COCHRAN CLAIMS WKA
Rick Cochran shot a 131 to win the 2008 West Kentucky Amateur golf tournament in Mayfield. Jason Lancaster finished second with a 137. Jonathan Simpkins and Lanny Lancaster tied for third with 141's. The win was the second at the WKA for Cochran, who was co-champion with Brett Jones in 2005.
WOMEN'S STATE AM TODAY
The 82nd annual Women's Kentucky State Amateur gets underway today in Elizabethtown. The field of 97 will include seven past champions, a number of the state's top college golfers and a whopping 50 players with handicaps under 10. Play will begin tomorrow with a qualifying round at Elizabethtown Country Club. The golfers then will be paired into flights for match play, with the low 31 scorers joining defending champion Jessica Grace in the championship flight. Players in the field include several from Murray State, including head coach Velvet Milkman.
KEARSE GETS DUI
Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse has been arrested for DUI. Metro Nashville police said Kearse was seen speeding and swerving several times while travelling west on West End Avenue. The officer who pulled the Titans over said Kearse exhibited slurred speach, red eyes, and smelled of alcohol. He reportedly refused a breath test. Officials said the incident was Kearse's first offense. Kearse signed a two-year deal worth $6 million with the Titans this past March, returning to the team that drafted him after a four year stint in Philadelphia.
PACKERS PUT HARPER ON WAIVERS
The Green Bay Packers have placed wide receiver Rod Harper on waivers. Harper was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Murray State this offseason. By releasing Harper, who participated in the team's minicamp this week, the Packers reduced their roster to 87 players of which 77 are under contract. The NFL allows its teams a limit of 80 players under contract.
HEAR MICK CRONIN
Today on The Sports Lunch on 1340 WNBS, it's Cincinnati Bearcats head basketball coach Mick Cronin. We'll chat with the former Racer coach at 11:40 this morning. SAWX EDGE CARDS Kevin Youkilis clubbed a two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Cardinals at Fenway Park. Youkilis also hit a solo shot in the seventh, and Mike Lowell and Julio Lugo each plated a run for Boston, which had dropped the first two games in the three-game interleague set. Javier Lopez recorded two outs in relief to improve to 2-and-0 with the win. Adam Kennedy tied the game in the ninth inning for St. Louis with a pinch-hit, RBI double off Jonathan Papelbon. Brian Barton and Ryan Ludwick each drove in a run for the Cards in defeat. Mike Parisi was charged with the loss.
NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT
Elsewhere in Interleague play:
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New York Yankees 4, Cincinnati Reds 1
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Toronto Blue Jays 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Texas Rangers 5, Washington Nationals 3
Atlanta Braves 8, Seattle Mariners 3
Houston Astros 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Baltimore Orioles 3
Kansas City Royals 11, San Francisco Giants 10
Minnesota Twins 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Oakland Athletics 7, Florida Marlins 1
Detroit Tigers 5, San Diego Padres 3
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Chicago Cubs 7, Chicago White Sox 1
National League
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Carlos Beltran clubbed a two-run home run and Mike Pelfrey tossed 5 2/3
shutout innings, as the New York Mets topped the Colorado Rockies, 3-1, in the
rubber match of their three-game set at Coors Field. Pelfrey (4-6) allowed
just three hits and struck out five, but issued five walks and was lifted
after 98 pitches. David Wright knocked in a run and scored a run, while Jose
Reyes tripled and scored for the Mets, who have won three of their last four.
The Mets improved to 3-2 under interim manager Jerry Manuel, who replaced the
fired Willie Randolph on Tuesday. Yorvit Torrealba's solo homer accounted for
the offense for the Rockies, who fell for just the third time in their last
nine games. Greg Reynolds (2-5) allowed all three runs on six his over seven
innings and dropped the decision.
=== TENNIS ===
The opening round of Wimbledon is underway from the All England Club and Roger
Federer has begun his quest to become the first man in the Open era (1968)
to win the title six straight times. The top-seeded Swiss superstar is coming
off another title at the Wimbledon tuneup in Halle and has won 59
straight matches on grass courts. He is on Centre Court facing off with
Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty. In other men's action, Australian Open champ
Novak Djokovic will play Germany's Michael Berrer and 2002 Wimbledon champion
Lleyton Hewitt of Australia -- the last man not named Federer to capture
the title -- will face Robin Haase of the Netherlands.
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Two-time women's champion Serena Williams and top-seeded Ana Ivanovic
highlight the ladies schedule. Williams, back-to-back champion in 2002 and
'03, is seeded sixth this year and will take on Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.
Ivanovic, who ascended to the top of the women's rankings after capturing her
first Grand Slam title at the French Open, will meet Paraguay's Rossana De los
Rios. Other top women on the schedule include fourth-seeded Russian Svetlana
Kuznetsova, eighth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and last year's runner-
up, 11th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
=== OLYMPICS ===
The United States men's Olympic basketball team will be announced on Monday. A
total of 12 players will don the red, white and blue uniform for the Summer
Games in Beijing, and reports last week indicated that Cleveland superstar
LeBron James and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will headline the roster. Both
were a part of the 2004 squad that won a bronze medal in Athens. Others
already reported to be on this year's team include Milwaukee sharpshooter
Michael Redd and point guards Chris Paul of New Orleans and Jason Kidd of
Dallas.
=== COLLEGE BASEBALL ===
Tommy Mendonca had three hits and drove in four runs, as Fresno State advanced
to the College World Series championship series with a 6-1 win over North
Carolina at Rosenblatt Stadium. The Tar Heels, the No. 2 ranked team in
the nation, had faced two straight elimination games. Friday they beat LSU
on a ninth-inning grand slam, and on Saturday, North Carolina beat Fresno
State thanks to an eighth-inning homer from Chad Flack to force Sunday's tie-
breaking game. But there were no dramatics this time around for North
Carolina, as Fresno State -- the first team seeded fourth regionally to
ever reach the College World Series -- continued its unlikely run in its
fourth CWS appearance. The Bulldogs advanced to meet Georgia, which
advanced to the best-of-three matchup with a 10-8 win over Stanford on
Saturday. The first game of that series will take place on Monday at 7 p.m.
(et). North Carolina had advanced to the CWS championship series in
each of the past two seasons, but ended its season with a 54-14 record.
=== GOLF ===
Stewart Cink earned his fifth career PGA Tour victory with a one-shot triumph
at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. Cink, who notched his first-ever
PGA Tour win at this event when it was known as the Greater Hartford Open in
1997, parred the final hole to wrap up a three-under-par 67 in the final round
at the TPC of River Highlands, finishing with a four-day total of 18-under
262. He hadn't won a PGA Tour title since the WGC-NEC Invitational in 2004.
Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan tied for second place at
17-under par, while Heath Slocum was next at minus-16.
=== AUTO RACING ===
Kyle Busch and the Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew made the right moves at the right
times and he captured Sunday afternoon's Toyota Save Mart 350 at the Infineon
Raceway. The No.18 M&M's Toyota crossed the finish line 1.716 seconds ahead of
David Gilliland. The victory was Busch's fifth of the season and ninth of his
Sprint Cup career. Twice Busch made pit stops just before a caution flag and
it set him up with the lead on the final run to the checkered flag. He was
never really challenged over the final 40 laps and led a total of 78 laps.
Kasey Kahne, winner of three of the last five races and Friday's pole, brought
the field to the green flag for 110 laps of road-course fun. He led them
through the first laps, but it was Robby Gordon that was showing the most
speed. The No.7 Dodge started eighth but by the end of the third lap he was
already past road-course ace Jeff Gordon and into fourth place. Robby Gordon,
who only knows one way to drive - at 110-percent, took third place from a
fading Kahne on lap eight.
