Former Duke University basketball standout Phil Henderson received a judicial tongue-lashing and was jailed over the weekend for failing to pay almost $11,000 in back child support.
Medalist Brenda Pictor was a 2 & 1 winner over Janet Moore Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 of match play at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.
Emotions should be running high at Dodger Stadium on Monday when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres open a three-game set, just days after their wild brawl.
Top-seeded and defending champion Kirsten Flipkens went by way of an opening-round upset Tuesday, while two-time runner- up Bethanie Mattek-Sands was a straight-set winner at the $235,000 Bell Challenge tennis tournament.
American Venus Williams, playing in her first tournament since losing in the first round of the French Open in late May, lost to 13th seed Kirsten Flipkens in three sets in opening round action at the $2.369 million Rogers Cup on Tuesday.
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and third-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino were among Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Copa Claro Colsanitas tennis event.
Little-known Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh stunned top-seeded Roberta Vinci on Tuesday in first-round action at the season-opening ASB Classic tennis event.
Former top-10 star Andrea Petkovic ousted top-seeded and defending champion Victoria Azarenka in an opening-round match Monday at the $5.185 million China Open tennis event.
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, third-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino and fifth seed Flavia Pennetta were among Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Copa Claro Colsanitas tennis event.