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Baseball

Slump costs Yost his job

The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team’s chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager for the remainder of the season. The Brewers have lost seven of eight and fallen into a tie with Philadelphia for the N.L. wild-card lead.

At 83-67, the Brewers have just 12 games to rebound.

Milwaukee came into this month with a 51/2-game lead in the wild card, but since has lost 11 of 14 – including a four- game sweep completed by the Phillies during the weekend.

Milwaukee was idle Monday and is scheduled to begin a three-game series with the Central- leading Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field today.

Yost was a member of the 1978 Spokane Indians.

College football

Oregon QB to miss WSU

Oregon quarterback Justin Roper will be out two to four weeks because of a partially torn ligament in his left knee, which will leave him sidelined when the Ducks visit Washington State on Sept. 27.

Roper injured his knee late in a 32-26 overtime win at Purdue on Saturday.

Roper was picked to start for Oregon (3-0) in the week before the team’s opener against Washington when projected starter Nate Costa injured his left knee in practice. Costa had surgery and is expected to miss the season.

The No. 17 Ducks play host to Boise State on Saturday. The team is expected to use backup Jeremiah Masoli and true freshman Chris Harper at quarterback.

College football

Carroll remains No. 1 in NAIA

Carroll College (3-0) remains at No. 1 in the Sports Network Top 25 rankings after defeating Rocky Mountain College 47-14 in a Frontier Conference game Saturday.

Ohio Dominican is ranked second, followed by Sioux Falls, Missouri Valley, St. Francis and Morningside College.

College football

Vote now for EWU stars

To commemorate Eastern Washington University’s 100th year of football, the school’s top players all-time by position will be named Sept. 27.

Fan voting will continue through Sept. 21 for the top players by position in Eastern history as the school commemorates a century of football on the campus in Cheney.

The ballot is available online at goeags.com.

The top players will be announced Sept. 27 during the EWU-Idaho State Hall of Fame game.