KWBG Sports for June 30th

NEW YORK (AP) - The two sides in the NBA labor dispute are

expected to meet today in a last-ditch effort to hammer out a new

collective bargaining agreement. The current CBA expires at the end

of the day and if no solution is reached, the owners are expected

to implement a lockout tomorrow.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Fourth-seed Victoria Azarenka

(ah-zah-REHN'-kuh) is out to avenge last year's loss to

eighth-seeded Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIHT'-oh-vuh) at Wimbledon. They

are playing the first semifinal of the day at the All England Club.

Former champion Maria Sharapova and wild-card Sabine Lisicki

(LEE'-zih-kee) will follow them onto Centre Court.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - There are six matinees on today's nine-game

major league schedule and one of them involves the pitching matchup

of the day. The NL East-leading Phillies send 9-4 Cole Hamels to

the mound in Philadelphia, looking for a three-game sweep of the

Red Sox, who counter with 9-4 Jon Lester.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - St. Louis Blues forward Paul Kariya

(kuh-REE'-uh) is retiring from the NHL after missing all of last

season with post-concussion symptoms. The 36-year-old Kariya has a

long history of concussion troubles, including one that forced him

to miss the 1998 Winter Olympics and much of the 1997-98 season.

NEW YORK (AP) - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is

undergoing surgery on his left hind leg today and the colt's

ownership says the colt won't race again this year. Team Valor says

Animal Kingdom will be out of training for three months, with the

goal of returning for the Dubai World Cup in late March.

KWBG Sports for June 29th

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and American

Mardy Fish trade volleys today in one of four men's quarterfinal

matches at Wimbledon. Third-seed Roger Federer is on Centre Court

against No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (SAHN'-gah) before Andy Murray

takes on Feliciano Lopez. Second seed Novak Djokovic

(JOH'-koh-vihch) faces Bernard Tomic in the other quarterfinal

match.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Labor talks between NFL commissioner Roger

Goodell (guh-DEHL') and union head DeMaurice Smith are scheduled to

resume today after the two speak at a rookie symposium. They opened

the first of four days of bargaining yesterday without players or

owners, according to several people familiar with the situation.

DALLAS (AP) - Representatives from NBA owners and players are

scheduled to meet tomorrow as the league tries to avoid a work

stoppage. Owners could lock out the players once the CBA expires at

the end of tomorrow, though both sides have said negotiating could

extend past the deadline if progress is being made. Owners did not

vote to authorize a lockout during their meeting yesterday, but

have given the labor relations committee the go-ahead to do

whatever is necessary.

TORONTO (AP) - Former All-Star goalie Ed Belfour has been

elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of

eligibility, joining Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Nieuwendyk

(NOO'-in-dyk) as the newest class of inductees. The four former NHL

stars were chosen by the hall's 18-member selection committee

Tuesday and will be inducted in November.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) - Tiger Woods says he's making progress

in his recovery from injuries to his left leg, although he has no

idea when he will return to golf. Woods did not say whether he

would compete in the British Open next month, but did say he'd be

surprised if the year ended without him playing another tournament.

KWBG Sports for June 28th

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Christian Walker scored from first base on

two throwing errors as South Carolina edged Florida 2-1 in 11th

innings to take Game 1 of the College World Series final. The

Gamecocks' defense kept them alive, throwing out two runners at

home plate in the bottom of the ninth and another in the 10th.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Maicer Izturis (MY'-sur ihz-TUR'-ihs)

drove in the winning run with a bases loaded single in the tenth

inning to give the Angels a 4-3 win over Washington. The game

marked the Nationals' managerial debut of Davey Johnson.

PHOENIX (AP) - Orlando Cabrera homered off closer J.J. Putz with

two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a 5-4 victory over

Arizona. The Diamondbacks tied the game in the eighth on Kelly

Johnson's rbi triple.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky men's basketball coach John

Calipari has been given a two-year contract extension through 2019,

making his contract worth $36.5 million. In his first two seasons

as coach, the Wildcats have gone 64-12, including 33-0 at home in

Rupp Arena and reached the Final Four this year.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Hornets' leading scorer David

West says he will test the NBA's free agent market. He started 70

games last season, averaging 18.9 points to go with 7.6 rebounds

before tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament during a game on

March 24.

KWBG Sports for June 27th

CHICAGO (AP) - Davey Johnson will make his Washington Nationals

managerial debut tonight against the Los Angeles Angels. Johnson

was officially hired as the Nats' skipper yesterday, 11 years after

his last major league managerial post and three days after Jim

Riggleman stunned the team by resigning. Johnson has 14 years of

big-league managing experience under his belt, finishing first or

second 11 times and guiding the 1986 New York Mets to the World

Series title.

UNDATED (AP) - Roy Halladay has become the majors' fourth

10-game winner of the season, one day after CC Sabathia

(suh-BATH'-ee-uh), Justin Verlander and Jair Jurrjens (JY'-eer

JUR'-jehnz) reached double-digits in victories. Halladay pitched

his NL-leading fifth complete game as his Philadelphia Phillies

beat visiting Oakland 3-1. The veteran right-hander scattered eight

hits while improving to 10-3 and raising his NL-leading strikeout

total to 123.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) - Kurt Busch was nearly four seconds faster

than Jeff Gordon in winning the Sprint Cup race at Infineon

Raceway. Busch led a race-high 75 laps in his first career road

course victory. Carl Edwards finished third, followed by Clint

Bowyer and Marcos Ambrose.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Fourth-round play highlights today's

Wimbledon singles schedule. Fourth seed Andy Murray opens the

Centre Court slate against Richard Gasquet (gas-KAY') before Venus

Williams battles Tsvetana Pironkova (seh-TAH'-nah

peer-ahn-KOH'-vah) and top-ranked Rafael Nadal squares off with

Juan Martin del Potro (wahn mahr-TEEN' dehl-POH'-troh). Serena

Williams, Novak Djokovic (JOH'-koh-vihch) and Roger Federer play

their fourth-round matches on Court 1, while women's No. 1 Caroline

Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee), Maria Sharapova and Mardy Fish are

relegated to Court 2.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - Yani Tseng (YAH'-nee sehng) has become

the youngest player in LPGA history to win four majors. The

22-year-old Tseng closed with a 6-under-par 66 to capture the LPGA

Championship by 10 shots over Morgan Pressel (PREHS'-ul). Tseng

finished 19-under to match the LPGA-record low score at a major,

one year after Cristie Kerr did it in winning the same tourney by

12 shots.

KWBG Sports for June 24th

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie

(KY'-ree) Irving, a point guard who played just 11 college games at

Duke because of injuries, with the No. 1 pick in an NBA draft that

quickly became filled with international players. Three of the

first six players taken were from Europe.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Sacramento Kings traded up to obtain the

rights to AP college player of the year, high-scoring BYU guard

Jimmer Fredette (freh-DEHT'). Fredette was the leading scorer in

college last season, pouring in 28.9 points a game in his year with

the Cougars.

CHICAGO (AP) - Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo is expected to

name bench coach John McLaren to serve as a short-term manager by

the time the team takes the field for tonight's interleague game

against the Chicago White Sox. Jim Riggleman stunned the baseball

world by resigning over a contract dispute as manager of the

Nationals, who've won 11 of 12.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - In an effort to clear enough salary cap

space so they can go after goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov (IHL'-yuh

brihs-GAH'-lahf), the Philadelphia Flyers have traded top

goal-scorer Jeff Carter to the Blue Jackets for forward Jake

Voracek (VOHR'-rah-chehk) and two draft picks. The Flyers also sent

team captain Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings for forwards

Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds and a draft choice.

UNDATED (AP) - NFL owners and players met for a second straight

day outside of Boston as they try and close in on a new collective

bargaining agreement. The two sides probably will meet against next

week.

KWBG Sports for June 22nd

UNDATED (AP) - Zack Greinke (GREHN'-kee) struck out 10 over

seven innings and the Milwaukee Brewers took over first place in

the NL Central with a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Milwaukee took a half-game lead over St. Louis, which lost 10-2 to

Philadelphia in the first game since the Cards lost All-Star first

baseman Albert Pujols (POO'-hohlz) for up to six weeks with a

broken forearm.

MIAMI (AP) - At 80 years old, Jack McKeon still knows how to

manage winning ballgames. The Florida Marlins snapped their 11-game

losing streak by beating the L.A. Angels 5-2 to give McKeon his

first victory as interim manager as the Angels went 1-for-15 with

runners in scoring position.

CHICAGO (AP) - Paul Konerko will try to hit a home run in his

sixth straight game tonight when his Chicago White Sox play the

Cubs in the battle of Chicagoland series. Konerko connected for his

21st homer for the White Sox in their rain-delayed 3-2 win over the

Cubs last night.

UNDATED (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL') and

the owners labor committee are scheduled to meet with players

association chief DeMaurice Smith today and Thursday in Boston.

They will be discussing a new collective bargaining proposal that

would net the players just under 50 percent of the NFL's total

revenue.

NEW YORK (AP) - NBA owners and players swapped proposals during

a three and a-half hour session yesterday and more talks are

scheduled for Friday. NBA Commissioner David Stern is backing a

"flex cap" system proposed by the owners, but the players insists

it's still a hard salary cap, which they oppose.

KWBG Sports for June 21st

CHICAGO (AP) - There is a key NFL owners' meeting scheduled for

today in Chicago to discuss progress made with the players on a new

collective bargaining agreement. This is the first meeting called

by the league strictly for labor matters since the lockout began

nearly four months ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of NFL Hall of Famers is ratcheting up

the pressure on the owners by backing a class-action lawsuit

against the NFL, demanding better benefits for former players.

Former Vikings great Carl Eller, Lem Barney, Elvin Bethea, Paul

Krause and Joe DeLamielleure (deh-lah-meh-LOOR') were among the

former stars claiming the NFL has not done what is "fair and

right" in supporting the financial and medical concerns of former

players.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals, locked in a dogfight

with Milwaukee for the National League Central lead, are preparing

to do without three-time MVP first baseman Albert Pujols

(POO'-hohlz) for an estimated six weeks. The Cards may shift

outfielder Lance Berkman to first base while the 31-year-old Pujols

recovers from a fractured wrist suffered Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Marlins changed managers

but little else. In 80-year-old Jack McKeon's first game as interim

manager taking over for Edwin Rodriguez, the Marlins lost 2-1 to

the L.A. Angels for their 11th straight loss, dropping Florida to

1-19 in June.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - There doesn't seem to be any end to the messy

divorce of L.A. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife Jamie.

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig (SEE'-lihg) has rejected a proposed

television deal between the Dodgers and Fox that voids a recent

proposed divorce settlement because the deal diverts team assets to

what Selig calls McCourt's "personal needs."