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Baseball

Likes what he sees in majors

Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a grand slam on the first pitch he saw in the majors only hours after the Cleveland Indians purchased his contract from Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday.

Kouzmanoff was the designated hitter against the host Texas Rangers.

With the bases loaded in the first inning, Kouzmanoff lined the first pitch from Edinson Volquez over the center-field wall to give the Indians a 5-0 lead.

Kouzmanoff became the third player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first at-bat.

He joined Jeremy Hermida, who did it for the Florida Marlins against St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 31, 2005, and Bill Duggleby, who connected for Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Giants on April 21, 1898.

Football

Rabid fans take action on Web

Are Pac-10 coaches on the hot seat?

They are if they follow the marketing efforts of the owner of Redshirted.com, who sells fire-the-coach Web sites to fans with no life.

For $250, unhappy Oregon Ducks fans can purchase the FireMikeBelotti.com site. For $150, the FireJeffTedord.com site is up for grabs. FireBillDoba.com and FireDirkKoetter.com both can be had for a mere $100.

Those are the only sites of Pac-10 coaches offered by Redshirted.com.

The owner of Redshirted, in an e-mail to The Associated Press, would identify himself only as a technology worker from Austin, Texas, named Doug.

His Web site says factors that affect the price are a team’s record, the size and veracity of its fan base, the expectations for success and any other team controversy.

So far just four sites have been sold and those were bought by people protecting the coach from negative comments.

Basketball

Zags reveal newest recruit

Theo Davis, a 6-foot-9, 220-pounder from Canada, will be eligible to play for the Gonzaga University men’s basketball program this season.

He was recently cleared to compete by the NCAA Clearinghouse.

He signed a letter of intent in the spring, but the school did not make the signing public at the time.

Coming Tuesday

Spokane boxing has new life

The spiffy new Howard Street Boxing Gym doesn’t look like a typical dark and dingy boxing gym. But what the room lacks in boxing history is more than made up for by the 100-odd years of experience shared by the men who oversee training therein.

Correspondent Steve Christilaw visited the new gym and the men behind the effort to keep boxing alive in Spokane. Look for his story in Tuesday’s paper.