BRIEFLY TRACK STAR JONES WITHDRAWS FROM 200.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Marion Jones (Thousand Oaks High) withdrew from the 200 meters at the U.S. track and field championships in Indianapolis on Saturday, settling for the 100-meter title she won the previous night. Jones warmed up but was a late scratch in her qualifying heat. Her agent, Charles Wells, said she decided her legs were too tired after running three rounds of the 100 on Friday. MOTOR SPORTS: Sam HornishJr. blew by teammate Helio Castroneves early in the race to win the SunTrust Indy Challenge The SunTrust Indy Challenge Presented by XM Satellite Radio is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. The event debuted as a Saturday night race in 2001. in Richmond, Va., Hornish's first win since taking his first Indianapolis500 last month. Paul Menard took advantage of a mistake by Jason Leffler, then held on through mayhem in the closing laps to win the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Busch Series AT&T 250 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis. It was the first career Busch Series win for Menard, a Wisconsin native who drives for Dale Earnhardt Inc. GOLF: Ben Curtis moved closer to his first title since the 2003 British Open, shooting a 4-under 67 that gave him a five-stroke lead after three rounds at the Booz Allen Classic The Booz Allen Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2006. Perhaps more so than any other "regular" PGA Tour stop, the event has wandered about, not just from course to course within a given metropolitan area, but along the east coast. in Potomac, Md. Tom Jenkins was 8 under through 16 holes in the second round of the Champions Tour's Commerce Bank Championship in East Meadow, N.Y., when play was suspended after a third rain delay. Jeong Jang shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over fellow South Korean Mi Hyun Kim Mi Hyun Kim (born in Inchon on 13 January 1977) is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named was Rookie of the Year that year. and rookie Brittany Lang after threerounds of the Wegmans LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association in Pittsford, N.Y. USC's Jordan Nasser of Anaheim Hills built a 5-up lead after 19 holes against Jeff Gilchrist of Carmichael and then hung on to win the 95th California Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of several well known courses in Pebble Beach, California and probably the most famous golf course in the Western United States. Four of the courses in the coastal community of Pebble Beach, including Pebble Beach Golf Links,[1] by a 3 and 2 score. Fouteen-year-old Kimberly Kim of Hawaii and California's Tiffany Joh advanced to today's finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links The U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, is a women's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the USGA. The USGA typically calls the event the U.S. Championship in Pueblo, Colo. FOOTBALL: West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez received a three-year contract extension that will pay him at least $1 million a year. BASKETBALL: UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX basketball assistant Ernie Zeigler is one of three finalists for the Central Michigan coaching vacancy, according to the Detroit News. The other finalists are Michigan State assistant Mark Montgomery and Steve Schmidt, the coach at Mott Community College (Flint, Mich.). -- Jill Painter The Charlotte Bobcats said they will pick up third-season options on rookie contracts for Sean May and Raymond Felton. |
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