http://www.cbs7.com Your Eye on West Texas en-us Copyright 2013 CBS 7. All Rights Reserved. 5/24/2013 10:15:29 PM Sports 20 For many of us, getting up in the morning and running a couple miles is something we have to force ourselves to do.

But, Kamie Halfmann has a simple reason as to why she enjoys long distance running.

"Probably just because I'm better at it than short distance," she said with a shurg. "I'm better at keeping my pace and stuff."

Okay, I gotta give her that: things are definitely more fun when you are good at them. So I asked her coach Chris Sumrall: what is it about Kamie that enables her to be a successful runner?

"First off she's very talented," he said simply. "She's a gifted athlete. The second thing is she's a very competitive young lady. She wants to compete. You've gotta be pretty tough the mind can wander. You've gotta have a pretty intense concentration."

So that explains how Kamie seems to rise to the occasion. When she returned from the track and field state championships, she had not one, but two gold medals around her neck.

"I've always wanted that state title, but at the beginning of the year I really didn't think I'd have two," Kamie said with a giggle. "A lot of people were really proud of me and I've always wanted that and two is really exciting."

"It's very exciting to see that the first time, and then the second time you're just like, 'Wow!'" Sumrall exclaimed.

I asked Kamie how she is going to beat her two gold medals at state next year and even she was having a hard time thinking how to top that. She finally said, "Just beat my own times."

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Undated - Cleveland's Justin Masterson and Washington's Jordan Zimmermann are going to the mound tonight in search of their eighth win of the season. Tampa's Matt Moore is the lone eight-game winning pitcher in big-league baseball.

Masterson and the Indians are back in Fenway Park for the second game of their weekend series against the Red Sox, while Zimmermann and the Nationals are home to the Phillies. Moore is back on the mound tomorrow when the Rays entertain the Yankees.

The Braves are currently the hottest team in baseball with a six-game winning streak. Tonight they are in New York facing the Mets. The longest losing streak is held by Minnesota with nine straight defeats. The Twins will attempt to get back in the win column tonight with a game in Detroit.
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Miami- Miami took the first game of its best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference final with Indiana, in overtime, 103-102. LeBron James won the game with a last-second basket. The contest was marked by 35 ties or lead changes and neither team led by more than seven points.

Tonight, once again in Miami, the Heat and Pacers will square off with Indiana looking to get a win before the series heads to Indianapolis.

Game 3 will take place Sunday night on the Pacers home court.

By the way, if you have wondered just how dominating the Heat have been this season, they have won 46 of their last 49 games.
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Pittsburgh - The fifth game of the Pittsburgh-Ottawa NHL Eastern Conference semifinal is being played tonight in the Steel City. The Penguins can eliminate the Senators and move on to the conference final with a win as they top the series 3-1.

After winning the first two games in Pittsburgh the Pens dropped the third in Ottawa before winning on the Senators' home ice two nights ago, 7-3.

If a sixth game is called for, the Sens will play host on Sunday.

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PARIS- The seedings for next week's French Open have been announced with Novak Djokovic leading the way for the men and Serena Williams the women. Rounding out the top-three seeds for the men are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Following Williams are Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka.
The way things are set up, Nadal and Djokovic, the finalists last year, could meet in the semifinals.
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Fort Worth, Texas- Josh Teater and Boo Weekley are off to good starts today in the PGA's Colonial. Each is 5-under for the day with Teater 10-under for the tournament and Weekley 8-under. Teater has completed nine holes and Weekley eight.

The first-round leader was Ryan Palmer at 8-under after a Thursday 62 and he starts play in the afternoon.
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Paradise Island, Bahamas- Play in the LPGA event in the Bahamas is finally underway after a heavy rain forced postponement of the first round on Thursday. Heather Bowie Young of the U.S. is 5-under after nine holes while Lisa McCloskey is 4-under after 11.
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St Louis - Jay Haas and Duffy Waldorf were the co-leaders after the first round of the Senior PGA Championship in St. Louis. Waldorf has shot even-par golf for the first two holes and remains 5-under, while Haas has a later tee time.
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Undated- The Cleveland Indians aim for their sixth straight win tonight, but they'll be facing an unbeaten pitcher from their closest pursuer in the American League Central race.

The Indians start the night with a two-and-a-half-game lead over Detroit following their four-game sweep of Seattle, their first four-game sweep of the Mariners since 1981. The Indians had three walkoff hits among their four wins over the Mariners, including a Yan Gomes (yahn gohmz) three-run homer in the 10th inning of their 10-8 win yesterday.

Tonight, the Indians' opposition gets stiffer. The Tigers come to down and manager Jim Leyland is sending out 5-0 Max Scherzer against the Tribe's Corey Kluber, who's 3-2.

The New York Yankees try to win the second of their three game series against Baltimore following their 6-4, 10-inning win over the Orioles last night. Baltimore has dropped six in a row to fall five games back of the Yankees. It's Phil Hughes for the Yanks against Miguel Gonzalez.

In Toronto, Ramon Ortiz is coming off his first victory since 2011 and he'll be on the mound for the Blue Jays against Tampa Bay's Alex Cobb. The Blue Jays beat the Rays 7-5 yesterday.

Oakland is at Texas, trying to close the five-and-a-half-game edge the Rangers have on the Athletics in the AL West. The A's draw a tough pitching assignment as Texas is sending out ace Yu Darvish, who is 7-1. A Darvish win would tie him with Tampa Bay's Matt Moore for most victories in the majors.

Boston is at Chicago to play the White Sox, who beat the Red Sox 6-4 last night. That ended Boston's five-game winning streak.

Kansas City tries to end its four-game losing streak when it visits Houston, which is tied with Miami for the worst record in baseball at 13-32.

In the interleague matchup, NL East-leading Atlanta tries for its fifth straight victory when it plays Minnesota, which has lost six in a row. The Braves won 5-1 last night to increase their division lead to three and a-half games over Washington. It's Mike Pelfrey for the Twins against Tim Hudson.

The Chicago Cubs send out Matt Garza, who is making his first start of the season since coming off the disabled list, when they play at Pittsburgh. Wandy Rodriguez takes a 4-2 mark to the mound for the Pirates.

The Cincinnati Reds start the day a game and a-half back of St. Louis in the NL Central race. The Reds start 3-2 Mike Leake against Jonathan Niese, who sports a 3-4 record for the New York Mets. Cincinnati beat the Mets 4-3 last night.

The Cardinals go with 5-3 Adam Wainwright against San Diego's Edinson Volquez after the Padres posted a 4-2 win over the Cards last night.

Philadelphia is at Miami tonight after the Marlins beat the Phillies 5-1 last night. Phils lefty Cole Hamels fell to 1-7.

The L.A. Dodgers send out 2-0 Zack Greinke in his second start since coming off the disabled list when they visit Milwaukee. The Brewers are last in the NL Central with a 17-26 mark.

Arizona is at Colorado as the Diamondbacks try to expand their one-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.

The Giants try for their second straight win over Washington as they host the Nationals. It's Matt Cain for the Giants against 2-5 Stephen Strasburg. The Giants roughed up the Nats 8-0 last night.

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Undated- Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard avoided the disabled list after undergoing an MRI on his sore left knee yesterday. Catcher Carlos Ruiz wasn't as lucky.

The Phils say Howard is day to day after battling knee pain for the last two weeks. He's hitting .245 with six homers and 22 RBIs in 41 games and has carved out a .179 average in 16 games this month.

Ruiz is going on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, prompting the Phillies to recall catcher Humberto Cuintero from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ruiz is expected to be out three to four weeks.

The Phils also played reliever Mike Adams on the 15-day DL retroactive to May 11 due to a back strain.

The Rangers have designated 39-year-old pitcher Derek Lowe for assignment to make room for Josh Lindblom, who made his first career big league start against Oakland on Monday. Lowe has allowed 13 runs in 13 innings since making the Rangers out of training camp.

A couple of unusual injuries were reported after San Francisco's 8-0 whitewash of Washington last night. Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong broke his throwing hand fouling off a pitch. Vogelsong broke two bones along the right pinkie and dislocated a knuckle the area that the medical staff couldn't get popped back into place. He was scheduled for surgery this morning at Stanford.

And Nationals manager Davey Johnson disclosed reliever Ryan Mattheus broke his hand punching a locker following a sub-par performance Sunday in San Diego.

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Undated- The Boston Bruins and defending Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings can take commanding leads in their respective NHL conference semifinal series tonight.

The Bruins are in New York with a 2-0 lead after two games in Beantown. The Rangers are in familiar position -- they dropped the first two games in their first-round series against Washington before winning that series in seven games.

In San Jose, the Kings can take a 3-1 series lead over the Sharks. These teams have been off since Friday when the Kings posted a 2-1 overtime win at the Shark Tank.

Last night, the Detroit Red Wings went up two games to one against the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL's Western Conference semifinals with a 3-1 victory. Game 4 is Thursday in Detroit.
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San Antonio-The San Antonio Spurs hope to match their offensive fireworks they displayed in the series opener when they take on Memphis in Game 2 of that NBA Western Conference final.

The Spurs torched the Grizzlies by hitting 14 3-pointers while shooting 53 percent in their series-opening 105-83 win on Sunday.

By now, the Grizzlies are kind of used to losing series openers. They dropped their last three Game 1's dating back to last year's playoffs.
]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44793 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports New York- The Orlando Magic have the best odds of winning tonight's draft lottery, which is sort of like the Super Bowl for NBA also-rans. The Magic finished with an NBA-worst 20-62 record.

The Magic have a one-in-four chance to snag the top draft pick in the June 27th draft. That No. 1 pick is expected to be Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel. He comes with a bit of baggage, however. Noel is recovering from a torn ACL and could miss the first two months of the next NBA season.
]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44792 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports Boston- NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls at their spring meetings today in Boston. Santa Clara and South Florida are competing for the 50th Super Bowl to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.
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Irving- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss at least three weeks of offseason workouts after a procedure to remove a cyst from his back. The team's website is reporting Romo underwent the procedure last month and could return for the mandatory minicamp that starts June 11. The Cowboys say Romo will be ready for training camp in July.


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Undated-Golf's governing bodies have banned long putters -- sort of.

Specifically, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association have outlawed the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, effective in 2016.

The new rule does not ban the long putters, only the way they commonly are used. Golfers no longer will be able to anchor the club against their bodies to create the effect of a hinge. Masters champion Adam Scott used a long putter he pressed against his chest. British Open champion Ernie Els and U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson used a belly putter, as did Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship.


]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44789 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports It took all season long for Lynley Lewis to pull out her most powerful weapon on the golf course: believing in herself.

When she did, she couldn't even believe the results.

"Oh my gosh! This is the best round, I've ever done!" she exclaimed remembering what it felt like to have everything go right. "I was like okay, trying not to freak out right now."

We all know the saying: good things come to those who wait. It seems like Lynley was simply waiting for the opportune moment.

"It has been a roller coaster ride for Lynley and the game of golf," said her coach at Midland Christian Kevin Wallum. "One day it's going great. The next she's saying, 'Coach! I hate golf!' But she hung with it."

"I was like this senior year, I'm going to finish strong, I'm going to get my 80, and I'm going to break it," Lynley shared. "That was one of my goals coming into this year. And actually at regionals I shot an 84, which was encouraging and I thought, 'Okay, I can do better than that!'"

"She seemed to be playing better at the end of the year," said Green Tree Golf Pro and Midland Christian assistant Stuart Hendley. "So, we weren't surprised she played like that, but to have that kind of round on the final day was just awesome."

It was on that final round of her high school career in the TAPPS State Tournament that Lynley did better than shoot 80: her final score was a 77.

"I said coach, I'm gonna shoot in the 70s tomorrow," she remembered. "I'm gonna do it."

"I was just trying to keep her forward thinking instead of what's happening," Wallum said, "and at one point she said, 'Coach! What's happening!?' And I said, 'You're playing like you're supposed to.'"

"I could hardly stay in my cart!" Hendley said enthusiastically. "I just wanted to jump out of my cart go over and say, 'Yeah!' For a girl that's never broke 80 in a tournament, that's just incredible."

At the end of her season, it wasn't Lynley's putting, chipping or driving that made the difference. It was simply finding confidence in her game.

"She started to believe it, and on those days she believed it, magical things can happen," Wallum said with a smile. "That final round was magical...it really was."

"That was the best feeling," Lynley said. "Knowing that I had said at the beginning of the year that I was going to break 80, that I was going to have a great round. And knowing that I believed in myself and trusted my abilities."]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44680 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)

TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."

Coach Gary Patterson announced the suspension of the Big 12 defensive player of the year in a one-sentence statement Wednesday. Patterson didn't immediately return a message left on his cellphone. School officials had no further comments or details about the statement.

As a freshman last season, Fields had 18½ tackles for losses and 10 quarterback sacks. Along with being voted the league's top defender, he was the Big 12 defensive newcomer of the year.

The Horned Frogs open Aug. 31 against LSU at Cowboys Stadium. They play Southeastern Louisiana at home the following week.]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44645 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports HOUSTON (AP)

The Houston Texans announced they have signed free agent center Tyler Horn and released running back George Winn and tackle Dann O'Neill.

The team also said Wednesday it had signed running back/kick returner Deji Karim, announced earlier this week by his agent on Twitter.

Like Karim, Horn tried out at the Texans rookie mini-camp. Horn, signed out of Miami as a free agent by Atlanta in 2012, spent the final nine weeks of last season on the Tennessee Titans practice squad.

Both Winn and O'Neill signed with the Texans on May 10 as undrafted college free agents.]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44644 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)

Forgive the San Antonio Spurs if they aren't that excited about holding a 3-2 series lead over the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals.

After all, they've been ahead twice before.

If the Spurs want to close out the Warriors in Game 6 on Thursday night at rowdy Oracle Arena, they'll have to do what neither team has in this series: win consecutive games. Golden State also is 4-0 after a loss in the playoffs.

The odds are stacked in San Antonio's favor.

The Spurs have won 11 of 12 best-of-seven series when leading 3-2. The last time the Warriors came back from a 3-2 deficit was against the Chicago Bulls in the 1975 Western Conference finals, when the franchise won its only NBA title.]]> http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44643 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:29 UTC sports