WASHINGTON News

Sports Briefs: Deacons' football opener vs. Bears scheduled for TV (Winston-Salem Journal)
Wake Forest will open its 2008 football season on national television, taking on Baylor on Thursday, Aug. 28, on the Fox Sports Net network.

Summer Guide 2008 - Sports and Recreation (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Ongoing   BIG LEAGUE SPORTS Organized programs for kids include baseball, softball, soccer, flag football, and track and field. 412-488-8585.   BIKE PITTSBURGH This cycling advocacy group sponsors a series of group rides and other events throughout the summer. 412-325-4334 or www.bike-pgh....

Baseball Takes Two from George Washington (CSTV's College Sports)
With two wins over George Washington on Friday, the Xavier baseball team has now moved into a tie for first place with Charlotte in the Atlantic 10 race. The Musketeers rallied from six runs down to win 9-8 in the first game of Friday's doubleheader before cruising to a 9-1 win in the nightcap.

KSD Pilots New Special Olympics Program (KVEW Kennewick)
KENNEWICK -- Special olympics of washington state, and the kennewick school district hosted the "motor activities training program challenge day."

#3 Baseball Hosts Washington In Final Regular Season Home Series (CSTV's College Sports)
Coming off a three-game sweep of Loyola Marymount, Arizona State closes out the home portion of its regular season schedule with a three-game Pac-10 series with Washington . The Huskies enter the weekend 31-17, 10-8 in Pac-10 play. They took two of three from Washington State last weekend.

Special Olympics Awareness Night tonight at PGE Park (The Hillsboro Argus)
PORTLAND - The Portland Beavers will join Special Olympics Oregon in a ballpark awareness night tonight Friday, May 16, at PGE Park. The Beavers take on the Las Vegas 51s at 7 p.m., and Special Olympics local programs from Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties are hoping for a large turnout.

Sports Briefs: Americans ousted from hockey championships (The World)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Sami Lepisto’s goal at 3:59 of overtime led Finland to a 3-2 victory over the United States on Wednesday night in the world hockey quarterfinals.

FSU president: College football playoff inevitable (Miami Herald)
Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion.

Sports Complex May Rise In Ashburn (Washington Post)
A private company headed by a high school baseball coach has proposed to build a $40 million sports complex in Ashburn that would include a dozen athletic fields, a leadership training center and several restaurants.