TENNIS
Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
Singles
Second Round
Jan Hernych d. Brian Dabul 7-6 (5), 0-6, 7-6 (5).
Juan Martin del Potro d. Simone Bolelli (5) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Philipp Kohlschreiber (4) d. Yuri Schukin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-3.
Eduardo Schwank (8) d. Andreas Beck 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Palermo Tournament
Palermo, Sicily
Singles
Second Round
Anabel Medina Garrigues (2) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-0, 6-4.
Mariya Koryttseva (7) d. Han Xinyun 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Tathiana Garbin (8) d. Olivia Sanchez 7-5, 6-4.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d. Rossana de Los Rios 6-1, 6-2.
Swedish Open
Bastad, Sweden
Singles
Second Round
David Ferrer (1) d. Boris Pashanski, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1.
Tommy Robredo (3) d. Jonas Bjorkman 6-2, 6-3.
Jarkko Nieminen (7) d. Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-1.
Robin Soderling (8) d. Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-3.
Swiss Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
Singles
Second Round
Victor Hanescu d. Ivo Karlovic (4) 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (11).
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez d. Nicolas Kiefer (6) walkover.
Jeremy Chardy d. Dominik Meffert 6-7 (1), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).
Mikhail Youzhny (3) d. Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 6-2.
Budapest Grand Prix
Budapest, Hungary
Singles
Second Round
Klara Zakopalova (7) d. Mathilde Johansson 6-0, 6-1.
Petra Kvitova d. Martina Muller 6-2, 6-1.
Katalin Marosi d. Tsvetana Pironkova (3) 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Campbell s Hall of Fame Championships
Newport, R.I.
Singles
Second Round
Alexander Peya d. Donald Young (6) 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Vince Spadea d. Nicolas Mahut (3) 6-2, 6-3.
Ivan Navarro d. Kevin Anderson (8) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4.
Fabrice Santoro (2) d. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Quarterfinals
Prakash Amritraj d. Rohan Bopanna 6-4, 6-3.
Frank Dancevic (7) d. Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 6-3.
SPORTS NOTE
CENTRAL FOOTBALL CAMP: Central Catholic High School will present its Fighting Irish Football Camp of Champions 9 a.m. to noon July 9 through July 11 at the Gallagher Athletic Complex on the school s campus at 2550 Cherry St. under the direction of coach Greg Dempsey and staff. Information: 419-255-2306.
START GOLF TRYOUTS: The Start High School boys golf team will hold tryouts at Ottawa Park Golf Course on August 4 and 5 at 9:45 a.m. both days. Cost is $9 per round. All present students and incoming freshman are encouraged to try out. Information: Coach Randy Boratyn, 419-973-9759.
BASKETBALL: Applications are now being taken for the fall basketball camps at the Steve Mix Basketball Academy, grades 1 through 12. There are also opening for late summer leagues. Information: 419-874-9619 or www.basketballacademy.net
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Openings still remain for the 5th annual Segula Memorial softball tournament July 19, 20 at Pacesetter Park, men s and co-ed. Fee $150, round-robin. Information: John 419-260-0068, Gerald 419-467-1581, or Bryan 419-250-0680
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: A double elimination men s and women s softball tournament is scheduled July 19 and 20 at Waldron High School. Fee $125, hit own ball. Winner gets into Labor Day Softball Marathon free. Information: Jeff Bernath 517-286-6598. Entry deadline July 15.
HOLE-IN-ONE
ERICK CHARPIE, No. 5 at Cottonwood Creek, 125 yards, wedge.
LARRY WILLIAMS, at White Pines No. 13, 125 yards, wedge.
FOOTBALL
CFL
EAST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 2 1 0 4 90 57
Hamilton 1 1 0 2 42 46
Toronto 1 1 0 2 36 48
Winnipeg 0 2 0 0 40 61
Western Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Sask. 2 0 0 4 60 29
Calgary 2 1 0 4 82 71
Edmonton 1 1 0 2 47 65
British Col. 0 2 0 0 34 54
Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.
LAST NIGHT
Calgary 23, Montreal 19
Toronto at Edmonton, late
TONIGHT
British Columbia at Winnipeg
TOMORROW
Saskatchewan at Hamilton
Arena Playoffs
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
National Conference
Tomorrow: Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
American Conference
Tomorrow: Grand Rapids at San Jose, 3:30 p.m.
ArenaBowl
At New Orleans
Sunday, July 27: TBD, 3 p.m.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 10 4 3 33 25 19
Columbus 8 4 3 27 24 20
D.C. United 7 7 1 22 28 26
Chicago 6 5 3 21 22 13
Toronto FC 6 5 3 21 18 18
New York 5 5 5 20 15 22
Kansas City 4 5 5 17 12 17
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 6 6 3 21 33 30
CD Chivas USA 6 6 3 21 21 20
Real Salt Lake 5 6 5 20 18 19
Houston 4 4 8 20 17 19
Colorado 6 8 1 19 24 20
FC Dallas 4 6 6 18 19 22
San Jose 3 9 3 12 10 21
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
LAST NIGHT
Kansas City 2, New York 1
CD Chivas USA at Los Angeles, late
TOMORROW
Colorado at San Jose, 4
Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30
Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9
THURSDAY, JULY 17
Kansas City at Columbus, 8
SATURDAY, JULY 19
San Jose at Toronto FC, 3
Los Angeles at New York, 6:30
Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30
Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30
WNBA
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Detroit 13 6 .684
Connecticut 13 7 .650 1/2
Indiana 9 9 .500 31/2
New York 9 9 .500 31/2
Washington 7 11 .389 51/2
Chicago 5 12 .294 7
Atlanta 2 17 .105 11
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 14 6 .700
Los Angeles 12 6 .667 1
Seattle 13 7 .650 1
Minnesota 9 10 .474 41/2
Phoenix 9 10 .474 41/2
Houston 9 11 .450 5
Sacramento 8 11 .421 51/2
LAST NIGHT
Seattle 89, Phoenix 78
San Antonio 75, Chicago 67
Los Angeles at Sacramento, late
TONIGHT
Washington at Detroit, 7:30
Atlanta at San Antonio, 8
TUESDAY
Phoenix 99, Houston 94
Washington 50, Indiana 48
Detroit 88, Connecticut 82
San Antonio 83, New York 79
Seattle 79, Sacramento 64
WEDNESDAY
Atlanta 73, Minnesota 67
Los Angeles 82, Houston 74, OT
GOLF
John Deere Classic
PGA
Silvis, Ill., par 71
Ken Duke 32-32 64
Charlie Wi 33-31 64
Eric Axley 33-32 65
Kenny Perry 33-32 65
Garrett Willis 32-33 65
Will MacKenzie 33-32 65
Chris Riley 33-33 66
Michael Bradley 34-32 66
Patrick Sheehan 32-34 66
Woody Austin 34-32 66
Cameron Beckman 33-33 66
Ryan Armour 34-32 66
Jeff Gove 32-34 66
Brad Adamonis 32-34 66
Frank Lickliter II 31-36 67
Jonathan Byrd 33-34 67
Tom Lehman 34-33 67
Nicholas Thompson 35-32 67
Kent Jones 33-34 67
Brian Davis 32-35 67
Jeff Overton 32-35 67
Philip Francis 32-35 67
Chez Reavie 35-32 67
Chad Campbell 32-35 67
J.P. Hayes 34-33 67
Pat Perez 33-34 67
Jerry Kelly 30-37 67
Scott Sterling 32-35 67
Kirk Triplett 34-34 68
John Riegger 34-34 68
Kevin Sutherland 34-34 68
Jon Mills 33-35 68
Rich Beem 36-32 68
Matt Kuchar 33-35 68
Vaughn Taylor 33-35 68
Marco Dawson 33-35 68
Dean Wilson 35-33 68
Mark Calcavecchia 36-32 68
Shigeki Maruyama 32-36 68
Ryan Moore 33-35 68
Peter Lonard 34-34 68
Bob Heintz 32-36 68
Paul Claxton 33-35 68
David Lutterus 36-32 68
Gavin Coles 35-33 68
Harrison Frazar 33-36 69
John Huston 35-34 69
Bart Bryant 34-35 69
Todd Hamilton 33-36 69
Dan Forsman 33-36 69
Shane Bertsch 34-35 69
Tom Byrum 34-35 69
Kyle Thompson 33-36 69
Jesper Parnevik 34-35 69
Jay Williamson 33-36 69
Steve Marino 35-34 69
Zach Johnson 35-34 69
David Duval 33-36 69
Joe Ogilvie 34-35 69
Heath Slocum 34-35 69
Brad Elder 33-36 69
Tim Petrovic 35-34 69
Nick Flanagan 33-36 69
Bob Sowards 35-34 69
Chris Stroud 34-35 69
Chad Collins 36-33 69
Tim Clark 35-35 70
Mark Brooks 33-37 70
Glen Day 34-36 70
Jim McGovern 34-36 70
Olin Browne 37-33 70
Mathias Gronberg 30-40 70
Lucas Glover 34-36 70
Billy Mayfair 35-35 70
Y.E. Yang 34-36 70
Ron Whittaker 34-36 70
Michael Letzig 35-35 70
Jamie Lovemark 34-36 70
Ted Purdy 33-37 70
John Morse 36-34 70
D.J. Trahan 35-35 70
George McNeill 35-35 70
Tag Ridings 31-39 70
Bubba Watson 33-37 70
Steve Allan 36-34 70
Justin Bolli 35-35 70
Jason Dufner 37-33 70
CYCLING
Tour de France
At Super-Besse, France
Sixth Stage
121.5 miles from Aigurande to Super-Besse
1. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, Saunier Duval-Scott, 4 hours, 57 minutes, 52 seconds. 2. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Caisse d Epargne, 1 second behind. 3. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, same time. 4. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, :04. 5. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, Team Columbia, same time.
6. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas, :07. 7. Moises Duenas, Spain, Barloworld, same time. 8. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC Saxo Bank, same time. 9. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, same time. 10. Leonardo Piepoli, Italy, Saunier Duval-Scott, same time.
11. Manuel Beltran, Spain, Liquigas, :12. 12. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time. 13. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Caisse d Epargne, :15. 14. Stijn Devolder, Belgium, Quick Step, :19. 15. Thomas Lovkvist, Sweden, Team Columbia, :23.
16. Yury Trofimov, Russia, Bouygues Telecom, same time. 17. Dmitriy Fofonov, Kazakhstan, Credit Agricole, same time. 18. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time. 19. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Garmin Chipotle, same time. 20. Tadej Valjavec, Slovenia, AG2R-La Mondiale, same time.
Overall Standings
(After six stages)
1. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, Team Columbia, 24 hours, 30 minutes, 41 seconds. 2. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, 6 seconds behind. 3. Stefan Schumacher, Germany, Gerolsteiner, :16. 4. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Garmin Chipotle, :44. 5. David Millar, Britain, Garmin Chipotle, :47.
6. Thomas Lovkvist, Sweden, Team Columbia, :54. 7. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 1:03. 8. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Spain, Caisse d Epargne, 1:12. 9. Stijn Devolder, Belgium, Quick Step, 1:21. 10. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Caisse d Epargne, same time.
Also
111. Danny Pate, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 19:42.
126. William Frischkorn, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 21:21.
LATEST LINE
Baseball
National League
CHICAGO CUBS 61/2 -71/2 San Francisco
St. Louis Even-6 PITTSBURGH
PHILADELPHIA 61/2 -71/2 Arizona
NY METS 61/2 -71/2 Colorado
Houston 51/2 -61/2 WASHINGTON
MILWAUKEE 8-9 Cincinnati
SAN DIEGO 7-8 Atlanta
LA DODGERS 61/2 -71/2 Florida
American League
BOSTON 8-9 Baltimore
CLEVELAND Even-6 Tampa Bay
DETROIT 71/2 -81/2 Minnesota
TORONTO Even-6 NY Yankees
Chi White Sox 51/2 -61/2 TEXAS
Seattle 51/2 -61/2 KANSAS CITY
LA Angels Even-6 OAKLAND
Home Team in CAPS
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS Claimed RHP Bryan Bullington off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Buffalo (IL). Agreed to terms with INF Cord Phelps. Released RHP Joe Borowski. Announced RHP Rick Bauer has elected free agency.
DETROIT TIGERS Activated C Brandon Inge from the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Jeff Larish from Toledo (IL). Sent RHP Eddie Bonine to Erie (EL). Designated C Dane Sardinha for assignment.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS Extended their affiliation agreement with Wilmington (Carolina) through the 2010 season.
SEATTLE MARINERS Released 1B Richie Sexson. Placed LHP Erik Bedard on the 15-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS Placed CF Vernon Wells on the 15-day DL.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS Agreed to terms with RHP Andrew Cashner and RHP Aaron Shafer.
HOUSTON ASTROS Waived RHP Oscar Villarreal. Sent OF Reggie Abercrombie outright to Round Rock (PCL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS Activated LHP Randy Choate from the 15-day DL and sent him outright to Nashville (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Traded OF Craig Wilson to Seattle for a player to be named. Acquired RHP Dan Reichert and INF-OF Ryan Mulhern from Cleveland for cash considerations. Recalled RHP Luis Munoz from Altoona (EL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Placed LHP Mark Mulder on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP Jamie Garcia from Memphis (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Placed INF Aaron Boone on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 7. Recalled INF Pete Orr from Columbus (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA Suspended Sacramento C Brad Miller for five games without pay for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. Suspended Chicago G JamesOn Curry for one game without pay for pleading guilty to resisting or obstructing an officer and violating Idaho law.
PHOENIX SUNS Signed C Robin Lopez.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS Released QB Taylor Tharp and P Dan Zeidman.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Agreed to terms with OL Chad Rinehart. Released QB Sam Hollenbach, DE Tommy Davis and C Kyle DeVan.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Signed LW Nikita Filatov to a three-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD Named Matt Shaw assistant coach.
NEW YORK RANGERS Signed D Vladimir Denisov.
PHOENIX COYOTES Named F Doug Sulliman assistant coach.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Re-signed F Connor James.
ST. LOUIS BLUES Signed D Mike Weaver.
COLLEGE
CLEVELAND STATE Named Shawn Hood women s assistant basketball coach.
OHIO STATE Named Nick Myers men s lacrosse coach.
AUTO RACING
LifeLock.com 400 Lineup
NASCAR-Sprint Cup
Last night qualifying rained out
Race Saturday
Joliet, Ill.
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, owner points. 2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, owner points. 3. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, owner points. 4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, owner points. 5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, owner points.
6. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, owner points. 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, owner points. 8. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, owner points. 9. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, owner points. 10. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, owner points.
11. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, owner points. 12. (20) Tony Stewart, Toyota, owner points. 13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, owner points. 14. (6) David Ragan, Ford, owner points. 15. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, owner points.
16. (8) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, owner points. 17. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, owner points. 18. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, owner points. 19. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, owner points. 20. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, owner points.
21. (28) Travis Kvapil, Ford, owner points. 22. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, owner points. 23. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, owner points. 24. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, owner points. 25. (5) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, owner points.
26. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, owner points. 27. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, owner points. 28. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, owner points. 29. (44) David Reutimann, Toyota, owner points. 30. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, owner points.
31. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, owner points. 32. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, owner points. 33. (01) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, owner points. 34. (00) Michael McDowell, Toyota, owner points. 35. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, owner points.
36. (45) Terry Labonte, Dodge, past champion. 37. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, past champion. 38. (66) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, owner attempts. 39. (84) AJ Allmendinger, Toyota, owner attempts. 40. (96) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, owner attempts.
41. (78) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, owner attempts. 42. (10) Patrick Carpentier, Dodge, owner attempts. 43. (70) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, owner attempts.
Failed to qualify
44. (34) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, owner attempts. 45. (08) Johnny Sauter, Dodge, owner attempts.
SPORTLIGHT
July 11
1914 Babe Ruth makes his major league pitching debut for the Boston Red Sox against Cleveland, getting the 4-3 victory over the Indians.
1950 Red Schoendienst hits a home run in the 14th inning to give the NL a 4-3 victory in the All-Star game.
1967 Tony Perez homers in the 15th inning off Catfish Hunter to give the National League a 2-1 win in the longest game in All-Star history.
1979 Renaldo Nehemiah of the United States sets a Pan American Games record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.20 seconds.
1981 Britain s Sebastian Coe breaks his own world record in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:12.18 in a meet in Oslo, Norway. Seven runners shatter the 3-minute, 51-second barrier in the mile led by Steve Ovett at 3:49.25. Steve Scott finishes third and sets an American record in 3:49.68.
1985 Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros becomes the first pitcher in major league history to reach 4,000 strikeouts when he fans New York s Danny Heep in the sixth inning.
1992 Treboh Joe, a 9-year-old gelding, makes harness racing history by losing his 162nd consecutive race. Treboh Joe finishes fourth to break the North American record of 161 straight losses held by Shiaway Moses.
1993 Alain Prost gets his 50th Formula One victory by taking the British Grand Prix.
1993 Jack Nicklaus sinks a birdie putt on the 16th hole to inch ahead of Tom Weiskopf and win the U.S. Senior Open by one stroke. Nicklaus finishes with a 72-hole total of 6-under 278.
1995 Maryland quarterback Scott Milanovich, the most prolific passer in school history, is suspended for eight games by the NCAA for gambling on college sports.
2006 With the American League down to its final strike, Michael Young hits a two-run triple off Trevor Hoffman for a 3-2 victory to keep the Americans unbeaten in Major League Baseball s All-Star game for the past decade.