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SPORTS B-4 SATURDAY. MARCH 31, 2012 GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE WWW.GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM BREWHRS 9, DODGERS 4 N3A: BUCKS 121, CAVALIERS 84 rain in pi eight straight 3-pointers in the first half after missing their first attempt from behind the arc. "It was like we couldn't hit the rim at times," coach Scott Skiles said. "(The ball) went right through." Ilyasova, who missed Tuesday's game because of back spasms, scored 20 points while Mike Dun-leavy added 16 and shot 4-for-5 on 3-pointers. MILWAUKEE (121) Mtiah a Moute 4-4 0-0 8 Ilyasova 9-11 0-0 20, Gooden 4-11 1-2 9.

Jennings 11-17 3-4 28, Ellis 6-16 1-2 13. Dunleavy 5-7 2-2 16, Uflrih 3-6 1-2 7, Udoh 2-5 2-4 6. Sanders 1-3 0-0 2, Livingston 1- 2 0-0 2. Harris 3-4 1-2 8, Leuer 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 50-88 11-18 121.

CLEVELAND (84) Gee 8-11 3-5 19. Jamison 1-4 0-0 2. Thompson 6-11 3-7 15. Irving 11-20 1-1 29, Parker 2-10 2- 4 6, Samuels 3 6 0-0 6. Walton 0 5 0-0 0, Harris 0-4 1-2 1.

Sloan 0-4 0-0 0 Casspi 2-6 0-0 4, Hudson 1-4 0-0 2, Totals 34-85 10-1 9 84 MilwauKe. 35 36 28 22 121 Cleveland 26 18 30 10 84 3-Pomt Goals Milwaukee 10-16 iDunleavy 4-5. Jennings 3-6. Ilyasova 2-2. THarns 1-1, Ellis 0-2), Cleveland 6-22 llrving 6-6, Sloan 0-1, Hudson 0-1, Harris 0-1 Walton 0-1.

Gee 0-1 Jamison 0-3. Casspi 0-4. Parker 0-41 ReDounds Milwaukee 59 illyasova 101, Cleveland 46 (Thompson 111 Assists Milwaukee 32 tudrin 101. Cleveland 17 (Irving 5). Total Fouls Milwaukee 18, Cleveland 15.

rookie guard Kyrie Irving didn't play in the fourth quarter because of a sprained right shoulder. Irving, who scored 29 points, said he was injured in the second quarter while falling to the floor after fighting through a screen set by Milwaukee's Ersan Ilyasova. Irving sat out the final 12 minutes. The Bucks shot 57 percent for the game and hit over the Cavaliers. The Bucks, who took control by scoring the first 16 points of the second quarter, moved within Vi games of New York for the final playoff spot in the East and beat the Cavaliers for the sixth straight time.

The night for the Cavaliers couldn't have gone much worse. Not only did Cleveland match a season high with its sixth loss, The Associated Press CLEVELAND The news was all good for the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers, meanwhile, got nothing but bad news. Brandon Jennings scored 28 points and Milwaukee gained ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 121-84 rout GamblersMcKay gets his 23rd win of From B-1 On Friday, Youngstown (30-18-7) had nine scratches and dressed 16 players, including its two goal- tenders, because of a combination of injuries and illnesses. In need of extra bodies, the Phantoms activated Green Bay Notre Dame junior forward Jason Reynolds from their affiliate list for the weekend series.

With three lines of for wards and five defense-men, Youngstown kept things close throughout, but the Gamblers never trailed. Despite going on the penalty kill twice during the opening stanza, Green Bay took a 1-0 lead 13 minutes, 55 seconds into the period when Alex Kile found Sheldon Dries on a 2-on-l breakaway to grab the lead. After entering with a league-leading 17 short- NFL NOTEBOOK 'aylon Press-Gazette wire services New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton filed an appeal of his one-year suspension Friday, joining General Manager Mickey Loomis, assistant head coach Joe Vitt and the Saints' organization in seeking to overturn punishment handed down earlier this month by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the wake of a bounty scandal. Payton had until Monday to appeal his one-year suspension, which is set to begin Sunday. He can work until the appeal is heard.

Goodell has said any appeal would be expedited. Loomis was suspended for eight games for not putting a stop to a bounty program that ran from 2009 to 2011. Vitt was suspended six games, and the Saints were fined $500,000 and docked second-round draft picks this year and next. Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was hired earlier this year as the Rams' defensive coordinator, has not appealed his indefinite suspension. He can apply for reinstatement after the 2012 season.

Eagles: A little more than two weeks after the Eagles finished locking up their starting offensive line at least through the next three seasons, the strongest link in the group, Jason Peters, ruptured his ty handed goals, the Phantoms continued to show their resiliency on the penalty kill when 3:38 into the second period Austin Cangelosi scored to tie the game at 1. It was the third shorthanded goal Green Bay has allowed this season. The Gamblers regained the lead 10 minutes later when Sam Herr put the puck past Phantoms goalie Matthew O'Connor at 13:17 for his 25th goal of the year. Nearly 8 minutes into the third period, Broadhurst navigated his way through Youngstown's trap to give his team a 3-1 lead and additional breathing room. Over the last 13 games, Green Bay's top line of Herr, Alex Broadhurst and Nolan LaPorte has accounted for 21 goals.

"I've never been on a team like this," Broadhurst said. "Every time we're down fill. DedicationBaker: The Brewers' Ryan Braun reacts after Dodgers pitcher Chris Capuano threw a pitch behind Braun in the sixth inning Friday in Glendale, Ariz. Lenny IgnelziAP Braun shrugs off boos, Capuano The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. With Ted Lilly headed to the disabled list, Chris Capuano is moving into the No.

3 spot in the Dodgers' rotation. Capuano caused a stir in his first outing in his new role, throwing a pitch behind Ryan Braun that earned both benches a warning in the Milwaukee Brewers' 9-4 win over a Los Angeles split squad Friday night. Capuano pitched six innings, throwing 55 strikes in 83 pitches. One pitch went behind Braun and both dugouts were warned. Braun homered in the first.

"It's irrelevant," Braun said. "I'm sure it wasn't intentional. You'd have to ask him." Braun called Capuano a friend. "Yeah, he knows we're friends," said Capuano, who said he lost control of an inside pitch to the National League MVP. Braun was booed by the crowd of 5,714 when he was introduced.

Braun has heard boos since his 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs was overturned early in spring training. He answered the boos in the first inning with a towering homer. "I have no control over any of that," he said. "I don't think about any of those things. Everybody has a right to their own opinion.

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He will undergo surgery next Tuesday. Raiders: Oakland agreed to a one-year deal with unrestricted free agent Philip Wheeler to fill its void at starting outside linebacker. Wheeler played 13 games for Indianapolis last season, making 80 tackles and recording one sack. He played four seasons with the Colts with 182 tackles and two sacks. General Manager Reggie McKenzie said earlier in the week that strongside linebacker was one of the final starting positions that needed to be filled.

The agreement came hours after the Raiders filled another hole by acquiring backup running back Mike Goodson from Carolina for offensive lineman Bruce Campbell. Goodson, who ran for 501 yards and three touchdowns in three seasons with Carolina, became expendable after the team signed free agent running back Mike Tolbert.The Raiders needed depth after losing Michael Bush to Chicago in free agency. Giants: Running back Andre Brown has been suspended for the first four games of the 2012 season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. drop and get rid of the ball. He can probably protect himself a lot better than Nick Collins can.

That's the main problem." For now, all the 28-year-old Collins, his wife Andrea and four children can do is wait. "Dr. Cammisa will give him a recommendation based on all this," Herman said. "And Nick has to listen." Odds and ends: Free-agent defensive end Dave Tollefson, who played the last five seasons for the New York Giants, concluded his visit with the Packers on Friday, but it was unknown whether he received a contract offer. The Packers officially announced the signing of defensive end Anthony Hargrove, who signed Thursday.

rdemovskgreenbay pressgazette.com and follow him on Twitter HobDemovsky. penafty season it doesn't matter if we're down five goals or one goal, we don't stop playing. We just keep attacking and I think that worked out for us and put some pucks in the net tonight. Nicholas Schilkey netted the last goal in the final 2 minutes of regulation off a power play to put it out of reach. In the Gamblers' net, Ryan McKay made 22 saves to earn his 23rd win of the season.

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He has no regrets. "Well, a couple we won't talk about," Baker said with a wink and smile. "But, no. None. Absolutely none.

Zero." The coach had one more piece of advice before he left. One more thing to teach before he goes. Listen up and listen good. "Don't wait," Baker said. "Do it now.

My dad worked 62 years of his life and was dead at 64. They waited to travel, and it was too late. Do it now. Get it going. "I taught subjects I love.

I coached sports that I love. I lived in a community that's fantastic. What's better than that?" Other than Dan Baker, not much. svenci9greenbaypressgaiette.com and follow him on Twitter QScottVend. CollinsAgent: 'Walk away healthy' Dan Baker greets the De Pere track and field team before it runs a lap in his honor on Friday.

Todd McMahonGannett Wisconsin Media From B-1 His name printed on the track wasn't the biggest impression left on this day. It was the packed bleachers filled with his supporters that made it feel more like a football game on Friday night than a cold and rainy afternoon in March. It wasn't just people from De Pere, but from schools such as Ash-waubenon, Bay Port, Green Bay East, Green Bay West that came to pay tribute to a man who impacted far too many lives to fit them all into one high school football stadium. Perhaps the people standing behind Baker stuck out the most. They were the members of the De Pere boys and girls track and field teams, who in a way not only represented the current athletes but the ones from the past who hold a special memory or story about this man.

"If you coach and you coach right, that's what you get," said De Pere track and field and crosscountry coach James Boyd, a longtime friend of Baker. "You get in the busi ness and you want to help kids and you want to watch them mature, and that's what he does. He flat out does it. He really cares. "Everyone always asks what's that one thing you can pinpoint.

It's not one thing. There is just too From B-1 "I totally understand what Nick's going through," Herman said. "You feel great, but you don't know what the MRI will show." Another NFL player, quarterback Peyton Manning, is attempting a come back from a similar injury. Manning needed multiple surgeries and was forced to sit out all of last season before his longtime team, the Indianapolis Colts, cut him. Manning then signed with the Denver Broncos.

"Peyton Manning has more money than he can ever spend, has two children, yet he wants to play," Herman said. "The big difference between Nick and Peyton Manning is that Nick got to come up and smack people, while Peyton's got protection from his offensive line, can take a three-step much out there. Too many experiences." Many of them are being shared with Baker these days. His house is open at all hours for people to stop in and chat, to give him a hug, to tell him whatever they want to tell him. There was an unforgettable sight after the ceremony ended.

An endless stream of people lined up to wait for their opportunity to talk with Baker and embrace him. One by one, each had their moment. When they would walk away, many had tears forming or already falling down their face. Then there was Baker. Smiling.

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