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RANDY HAUGEN: Bell Resigns from Royals

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on baseball. Buddy

Bell

chose family over baseball on Wednesday, resigning as manager of the last-place Kansas City Royals effective at the end of the season. An emotional

Bell

, who will turn 55 on Aug. 27, announced the decision before

Kansas City

's game against the Minnesota Twins. He will join the Royals' front office in 2008 as a senior adviser to general manager Dayton Moore. "I had to make a choice between managing and my family,"

Bell

said, "and to me that's a no-brainer."

Bell

's nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Tim Bell Jr., was killed by a roadside bomb in August 2005 in

Iraq

, and

Bell

said health concerns also played a part in his decision. Last September, he had surgery to remove a cancerous growth in his throat.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Gulbis gets win

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on golf. If you haven’t heard of Natalie Gulbis you will now! She finally can be known for winning, too. Famous mostly for her looks through five-plus seasons on tour, Gulbis broke through Sunday, winning her first LPGA Tour title at the Evian Masters with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff with Jang Jeong of

South Korea

on Sunday. Jang and the 24-year-old American finished the fourth round tied at 4-under 284. Gulbis had a final round 70, and Jang birdied the last hole to finish with a 72. "Obviously it was meant to be for me," Gulbis said. "Before the playoff, I was very upset at myself because I felt like I had given away this tournament. I thought I needed to get to 7 under to win and I end up at, what, four? Going in today, I never thought that four under would have won this tournament."

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RANDY HAUGEN: Parker’s reaction to ref scandal

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on basketball. Even the basketball players are surprised at this scandal! French basketball star Tony Parker on Wednesday expressed his "surprise" and "shock" at the NBA's alleged match fixing scandal involving referee Tim Donaghy. "For the moment we can't talk too much about it because we don't really know what happened exactly. "But I was surprised and shocked, I didn't think that it could still happen," said the San Antonio Spurs playmaker, who this year became the first European to be the most valuable player in the NBA finals. American daily, The New York Post, on Friday reported the FBI were investigating Donaghy, who supposedly worked with mobsters to fix margins and outcomes of NBA games to pay off gambling debts.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Ref guilty of betting

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on basketball. A point-shaving scandal is an enormous problem in any sport. This one, which might involve an NBA referee, has the potential to permanently scar the league. The NBA acknowledged Friday the FBI is investigating Tim Donaghy for betting on games, including ones in which he officiated. "It's a shame," the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant said. "It's just unfortunate. ... Like I said, it's a very serious issue." According to a law enforcement official, authorities are examining whether the referee made calls to affect the point spread in games on which he or associates had wagered thousands of dollars over the past two seasons.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Sack Vick

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on Mike Vick. Roger Goodell met with animal welfare officials inside NFL headquarters Friday and about 50 people demonstrated outside, urging the NFL commissioner to suspend Michael Vick following his indictment on dogfighting charges. "Sack Vick!" chanted the demonstrators, organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, as they walked peacefully in front of the Park Avenue building. Many held dogs who had the "Sack Vick" signs on their backs and one woman brought a pit bull, the breed killed in the dogfighting operation the Atlanta quarterback is accused of sponsoring.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Beckhams first game

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on soccer. The man everyone came to see was nowhere in sight. And don't expect to see much of David Beckham in action when the Los Angeles Galaxy play

Chelsea

in the superstar's first scheduled game with his new team. Beckham got treatment on his injured left ankle behind closed doors Friday, while the rest of his teammates trained. Beckham won't start Saturday night's exhibition, and whether he plays at all will be a last-minute decision, Galaxy coach Frank Yallop said. "He desperately wants to play," Yallop said. "It won't be a big part in the game, we know that, because he hasn't trained for a number of weeks, but we're hoping he can get some time on the field."

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RANDY HAUGEN: Chelsea supports Beckham

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on soccer.

Chelsea

is one of the world's glamour soccer teams, and it will play a strictly supporting role to David Beckham when the English star makes his

U.S.

debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 21. "It's a big moment for

L.A.

and also

U.S.

soccer,"

Chelsea

coach Jose Mourinho said after the FA Cup champions practiced for the first time Tuesday.

Chelsea

is making its fourth consecutive preseason visit to the

United States

. It will play

Mexico

's Club

America

on Saturday at Stanford before returning to

Los Angeles

for next week's World Series of Football, a doubleheader that culminates with Beckham's first game.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Husband of NASCAR Exec Killed

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on Nascar.

A small plane carrying the husband of a NASCAR executive crashed into a neighborhood Tuesday and engulfed two houses in flames, killing both people aboard the aircraft and three others on the ground.

The pilot had reported smoke in the cockpit and was trying to make an emergency landing when the twin-engine plane went down in suburban

Orlando

, officials said.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Willie Mays

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on baseball legends. Willie Mays stepped out of the pink convertible in a narrow alley behind the left-field line, and one of baseball's greatest living players exhaled with a smile. "That was a good ride there," Mays said, looking at the shiny 1958 Cadillac Eldorado that took him on a memorable pregame lap around the field before Tuesday night's All-Star game. Mays made a brief but dramatic appearance at the San Francisco Giants' waterfront ballpark to kick off the night. Though a statue of the outfielder greets hundreds of tourists and fans every day in front of the stadium at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, he received the latest showcase for baseball's living heroes at its big midseason event.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Raiders sign Darius

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on football.

The Oakland Raiders signed former

Jacksonville

safety Donovin Darius on Tuesday, bolstering a unit that was the strongest on the team during a difficult season last year. The Raiders had the NFL's third-ranked overall defense and No. 1 ranked pass defense last year, despite finishing with an NFL-worst 2-14 record. Darius could challenge incumbent starter Stuart Schweigert for playing time, adding veteran leadership to a young secondary. Michael Huff, the team's first-round pick in 2006, is at one safety position, while 2005 first-rounder Fabian Washington and 2003 first-rounder Nnamdi Asomugha are entrenched at cornerback.

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