Starnes starts her journey at Pan Am Games
The podium is Gunning for Starnes would represent a significant rise in return for a year, when she was driving for Team Tibco. It was long fairing on a descent in the Cascade Cycling Classic in July 2010 when she crashed heavily on his hip, fracturing her pelvis in two places and had to be taken off the field.
The wound immobilizes a few weeks, but the bones heal. More worrying was a concussion, the effects persisted for months, affecting his eyesight and concentration (and oddly, breaking his habit throughout the nail biting). The trauma is psychological, as well. When veteran Chris Horner rode the final 20 miles of a Tour de France stage last summer with a concussion and was filmed, clearly disoriented, at the finish, Starnes found the footage so upsetting she had to leave the room.
But the gregarious Starnes, who laughs easily and often when she talks about herself, said she never seriously considered quitting. "I have some goals in the sport, and I'm going to go for it," she said. "You can't ride scared.
La Russa's moves pay off, Cards win Series opener
Texas manager Ron Washington joked about not being able to stand up with Tony La Russa.
No joke.
Who can these days?
The boss of St. Louis looked like a genius again, especially when Allen Craig pinch hit for ace Chris Carpenter and gave a green light Wednesday night only that the cardinals sent from the Texas Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 World Series.
Craig slicing hit with two outs in the sixth inning fell inches in front of sliding right fielder Nelson Cruz. Game 1 was just as tight throughout a cold, wet evening.
It was a game perfectly suited for La Russa — lots of bunts, intentional walks and pitching changes. And in a postseason in which he's made all the right moves, the 67-year-old manager was at the top of his game.
"It's going to be interesting to see how it plays out," Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman said. "But I feel like we have to win the National League-style games if we're going to win this thing and tonight was a National League-style game — 3-2, good pitching, good defense, timely hitting.
