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Sports Briefs
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: Sports
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NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Open begins Monday, and the women's tournament appears to be fairly wide open. Yet in so many ways, this Grand Slam, just like women's tennis as a whole, is all about the Williams sisters.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The United States basketball team meets fellow unbeaten Brazil for the top seed from Group B at the FIBA Americas tournament. Led by speedy Phoenix guard Leandro Barbosa, the Brazilians gave the Americans a tough test last year, losing 90-86 in an exhibition game.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Make it three straight Little League World Series championships for the United States.
Dalton Carriker homered to right in the bottom of the eighth inning as Warner Robins, Ga., beat Tokyo, Japan, 3-2, in a thrilling Little League title game on Sunday.
The 12-year-old Carriker raised his arms in celebration after hitting a 2-1 pitch from Japan's Junsho Kiuchi over the right-field stands. "USA! USA!" cried the Georgia-partisan crowd.
Columbus, Ga., won the crown last year, and Ewa Beach, Hawaii, in 2005.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of the pit.
Vick, however, insisted he placed no bets of his own nor took any winnings.
In disciplining Vick, commissioner Roger Goodell said Vick's admitted conduct was "not only illegal but also cruel and reprehensible" and regardless whether he personally placed bets, "your actions in funding the betting and your association with illegal gambling both violate the terms of your NFL player contract and expose you to corrupting influences in derogation of one of the most fundamental responsibilities of an NFL player."
A "summary of facts" signed by Vick was filed along with his written plea agreement on a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge. He will appear before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to formally plead guilty Monday and then await sentencing at a later date.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The United States basketball team meets fellow unbeaten Brazil for the top seed from Group B at the FIBA Americas tournament. Led by speedy Phoenix guard Leandro Barbosa, the Brazilians gave the Americans a tough test last year, losing 90-86 in an exhibition game.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Make it three straight Little League World Series championships for the United States.
Dalton Carriker homered to right in the bottom of the eighth inning as Warner Robins, Ga., beat Tokyo, Japan, 3-2, in a thrilling Little League title game on Sunday.
The 12-year-old Carriker raised his arms in celebration after hitting a 2-1 pitch from Japan's Junsho Kiuchi over the right-field stands. "USA! USA!" cried the Georgia-partisan crowd.
Columbus, Ga., won the crown last year, and Ewa Beach, Hawaii, in 2005.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of the pit.
Vick, however, insisted he placed no bets of his own nor took any winnings.
In disciplining Vick, commissioner Roger Goodell said Vick's admitted conduct was "not only illegal but also cruel and reprehensible" and regardless whether he personally placed bets, "your actions in funding the betting and your association with illegal gambling both violate the terms of your NFL player contract and expose you to corrupting influences in derogation of one of the most fundamental responsibilities of an NFL player."
A "summary of facts" signed by Vick was filed along with his written plea agreement on a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge. He will appear before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to formally plead guilty Monday and then await sentencing at a later date.
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