Charleston Gazette

from January 01, 2004
Last Document: May 12, 2012

[Content not included in vLex Global Academic]

RSS What's this?

Browse by Day

Sections

Editorial
Life
News
Sports

Calendar

2004April

May March

Other related sources

Charleston Gazette

Charleston Gazette, April 30, 2004

Sports

Watt Powell No Deterrent for These Cats Hitters

dougsmock@wvgazette.com This season's flaming-hot edition of the Charleston Alley Cats is doing its best to dispel the myth of Watt Powell Park as a "hitter's graveyard."

Prep Baseball: ; Smith's One-Hitter Leads Poca to Sixth Win in a Row

jworkman@wvspn.com POCA - Just call them the red-hot Dots.

Bcs Going Retro in Bid to Keep Fans Happy

Inside

Rusty gate? Three Kentucky Derby hopefuls haven't run in April.

Two-Minute Drill

Today's quote A lot of people will remember 31 points, but Ill remember that hes been doing a lot of traveling in a short period of time. You put that ball in his hand, and hes ready to play. Karl Malone on Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant, who after three round-trip flights to Colorado in as many days for pretrial hearings in his sexual assault case had 31 points, six rebounds and 10 assists in a series-clinching 97-78 win over the Rockets Wednesday night Names in the games Moss settles suit wi...

Heart Like a Diamond: ; Hoover's Eskew Focuses On Softball While Brother's in Iraq

tatkinson@wvgazette.com Karly Eskew's heart is in Iraq with older brother L.T.

Baseball Today

East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr

Wvc Softball Tourney

At Vienna Thursday's results

Minor League Baseball

South Atlantic League First half

Nhl Playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7)

Nba Playoffs

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7)

Sports History

April 30 1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks become just the second team to register a four-game sweep in the NBA championship, beating the Baltimore Bullets 118-106.

Golf

LPGA-Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Thursday's results

Transactions

BASEBALL American League

Prep Softball

Thursday's boxes Cabell Midland 003 000 02 -5 6 2

Prep Baseball

Thursday's boxes Sherman 000 000 0 -0 1 1

Marlins Outslug Bonds, Giants

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds wanted to play Thursday, so manager Felipe Alou rewrote his lineup to include the star slugger. Bonds hit his 668th home run, giving the six-time NL MVP and his late father, Bobby, a total of 1,000.

Sports On Tv/Radio

TELEVISION (TGC) 9 a.m. - golf: Italian Open

Gordon Hitting Stride for Another Title Run: ; Nascar

FONTANA, Calif. - Things are finally going Jeff Gordon's way again. It's been three years since Gordon won a NASCAR title, and that doesn't make him very happy.

Pistons Dispose of Bucks 91-77: ; Prince Scores 24 Points As Detroit Takes Series 4-1

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Tayshaun Prince may not be one of the biggest names associated with the Detroit Pistons - unless it's the playoffs. Prince had the best all-around postseason game of his brief NBA career Thursday night, scoring 24 points with a career-high eight assists and nine rebounds to lift Detroit to a 91-77 series- clinching victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 of their first- round series.