For The Record

Confessed
To losing the 1983 Wimbledon final on purpose, Andrea Jaeger (above). In an interview with Britain's Daily Mail, Jaeger, who became a nun in 2006, said that the day before the match she had a fight with her father—over, among other things, her consumption of potato chips—and she went to Martina Navratilova's apartment to call a cab. After being let in, Jaeger said that she realized she had "interrupted [ Navratilova's] preparation for the final." To make amends, Jaeger, who was then 18 and ranked third, told the newspaper that she missed shots on purpose and often hit the ball right at the No. 1 player in the world. "I went on court in complete peace knowing that giving the match away was the right thing to do," she said. "I had to look myself in the mirror for the rest of my life. It meant more to Martina anyway."

Granted
German citizenship in time for a 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament, Chris Kaman (right). The Clippers' center was born and raised in Michigan, but his great-grandparents were German. (FIBA rules allow for one naturalized citizen per team.) Kaman, 26, averaged 15.7 points and 12.7 rebounds last year. "We'll be stronger under the baskets with Chris," said Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who also plays for Germany, his home country.

Defended
By Joey Chestnut, his Nathan's Fourth of July International Hot Dog Contest title. In front of 35,000 fans, Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi each downed 59 franks in the allotted 10 minutes, setting up a five-dog eat-off, which Chestnut won. "He wanted it, but I needed it," said Chestnut, who in 2007 snapped Kobayashi's six-year winning streak.

Assisted
Paramedics in the rescue of an accident victim, Brian Bosworth. The former NFL linebacker was driving in the Winnipeg area when he saw rescue workers converging around an SUV that had flipped over and come to rest upside down in a ditch. Bosworth, 43, told the Winnipeg Free Press that he realized the workers trying to free the female driver needed more manpower, so he helped carry equipment to cut the woman out of her car and then helped load her into an ambulance. "She was in shock and in pain, and we couldn't really move her," said Bosworth, who was in the area fishing with his son. "She was screaming every time we moved her. It took five or six guys to get her into the ambulance." The driver is expected to recover.

Shortened
By the NHRA, the distance that Funny Car races will cover. The change came after the death last month of Scott Kalitta, 46, who was killed in a crash in Englishtown, N.J. Races will now cover 1,000 feet instead of 1,320, which should lower the top speeds that the cars reach from 330 mph to 310.

Died
At age 82, Clay Felker, who was part of the editorial team that developed SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in 1954. Before his work on SI, Felker, whose father ran The Sporting News, covered sports for Life. In 1968 Felker famously created New York Magazine as the cradle of "new journalism." Last week New York's Kurt Andersen wrote, "His founding inspiration was to cover the scrum and spectacle of urban life as if it were sport of the most interesting possible kind, the city ... as postmodern gladiatorial coliseum, complete with colorful play-by-play and the latest stats and rankings."

Died
At age 27 after the car he was driving hit a wall, former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel. The accident happened last Friday night in San Diego after he left a party. Friends reportedly tried to persuade Kiel not to drive; police say they won't know if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol until toxicology results come in. Kiel, who had several brushes with the law during his four-year career, was arrested by DEA agents in the Chargers' locker room in 2006 on charges that he shipped prescription cough syrup across state lines. He was released by San Diego following his guilty plea.