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By Kent Larsen

Sports: Christensen Still Going Strong

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Dodgers center fielder McKay Christensen had another strong week last week, getting 6 hits in 17 at bats (.353) -- not quite the performance in two games the previous week, but still a strong performance and an argument for keeping him on the team. Meanwhile, starting pitchers Roy Halladay and Jason Johnson had good outings last week, but ended up with no decisions after their teams lost. And senior pro Bruce Summerhays tied for 6th place in the State Farm Senior Classic, his third top-ten finish of the year.

While Christensen is playing well, the Giant's Jeff Kent is still playing off his game, even for this year. Kent hit .240 last week, but hit one home run and earned 6 RBIs in 25 at bats. Among pitchers, starters Halladay and Johnson had strong weeks, with Halladay turning in an exceptional 1.50 ERA for six innings of work against the Red Sox, and Johnson a 2.57 ERA in seven innings, but neither pitcher managed to get a decision. Relief pitcher Mike Fetters had the best pitching performance of the week, blanking opponents in two innings over two separate games.

Meanwhile, in basketball, both Mormon players seemed off last week, with Kristen Rasmussen scoring just 2 ppg instead of the 3 that she had managed earlier in the season while Natalie Williams was closer to her average, scoring 13.3 ppg vs. 13.5 so far this season. The Carolina Courage's Maren Hendershot remains on the bench, managing again just one minute in last week's game.

On the PGA tour, Keith Clearwater, Dan Forsman and Mike Reid all entered the John Deere Classic, but only Forsman made the cut, tieing for 52nd.

Baseball

Major League Baseball

Position Players:

McKay Christensen

Center Field

Los Angeles Dodgers

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	5	17	1	6	0	1	1	4	0.353
YTD	14	30	5	14	0	5	2	7	0.467

Jeff Kent

Second Base

San Francisco Giants

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	6	25	3	6	1	6	0	0	0.240
YTD	104	391	55	114	14	74	43	64	0.292

Pitchers:

(MH) Shawn Estes

Starting Pitcher

San Francisco Giants

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	1-1	0	3.86	14.0	14	8	6	7	12
YTD	20	8-5	0	3.33	127.0	115	52	47	62	83

Kyle Farnsworth

Relief Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	4	0-0	0	2.25	4.0	1	1	1	3	5
YTD	51	1-3	0	3.00	51.0	39	17	17	18	74

Mike Fetters

Relief Pitcher

Los Angeles Dodgers

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	1	2
YTD	33	2-1	1	6.28	28.7	32	23	20	13	25

Roy Halladay

Relief Pitcher

Toronto Blue Jays

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	1	0-0	0	1.50	6.0	5	1	1	2	8
YTD	5	0-1	0	5.40	25.0	32	15	15	12	30

Jason M. Johnson

Starting Pitcher

Baltimore Orioles

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	1	0-0	0	2.57	7.0	4	3	2	3	2
YTD	21	9-6	0	3.14	131.7	117	57	46	42	73

* Omar Olivares

Relief Pitcher

Pittsburg Pirates

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	1-0	0	16.20	3.3	8	6	6	3	3
YTD	26	5-7	0	7.07	85.3	102	72	67	33	58

Garret Stephenson	Starting Pitcher	St Louis Cardinals
[On the Disabled List - out for the season]

(MH) Dave Veres

Relief Pitcher

BSt Louis Cardinals

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	4	1-0	0	2.70	3.3	3	1	1	1	3
YTD	47	1-1	11	3.30	43.7	35	18	16	22	43

Basketball

NBA

The NBA' season has concluded.

WNBA

Football

NFL

The NFL season has ended.

CFL

The CFL season begins June 20th.

Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, but we don't yet have a source for statistics on him.

We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based on the 2001 Rosters:

Player	Team	College
Chris Ellison	Saskatchewan Rough Riders	BYU
Curtis Marsh	Saskatchewan Rough Riders	Utah
Omaar Morgan	Saskatchewan Rough Riders	BYU
Rob Hitchcock	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Weber State
Trevor Shaw	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Weber State
Kevin Alexander	Montreal Alouettes	Utah State
Darnell Arceneaux	Montreal Alouettes	Utah
Anthony Calvillo	Montreal Alouettes	Utah State
Josh Cochran	Montreal Alouettes	Utah
Neal Fort	Montreal Alouettes	BYU
Chad Folk	Toronto Argonauts	Utah
Profail Greer	Toronto Argonauts	Utah State
Errol Martin	Toronto Argonauts	Utah
Morgan Welch	Toronto Argonauts	Weber State
Brandon Dyson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Utah State
Moe Elewonibi	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	BYU

Hockey

NHL

The NHL's regular season has ended, and the only Mormon player we know is not on a team playing in the playoffs.

Golf

PGA Tour

Senior PGA Tour

Soccer

WUSA

* Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so far been unable to confirm this suspicion.

(MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS Church member, or has Mormon heritage.

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