.

Louis in Cards Talk or Press Box check out Derrick Bird Land post about Ankiel and vote in our poll exclusively at STLtoday.com/cards PAGE: D01PD1SP0810 RICK ANKIEL: BACK TO THE BIGS Blast from the past Rick Ankiel is greeted warmly in the dugout after his seventh-inning homer Thursday night. Chris Lee Post-Dispatch By Derrick Goold ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Nearly years after pitching a baseball became so frustrating and draining that he decided to call it a career, Rick Ankiel completed a most remarkable reinvention by making his major-league debut as an elder Thursday. The Cardinals called up the onetime pitching phenom and started him in right eld against the San Diego Padres. A private welcome in the clubhouse that manager Tony La Russa called and went public in the rst inning when a standing ovation greeted Ankiel as he strode toward the box.

He received a curtain call in the seventh inning when he drilled a home run to right eld in his fourth at-bat of his second life in the big leagues. very Ankiel said before the game. of the hard work that you put into it it feels like being Bringing Ankiel to the major leagues before they had initially planned is more than a promotion for the Coast leading slugger. a commitment to him. Ankiel, 28, is out of options and will not be returned to the minor leagues this season, meaning the Cardinals plan to play the The lefty starts in right and homers By Rick Hummel ST.

LOUIS POST-DISPATCH If there is one National League team with which American League veteran Joel Pineiro is most familiar, it is the San Diego Padres. Pineiro, the newest of 10 starters this season, has spent the bulk of his career with the Se- attle Mariners, who not only share a spring training site with the Padres in Peoria, but whom the Padres engage six times in inter- league play every year. Pineiro beat the Padres twice in 2003 while with the Mariners, giving up two runs in each start, and while many of the names have changed, the results Thursday night at Busch Stadium. Matched against National League earned-run average leader Chris Young (1.82), Pineiro again stopped the Padres on four hits, walking nobody, in seven innings as the Cardinals beat the Padres 5-0 to take three of the four games. The storybook part of the evening was the triumphant return of Rick Ankiel to the Cardinals, this time as an elder.

After popping up and striking out twice in his rst three at-bats after joining the team Thursday afternoon from Memphis, the former pitching prodigy put the stamp on win by hitting a three-run homer off Doug Pineiro shines, shuts down Padres; Cardinals win series Spiezio seeks treatment Cardinals reserve Scott Spiezio will undergo treatment for alcohol and drug abuse after approaching the club for assistance. A1 Brad Jordan, here with son Drew, has more time for his family now that no longer coaching in the Webster Groves soccer programs. Sarah Conard Post-Dispatch Coaching crunch hits preps By Brian Sumers ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH As his 4-year-old son learned how to ride a bike a real one, without training wheels Brad Jordan taught dribbling techniques to other kids. He loved coaching soccer, a sport he has played since age 4.

But Jordan struggled each time he coached an evening practice or a Saturday afternoon tournament game because he had to leave his family behind. In-season, he estimates, the job consumed 20-25 hours per week in addition to his regular teaching duties. was missing Jordan said. know it sounds little and stupid, but I wanted to be Just after the Webster Groves soccer season ended in May, Jordan, 30, stepped down as the girls soccer coach and assistant boys coach. Someday he hopes to return to the sideline, but he could no longer juggle the demands of fatherhood and coaching.

Not even for the $6,974 two-team coaching supplement. As the time demands of coach- ing increase many say it is nearly a full-time job with a part- time salary athletics directors say having trouble hiring and retaining coaches. The problem is further compounded because schools have added sports and levels to encourage participation and because out-of- school applicants are not always ed. With less than a month until the school year begins, some athletics directors still have not Time demands and relatively low pay make it hard to ll openings. PLEASE SEE COACH D6 CARDINALS 5, PADRES 0 PLEASE SEE ANKIEL D9 PLEASE SEE CARDINALS D9 Rams open exhibition slate Rams coach Scott Linehan gets his rst big indication of where the team stands as it begins exhibition play against Minnesota.

D5 When: 7 tonight. Where: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis. TV: KTVI (Ch. 2).

need to see Rick here and really assess how major-league-ready he is and give him as many opportunities (as we can). He has his best opportunity to Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa 1 1 22:33:20 22:33:20.