AFP - American Donald Young got off to a rousing start at the 385,0000 dollar Hall of Fame Tennis Championship by registering an opening round win on Monday.
AP - Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team president Art Rooney II, want to buy Dan Rooney's brothers' shares in the team. -- read full article
AFP - It may not please the purists, but North Korea's football team is firmly on course for the 2010 World Cup after reaching the last round of qualifying without losing or even conceding a goal.
AP - Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers.
AP - Former Chargers linebacker Steve Foley has agreed to settle his lawsuit for $5.5 million against a police officer who shot him while off-duty two years ago, ending his pro football career.
AP - The Tampa Bay Rays' seven-game winning streak ended when John Buck and Mike Aviles hit 10th-inning homers to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 win on Monday.
AP - Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona.
AP - One day after winning the Wimbledon title for the first time, Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Mercedes Cup on Monday with muscle pain above his right knee.
AP - A tumultuous week for Alex Rodriguez, played out in tabloid headlines and carried on the whispers of a connection to Madonna, came to a head Monday when his wife filed for divorce.
AP - With one XXL-sized move, the Milwaukee Brewers hope to transform themselves from scrappy underdogs to a big, bad pitching powerhouse intent on chasing down the Chicago Cubs and making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
AFP - Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu will face a repeat of his recent losing Wimbledon match after Croatian Marin Cilic booked a place against the top seed at the Gstaad Open on Monday.
AP - Notre Dame's Mike Brey, the Big East basketball coach of the year the past two seasons, has agreed to a two-year contract extension to remain with the Irish through the 2014-15 season. -- read full article
