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PENN STATE:
PENN STATE-ABUSE
Now the NCAA gets its say on Penn State. College sports' governing body was expected to deal a series of heavy blows to the Nittany Lions' football program on Monday, less than two weeks after a devastating report accused coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials of concealing child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach for years to avoid bad publicity. A news conference was scheduled for 9 a.m. in Indianapolis. By Tom Coyne and Ralph D. Russo.
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TOP STORIES:
GLF--BRITISH OPEN
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - Adam Scott had the claret jug in his grasp with four holes to play. A player of enormous potential was poised to fulfill his promise at age 32, collecting the first major championship of his career after building a comfortable lead over three days of brilliant golf. Then, a bogey. And another. And another. And finally, at the 18th hole, with a 7-foot putt to at least force a playoff, he missed again. Scott's knees buckled. Golf's oldest championship had been snatched away, handed to Ernie Els in one of the great collapses in golfing history. By Paul Newberry.
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BBO--HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Receiving baseball's highest honor always seems to produce a special impression on those directly involved. It was no different Sunday when the late Ron Santo, a star third baseman for the Cubs and later a beloved broadcaster for the team, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum along with former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin. By John Kekis.
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CYC--TOUR DE FRANCE
PARIS - After making history in Paris as the first Briton to win the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins is heading home to London where he hopes to cap off his tremendous run of success with an Olympic gold medal. By Greg Keller.
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VIDEO:
- The NCAA said that that it would levy "corrective and punitive measures'' against Penn State on Monday in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
- Penn State has taken down the famed statue of once-sainted Joe Paterno on a day when the NCAA announced it is about to spell out its punishment to the university for its handling of a child sex abuse scandal.
COMMENTARY:
GLF--TIM DAHLBERG-072212
LYTHAM St. ANNES, England - The enduring image of Tiger Woods from this British Open will be of him bent over on one knee, his other leg angled to the side, as he desperately tried to save his day with a miracle shot from deep in a bunker off the sixth green. His problems, though, are much deeper than one misadventure at the Open.
By Sports Columnist Tim Dahlberg
NEW/DEVELOPING:
BBA--YANKEES-ATHLETICS
OAKLAND, Calif. - A tying home run. A game-ending single. Players streaming out of the dugout, mobbing the final hitter on the field. A whipped-cream pie - maybe two - in the face, and a sports-drink bath to wash it all down. No matter how many times the scene unfolds, it never seems to get old in Oakland this season. Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging A's rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday and complete a four-game sweep. Oakland improved to 14-2 in July, the best record in the majors during that span, with a league-leading 11th walk-off win. By Antonio Gonzalez. Sent
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OLY--BKO-ARGENTINA-US
BARCELONA, Spain - Dressed up like the Dream Team, this U.S. Olympic basketball squad even played like one - for 10 minutes. Though it didn't last, the Americans never thought it would. Argentina came nearly all the way back before the U.S. held on for an 86-80 victory in an exhibition game Sunday. By Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney.
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PRO FOOTBALL:
FBN--COLORADO SHOOTING-MANNING
AURORA, Colo. - A half dozen Denver Broncos visited with survivors of the Colorado theater shooting on Sunday to try to lift their spirits, while quarterback Peyton Manning on also called four patients. By Arnie Stapleton. Sent
Also:
- DETROIT - FBN--Lions-Berry Arrested. Lions CB Berry arrested for second time in a month. Sent
OLYMPICS:
Olympic Spotlight
OLY--MUNICH MEMORIAL
LONDON - Complaining that the Olympic movement is still ignoring their pain, Israelis marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre on Sunday with a modest service in the atrium of a London apartment block. By Rob Harris. Sent
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OLY--LONDON 2012-MASCOTS
LONDON - Sinister. Disturbing. Creepy. Frightening. The official mascots of London's Olympic and Paralympic Games - Wenlock and Mandeville - have been called all of those things, but organizers are hoping to tack on a more positive title: merchandising magic. By Cassandra Vinograd.
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OLY--BKW-TURKISH RIVALRY
ISTANBUL - The rivalry between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray is one of the fiercest in women's basketball. Sunday night the teams' fans actually had something in common - cheering on their national team against a U.S. squad that included six players who have suited up for the Turkish rivals. By Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg.
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Also:
- KOURTANE, Finland - OLY--ATH-Kluft Withdraws. Former Olympic and world heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft withdraws from London Games because of injury.
GOLF:
GLF--TRUE SOUTH CLASSIC
MADISON, Miss. - Scott Stallings shot a 4-under 68 in the final round of the True South Classic to beat Jason Bohn by two strokes, earning his first Tour victory of the year and the second of his career. By David Brandt. Sent
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AUTO RACING:
CAR--NASCAR-NATIONWIDE-CHICAGOLAND
JOLIET, Ill. - After spending most of the week sick in bed, Elliott Sadler brushed off questions from team owner Richard Childress about a potential replacement driver, then held off a charge by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on a green-white-checker finish to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday.
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CAR--INDYCAR-EDMONTON
EDMONTON, Alberta - Helio Castroneves has been quietly lurking in the championship race this season, taking advantage of mistakes by others to position himself for a run at the IndyCar Series title. After his win Sunday at Edmonton, everybody knows he's in the mix for his first career championship. Sent
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Also:
- HOCKENHEIM, Germany - CAR--F1-German GP. Alonso wins German GP to extend championship lead. By Nesha Starcevic. Sent
ALSO:
- DETROIT - BBA--Tigers Cabrera Homers. Tigers Cabrera hits 300th homer. Sent
- ATLANTA - TEN--Atlanta Open. Roddick beats Muller to win Atlanta Open. By George Henry. Sent
- COLUMBIA, S.C. - FBC--Carlen-Obit. Jim Carlen dies; led West Virginia, Texas Tech and South Carolina teams. Sent
Monday's Time Schedule
BASEBALL
American League
Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
National League
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Houston, 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.