Arena Football League
Arizona wins back-to-back Arena Bowl championships
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nick Davilla threw six touchdown passes, and the Arizona Rattlers defeated the Philadelphia Soul 48-39 in the Arena Bowl on Saturday.
The Rattlers (18-3) won the championship for the second consecutive year, also beating the Soul (14-7) last season.
Kicker Garrett Lindholm made six extra points and both field goal attempts for Arizona.
Ryan McDaniel and Derrick Ross each scored two touchdowns for Philadelphia.
Auto Racing
Sprint Cup points leader crashes at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Another Michigan mishap for Jimmie Johnson.
The five-time Sprint Cup champion crashed nose first into a wall in his No. 48 Chevrolet during a practice session Saturday. Johnson was evaluated and released from the infield care center, but the accident forced his team to prepare a backup car.
Johnson qualified third Friday, but he’ll have to start from the rear now with the backup car.
Johnson, however, is one driver who could afford a problem like this. He’s won four times this season, leads the standings by a whopping 75 points and already has wrapped up a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Allmendinger wins at Ohio, now is 2-for-2 in Nationwide
LEXINGTON, Ohio – AJ Allmendinger led 73 of the 94 laps and survived a late challenge after a restart to win the inaugural Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Allmendinger improved his record to 2-for-2 this year in the Nationwide Series, adding a victory to the one he picked up for Penske Racing in his only previous start at Road America.
The 31-year-old Allmendinger, rebounding after being suspended a year ago for failing a random drug test, took the lead for good on the 64th lap.
Pole-winner Michael McDowell was second, with native Ohioan Sam Hornish Jr. third.
College Football
No. 2 Ohio State suspends two more players
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hours after it was ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll by The Associated Press, Ohio State suspended two more of its top players.
Coach Urban Meyer said Saturday that cornerback Bradley Roby and running back Rod Smith will sit out the Aug. 31 opener against Buffalo.
That now makes three starters, including leading scorer Carlos Hyde, who have been disciplined this summer and will miss at least the first game at Ohio Stadium.
Roby was punished because of his arrest in July on misdemeanor charges of assaulting a bar bouncer in Bloomington, Ind.
Smith, a senior, was suspended for the Buffalo game because of an undisclosed violation of team rules last winter.
Meyer said Smith was in line to start the opener after Hyde was suspended for the first three games after an alleged assault against a woman in which he did not face charges.
MLB
Tejada, on the 60-day DL, draws a 105-game ban
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The scourge of drugs and baseball claimed its third former MVP in a month when Miguel Tejada was suspended Saturday for 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.
The Kansas City Royals infielder drew one of the longest penalties handed down by Major League Baseball. His ban came after Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games and Brewers star Ryan Braun got a 65-game penalty that will keep him off the field for the rest of the season.
All three stars have been dogged by doping allegations in the past.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Tejada tested positive for Adderall, a substance the 39-year-old has used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder.
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