Cubs defenseless behind Jackson

PIRATES 3 CUBS 2

PITTSBURGH No team had played better defense in the first weekof the 1992 season than the Cubs.

They made up for lost time when Week Two started Tuesday.

Four errors - the most by a Cub team in one game since Aug. 21,1990 - undid one of Danny Jackson's better pitching performancesince he joined the team last season.

Jackson (0-2) held the defending National League East championPirates to three hits in six innings, but the errors - including oneby Jackson - led to a 3-2 defeat before 14,963 in Three Rivers Stadium.

"We were kind of throwing the ball all over the place," saidfirst baseman Mark Grace, who committed his first …

Julio Grondona re-elected Argentine Football Association president despite fraud allegations

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Bucknell rallies for 62-61 win over Colgate

Mike Muscala hit a jump shot with 2:09 to go to lift Bucknell past Colgate 62-61 on Saturday.

In the possessions following Muscala's shot, which gave Bucknell its first lead, Ben Johnson missed a 3 and Kyle Roemer had a block for the Raiders (5-14, 1-4 Patriot League). After the block, Darryl Shazier stole the ball back for Bucknell (7-14, 2-3), but Muscala missed a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left.

Colgate didn't get a shot off …

Indians injured, but still indestructible

It has been a strange season for the Cleveland Indians, who havehad their nine regulars in the starting lineup for only four of theirfirst 126 games.

But the Indians have had one of the best records in the majors allseason. Why?

Because of their young players, which is not good news for theWhite Sox, who hope to battle the Indians for the AL Central titlenext season.

The kids are Richie Sexson, Einar Diaz, Enrique Wilson, JacobCruz, Jolbert Cabrera, Alex Ramirez, Dave Roberts, John McDonald andRussell Branyan.

"This season has really been a credit to our young guys who havecome in and really stepped up," GM John Hart said. "Because of them,we've avoided …

Barak out of the fire

Barak out of the fire

Undoubtedly it eluded most of us, but not Skokie's Rabbi Nachman Rosenthal, who rejoices in finding revealing wordplays and statements in Torah and rabbinic texts which provide startling allusions to contemporary events.

Rabbi Rosenthal was in typical form when the haftarah for the first day of Shavuot was read last week. It records the prophet Ezekiel's famous vision of the Divine Throne-Chariot. Four words popped out at him as particularly relevant: ???.

That is: "and out of the fire went forth lightning" ("lightning" in Hebrew is barak) (Ezekiel I:13).

Without attempting to make too much of these words, or the context or meaning of them …

Wiggins beats the Olympic record

Bradley Wiggins of Britain broke the Olympic record in qualifying for the individual pursuit in track cycling Friday, beating the record he set when he took the gold …

Rugby club are letting city down

I am one of many Bath citizens who are dismayed and angered athaving to read headlines in the national press such as "Bathbrawlers' refusal to take drugs tests will not wash".

This city does not deserve to have its name tarnished in thismanner.

It is understood that this club does not intend to go public ontheir investigations - now there's a surprise. …