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COLLEGE FOOTBALL D2 HIGH SCHOOL, LOCAL SPORTS D3 BASEBALL D5 SPORTS SECTION D THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 CLASSIFIED ADS, D6-D12 FOLLOWING THEIR LEADER ONLINE EXCLUSIVE BOXING: Floyd Mayweather breaks his silence about Manny Pacquiao in a video laced with profanity and racist comments. Your source for news, blogs, comments IN BRIEF BASEBALL Outfielder to miss 8 games after brawl Nyjer Morgan’s wild week has landed him an eightgame suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between the Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. MLB suspended Nationals outfielder Morgan and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents the past week. The penalty is in addition to a sevengame suspension he received Aug. 25 that is currently under appeal. Six players, both managers and a coach were cited after a review of Wednesday night’s odd and ugly game in Miami, won 16-10 by the Marlins. NFL Lions’ Suh fined Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined $7,500 by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-thepasser penalty on quarterback Jake Delhomme in a preseason game against the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 28. The No. 2 overall pick in April’s draft grabbed Delhomme’s facemask and twisted it, then wrapped his arms around the quarterback’s head and slammed him to the ground. Suh was assessed a 15-yard penalty. BIO BOX BY GREG JOHNSON THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS ON THE AIR Michigan State vs. Western Michigan, noon today on ESPN2 Michigan vs. Connecticut, 3:30 p.m. today on ABC MORE Michigan prepares to open season in new-look stadium against tough Connecticut team, D2 ND, Martin a match made in football heaven noticed. Notre Dame truly is Martin’s dream venue, from his youth in the Chicago area until the day it became clear Kelly would become head coach and might summon him to join Chuck the Irish staff. Martin On today’s Act One of his new regime, Brian Kelly insists he will be too consumed with the task at hand to fully appreciate leading a Notre Dame football team out of the tunnel to play Purdue. He does not expect the same from Martin, a fellow former head coach at Grand Valley State. “He’s a Notre Dame coach,” Kelly said. “He was made to be a Notre Dame coach. I don’t know if he’s going to be head coach, or a top DAVID MAYO SPORTS COLUMNIST GVSU’s former leader ‘made to coach’ Irish, Kelly says S OUTH BEND, Ind. — Brian Kelly, Massachusetts native, used to call Boston College his dream job, until Notre Dame called. Then, like any good Irish-Catholic son, he flopped allegiances and became answerable only to the various real-slashmystical powers which loom over Fighting Irish football. Chuck Martin suffered no such confused loyalty, as Kelly has Courtesy US 131 Pick ’em should go 4-0 in a painfully soft nonconference season. Press columnist David Mayo picks four of the weekend’s top games: Notre Dame 28, Purdue 23 (today): Even in a state of disrepair the past two years, the Irish won this matchup. Connecticut 31, Michigan 24 (today): Connecticut has won eight-plus games Brian Kelly gets his opening win while the Boilermakers give an opening three consecutive years and has a veteran starting group. The Wolverines indicator that they’re tussling with Indiana and Minnesota for the bottom easily could win if they demonstrate of the Big Ten Conference. a running attack, some solid pass defense and a reliable kicking game. Virginia Tech 27, Boise State 24 The operative word is “if.” (Monday): If Boise wins, it’s back to the major bowls, maybe even the Michigan St. 44, WMU 21 (today): BCS Championship game. First, it Not much has changed since late last season, when the Spartans outgained must stop sophomore Ryan Williams, who rushed for 1,655 yards and the Broncos by nearly 400 yards. 21 touchdowns last year. With a win against Notre Dame, MSU www.courtesy.com 616-452-2143 28th St. CHRYSLER • JEEP • DODGE THE GAMES SEE MAYO, D2 Division $100 million deal OK’d The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk’s latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian’s landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal Friday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association. — Press wire services Class: Junior Position: Quarterback Size: 6-foot-3, 202 pounds Hometown (high school): Holland (Holland Christian) Notable: In 2009, he became only the second sophomore to be named a captain in MSU’s 113 years of football. Robert McCurry was a sophomore selected in 1949. Stats: He has completed 230-of-371 passes (62 percent) for 2,990 career yards with 12 starts at quarterback. He already is tied for eighth in career touchdown passes at MSU with 21. Quotable: “Kirk is great, keeps it positive and practices hard. He has all the ingredients a leader needs.” — Spartans guard Joel Foreman his junior season as one of the Spartans’ captains. SEE MSU, D2 Lions make roster cuts today, D3 NHL Kirk Cousins EAST LANSING — Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins jumped for joy as he ran on the practice field. “Rudy music, Rudy music, turn it up,” he bellowed. The soundtrack from the movie “Rudy,” which chronicled the story of Notre Dame walk-on Rudy Ruettiger, played on as players stretched before practice. Cousins clapped his hands, jumped up and down and then suddenly dropped into a defensive line stance and started kicking his right leg up. It was his imitation of “Rudy” in the final scene of the movie as he prepared to rush the quarterback. “I love Rudy,” Cousins shouted. Michigan State’s starting quarterback lets others know how he feels, on and off the football field. In practice, he seemingly talks with everybody, hustles from spot to spot, points, directs and rarely makes a poor throw. One minute he is answering a question from backup quarterback Andrew Maxwell, the next he is talking with the wide receivers or running in a drill and hitting a receiver with a pass in the numbers. “He’s our quarterback, our leader,” senior center John Stipek said. “He knows what he is doing, but also what you are supposed to be doing.” Cousins has coveted his role as quarterback and leader since his first day on the Michigan State campus. He leads the Spartans today as starting quarterback and a second-year captain against Western Michigan PRESS PHOTO/JOEL HAWKSLEY in the season opener at Spartan Stadium. Ready to throw: Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins practices for Eastern mlive.com SPARTANS LOOK TO COUSINS IN QB’S SECOND SEASON AS STARTER Madison GVSU: Read more about the football team’s season-opening win. 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