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SPORTS
MORNING DIGEST
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, June 24,2008
Busch
2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
wins at
Sonoma
BUSCH
Bryant, Janies to lead U.S. team
ON THE AIR
Sunny start at Wimbledon for Roger, Serena
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WILLIAMS
FEDERER
SPORTS
BRIEFING
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File
In this Sept. 2, 2007 file photo, United States' Kobe Bryant, left, and LeBron James react after their teammate
Deron Williams scored against Argentina during their FIBA Americas Championship gold medal basketball game
at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The two NBA superstars were part of the U.S. men's basketball that
was announced Monday June 23,2008 for the Beijing Games.
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Pro baseball
• Arizona at Boston, ESPN2,
6
• Texas at Astros, FSNH, 7
BY STEVEN WINE
AP Sports Writer
next to me. 1 said, ‘Sure. There’s no
problem. There’s an extra seat.’ We
go way back.... He said it might be
his last Wimbledon, so it was almost
a little bit emotional.”
Said Hrbaty: “If it had been some-
one else, I wouldn’t have done it....
We’ve had a lot of good times togeth-
er. I just wanted to tell him he’s a
great friend of mine, and I appreciate
that.”
Federer extended his grass-court
winning streak to 60 matches, includ-
ing 35 at the All England Club, and
yet his continuing domination is in
doubt because he struggled the first
half of the year.
That might help explain his pre-
match jitters.
“I did feel all of a sudden a little
pressure about two minutes before I
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W AHHEW SEUSMAI
AP Sports Writer
Tuesday
Pro baseball
• Baltimore at Chicago
Cubs, WGN, 7
• Texas at Astros, FSNH, 7
College Baseball
• World Series, ESPN, 6
High school football
• Bayou Bowl (replay),
FSNH, 11:30
Pro basketball
• WNBA: Houston at San
Antonio, ESPN2, 8
Golf
• CVS Caremark Charity
Classic, Golf, 3
Tennis
• Wimbledon, ESPN2, 6
a.m.
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went on court,” Federer said. “I felt
like, ‘Wow, OK, here we go. Let’s try
to get off to a good start.’ I did.”
There were few questions about
Williams’ match, even though it pro-
vided a bit of drama when she faced
a break point serving at 5-all in the
first set.
Kanepi, an Estonian who reached
the French Open quarterfinals, takes
lusty swings that often put two-time
champion Williams on the defensive.
But Williams endured the onslaught
and took charge after Kanepi double-
faulted to end the first set.
“Today definitely was not an easy
match,” Williams said. “She was
playing unbelievable. I felt like she
wasn’t making any errors. I just felt
like I just had to hang in there and
stay positive.”
classy cardigan, he stepped onto the
fresh grass promptly at 1 p.m. and
looked eager to dispel the notion he’s
in decline, winning the first 11 points
and beating former doubles partner
Dominik Hrbaty 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
During a changeover one game
from the finish, the 30-year-old
Hrbaty broke with protocol by wan-
dering over to the seated Federer.
“I looked over and there he was,”
Federer said. “He asked if I could sit
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CHICAGO (AP) — MVP Kobe Bryant has a
shot at another big prize after falling short of the
NBA championship, and he’ll have plenty of help
along the way.
LeBron James is there. Dwyane Wade, too.
They will lead a U.S. Olympic basketball team
that was announced Monday and hopes to capture
the gold rtiedal in Beijing in August after a third-
place showing in Athens four years ago.
Benson ordered to
get alcohol car lock
AUSTIN (AP) — Former
Chicago Bears running back
Cedric Benson was ordered
Monday to install an ignition
lock breathalyzer in his car
while facing charges of driving
while intoxicated.
Benson is charged in sepa-
rate incidents of boating and
driving while intoxicated.
Travis County Court-at-Law
Judge Elisabeth Earle ordered
him to install the device within
72 hours as a condition of his
bail at a pretrial hearing.
The device prevents the car
from starting if it detects alco-
hol.
Earle said the inginition lock
requirement is common for
defendants facing multiple
DWI charges and does not
indicate whether Benson is
guilty or innocent.
Benson’s attorney did not
immediately return a telephone
message seeking comment.
On May 3, the former Texas
star was charged with boating
while intoxicated on Lake
Travis and resisting arrest. A
few weeks later, he was
charged with driving while
intoxicated, when he was
pulled over in downtown
Austin.
Astros drop Shawn
Chacon from
rotation
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
(AP) — Houston Astros pitch-
er Shawn Chacon was dropped
from the starting rotation
Sunday and will be used in the
bullpen.
The right-hander is 2-3 with
a 5.04 ERA in 15 starts this
season.
“We think he’s going to help
us more there right now,”
Astros manager Cecil Cooper
said. “A little bit of inconsis-
tency the last month or so. We
think we have some other
options to try.”
Right-hander Runelvys
Hernandez, currently with
Triple-A Round Rock, could
replace Chacon in the rotation.
Chacon is no stranger to
shifting roles. Out of his 269
career appearances, 134 have
been starts and 135 have been
in relief.
The team already has “re-established itself” on
an international level, USA Basketball managing
director Jerry Colangelo said during a news con-
ference.
The next step is to bring home the gold, and the
U.S. will send a deep, versatile team to China.
Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd were also
among the 12 players chosen from a pool of 33.
They were joined by the Detroit Pistons’ Tayshaun
Prince, along with Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh,
Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and
Deron Williams.
“It was a very difficult selection process,”
Colangelo said. “When you have as many out-
standing players as we have in this country — to
select a group of 12 is obviously going to leave out
a number of outstanding people.”
The Pistons issued a statement from Prince in
which he said he was “honored to be selected.”
“I take great pride in being given the opportuni-
ty to represent my country, and I strongly believe
that with the team that has been assembled, the
BY JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The
swagger had vanished, and the cocky
confidence went with it. A two-week
slump sent Kyle Busch spiraling into
crankiness despite his hold atop the
points standings.
With a win Sunday at Infineon
Raceway, his mood instantly lifted.
Busch snapped his mini-slump by
racing to his first Sprint Cup Series
win on a road course with a Toyota
that was so bad during practice he was
certain he’d wreck. Instead, he made
his series-high fifth visit to Victory
Lane this season.
“I’m not happy unless
I am winning, to be
honest. 1 am a miser-
able person,” he said.
“But it means a lot to
be able to run well
and win. I’m a moody
person, I guess. All of
us drivers are when
we’re not having a
good day. But when you have a good
day and win races, it’s kind of ‘Sun’s
up.’ “
Busch, who had a poor qualifying
run and started 30th, steadily moved
through the field and grabbed the lead
away from defending race winner Juan
Pablo Montoya on an early restart.
Nobody came close to taking the lead
from him the rest of the way, but he
did have to hold off a pair of chal-
lenges on two late restarts.
It was Busch’s 11th overall victory
this season spanning all three of
NASCAR’s top series. It also was his
second road course victory of the year,
following a Nationwide Series win in
Mexico City in April.
Busch celebrated with his traditional
smoky burnout, then climbed from his
car for his customary bow to the
crowd. For once, the fans were cheer-
ing the driver they so famously love to
hate.
Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing
crew had to wrestle with his Toyota to
make it comfortable for Busch. The
team made a slew of changes follow-
ing Friday and Saturday ’s practice ses-
sions, but Busch still wasn’t pleased as
the start of the race approached.
“I’m not a very happy person right
now,” he said as he walked into the
pre-race driver meeting.
That obviously changed as he
charged through the field, settling
down enough to inquire while leading
what kind of food there would be on
the plane ride home.
“We unloaded here and we were
absolutely junk,” Busch said. “When
we were here Friday, 1 just thought it
was going to be a dismal weekend and
I was wondering what tire barrier we
were going to put it in. It was a bad
feeling, but these guys worked so
hard.
“It’s just phenomenal that we’re able
to be here in Victory Lane — never
before on a road course, in the Cup
Series, so this is definitely really, real-
ly special. We came a long ways with
this thing.”
WIMBLEDON, England —
Wimbledon began with a few surpris-
es Monday. There was lots of sun-
shine, Serena Williams wore a rain-
coat anyway, and Roger Federer’s
changeover routine was interrupted
by a friendly visit from his opponent.
The tennis went mostly as expect-
ed. Federer, Williams and new
women’s No. 1 Ana Ivanovic won in
straight sets. Australian Open cham-
pion Novak Djokovic also eased into
the seqond round, while American
men went 1-4.
The top-ranked Federer began his
bid for a sixth consecutive
Wimbledon title by winning the first
match on Centre Court. Sporting a
Wilkinson headed for
third Olympics
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Laura Wilkinson is closing out
her long career with a third
trip to the Olympics. The 30-
year-old Texan can bow out
knowing that the future of U.S.
diving belongs to a passel of
youngsters who love to throw
down 10s.
United States will be represented well,” Prince
said.
The team was selected without a tryout. It will
have a minicamp this week in Las Vegas and meet
there July 20-25 to train and play an exhibition
against Canada before heading overseas. The
Americans open Olympic play against China on
Aug. 10. .
Although the Americans captured the gold at the
Sydney Games in 2000, they no longer dominate
international play as they once did. The talent gap
has narrowed and many top players have chosen to
not play for the national team in recent years.
Now, the U.S. team appears loaded. Then again,
the Americans went 5-3 in Athens and lost for the
first time since NBA players started competing in
1992 even though they had James, Anthony, Wade
and Tim Duncan. That group got routed by Puerto
Rico before losing to Lithuania and Argentina, but
this one is confident it will take the gold.
“It’s really the world’s game. We think we’re the
best at playing that game,” said coach Mike
Krzyzewski, warning that “unless we show the
respect to the rest of the world that it is the world’s
game” there will be no gold medal.
Wade and Anthony said they didn’t know what
to expect in Athens.
“I’ve always seen greatness in the Olympics, but
that was never one of my dreams,” Wade said. “I
never really expected to be on the Olympic team,
especially in my first year. I didn’t have a clue
what I was getting into.... Now, we respect the
game so much. We respect the team basketball that
they play internationally so much.”
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