Thursday's Daily Dose

Alaskan field complete The Great Alaskan Shootout men's basketball tournament field is set. Northern Illinois is a part of the field and will be joined by: Hampton, Louisiana Tech, Portland State, San Diego State, Seattle University, Western Carolina and host UAA. The Shootout runs Nov. 25-29 at Sullivan Arena. Portland State won the Big Sky Conference and advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season after posting a 23-10 record. Portland State lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. San Diego State is considered one of the favorites to win to Mountain West Conference and Hampton is coming off an 18-12 season last year. NIU is coming off a 6-22 season and returns 2008 MAC Freshman of the Year Jake Anderson.

Telling number 7 Strikeouts for White Sox rookie pitcher Clayton Richard in his first major league start on Wednesday. Richard scattered seven hits in the White Sox's 10-8 victory over the Rangers.

They said it “They can play without me, but I can't manage without them. Š I was packing my clothes for the road trip and I see [Quentin's shot]. All three times I get thrown out we win [on] grand slam, home run to win, I tell you, I will donate a lot of money [in fines] if it means that we win.”

- Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, on his ejection

Football practicesHuntley and Clinton Rosette middle schools wll start the football season with an equipment hand-out on Aug. 13 from 5-7 p.m. at the respectice schools. Practices on Aug 14 and 15 will be from 5-7 p.m. at each school, and will resume on Aug. 18-21 from 5-7 p.m. Contact coach Kiley for Huntley at 815-758-6199 and coach Weller for Rosette at 815-748-3759.

Sidewinders' tryout Try-outs for next years 13U Sycamore Sidewinders boys travel baseball team will be held on July 26 at 3 p.m. at field 10 at the Sycamore Park District complex. You cannot have turned 14 before May 1, 2009 in order to try out. This years 12U team finished in first place of the Kane County Bronco league.

2 test positive for steroids DALLAS (AP) - First-year results in the nation's largest steroid-testing program caught only two Texas high school athletes cheating. A report released Wednesday by the University Interscholastic League showed 10,117 public high school athletes in Texas were tested in the debut of the two-year, $6 million program. UIL spokeswoman Kim Rogers says the two students who tested postitive are multi-sport athletes, but that the sports they play are unknown. The UIL didn't release the names of the students, who according to documents obtained by The Associated Press are a senior and a 10th-grader. Four tests came back unresolved and three students refused to be tested, according to the report. Supporters say the tests serve as a deterrent. Critics, including some lawmakers, say the program is an overreaction and waste of taxpayer dollars.