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Nachbaur leaves Ams for AHL

Tri-City Herald (Kai-Huei Yau Tri-City Herald / The Spokesman-Review)

HOCKEY: Tri-City Americans coach Don Nachbaur has left the Western Hockey League team to become head coach of the Ottawa Senators’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton (N.Y.) Senators.

“He’s a guy we’ve been watching over the years and has, in the back of my mind, been one of the best guys in junior hockey,” said Tim Murray, assistant general manager of the Senators in an online interview on the team’s Web site.

Nachbaur, 50, replaces Curtis Hunt, who left to coach the Regina Pats of the WHL.

Nachbaur, who spent six seasons behind the Tri-City bench, tendered his resignation to the Americans on Thursday night.

“I thought we were going to lose Don after we won our first banner,” Tri-City GM Bob Tory said. “He’s been with us a long time and has been a big part of our success. It’s rare in the WHL to have the same coach for six years. It’s sad to see him go, but it’s long overdue.”

Nachbaur was the longest-tenured coach of the Americans and finished his six-season run 235-156-14-9 – with 18 ties – and U.S. Division titles in 2008 and 2009.

He leaves the WHL as the seventh-winningest coach with 432 victories, second among active coaches behind Don Hay of the Vancouver Giants (445).

Tri-City Herald

Romo: Let kids play many sports

FOOTBALL: Tony Romo played all kinds of sports as a child and figures he never would have become the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback if he had concentrated on just one sport as many youths do today.

“People sometimes today are predominantly putting their kids into one sport,” Romo said.

“Age 10, they’re going to do one thing the rest of their life. I have a hard time with that because, shoot, I was like a basketball player as a kid. I never would have been able to do what I’m lucky enough to do – play football.”

Associated Press

M’s make their move – in poll

Baseball: The Seattle Mariners are rated 10th in a Harris Poll that asked fans which baseball team was their favorite.

That moved the Mariners up from 17th from last year’s poll, tied with the San Diego Padres for the biggest jump.

The poll surveyed 2,177 U.S. adults between June 8 and 15.

The New York Yankees were voted first for the seventh year in the row followed by Boston, Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco and Seattle.

The Toronto Blue Jays were last, but no Canadians were polled. The last U.S. team was the Kansas City Royals.