European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 Oden commits 10 fouls in his pro debut the associated press Las vegas Greg Odens foul troubles followed him to the the Portland Trail blazers Cen the first Overall pick in last months picked up three Quick fouls in the opening three minutes of his professional debut Friday night in the Las vegas summer league and fouled out with 10 its said Oden Smil i usually get thrown out after league rules allow 10 fouls be fore its a different game in com Parison to they Call it Dif Oden there Are a lot of things you cant do with hand movements and hand Portland trailed by double dig its for most of the game As Oden was a no Factor in a 7466 loss to the Boston he had six Points and two rebounds in 20 i  get into a Groove to he theres always a lot of pressure out there because of who you who battled foul trouble during his Only season at Ohio had four fouls in the first half and was limited to four Points in eight his woes continued in the third Quarter As he picked up three Early including an offensive one for push ing in the opening in other Aba news Friday the Milwaukee Bucks met with top draft pick i Jinlian for the first time in Las vegas at the nabs summer the Bucks drafted i with the sixth pick in the draft despite the wishes of the representatives of the 7foot chinese Power agent Dan Fegan had pushed for the 19yearold i to go to a City with a heavy asian Andres Nocini agreed to a five year Deal to return to the Chi Cago and there is a team option for a sixth Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens resigned As the vice chairman of the Seattle Superson first round draft pick Morris Almond agreed to a contract with the Utah braves place Smoltz on do Atlanta the Atlanta braves placed Pitcher John Smoltz on the 15day disabled list on Friday after an Fri found inflammation but apparently no structural damage in his right the braves said the Fri also showed a Good rotator and As a result Smoltz will not travel to to meet with James As had been tentatively was placed on the disabled list retroactive to july he will be eligible to come off the do on july he will miss tues Days Allstar game in san fran Cisco As Well As saturdays scheduled Start at san in other baseball news Friday the Milwaukee Brewers sports briefs placed outfielder Bill Hall on the 15day disabled list Friday with a High right ankle sprain and re called outfielder Tony Gwynn from triple who was hitting with nine homers and 38 was injured when he landed awkwardly after leaping for a Home run hit by Ryan Doumit on thursday at Hall left the game and pos game rays were Nega an Illinois Man accused of trying to extort from former Louis cardinals Sec Ond baseman Ronnie Belliard after claiming Belliard impregnated the mans daughter was sentenced Friday to less time than recommended under Federal sentencing George was sentenced by District judge Catherine Perry to one year and one Day in it was less than the recommended Range of 21 to 27 based on Edwards past criminal Kevin a newspaper heir widely credited with pre venting the pirates from leaving Pittsburgh by assembling an ownership group in 1996 when no one else announced Friday he is stepping Down As the teams chief executive officer at the end of the Brian who lost his Job As the Colorado Rockies closer after blowing four straight will miss the Allstar game because of a strained Back Pittsburgh pirates Pitcher Zach Duke wont throw for a Cou ple of weeks As he Waits for his aching left Elbow to Calm and his return to the rotation is still after tests con ducted by the pirates revealed irritation in his ulnar collateral Liga Duke sought a second Opin Ion Friday from Ortho Peist James Andrews in Andrews findings were nearly the same As those by the pirates manager Jim Tracy said Broncos Peterson to miss 4 games for steroids violation Denver Denver Broncos defensive end Kenny Peterson will miss the first four games of the season and be suspended with out pay for violating the Nils Ste roid the Broncos released an nil statement Friday saying Peterson will be suspended without pay starting the statement said Peterson had violated the pol icy on anabolic steroids and related substances but didst specify what he had Peterson can join the Broncos for training Camp but wont re turn to the Active roster until 1 after the Broncos play the India Napolis Kyle Busch wins rain delayed Busch race at Daytona Daytona Glenn Kyle Busch celebrates near the finish line after winning the Busch series Winn Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona on saturday the race was rained out on Kyle Busch picked up his first Lascar Victory at Daytona International winning the rain delayed Busch series race saturday Busch led the majority of the win Dixie earned his first Victory in the series this season and ended a string of bad Luck at the sports most famous Daytona 500 Winner Kevin har Vick finished followed by Dave Tony Stewart and Clint series Leader Carl Edwards finished Busch celebrated the then joined 19 other Drivers in re treating to their motor Homes to rest up for the Sextel cup event scheduled about nine hours later a rare Daylight doubleheader created when rain washed out the Busch race Friday rain also washed out qualify ing for the Pepsi leaving Sev eral teams out of the seasons Sec Ond race at Nastars most Sto ried Sextel cup series Leader Jeff Gordon was awarded the Denny Hamlin was to Start Sec Ond on saturday followed by Matt Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Boris said and two others were poised to make the but steady rain forced Lascar officials to cancel qualifying with 14 cars left to make its unfortunate you cant control Mother and the rules Are what the rules Gordon its hard to be too Over Joyed about this pole because i do feel for those said was sitting on the pole when the rain and Dave Jeremy Kenny Michael Scott Riggs and David Reutimann also were in position to make the 43car but three of the top seven cars that had completed runs were bumped because Lascar uses owner Points to set the starting Grid when qualifying gets can Swiss rider wins prologue As tour de France begins London under a Cloud of doping and suspicion that threat ens All of Switzerland Fabian Cancellara won the pro Logue of the tour de France As the sports Premier event began saturday with heavy Security and a distinct British the world Tim trial Champion who also won the tour prologue in completed the race through downtown London in 8 50 he is strictly a Tim trial rider and is not expected to compete for the Overall title in the three week i am really that for said who will Wear the leaders yellow Jersey for sundays first stage from Lon Don to i will do the maximum to defend Andreas Kloeden of Germany was 13 seconds behind in second followed by George Hin Capie of the United 23 seconds behind the at least officers from Lon dons metropolitan police provided along with officers from other forces and a Small unit of the French wild sign defens Eman Hill despite steroid suspension Sean the first nil player suspended for violating the leagues drug pol signed a oneyear Deal with the Minnesota wild on the 37yearold defens Eman played for the new York Island ers last season and was suspended hours before their playoff loss to Buffalo on april received a 20game suspension and will miss the first 19 games of this the wild said Hill acknowledged using a doctor prescribed testosterone Booster approved by the but tested positive for the anabolic steroid which is Hill told the team he did not knowingly take Bol Denone and is unsure How it got in his under the new collective bar gaining a player receives a 20game suspension for a first positive test and is subject to a mandatory referral to the leagues substance abuse behave Oral health program for Efalua education and possible treat every nil player can be Given up to two tests without notice every at any shocks Brazil in under20 world cup Ottawa Jozy Altidort scored a goal in each half gave the United states a 21 Victory Over Brazil on sending the americans to the second round of the under20 world cup and possibly eliminating the fou time the new York red bulls for Ward put the United states ahead in the 12th minute after lean Dro Lima tied it in the converted off a deflection in the 81st for the the Victory helped the americans finish atop group d with seven the moves into the of 16 and will face a third place team from one of the other groups in Toronto on new Orleans basketball coach resigns after one season new Orleans University of new Orleans head basketball coach Buzz Williams resigned Fri departing after Only one sea son with the athletic director Jim Miller said Williams wanted to pursue other career interests and not More Williams went 1417 99 Sun Belt conference this past season and the privateers reached the quarterfinals of the conference he leaves behind a team will return four starters next sea including the Sun Belt player of the guard to Condes wins if min Fly title with a split decision Indonesia Rante Condes of the Philippines won the International boxing federations min flyweight title with a split decision saturday Over Muhammad Rachman of Condes knocked Rachman Down twice in the third and 10th rounds during the 12round fight Salven Lagumbay of the Philip Pines and mongol Suriya Chand of scored it 114112 for Condes 20 while Home judge Muhammad Rois gave it 117113 for Rachman