
Posted: Monday June 28, 2004 10:40AM; Updated: Tuesday June 29, 2004 10:22AM
1. Michelle Wie was upset by Ya-Ni Tseng in the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, a title Wie won last year. Afterward, sportswriters grilled Wie about her slump, given that the 14-year-old hasn't won a major in 12 months. 2. An antitrust inquiry will focus on ESPN's broadcasting deals with college football and basketball programs, says The New York Times. The Justice Department has also expressed concern about SportsCenter's recent monopoly on promos for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. 3. The San Jose SaberCats edged the Arizona Rattlers in a 69-62 thriller in Arena Bowl XVIII. Wait a second, there have been 18 of these? 4. Underdogs Czech Republic and Greece reach the semis of Euro 2004 along with Holland and host Portugal. The bigger surprise is that soccer powers France, Germany and Italy all failed to advance past the first round. Most European fans are blaming the Bush Administration. 5. Tim Henman thrills the Wimbledon crowd by winning on what is known as People's Sunday. The day was so dubbed because when rain forces the extra day of play, tickets became available to the common fan rather than just the well-to-do and the corporations that typically own good Wimbledon seats in class-dominated English society. Fortunately, we don't have that problem here in America. 6. Cal-State Fullerton edges Texas 3-2 to sweep the best-of-three College World Series final. The Titans were fortunate to pull out the comeback victory, because sources say that Roger Clemens intended to return to his alma mater to pitch the rubber match. 7. Yankees DH Jason Giambi suffering from dysentery, according to the New York Post. Fortunately for the Yanks, they have a decent replacement in Tony Clark, who is recovered from his bout of trench foot. 8. An 18-foot bronze statue of Philadelphia native Wilt Chamberlain will be unveiled Monday outside the city's Wachovia Center. To further honor Wilt, the first 10,000 women at the next Wachovia Center event will be allowed in free, though they will be asked to leave at the end of the night. 9. The Washington Times is reporting the NHL's projected operating results for the 2003-04 season. The players' union is stressing that the league's results improved by some $22 million from a year ago, while the owners are hung up on the fact that the teams still lost an estimated $250 million. 10. Adam Scott closes with a 68 to win the PGA's Booz Allen Classic at 21-under, tied for the course record. Some pros grumbled afterward that the fact the talented young Australian barely broke 20-under was damning evidence the course set-up was too difficult.
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