AP - Jeff Gordon insists this year's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard will be a real race, not a seven-lap sprint to the finish line like last year. -- read full article
AFP - French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova suffered a Roland Garros hangover as the Russian crashed 6-0, 6-3 against Aleksandra Wozniak in the WTA grass-court event at Eastbourne on Tuesday.
AFP - Tony Mowbray has been appointed Celtic manager after a protracted search for a successor to Gordon Strachan, the Scottish Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday.
AP - Former major league outfielder Mel Hall is on trial on sexual assault charges, accused of repeated advances on a 12-year-old girl he coached on an elite basketball team a decade ago. -- read full article
AP - A half-dozen private donors will pay at least some of the estimated $1 million in city costs for the Los Angeles Lakers' victory parade. -- read full article
Reuters - Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth pleaded guilty on Tuesday to manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol and was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the car crash that killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach.
AP - An expert witness for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield does not have the medical degrees or certifications he listed in his qualifications, NASCAR alleged Tuesday. -- read full article
AP - Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth took full responsibility for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida and began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter.
AFP - Britain's Andy Murray may have beefed up his physique but he insists it is his new-found mental strength which makes him a definite Wimbledon title contender.
AP - Mikie Mahtook, Austin Nola and Blake Dean homered and LSU stayed unbeaten at the College World Series with a 9-1 victory over Arkansas on Monday night.
