News
Erin Routliffe won her first career WTA doubles title today, at the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy. Partnered with Kimberley Zimmermann of Belgium, the duo won the tiebreak set 10-4 to claim the title. Routliffe previously has won 14 ITF Futures doubles titles, including one in Bonita Springs, Florida earlier this year.
In Olympic news, Shallon Olsen posted a strong 14.699 on the vault in the qualification round, which was good enough to advance her to the vault finals later this week. Olsen was 5th in the vault standings. In the pool, Rhyan White finished 6th in the Women’s 100m Backstroke preliminaries and 4th in the semifinals to advance to the finals..
Kira Lewis hosted his first-ever basketball camp yesterday at his high school alma mater, Hazel Green High School in Huntsville. Lewis also made a $25,000 contribution to the school Here are a couple of media reports on the camp.
Steven Setterstrom shot -20 over 54 holes to win the Alabama Open in Gadsden today. It’s the second straight weekend that Setterstrom has won a state professional tournament.
Jimmy Nelson was activated from the Injured List by the Los Angeles Dodgers today, and immediately saw action.
Bo Scarbrough is this week’s guest on Rodney Cooper’s Locker Room Talk with Coop.
Michael Thompson displays how to carry out a long bunker shot.
Transactions
- Jimmy Nelson – activated from the 10-Day Injured List by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Game Results
SOFTBALL Olympic Softball Opening Round: USA 2, Australia 1 (F/8). Haylie McCleney (CF) – 2-2, 1 triple, 1 single, 2 BB, 1 run. GYMNASTICS Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s Vault Qualification Shallon Olsen – 14.669 avg; 6th overall; advances to finals Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s Floor Exercise Qualification Shallon Olsen – 13.033, 29th overall Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s Balance Beam Qualification Shallon Olsen – 12.066, 66th overall Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s Uneven Bars Qualification Shallon Olsen – 11.900, 68th overall Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s All-Around Qualification Shallon Olsen – 51.965, 46th overall Olympic Gymnastics – Women’s Team Qualification Canada – 160.964, 10th overall SWIM & DIVE Olympic Swimming - Women's 100m Back Prelims: Rhyan White – 59.02 seconds, 2nd in heat, 6th overall; advances to semifinals Olympic Swimming - Women's 100m Breast Prelims: Diana Petkova – 1:10.61, 34th overall Olympic Swimming - Women's 400m Prelims: Leonie Kullmann – 4:10.25, 18th overall Olympic Swimming – Men’s 4x100m Free Relay Prelims: Greece – 3:15.29, 15th overall Kristian Gkolomeev – 47.95 seconds on 2nd leg GOLF Amundi Evian Championship final: Lauren Stephenson – 66-69-71-68, -10, T12 Stephanie Meadow – 71-68-73-67, -5, T29 Kristen Gillman – 69-73-69-70, -3, T38 Cheyenne Knight – 69-72-72-70, -1, T50 Emma Talley – 72-70-76-74, +8, T73 Senior British Open final: Dicky Pride – 68-73-73-72, +6, T46. Price Cutter Charity Championship final: Lee Hodges – 67-71-68-70, -12, T51 Davis Riley – 70-68-69-70, -11, T53 3M Open final: Michael Thompson – 72-67-68-72, -5, T39. Twin Bridges Championship final: Lakareber Abe – 70-75-78, +10, T58 Alabama Open final: Steven Setterstrom - 64-66-66, -20, 1st Wilson Furr - 71-66-71, -8, T4 Jake DeZoort - 72-74-71, +1, T21 Tyler Hitchner - 72-76-71, +3, T26 TENNIS WTA Palermo Ladies Open, Doubles Final: 4-seed Erin Routliffe / K Zimmerman defeated Dzalamidze / Rakhimova 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4). BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Colorado 2. Jimmy Nelson – 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K. Chicago Cubs 5, Arizona 1. Adam Morgan – 0.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K. Corpus Christi 7, Midland 2. Chandler Taylor (DH) – 0-4, 1 BB. Beloit 4, Cedar Rapids 0. Jake Walters (W, 2-2) – 5 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 K Kansas City 8, Winnipeg 3. Morgan McCullough (SS) – 1-2, 1 single, 3 BB, 1 run. West Michigan 3, Lansing 0. Cobie Vance (2B) – 0-1, 2 BB (entered game as an injury replacement in B-2nd) Gateway 5, Evansville 3. Geoffrey Bramblett (S, 8) – 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K. Springfield 10, San Antonio 6. Kyle Overstreet (1B) – 0-3, 2 BB. Eugene 6, Hillsboro 5. Brett Auerbach (CF) – 0-4, 1 BB, 1 run. SOCCER Washington 2, Louisville 0. Nealy Martin – no stats; played full match.
