MHSAA plans to appeal

MHSAA plans to appeal – mlive.com

The Michigan High School Athletic Association says it plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen’s ruling which awarded a $7.4 million court judgment for the plantiff’s legal fees in the gender equity lawsuit.

Just keeping up with developments in the Michigan case. It’s an interesting question when you consider that the judgment against the state’s athletic association is more than the value of the organization. Stay tuned….

Opponents carry injured home run hitter around the bases

Opponents carry injured home run hitter around the bases – International Herald Tribune
PORTLAND, Ore.: With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.

But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury.

She crawled back to first but could do no more. The first-base coach said she would be called out if her teammates tried to help her. Or, the umpire said, a pinch runner could be called in, and the homer would count as a single.

Then, members of the Central Washington University softball team stunned spectators by carrying Tucholsky around the bases Saturday so the three-run homer would count — an act that contributed to their own elimination from the playoffs.

Gotta love the Pacific Northwest! Next time somebody asks me to define “sportsmanship,” I’m going to point them to this article.