THE LADY NOLES HOPE TO CASH IN ON THEIR 9TH CONSECUTIVE NCAA

TOURNEY APPEARANCE. GOOD MORNING SPORTS FANS, MY NAME IS DERRICK

BUCKLEY HERE WITH YOUR FRIDAY MORNING V89 SPORTS UPDATE.

THE MIAMI MARLINS ARE PLANNING TO TRADE AWAY THEIR STAR

PLAYER GIANCARLO STANTON THIS OFFSEASON. HIS REPRESENTATIVES WERE

SEEN IN LOS ANGELES LAST NIGHT MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, TO SEE IF HE WOULD APPROVE A TRADE.

STANTON HAS A NO TRADE CLAUSE I HIS CONTRACT AND WOULD NEED TO

WAIVE IT IN ORDER FOR A DEAL TO BE MADE. STANTON WANTS TO GET A SENSE

OF WHAT EACH TEAM THAT IS IN THE MIX HAS TO SAY BEFORE APPROVING A

TRADE. THE LA DODGERS AND ST. LOUIS CARDINALS HAVE ALSO BEEN LINKED

TO THE REIGNING NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP. STANTON SIGNED A 13 YEAR, 325

MILLION CONTRACT AND IS OWED 295 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE

MARLINS ARE TRYING TO CUT SOME OF THEIR PAYROLL, WHICH IS PARTIALLY

THE REASON FOR WANTING TO MOVE STANTON.

IN THE LAST GAME OF THE ANNUAL ACC BIG TEN CHALLENGE, THE

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS WON HANDIDLY AGAINST THE NOTRE DAME

FIGHTING IRISH; 81-63. THE SPARTANS WERE UP AND READY TO GO FROM THE

START, THEY PUNCHED THE IRISH IN THE MOUTH FROM THE BEGININNG,

JUMPING OUT TO AN EARLY DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD. THE SPARTANS DID A GREAT

JOB REBOUNDING GRABBING 42 BOARDS AND DOUBLING UP THE IRISH WHO

HAD 21. EVERY PLAYER FOR MSU GRABBED AT LEAST 2 BOARDS EXCEPT

JOSHUA LANGFORD WHO DIDNT RECORD A REBOUND. MSU HAD A BALANCED

EFFORT SCORING AS WELL. OF THE 11 PLAYERS THAT TOUCHED THE COURT,

ONLY TWO DIDNT SCORE; AND 4 OF THE STARTERS SCORED IN DOUBLE

FIGURES. NOTRE DAME DID NOT GET ANY HELP FROM THEIR ROLE PLAYERS AS

THEY ONLY HAD 2 BENCH POINTS. THE IRISH JUST SIMPLY COULD NOT SCORE.

THEY WON THE TURNOVER BATTLE 10 TO 13 BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO MANIFEST

THE TURNOVERS TO POINTS. TURNOVERS TYPICALY LEAD TO FASTBREAK

BUCKETS BUT THE SPARTANS WON THAT CATEGORY 17-7. AFTER LOSING TO

THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS THE SPARTANS HAVE RATTLED OFF 5 WINS IN A ROW.

FSUS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS GONE TO NEBRASKA TO TAKE ON

WASHINGTON STATE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THE 18-

10 LADY NOLES HOPE TO ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND WHERE THE WOULD

TAKE ON THE WINNER OF NEBRASKA VS. STONY BROOK. THE LADY NOLES

HAVE MADE IT TO 9 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND 20 SINCE 1983.

NEITHER OF THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE PLAYED BEFORE. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME IN

PROGRAM HISTORY THAT THE NOLES WILL OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY AGAINST

A TEAM THAT THEY HAVE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE. THE NOLES ARE 3-4 IN THE

TOURNEY AGAINST TEAMS THAT THEY HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY PLAYED.

UNDER HEAD COACH CHRIS POOLE THE NOLES ARE 8-0 IN THE OPENING ROUND

OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS

THAT THE NOLES DIDNT HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GAINESVILLE TO OPEN THE

TOURNAMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPORTS NEWS FOR THIS HOUR. I WANT TO THANK

YOU FOR TUNING IN TO V89 SPORTS RADIO, MY NAME IS DERRICK BUCKLEY

AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO WVFS TALLAHASSEE, THE VOICE OF FLORIDA

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