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INQUIRER.COM FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 2014 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER C5 BASKETBALL McKie returns to Owls roots Career over for Cowboys 'backer The former star Temple guard and Sixers super-sub will assist Fran Dunphy. 0 ilp eir, rit rAdf 1100, i .1 I 4. 400110 milk 0 11 1 1 0 op ot I lav kilrx, som Attotil401111A1 17, 41L111911'-' VP 'NomPsi Maikel Franco has spent the season with triple-A Lehigh Valley. He might get a taste of the big leagues next month when the Phi Is expand their roster.

CHARLES FOX! Staff Photographer Who gets the call for September? TOM MIHALEK Associated Press This is home for me. I had to make a career-slash-family decision, and for me family won out. The opportunity to stay here in Phi Ily and be near my family was just too strong." Aaron McKie phillycom Follow the Owls John N. Mitchell will be covering Temple throughout training camp. Read his daily reports on our Temple blog, Owls Ind, at philly.comiowlsing.

of McKie's former Temple teammate, Rick Brunson. They have also offered a scholarship to Le Van Alston a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Haverford High School ranked among the top 85 players in the class of 2016. His father also played at Gratz and Temple. "I'm taking my marching orders from Coach Dunphy, but what I want to do is help in any capacity, because the game never changes," McKie said. "The only thing that changes are the faces.

But now you are courting people. "It's different," he continued. "When I was coming up, you chose a school because you loved a place. Now, it's important to have the parents believe that they can trust you with their child, not just for basketball, but also for life." jmitchellphilly.com Jmitchinquirer Cardinals-Phillies Pitching Matchups At Citizens Bank Park Friday at 7:05 p.m. St.

Louis RHP Adam Wainwright (15-7, 2.40 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (5-11, 4.90) Saturday at 7:05 p.m. St. Louis RHP Shelby Miller (8-9, 4.25) vs. RHP David Buchanan (6-7, 4.25) Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis RHP Justin Masterson (6-7, 5.64) vs. RHP Jerome Williams (3-5, 5.91) ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas linebacker DeVonte Ho Homan, whose 11 tackles led the Cowboys in a season-ending loss to the Eagles in December, has a career-ending neck injury, the team announced Thursday. Holloman, 23, was advised not to play again after doctor evaluations this week, coach Jason Garrett said. The second-year converted safety from South Carolina was expected to fill in for middle linebacker Sean Lee, who will miss the season with a knee injury Holloman missed almost half of his rookie season with a neck injury and has been dealing with it "the last couple of weeks," Garrett said.

He came out of last weekend's preseason game against Baltimore midway through the fourth quarter because of the injury In last year's Hall of Fame preseason game, Holloman returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown. He played the first six weeks before injuring his neck in practice and missing seven games. He started at middle linebacker in the regular-season finale, a 24-22 loss to the Eagles, because of injuries to other players. RG3 is all a-Twitter Robert Griffin III stood by his latest retort against naysayers and said he has no plans to shut down his social media presence, pointing out that "there are 1.1 million people on Twitter" interested in what he has to say. Griffin regularly rebuffs doubters on Twitter and Facebook, but the Washington Redskins quarterback's latest words were more defiant than usual.

"They doubted in High School They doubted a turnaround at Baylor They doubted a Heisman was possible Keep doubting. It's nothing New. Because at the end of the day, in the Griffin Household we read Philippians Surgery for K.C.'s Mays The banged-up Kansas City Chiefs suffered another blow when linebacker Joe Mays was told he would need surgery on the wrist he injured last weekend at Carolina. Mays, who was expected to start with Derrick Johnson at inside linebacker, will likely have the procedure later this week, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not revealed the surgery. Mays signed a $6 million, two-year contract with the Chiefs in the offseason.

NFL Preseason THURSDAY'S RESULT EAGLES 31, Pittsburgh 21 FRIDAY'S GAMES Carolina at New England, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Oakland at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 10 p.m. SATURDAY'S GAMES Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Indianapolis, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. WORLD SERIES Broomall wins tourney opener Corey Woodcock had three hits and two RBIs, and Scott Hahn pitched six innings for the win as Broomall-Newtown rallied to beat Waterford, 5-2, in the opening game of the 15-yearold Babe Ruth World series in Longview, Wash. Broomall-Newtown plays Kelso, Friday at 7:35 p.m. In the 13-year-old Series in Glen Allen, Broomall-Newtown defeated Greenville, N.C., 4-2, to advance to Friday's semifinals against Gainsville-Haymarket, at 12:30 p.m. By John N.

Mitchell INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Temple legend Aaron McKie is the quintessential Philadelphia guy. But he also had a distinguished NBA career that has brought the North Philadelphia native a lifestyle he may never have dreamed of. But the tug to be at home and help build the program that turned him into a first-round draft pick and a 13-year NBA player is stronger than anything that was coming down the basketball pike, which is why McKie on Thursday joined coach Fran Dunphy's staff at Temple as an assistant coach. "This is home for me," said McKie, most recently an assistant coach for the 76ers before being let go before last season. "I had to make a career-slashfamily decision, and, for me, family won out.

The opportunity to stay here in Phi Ily and be near my family was just too strong." McKie joins assistants Dwayne Killings and Shawn Trice on Dunphy's staff. Former assistant Dave Duke will serve as the team's director of player development. Inducted into the Temple Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011, McKie starred at Simon Gratz High School before enrolling at Temple, where he finished his career tied for sixth on the all-time scoring list with 1,650 points. Drafted by the NBA's Portland Trailblazers with the 17th overall pick in the 1994 draft, McKie also played for Detroit, Toronto, the Sixers (where he won the NBA's sixth-man-of-theyear award in 2001), and the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring at the end of the 2007 season. He spent six seasons as a Sixers assistant.

McKie could boost the Owls' recruiting efforts; potential recruits will have a former NBA player walking into their living rooms. The Owls have offered Jalen Brunson, rated by some as the top point-guard prospect in the class of 2015, a scholarship. Brunson is the son ATHLETICS By John N. Mitchell INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Cheyney University was placed on probation for five years by the NCAA on Thursday for multiple infractions regarding the university's lack of control over its certification process. From 2007 through 2011, Cheyney, the nation's oldest African American university, was found to have allowed 109 student-athletes to practice, compete, and receive travel expenses and athletically related financial aid before receiving their amateur certification from the NCAA.

The Division II Committee on Infractions, which rendered the decision, also concluded that a former university compliance director did not follow proper procedures in the certification of student-athletes' eligibility. The probation is effective immediately and runs through Aug. 20, 2019. Other penalties include the loss of NCAA voting privileges, a self-imposed post-season ban for all sports during the 2013-14 academic year, and the vacating of all wins in which ineligible student-athletes competed during the 2007-08 NCAA tags with 5-year Phi Hies Statistics HITTING Avg. AB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Blanco .314 35 4 11 3 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 Revere .311 456 54 142 10 6 1 14 10 40 37 5 3 Sizemore .301 103 14 31 8 1 1 7 6 21 1 1 0 Nieves .289 83 7 24 8 0 1 5 1 21 1 0 1 Utley .284 472 64 134 29 5 11 67 45 67 5 1 10 Byrd .270 486 64 131 24 2 23 72 31 149 3 1 3 Ruiz 259 301 36 78 20 1 3 18 39 47 3 1 4 Asche .250 316 31 79 18 0 8 40 26 81 0 1 12 Rollins .238 479 67 114 20 2 15 50 56 89 24 6 7 Ruf 234 47 6 11 3 0 2 4 6 15 0 0 0 Brown .226 380 34 86 19 1 7 54 29 77 5 1 1 Brignac .222 81 4 18 5 1 1 10 9 33 1 1 0 Howard .220 460 52 101 14 1 18 77 52 147 0 0 8 x-Mayberry .213 122 11 26 7 0 6 21 15 30 0 0 1 Team totals .242 4438 4881076 200 21 100 462 3661039 83 21 65 including pitchers and other players not listed.

PITCHING ERA GS SV IP ER HR BB SO Jimenez 0 0 0.00 8 0 0 913 8 0 0 0 3 4 Giles 2 0 1.23 28 0 0 2913 20 5 4 1 6 44 Papelbon 2 2 1.55 52 0 30 5213 32 9 9 1 13 49 x-Adams 2 1 2.12 19 0 0 17 13 6 4 1 7 20 Williams 1 0 2.19 2 2 0 1213 8 3 3 1 4 7 Hamels 7 6 2.53 23 23 0 15613 135 48 44 10 46 153 De Fratus 2 1 2.83 40 0 0 4113 36 18 13 4 9 40 x-Lee 4 5 3.65 13 13 0 8113 100 40 33 7 12 72 Diekman 3 3 4.03 58 0 0 58 53 28 26 4 25 84 Hollands 2 1 4.20 47 0 0 45 42 21 21 3 19 34 Buchanan 6 7 4.25 13 13 0 7813 81 39 37 9 19 53 Burnett 6 14 4.42 27 27 0 171 165 96 84 15 76 145 Bastard 5 7 4.64 54 0 0 5213 40 30 27 4 29 65 Kendrick 5 11 4.90 25 25 0 15413 168 90 84 20 44 91 Team totals 56 71 3.97 127 127 30 057.0 1120 565 510 BO 409 993 including pitchers not listed. xdisabled list. Cheyney probation A look at candidates who could join team in the final month. By Matt Gelb INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Last September was a time for experimentation. Ryne Sandberg was an interim manager.

He started infielder Cesar Hernandez 22 times in center field. He flipped Darin Ruf to right field for 11 starts and played him every day in various positions. He acclimated Cody Asche, a rookie third baseman, to the majors. This September? The plan is muddled. The potential additions from the minors with Maikel Franco the exception are familiar names.

How Sandberg juggles veterans with the desire to see other players remains to be seen. He has installed a rotation in left field this month among Domonic Brown, Grady Sizemore, and Rut'. There are contracts, egos, and legacies to be considered. "September could be a little tricky, too, with some added numbers," Sandberg said last week. "It'll be more challenging then.

So Is there benefit to seeing how a young player treats major-league games in September rather than Grapefruit League action next spring? "Sometimes September is not the best time," Sandberg said, "but it's obviously better than spring training." With the caveat that many of these players may not actually play, here is a look at candidates for September call-ups: Maikel Franco, third base: The Phillies could have started Franco, 21, at double-A Reading this year and no one would have faulted them. Franco played just 69 games there last season. Instead, they were aggressive with the prospect and anticipated a significant adjustment. His .245 batting average and .684 OPS do not make a September promotion a slam dunk. But he was the only 21-year-old player to spend the entire season in the International League.

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, righthander: The mystery man should make his major-league debut in September as a reliever. The Phillies paid 812 million for the Cuban import, and that was an investment for three years one lost year does not yet ruin it. His command has wavered at triple-A Lehigh Valley, but his body has adjusted after the shift to relief. The 27-year-old has a 2.53 ERA in 10213 innings for the Iron-Pigs, with eight strikeouts and seven walks. Freddy GaMs, infielder: er: The 27-year-old has a 0.89 ERA in 35 games at triple-A Lehigh Valley and a 12.71 ERA in four major-league games.

Ethan Martin, righthander: Remember how Martin looked like a capable setup man last September? A shoulder injury sapped him of velocity and developmental time. Innings could be limited in the minors, so Martin could go to Florida for more regular work. Cameron Rupp, catcher: This was an overwhelmingly disappointing season for Rupp, 25, who has struck out in 40 percent of his at-bats in triple A and batted .147 with a .534 OPS. He's the third catcher. Phillippe Aumont and B.J.

Rosenberg, righthanders: Both have big-league experience, but neither has performed well. Aumont has a 1.462 WHIP at triple while Rosenberg's is 1.895 with a 6.63 ERA. They could be headed home. Hector Neris, righthander: He moved ahead of the aforementioned on the depth chart and impressed Sandberg in his one appearance. He has a 1.59 ERA in his last 10 appearances with Lehigh Valley.

Expect him to return for a longer look. mgelbphillynews.com 11 Matt Gelb He batted .048 in 16 games in the majors, so most fans have deemed his career over. But Galvis, 24, will always have a job because of his glove. And he has demonstrated an improved power stroke during his 33-game stint at triple A since returning from a fractured collarbone. He has a .781 OPS in 33 games at Lehigh Valley this year.

Cesar Hernandez, infielder: He represents another conundrum. The 24-year-old Venezuelan has flashed good on-base skills (an .896 OPS earned him a promotion to triple A), but the tryouts at third base and shortstop have been all but abandoned. Scouts love his bat. Is his future as an everyday player or a utility man? Aaron Altherr, outfielder: When the Phillies needed a temporary outfield replacement, they twice turned to Altherr. He may not come in September because of the crowded outfield situation.

(Grady Sizemore has started two of the team's last nine games, and it is worth wondering why he remains.) If this was about 2015, Altherr would be promoted. But his numbers (a .285 on-base percentage and .404 slugging) did not make the ideal jump in a hitter's park at Reading. Luis Garcia, righthand through 2010-11 academic years. According to the NCAA, a member of the men's basketball team was permitted to play while not enrolled in the minimum required credit hours and was not making appropriate progress toward his degree. In this case, Cheyney used an unreliable system that forced staff to access student-athlete records by hand, according to the NCAA.

There was no system in place within the registrar's office to monitor full-time enrollment for athletes or to alert the athletic staff if an athlete was a full- or part-time student. Another violation occurred when Cheyney allowed another member of the men's basketball team to play during his one-year waiting period after transferring to the university. He also was allowed to compete beyond the allotted four seasons. Two football players were allowed to compete despite being certified as academic nonqualifiers by the eligibility center. jmitchellphi I ly.com Jmitchinquirer.