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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- The Latest on a former Penn State assistant football coachs defamation suit (all times local):6:45 p.m.A jury has ruled in favor of a former Penn State assistant football coach in his defamation case against the university, awarding him over $7 million in damages.Jurors deliberated about four hours before returning with their decision Thursday night.Mike McQueary claims he was defamed by a statement the school president released the day Jerry Sandusky was charged with child molestation. He also says he was retaliated against for helping with the Sandusky investigation and misled by school administrators.Penn State argued McQuearys reputation was harmed by public opinion about his decision not to go to police or child-welfare authorities when he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy.The jury awarded McQueary compensatory damages of about $2.3 million. He also was awarded $5 million in punitive damages.---2:35 p.m.A former Penn State assistant football coachs defamation case against the university is in the hands of jurors.A Centre County court official says in a news release that jurors received the charges from the judge Thursday afternoon and left the courtroom to begin deliberations.Both sides in the defamation and whistleblower lawsuit filed by Mike McQueary made closing arguments earlier Thursday.McQueary claims he was defamed by a statement the school president released the day Jerry Sandusky was charged with child molestation, retaliated against for helping with the Sandusky investigation and misled by school administrators.Penn State argues McQuearys reputation was harmed by public opinion about his decision not to go to police or child-welfare authorities when he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a team shower in 2001.McQueary is seeking more than $4 million.---12:40 p.m.Lawyers for a former Penn State assistant football coach are urging jurors to find the university liable for how it treated him after it became public that his testimony helped prosecutors charge Jerry Sandusky with child molestation.Both sides in the defamation and whistleblower lawsuit filed by Mike McQueary made closing arguments Thursday.McQueary claims he was defamed by a statement the school president released the day Sandusky was charged, retaliated against for helping with the Sandusky investigation and misled by school administrators.Penn State argues McQuearys reputation was harmed by public opinion about his decision not to go to police or child-welfare authorities when he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a team shower in 2001.McQueary is seeking more than $4 million.Cheap Nike Shoes From China . 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Anytime youre in a playoff series, you want to play at home. Thats our goal right now. I know thats what Im playing for.Lucroys hit made a winner of reliever Tony Barnette (7-3). Barnette worked one scoreless inning, leaving runners at second and third in the sixth. It was his first appearance since Sept. 4, having been sidelined with a strained oblique.It was impressive for Tony with the layoff, the injury, the pitches that he made, the ability to work his way out of the inning, manager Jeff Banister said.Sam Dyson earned his 37th save, striking out Domingo Santana to leave runners at first and third in the ninth inning. Five Rangers relievers worked 4 2/3 innings following starter A.J. Griffin and built the bullpens scoreless streak to 24 2/3 innings though it allowed an inherited run to score.Lucroy, who played six-plus seasons for the Brewers, pulled a pitch from Jimmy Nelson (8-16) down the left-field line into the corner.Nelson leads the National League in losses and walks. Three of the four batters that he walked on Tuesday scored.Extremely frustrated, Nelson said of hiis season.dddddddddddd All I can do is trust that itll turn around.Griffin lasted only 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. That included his 27th and 28th home runs in 119 innings this season.Gomez has seven homers in 30 games for Texas after hitting five in 85 games for the Astros. The homer traveled an estimated 444 feet to left field.Its only 30 games that Ive been playing here, and I have some sensations that I never had, Gomez said. I just come to the plate with that confidence.CHOO VERDICT COMING SOONBanister said a decision will likely be made either Wednesday night or early Thursday whether to return Shin-Soo Choo (fractured left forearm) to the active roster for the final regular-season series against Tampa Bay. Choo is rehabbing with the Rangers instructional league team in Arizona.Is he physically capable, Banister asked, and do we feel the rhythm and timing is everything that it takes to play at this level?This is Choos fourth stint on the disabled list this season, limiting him to 45 games. He leads the team in on-base percentage at .369.SHORT HOPSCarlos Beltran, 39, stole a base for the first time since 2014 and made a diving catch in right field. ... Texas extended its majors leading total for come-from-behind wins to 48. . 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