Auto Racing
Logano blows a tire, which opens a door for Menard
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Paul Menard won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday when leader Joey Logano was victimized by a flat tire with about five laps remaining.
Menard ended up holding off Sam Hornish Jr. by a half-second for his first series victory since 2006. It was his first Nationwide start of the season.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, followed by pole-winner Kyle Busch and Brian Scott. Regan Smith finished seventh and remained atop the points list.
Menard, one of several Sprint Cup drivers in contention in the event, won the 250-mile, 125-lap race in his No. 33 Chevrolet.
Busch won his third Nationwide pole of the year but was unable to repeat his victory two weeks ago at Dover.
Basketball
Women’s basketball inducts six into its Hall of Fame
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Indiana Fever head coach Lin Dunn, the Dresden, Tennessee, native who plans to retire from coaching at the end of the WNBA season, was one of six inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
This year’s induction class also includes former Iowa star Michelle Edwards, broadcaster Mimi Griffin, former Sacramento Monarchs standout Yolanda Griffith, former Maryland player Jasmina Perazic and former Southern Illinois women’s athletic director Charlotte West.
College Baseball
Kentucky’s two-way star wins the Dick Howser Trophy
OMAHA, Neb. – Kentucky two-way star A.J. Reed won the Dick Howser Trophy as the top player in college baseball.
Reed was honored Saturday during a ceremony at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The Houston Astros’ second-round draft pick hit a nation-leading 23 home runs and had a 12-2 record as a pitcher.
Reed, who plays first base in addition to pitching, batted .336 with 73 runs batted in and a .476 on-base percentage. He made 16 starts on the mound for Kentucky and had a 2.09 earned-run average.
Cycling
Contador takes Froome’s lead on the penultimate day
FINHAUT-EMOSSON, France – Dutch rider Lieuwe Westra came from behind to win the seventh stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, while defending champion Chris Froome lost the overall lead to Alberto Contador on Saturday.
Westra, the runner-up in Friday’s stage, finished seven seconds ahead of Yury Trofimov and 16 seconds clear of Egor Silin in the 99.4-mile stage from Ville-la-Grand to Finhaut-Emosson, which featured five climbs, including two beyond classification.
Two-time Tour de France winner Contador was fourth but crossed the line 20 seconds ahead of Froome in seventh place.
In the overall standings, Contador leads Froome by eight seconds, while American rider Andrew Talansky climbed to third, 39 seconds off the pace.
Soccer
Solo pitches her 71st shutout as USA beats France 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. – Sydney Leroux scored a first-half goal, Hope Solo got her 71st career shutout, and the United States women’s team beat France 1-0 in an international friendly Saturday night.
Solo made a nice save on Elodie Thomis early on, then got a break when Eugenie Le Sommer’s shot hit the post 15 minutes before halftime. Solo tied Briana Scurry for the most shutouts by a U.S. goalkeeper.
Leroux scored her team-leading seventh goal this season from up close in the 21st minute.
U.S. forward Abby Wambach, who has 167 career goals, was not in the lineup. Wambach hurt her left knee during a National Women’s Soccer League game earlier this month.
The match against France was the first for the U.S. team since Jill Ellis was promoted to head coach May 16.
Associated Press
