Auto Racing
Hamilton shanghais the pole for Chinese Grand Prix
SHANGHAI Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took the pole position for Formula Ones Chinese Grand Prix.Hamiltons best time Saturday at the Shanghai International Circuit was 1 minute, 34.484 seconds, qualifying a quarter of a second ahead of Lotus Kimi Raikkonen. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, last years Chinese Grand Prix winner, qualified fourth.
NBA
Bryant has surgery Saturday on his torn ACL
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Kobe Bryant had surgery Saturday on his torn Achilles tendon, ending his season with two games left in the Los Angeles Lakers playoff chase.Lakers trainer Gary Vitti thinks Bryant will need at least six to nine months for recovery from the most serious injury of his 17-year NBA career. Given Bryants history of swift recovery from countless minor injuries, Vitti and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak both believe the 34-year-old guard could be back for their season opener in the fall.Bryant completely tore his left Achilles tendon late in the Lakers 118-116 win over Golden State on Friday night, falling to the hardwood after pushing off his planted foot in an ordinary move toward the hoop. Although he stayed in the game to hit two tying free throws with 3 minutes, 8 seconds to play, Bryants season was over.
Bryants foot will be immobilized for about a month to prevent him from stretching out the tendon, followed by a lengthy rehabilitation process. Nobody knows how the injury will affect Bryants play, but his decision to have surgery less than 24 hours after getting hurt suggests hes determined to get back on top swiftly.
College Basketball
Burke likely to bounce from Michigan to the NBA
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Trey Burke has made a decision about his future, and hes ready to announce it.
Burke will have a news conference Sunday at Michigan.
The Associated Press college basketball player of the year and Friday nights Wooden Award winner is expected to say hes skipping his last two seasons of college to enter the NBA draft.Burke averaged 18.6 points almost four points more than he did as a freshman and 6.7 assists last season. He led the Wolverines to the NCAA championship game for the first time in two decades. The 6-foot, 190-pound point guard thought about going pro a year ago after helping Michigan win its first Big Ten title since 1986, but he chose to come back to campus for his sophomore season.
Cycling
Despite doping scandals, McQuaid is renominated
LONDON Pat McQuaid was nominated for a third term as president of cyclings world governing body on the condition he overhauls the International Cycling Union, after both he and the organization were heavily scrutinized following the Lance Armstrong scandal.
The Irish official has been under fire since a United States Anti-Doping Agency report last year detailed systematic doping by Armstrong, who subsequently was banned from cycling for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
McQuaids bid was endorsed by Cycling Ireland late Friday, although it said anti-doping was a huge, huge issue.
No rivals have emerged yet ahead of the September election.
Soccer
Brown scores on early PK as Rapids beat Chivas USA
CARSON, Calif. Rookie Deshorn Brown scored on a penalty kick in the 7th minute, and the Colorado Rapids held on for a 1-0 victory over Chivas USA on Saturday night.
Brown converted from the penalty spot after he was knocked over by Eric Avila in Chivas box. The Rapids (2-3-2), missing six top players because of injury, won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
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