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Golf
Rado, Selig win Rally
A hole-in-one on the par-3, 135-yard 13th hole was just what Connie Rado and Mable Selig needed to put them over the top in the Isabel McGuire Spoher Memorial Rally For a Cure Tournament held Tuesday. Rado and Selig finished with score of 58 in the 6-6-6 format.
Proceeds from the tournament, held annually at the Wyoming Valley Country Club, helped to raise more than $5,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research and honors Spoher, a victim of the disease.
The team of Dorothy Simon and Natalie Morrow were second (62) followed by Pat Alansky and Becky Kulbaski in third (64). Linda Shypulefski and Rita Kaminski were fourth (64) with June Olszewski and Raelene Darling coming in fifth (64).
Nation/World
College Football
Michigan seeking rival
Michigan won’t settle for just any opponent when its football series with Notre Dame takes a break after the 2011 season, the school’s athletic director says.
Michigan will play a national power from a major conference, most likely in a home-and-home series, athletic director Bill Martin told The Ann Arbor News for a story posted on its Web site Tuesday evening.
Martin declined to name names but said he’s been approached by several schools.
Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White last week announced that Oklahoma would replace Michigan for two years after the current contract expires.
White said the goal is to play in different parts of the country in an attempt to return Notre Dame to its independent roots.
But the rivalry isn’t going to disappear.
Martin said he and White will meet soon to continue contract talks.
NFL
Kolb inks 4-year deal
Second-round pick Kevin Kolb signed a four-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday, the last of the team’s eight picks to sign.
Kolb was the Conference USA offensive player of the year last season after throwing for 3,809 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior at Houston. Kolb finished his career ranked third in NCAA history in total yards with 13,715 while starting 50 games. He was also a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award last year.
Kolb, the Eagles’ first pick in the April draft, was selected with the 36th overall pick. The Eagles acquired that pick and two others in a trade with Dallas.
Few expected the Eagles to select a quarterback with their first overall pick despite questions about the health of Donovan McNabb, who is coming off a season-ending knee injury. McNabb practiced during the team’s final minicamp in June, slightly ahead of schedule.
The team opens training camp on Friday, when rookies and select veterans report.
A news conference with Kolb was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Dunn to miss camp
As if they didn’t have enough troubles, the Atlanta Falcons revealed Wednesday that running back Warrick Dunn will miss three to four weeks after having back surgery.
Dunn, who rushed for a team-high 1,140 yards last year, hurt his back during offseason workouts and had the surgery on Saturday. The team held off revealing the news while it dealt with the federal indictment of quarterback Michael Vick on charges related to dogfighting.
Dunn has five 1,000-yard seasons in his 10-year career. He has 9,461 rushing yards, which is third among active NFL backs.