MLB
Tulowitzki working way back from a broken rib
DENVER – Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said his broken rib is healing, and he hopes to return in time to help his team make a run at an NL West title.
Tulowitzki said he has begun some light throwing, and the injury feels more like a “bruise” after two weeks on the disabled list. He was injured diving for a ball against Washington on June 13 and is projected to miss four to six weeks.
Tulowitzki was enjoying perhaps his best season before the injury, hitting .347 with 16 home runs and 51 RBIs. He currently leads NL shortstops in All-Star voting even though he almost certainly will miss the game at Citi Field in New York.
It is the second consecutive season he has missed significant time due to injury. Tulowitzki played just 47 games in 2012 because of a groin injury that required surgery.
Red Sox fan gets $4.3M for stabbing by Yankees fan
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – A Boston Red Sox fan who was harassed and stabbed through the neck by a New York Yankees fan at a restaurant in 2010 has been awarded $4.3 million by a jury.
The jury in New Haven reached the verdict Thursday in favor of Monte Freire and against the restaurant, U.S.S. Chowder Pot III, in Branford, attorneys for both sides said. Bartenders ignored warnings that the Yankees fan was harassing fellow patrons and trying to start a fight and continued to serve him alcohol, said attorney Timothy Pothin, representing Freire.
Golf
Kim upstaging Park’s historic bid at U.S. Women’s Open
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Ha-Neul Kim is leading after the first round at her first U.S. Women’s Open.
Kim shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Thursday at Sebonack to lead fellow South Korean Inbee Park by a stroke.
Park is trying to make history by winning the first three majors of the year.
American Lizette Salas, Swedes Caroline Hedwall and Anna Nordqvist and South Korea’s I.K. Kim shot 68.
No player has won the first three majors in a season with at least four majors. The 2008 U.S. Women’s Open champion, Park has already won five times this year, including her last two tournaments.
Castro’s string of birdies pushes him to the lead
BETHESDA, Md. – Roberto Castro didn’t qualify for the U.S. Open this year. He felt as if he played in one at Congressional on Thursday in the AT&T National.
Castro ran off three consecutive birdies late in his round for a 5-under 66, giving him the lead on a tough day that didn’t yield too many low scores considering the cloud cover and relatively soft conditions.
Billy Horschel, who tied for fourth in the real U.S. Open two weeks ago at Merion, began his day with a 50-foot birdie putt, added a pair of birdies over the next three holes, then hung on for a 68. That was the best score among the early starters. Bud Cauley had a 68 in the afternoon.
Swimming
Steel, Bootsma keep Lochte and Franklin from sweeps
INDIANAPOLIS – Kevin Steel broke the U.S. Open record he set in the preliminaries in the 50-meter breaststroke with a time of 27.26 seconds, and Rachel Bootsma won the 50 backstroke in 27.68 to set U.S. Open and American records.
Steel and Bootsma prevented 11-time Olympian Ryan Lochte and four-time gold medalist Missy Franklin from taking all four events they swam in the finals. Lochte and Franklin already each had qualified in three events for the world championships entering the day.
All three events Steel, Bootsma and Plummer competed in are being contested at nationals for the first time and only the event winner is eligible for the world championships.
Associated Press
