US says Jozy Altidore available to play vs Belgium

Jozy Altidore is available to play for the United States in Tuesday's World Cup second-round game against Belgium, but it does not appear the forward is ready to return to the starting lineup.

Altidore strained his left hamstring in the Americans' opener against Ghana on June 16 and didn't play in their next two games.

''We don't know how much because we need to see how he's going, but he's available,'' U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Monday. ''How many minutes? We will see that during the game.''

Altidore had been working out on his own, jogging around the field at the Americans' training camp at Sao Paulo Futebol Clube. Klinsmann said he has to determine ''how much work is in his legs.''

Aron Johannsson replaced Altidore at forward for the remainder of the game against Ghana. But Klinsmann switched from a 4-4-2 formation to a 4-5-1 against Portugal and Germany with a fifth midfielder instead of a second forward.

Altidore has 23 goals in 71 international appearances and is the top forward on the American roster.

''Just having him with us tomorrow is huge,'' Klinsmann said.

Oscar Pistorius Trial Day 34: Report could be bad news for Blade Runner

After a 40-day adjournment to evaluate his mental health, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' expression as he re-entered Pretoria's High Court appeared immutable; composed but resigned.

On Day 34 of his murder trial, the star athlete's face barely moved as prosecutor Gerrie Nel read aloud from the two reports submitted by the panel of four experts who assessed him.

They were unanimous.

"At the time of the alleged offenses, the accused did not suffer from a mental disorder or a mental defect that affected his ability to distinguish between the rightful and wrongful nature of his deeds.

"A mental disorder or mental defect did not affect his ability to act in accordance with the said appreciation of the rightful and wrongful nature of his deeds," read the one-page report from the three psychiatrists – including one appointed by the defense.

The psychologist's extensive report – comprising more than an inch of pages compiled in the judge's hand – echoed the sentiment.

Both defense and prosecution have publicly accepted the panel's findings, that Pistorius did not lack "criminal responsibility" for his actions.

For Pistorius, it means he can still be prosecuted for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he shot and killed in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine's morning last year.

The Paralympian maintains that it was a tragic accident, insisting that he mistook the model for an intruder.

But the fat report may still influence the finer points of Judge Thokozile Masipa's verdict and ruling, depending on its contents – not yet released publicly, despite being handed up as evidence. Court officials say its details will only be made available once both legal teams have agreed they have completed all submissions related to the document, including calling any possible witnesses to testify about its contents.

Pistorius' state of mind remains at the forefront of his "putative self-defense" strategy, which requires him to prove that he genuinely feared for his life when he fired four bullets at a closed door.

The psychiatric assessment was requested by the prosecution after defense witness Merryl Vorster testified that she had diagnosed Pistorius with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), which meant he had heightened stress and a deep-seated fear about possible home intruders. If the panel's full report, based on a much more thorough evaluation, disputes her findings, it will be a clear and stinging blow to the defense.

In an attempt to further paint a picture of Pistorius' state of mind and presumed vulnerability in the dark on Feb. 14, the defense called Dr. Gerald Versfeld to the stand – the orthopaedic surgeon who amputated the Paralympian's two legs when he was 11 months old.

Versfeld has since reportedly become very close to the Pistorius family, even joining members to support the Blade Runner at sporting events.

"On his stumps, he is seriously vulnerable in a dangerous situation," the soft-spoken surgeon told the court, "with a seriously impaired ability to flee, seriously impaired ability to ward off danger without a weapon, and in danger of falling should he put the stump down incorrectly."

Versfeld described how the double amputee struggles to walk unaided in the dark, cannot shower as he slips on the tiles, and how the grout between tiles hurts his stumps. He explained that Pistorius' left leg is shorter than his right, and "soft tissue instability" means the athlete has to put down his left stump in a "very particular way" to avoid pain or falling over.

Invited to see for herself, Judge Masipa, flanked by her two assessors, leaned over to peer at Pistorius' stumps as he sat hunched over in front of the toilet door erected in court.

It was a curious moment: strangely, painfully intimate, yet in public view.

Versfeld pointed as he graphically described for the judge the bulge of bone remaining from the athlete's fibula, a portion remaining below the knee, and the surgically-attached heel pad that sometimes slips, "causing the soft tissue to snap away”.

Pistorius has said himself that he hates being seen without his prosthetic legs, an experience he finds deeply embarrassing.

Calling a recess as she returned to the bench, led by the hand of the court orderly – Masipa herself walks with a pronounced limp – the judge gave the Paralympian time to collect himself.

The surgeon was also adamant that state forensic expert Gerhard Vermeulen, who insisted that Pistorius attacked the door with his cricket bat without wearing his prostheses, was wrong.

If the double-amputee was on his stumps, Versfeld said, "I don't believe that he would be able to strike anything with that cricket bat, with any kind of force, because he would overbalance and fall down."

Under incredulous cross-examination from Nel, Versfeld insisted on his report's objectivity, but one critical admission could create difficulties for the defense.

The surgeon spoke of gun recoil being a problem, if Pistorius were to fire shots on his stumps.

Nel seized upon it.

"Except if the accused foresaw that the recoil may be a problem and deliberately stood with his back against the wall to be able to fire better. … That would assist him, am I right? If he had his back against the wall?" Nel asked.

"If he was leaning against something, it would have a big beneficial effect on his ability to balance," the doctor responded.

"So that would be a conscious decision to balance himself, otherwise the gun would knock him over?" Nel pressed.

"I don't know. The fact is that if he is leaning against something, he is definitely in a better position from a balancing point of view," Versfeld said.

If the state manages to demonstrate that Pistorius was thinking clearly when he fired the four shots – while consciously bracing himself against a wall implies – it suggests the intent to shoot, and potentially mortally injure whomever he was firing at. Under South African law, that intent, dolus eventualis – where one recklessly proceeds without care for the foreseeable outcome – is also considered murder and carries a minimum 15-year prison sentence.

But, despite Nel's savvy questioning, the ferocious "bull terrier" prosecutor himself was left grasping for answers, after defense attorney Barry Roux raised the issue of missing evidence.

During Pistorius' own testimony on the stand, Nel repeatedly showed the athlete pictures of his own bedroom, seeking to poke holes in his detailed account of events. One such apparent success came down to the length of a fan's electrical cord – which Pistorius insisted was plugged into a particular socket.

"Aha!" Nel had said then, adamant that it would not stretch that far. "It cannot be," he told the murder-accused, suggesting it showed that his entire account was a fabrication.

Now, the cable has allegedly disappeared.

Addressing the judge, Roux described the correspondence sent to the prosecution, demanding the cable in question. Nel admitted that it was never seized as evidence, nor entered into the inventory.

The defense insists it searched for the cord to no avail, and the new owners of Pistorius' former home have since taken up residence.

Judge Masipa described the matter as "troubling," ordering that whoever was responsible for sealing the house provide an explanation as to the whereabouts of the cord.

More trouble looms on the horizon for the prosecution, as Monday's second defense witness, acoustic engineer Ivan Lin, testified that it would be "very unlikely" for someone in a bedroom 177 meters from Pistorius' home to hear a scream from his toilet.

The state's star witness, and the first to be called to the stand, Michelle Burger, said she was awakened by a woman's "terrified" and "blood-curdling" screams. Lin said that at that distance, a scream would be barely audible, let alone distinguishably male or female.

Although he admits that it is virtually impossible to recreate the exact conditions for a test – Lin suggested that meteorological conditions and even the height of the grass could have an impact on how sound carries – the audio expert said it would have been possible for other neighbors at a distance of 80 meters to hear screams from the toilet and bathroom.

Lin returns to the stand for cross-examination Tuesday.

Pistorius' defense team was initially expected to call three additional witnesses, but on Monday refused to comment on number of witnesses yet to come.

NCAA will reopen academic fraud investigation at North Carolina

The NCAA notified North Carolina Monday that it will reopen its 2011 investigation looking into “academic irregularities” at the school among Tar Heels athletes. The case had previously ended more than two years ago.

UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham announced the news in a statement Monday afternoon.

“The NCAA has determined that additional people with information and others who were previously uncooperative might now be willing to speak with the enforcement staff. Since 2011, the University had conducted and commissioned numerous reviews of this matter and provided the NCAA with updates,” the statement said.

In February, North Carolina retained investigator and former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wanstein to “conduct an independent investigation.” According to the statement, he has been “instructed to share relevant information directly and confidentially with the NCAA.”

The NCAA also released a statement on the reopening of the investigation.

“The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was cited by the Division I Committee on Infractions in 2012 for violations in its athletics program, including academic misconduct. As with any case, the NCAA enforcement staff makes clear it will revisit the matter if additional information becomes available. After determining that additional people with information and others who were previously uncooperative might be willing to speak with the enforcement staff, the NCAA has reopened its investigation. The enforcement staff is exploring this new information to ensure an exhaustive investigation is conducted based on all available information. The NCAA will not comment further to protect the integrity of the investigation.”

This news comes a few weeks after former UNC basketball star Rashad McCants told ESPN's Outside the Lines that academic staff advised him to take sham classes in order for him to remain eligible to compete. He even said that he made the Dean's List one semester without attending any of his four classes.

McCants has not been the only former Tar Heel to speak about the academic situation for athletes at UNC. Former football player Michael McAdoo said that the academic environment was “a scam” and that counselors advised him to enroll in classes that required no class attendance and one paper written at the end of a semester.

Cunningham said that the school is “committed to learning from our past so that we can move forward to building a stronger university.”

The school cannot comment on the investigation further due to NCAA protocols.

For more North Carolina news, visit TarHeelIllustrated.com.

Sources: Bucks have hired Jason Kidd as coach

After reaching a deal to let Jason Kidd coach the Milwaukee Bucks, the Brooklyn Nets have set up a meeting with their top candidate, Lionel Hollins, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Hollins has emerged as the Nets focus in what could turn out to be a brief coaching search, sources said. He will meet with Nets officials in New York within the next 24-48 hours, sources said.

Hollins had been a strong consideration for the Nets when Kidd had gotten off to a sluggish start to the season and there was discussion about replacing Kidd in late December, sources said.

Hollins brings a strong playoff, disciplinary and defensive track record from his five years as the Memphis Grizzlies coach. Hollins has interviewed for the Los Angeles Lakers coaching vacancy and is still considered a finalist with leader Byron Scott, sources said.

Kidd is working to bring two Nets assistants, Eric Hughes and Sean Sweeney, to Millwaukee with him, sources said.

Milwaukee reached an agreement to send 2015 and 2019 second-round picks to Brooklyn to allow Kidd out of the final two years of his contract and become the Bucks' coach.

The Bucks will fire coach Larry Drew, who had been on the job for one season. New Bucks ownership had communicated nothing to Drew through the past several days of negotiations with Kidd and the Nets, sources said.

Kidd lost a power play in Brooklyn, where he had tried to usurp the power of GM Billy King through ownership, sources said. Kidd had gone to ownership seeking the president of basketball operations title and was denied. It led to Brooklyn allowing him permission to talk with the Bucks, whose new co-owner, Marc Lasry, has been a longtime financial adviser.

Around the NBA, there's a strong belief that Kidd will ascend sooner rather than later to run the Bucks' basketball operations. Milwaukee currently has a general manager, John Hammond, in place.

In his one season as Nets coach, Kidd was 44-38 and won an Eastern Conference first-round series over Toronto.

Lionel Hollins is a strong candidate to replace Kidd with the Nets, league sources said.

Magic opt for cap space, waive vet Jameer Nelson

The Orlando Magic's final link to their old regime is now gone.

The Magic waived Jameer Nelson on Monday, parting ways with their longest-tenured player in a move to save valuable salary cap space and turn a page toward the future. Nelson's departure comes just weeks before the team would have owed him $8 million for the final year of a three-year contract.

But by waiving him by July 16, Orlando owes the veteran point guard only $2 million in guaranteed money.

In a statement released by the team, Nelson thanked the Magic management and ownership, adding that he'd miss the fans that embraced him and ''made it easy for us to adopt Orlando as our second home.''

''I appreciate the opportunity the Orlando Magic has afforded me and my family over the past 10 years,'' Nelson said. ''All good things must come to an end, however, and it's time to move on. I look forward to continuing my career as an NBA player and will never take for granted my time in Orlando.''

Nelson was selected by Denver 20th overall in the first round of the 2004 draft, but was acquired by Orlando in exchange for a future first round pick on draft night. Listed at 6 feet, he was undersized on most nights but played in 651 regular season games in Orlando with 556 starts, averaging 12.6 points and 5.4 assists, and posting one All-Star season in 2009.

He also was a stalwart on the Magic teams that made the 2009 Finals and 2010 Eastern Conference Finals.

Nelson was the final roster link to both of those teams, with most of the other players now long gone.

He leaves as the franchise's all-time leader in assists with 3,501. He ranks second in games played (651) and field goals attempted (7,033), and third in minutes played (19,038).

In addition to being a fan favorite, he was also a fixture in a locker room that went through an awkward divorce from Dwight Howard - who at one point suggested replacements for Nelson - and a painful 62-loss season the following year.

Nelson, 32, could potentially re-sign with the Magic, but he's expected to garner interest in free agency from teams who need a veteran piece.

Orlando general manager Rob Hennigan has been tight-lipped in recent weeks when asked about the team's plans for Nelson, each time praising him for his professionalism and value to the team.

He did so again on Monday.

''Jameer is the ultimate professional,'' Hennigan said. ''We truly thank him for his contributions to the organization, both on the court and in the community, during the last decade. He will always be a member of the Magic family.''

But his decision to let go of Nelson, who served a mentor role for Victor Oladipo during his rookie year last season, is clearly a nod to the future.

Orlando made a draft night trade to acquire the rights to 10th overall pick and point guard Elfrid Payton out of Louisiana-Lafayette. He appears to be the franchise's hope at the position now, after Oladipo struggled at times to play the point last season.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 30TH

1908 - Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0.

1933 - Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2.
1934 - NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions.
1948 - Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0.

1962 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0.

1965 - NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise.

1966 - "Iron" Mike Tyson, NY, youngest Heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90) is born.

1967 - Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils.

1970 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2.
1972 - Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant.

1978 - Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox.
1982 - New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting,

runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders & Americans.

1988 - Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Florida.

1992 - First pay bathrooms in US Open: 25 cents (NYC).
1995 - Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits.

Jason Kidd in talks to run Bucks' basketball operations after failed power play with Nets

After a failed power play in Brooklyn, Nets coach Jason Kidd has entered into serious negotiations to become president of basketball operations for the Milwaukee Bucks, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Kidd made a failed coup to Brooklyn's Russian ownership to usurp the power of Nets general manager Billy King – and failed spectacularly. The Nets and Bucks are discussing compensation for Milwaukee hiring Kidd away, which will likely include second-round draft picks, sources told Yahoo Sports.

"The Russians are done with Kidd," one high-ranking league source told Yahoo Sports on Saturday night.

Former Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins – who had been considered as an early season replacement for a foundering Kidd – is a strong early candidate to be hired as coach should Kidd leave, sources said.

The New York Post first reported the failed power play and talks with Bucks.

Kidd is selling Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry on giving him a lucrative package to do what the Nets have refused: Give Kidd full control of basketball operations. For an NBA figure with such a damaged personal reputation – never mind no front-office experience – the possibility of Kidd being afforded this kind of power and responsibility is being met with downright mockery among NBA owners and executives.t is a humiliating turn of events for the coach and his agent, Jeff Schwartz, who had wielded incredible power and influence with Nets billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov. Nevertheless, Kidd understood he had an admirer on the hook with one of the Bucks' new ownership partners, Lasry. Kidd has had a personal and financial partnership with Lasry, and now he's leveraging that relationship into talks to run the Bucks franchise, sources said.

Kidd isn't angling to immediately take over as president and coach, sources said, but is intrigued with the higher-paying, lower-workload life of an top executive, sources said.

For Milwaukee's general manager John Hammond and coach Larry Drew, revelations of the franchise's negotiations with Kidd weren't known to them until the story broke on Saturday night, sources said.

Kidd's thirst for more power and money began to escalate with Golden State's and New York's hirings of Steve Kerr and Derek Fisher, respectively, as coaches, league sources said. Kidd was livid they were paid contracts substantially higher than what the Nets paid Kidd as a rookie coach.

"That got him – especially Fisher," one official told Yahoo Sports.

Kidd was hired for three years, $10.5 million, only to be livid over Kerr and Fisher getting four-year deals guaranteeing more than $4 million dollars per season. Lost on Kidd was this: His dicey history made him unappealing as a coach, except with the Nets.

Despite Kidd's greatness as a Hall of Fame point guard, he had a long career of clashing with front-office executives and coaches, a domestic abuse charge and a DWI guilty plea that left him suspended for his first two games as an NBA head coach. Kidd had little leverage upon his hiring as coach, which is why the Nets refused to overpay him market value.

Within management, there was strong consideration given to firing Kidd near the end of December, league sources said. Some Nets officials wanted to bring Hollins into Brooklyn as head coach, but ultimately ownership decided to stay the course with Kidd, sources said. For Kidd's part in the power play, there's a sense of betrayal within ownership that'll make his return beyond difficult, bordering on the impossible, sources said.

After all, the Nets hired Kidd upon his retirement as a player and delivered him a star-studded roster with the steepest payroll in NBA history – $100 million, plus $90 million more in luxury tax. They had listened to Kidd plead with them to make Lawrence Frank the highest-paid assistant coach in the NBA, only to have Kidd inexplicably demand that Frank be demoted within weeks of the start of the season.

Management hated the idea, and believed Frank had done the job they'd hired him to do, but played along with the demotion like it was a unified decision. Only, it wasn't – it was all Kidd, "all his insecurities and need to place blame," one source said.

For a short time in November, Kidd had declared he would pay the balance of Frank's six-year, $6 million-plus deal out of his own pocket – only to backtrack quickly, sources said. Ownership let Kidd have his way and demote Frank, and ultimately has been left to pay the balance of Frank's contract.

For a time, the franchise's faith was rewarded with a dramatic turnaround in January and February that pushed the Nets into the playoffs and ultimately to an Eastern Conference first-round victory over Toronto. Brooklyn lost to Miami in the conference semifinals, but ownership had been thrilled with Kidd's progress as a young coach, sources said.

Management had met with Kidd often this offseason, working with him on roster changes that appealed to him in free agency and trades, league sources said. Throughout his history, Kidd has seldom had graceful exits – out of Dallas and Phoenix, out of New Jersey and Dallas again, and finally New York. There have often been hard feelings and acrimony necessitating a move, or the cause of him forcing his way out.

Before the Nets traded Kidd to Dallas in 2008, franchise officials believed he had faked a migraine headache and missed a game against the New York Knicks. Within the NBA community, there was little surprise about the apparent Shakespearean ending to Kidd's brief, but tumultuous coaching tenure with the Nets.

The coup failed, and Kidd appears to be on his way once again.

Huntelaar's late penalty gives Dutch 2-1 win over Mexico

The Dutch were worried about the oppressive heat at Arena Castelao, and they left it with the stifling hot conditions to thank for a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals.n inspired tactical change during the second of two official stoppages led to a late goal from Netherlands forward Wesley Sneijder and an injury-time penalty from Klaas Jan Huntelaar in a dramatic 2-1 victory over Mexico on Sunday.

''I moved to 'Plan B' at the cooling break,'' said Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal, soon to be the manager at Manchester United. ''That is a good way to take advantage of those breaks.''

Despite scoring 10 goals in three group matches, Van Gaal again started the match with a defensive 5-3-2 system. He made the switch to a more attacking 4-3-3 formation in the second half and tweaked it further when referee Pedro Proenca stopped the match in the 76th minute to allow players to rehydrate.

That helped turn the match around and extend Mexico's second-round curse to six straight World Cups.

''Unbelievable,'' said Arjen Robben, the Netherlands forward that earned the late penalty. ''Five minutes from full time, we were out.''

Instead of the Dutch players, it was the Mexicans who wilted in the heat as they conceded twice as many goals in the final minutes of the match as they had in the entire group stage.

''The humidity was against us, but we were fresher and fitter than the Mexicans,'' Van Gaal said. ''Yes, we escaped. But we showed that we could create more chances with 4-3-3, and the players handled this shift very well.''

The Dutch will next face either Costa Rica or Greece in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Salvador, and may have to play without midfielder Nigel de Jong, who was substituted in the ninth minute with a groin injury.

Mexico coach Miguel Herrera, one of the most popular characters at the World Cup because of his emotive ways on the sidelines, blamed Proenca for the loss and accused Robben of diving under a challenge from Rafael Marquez to earn the penalty.

''Today it was the man with the whistle who eliminated us from the World Cup,'' Herrera said. ''If a referee invents a penalty, you're out of the World Cup.

''I hope they have a look at what happened and that this gentleman goes home just like we are.''

Marquez said Robben admitted that it was a bad call, but added that the Dutchman thought he should have been awarded a spot kick for an earlier challenge.

''I spoke with him after the match and he told me that it was not a penalty,'' Marquez said. ''He said that the first foul was a penalty and that one was not called.''

Mexico has now advanced to the second round at the World Cup six straight times and not reached the quarterfinals. The last time the team made it that far was as host of the 1986 tournament.

Giovani Dos Santos gave the Mexicans the lead in the 48th minute after a goalless first half, but Sneijder equalized with a hard shot in the 88th.

It was the first time Sneijder, who scored five goals at the last World Cup in South Africa, has found the net in Brazil.

Robben, who has already scored three goals for the Dutch at this year's tournament, then earned the penalty in the fourth minute of injury time but he handed the ball to Huntelaar.

''You don't know when your chance will come, but it was today, and so you grab it with both hands,'' said Huntelaar, who replaced captain Robin van Persie in the 76th minute. ''And it was fantastic.''

For Mexico, goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa was again the star player, pulling off two more great saves after playing a key role in holding Brazil to a 0-0 draw in Group A.

But he couldn't block Sneijder's shot and guessed wrong when diving in an attempt to stop Huntelaar's penalty.

''It isn't easy to go out this way, the way this match went,'' Ochoa said. ''It's just very hard to deal with when victory escapes you this way.''

Ex-Auburn football player killed in Georgia crash

Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, a fan favorite who played on the 2010 national championship team, has died in a one-car crash in Georgia, state police said.

Authorities said Lutzenkirchen, 23, was ejected from a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe when it overturned several times near LaGrange early Sunday morning. He was a passenger in the vehicle.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn called Lutzenkirchen ''a great player and competitor'' and ''a great teammate and friend off the field.''

''This is a sad day for the entire Auburn family,'' Malzahn said Sunday in a statement. ''I find peace knowing that even though Philip was taken from us too soon, that he lived his life to the fullest, leaving a lifetime of great memories for his family and friends to cherish forever.''

Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said Lutzenkirchen's death was ''a devastating tragedy for his family, the Auburn family and his countless friends.''

''He had a strong faith, a big heart and a burning desire to help others,'' Jacobs said. ''Philip was a bright light this world desperately needed, and his death leaves a void that can't possibly be filled.''

Driver Joseph Ian Davis, 22, was partially ejected from the vehicle and was also killed, investigators said. Authorities said blood was drawn from Davis to determine whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Troopers said 22-year-old Elizabeth Craig of Eatonton, Georgia and 20-year-old Christian Case of Dadeville, Alabama were injured.

Lutzenkirchen set school records for a tight end with 14 career touchdown catches and seven during the 2011 season. He scored the winning touchdown against Alabama to preserve the national title run in 2010, performing an end zone dance later nicknamed ''The Lutzie.''

His Auburn career ended early when he opted to undergo hip surgery late in his senior season in 2012.

Lutzenkirchen signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams but was waived in August 2013. He was a volunteer assistant coach at Saint James School in Montgomery, Alabama and worked at a wealth management company.

''Philip Lutzenkirchen was what every parent aspires their son to be,'' former Auburn coach Gene Chizik said in a statement released through the school. ''He was compassionate, determined, honorable and full of love, integrity and respect. In 27 years of coaching, I have come across what I would consider to be a few 'rare' young men. Phillip was certainly one of those 'rare' ones. He truly lived his life for other people and always found time to give to others.''

Other Auburn players and coaches posted tributes to Lutzenkirchen on Twitter.

''The Auburn Family is broken today with the loss of a great Auburn man and friend (Philip) Lutzenkirchen,'' offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee wrote. ''Crushed and without words.''

Lutzenkirchen's Auburn teammate Kodi Burns posted: ''Lutz was a brother to me and my other brothers. I loved him. And I will miss him. One of the greatest men I will ever know. RIP love you man.''

Lutzenkirchen was a graduate of Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia.

Rose overcomes late mistake at Congressional

Justin Rose got his mistake out of the way early and won the Quicken Loans National in a playoff Sunday over Shawn Stefani.

Tied for the lead on the 18th hole, Rose tried to hit through the trees and put it into the water. He atoned for the mistake by making a 15-foot bogey putt and got into a sudden-death playoff when Stefani made bogey on the 17th hole.

In the playoff, Stefani punched out from the trees and repeated Rose's mistake by hooking his shot into the water. Stefan made double bogey, and Rose won with a par.

Both finished at 4-under 280.

It was Rose's first win since the U.S. Open last summer at Merion. Congressional made it feel like he won another U.S. Open.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 29TH

1933 - Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins) is born.

1949 - Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) is born.

1950 - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994).

1961 - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season.

1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906) dies of liver disease
and complications from diabetes.

1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes
Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896).

1983 - Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th Horse Races.
1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski.

1991 - Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic
4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon.
1992 - NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers.

1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz.
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders).

2006 - Randy Walker, Northwestern Wildcats colllege football coach (b. 1954),
who was only 52, dies suddenly of an apparent heart attack,
leaving the Northwestern community stunned.

Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem entering free agency in hope of keeping LeBron James in Miami

In an effort to make a future work together with LeBron James, the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem will opt out of their contracts and become free agents, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

While Bosh, Wade and Haslem could ultimately take less money with the early termination outs in their deals, James, the NBA's four-time MVP, is seeking a full maximum contract extension – or something close to it – to stay with Miami, sources told Yahoo Sports.

James is eligible to sign a five-year, $130 million extension with the Heat.

James' priority remains to find a way to make a future work with Miami, but a failure by the organization toward improving the Heat's roster to his satisfaction could send him aggressively into free agency, sources said.

Bleacher Report first reported the opt-outs.

Bosh, Wade and Haslem had Monday deadlines to make decisions on exercising the options.

James' teammates want to work with Miami president Pat Riley on re-signing with the team at lower financial figures that would allow management to retool with the roster with upgraded talent. Because of James' value as the best player in the NBA, the Heat players understand James' desire to seek maximum contract value, sources said.

Bosh has two years and $43 million left on his deal. Wade has two years, $42.5 million on his contract. Haslem has a $4.6 million player option for the 2014-15 season.

James will opt out of the final two years and $42.7 million on his contract.

Saved by the woodwork, Brazil lives another day

Tight and tense as it was, it was enough to keep Brazil's national obsession of winning the World Cup on home soil from taking a desperately disappointing turn.

And it wasn't Neymar, the country's poster boy for this year's World Cup, that played the key role this time. It was goalkeeper Julio Cesar, the country's scapegoat from the last World Cup, who made several crucial saves and even got some help from the woodwork in a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Chile.

With the score level at 1-1 on Saturday, Brazil was inches away from an early exit when Chile forward Mauricio Pinilla hit the crossbar in the final moments of extra time.

Then, on the final kick of the match and after a pair of saves from Cesar in the shootout, Gonzalo Jara hit the post.

''I believe the Brazilian people just needed this,'' said Cesar, who made a mistake four years ago in South Africa that led to a quarterfinal loss. ''The players, everybody else, we needed this.''

The fans still have to wait to celebrate the title, however. There are three more matches to win before the home team can lay claim to a sixth World Cup title.

''Let's see if we can make fewer mistakes in the next matches,'' Brazil coach Felipe Scolari said. ''Perhaps next time we won't be as lucky.''

To be fair, it wasn't just luck that saw Brazil through to the quarterfinals at Mineirao Stadium, which was a sea of Brazilian yellow with islands of Chilean red.

Neymar, David Luiz and Marcelo scored in the shootout, and Cesar saved penalties from Pinilla and Alexis Sanchez before watching Jara's final attempt hit the post.

The game over, some Brazilian players fell to the ground, exhausted and emotionally drained. Willian, who missed a penalty for Brazil, sobbed uncontrollably, as Fred helped him to his feet.

The Chileans stood still, staring into the ground, wiping the sweat off their faces.

''Do you think I can be satisfied with the result?'' Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli said. ''We've played a hard 120 minutes even if everybody was against us in the stadium.''

Brazil, which extended its 39-year unbeaten streak in home competitive matches to 61, will next face either Colombia or Uruguay in the quarterfinals.

Brazil dominated the first half against Chile and took the lead when Luiz scored following a corner kick. After Sanchez equalized for Chile, Brazil had several chances to regain the lead.

Neymar's header deflected wide, Fred lifted the ball over the bar from close range and Dani Alves forced a backpedaling Claudio Bravo to make a one-hand save.

But after referee Howard Webb disallowed Hulk's second-half goal, ruling he had used his arm to control a long pass, Brazil lost the initiative to a Chile team that can leave the World Cup with pride after eliminating defending champion Spain in the group stage.

Pressing deep inside Brazil's half, Chile pressured the home side into making mistakes or resorting to long passes to Hulk and Neymar.

And, again, it was Cesar that often came up big, making a spectacular save on Charles Aranguiz's shot to keep Chile from taking the lead in the second half.

''We tried to give everything, we tried to fight for a dream, and we didn't achieve it,'' Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal said. ''But we gave all our effort on the pitch.''

Chile has never defeated Brazil in Brazil and hasn't reached the World Cup quarterfinals since 1962, when it hosted the tournament.

Brazil, meanwhile, has reached the quarterfinals of each World Cup since Argentina eliminated it in the second round in 1990.

Brazil went ahead in the 18th minute after Thiago Silva deflected Neymar's corner kick toward the far post. Luiz was given the goal but replays showed Jara may have touched the ball before it went in.

Brazil lost the lead when it failed to cope with Chile's aggressive pressure in a throw-in situation deep inside its half of the field. Eduardo Vargas intercepted Hulk's pass and found Sanchez on the right side of the area. The Barcelona striker scored easily with a shot toward the far post.

In the end, however, it was Brazil moving on to the quarterfinals, with the hopes of a nation planted on the backs of every player.

''I hope these are lessons being given to the whole population,'' Scolari said. ''If you make a promise, you must deliver. This is what the players are doing.''

Latest Slam loss for Williams comes at Wimbledon

As Serena Williams began to fall behind in what would become her earliest Wimbledon exit in nearly a decade, her coach could tell something was awry.

Not the so-so serving. Or the bad backhands. This was a larger problem.

''Right now, she doesn't have her usual ability to respond and turn matches around,'' said Patrick Mouratoglou, who has worked with Williams since 2012. ''It was obvious when she trailed 3-0 in the second set. Nothing happened.''

Unable to get back on track once she no longer had control of the match, five-time Wimbledon champion Williams lost to 25th-seeded Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the third round, the latest in a recent series of surprising Grand Slam defeats.

''If I'm not playing a great, great match, these girls, when they play me, they play as if they're on the ATP Tour,'' Williams said, rolling her eyes.

She hadn't left Wimbledon so soon since 2005, also beaten in the third round. The No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Williams owns 17 Grand Slam titles, one fewer than Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, but has departed before the quarterfinals at four of the past five majors. There were fourth-round losses at Wimbledon last year and the Australian Open in January, and a second-round loss at the French Open in May.

''It might be a bit premature to talk about her decline, but when she plays someone who finds the right tactics, she looks a bit lost on the court,'' Cornet said. ''In my opinion, there are more and more players understanding how to play her.''

Cornet also beat the 32-year-old American at the Dubai Championships in February, and watched video clips of that triumph before playing Saturday.

''I just knew that I could do it, because I did it once,'' Cornet said.

Still, this result was rather unexpected, given that Cornet never had been past the third round at Wimbledon, and only once before reached a major's fourth round.

''I cannot say that I played my best tennis today, really,'' Cornet said.

Perhaps, but it was good enough. On match point, after one last drop shot drew a netted response from Williams, Cornet pounded a fist on her chest, hopped around Court 1, then knelt to kiss the turf.

''It's very symbolic, because it means, 'Now I love you grass, and I didn't before,''' said Cornet, who had been 0-13 against top-20 opponents at majors.

Saturday's match was halted in the third game because of showers. When they returned about 4 1/2 hours later - ''the rain delay killed me a little bit,'' Cornet said - Williams was terrific, reeling off five games to grab the first set.

Then everything changed, because Williams couldn't find the mark. She finished with 29 unforced errors, 11 more than Cornet. Two particular strokes let Williams down: Her serve, with seven double-faults and five breaks; and her backhand, with 12 unforced errors.

''I don't really know what I did wrong,'' said a blank-faced Williams, whose sister Venus lost Friday. ''Usually I do. Usually I know I did this, this, and that.''

It was by far the most significant outcome on a day full of starts and stops.

Three other past Wimbledon champions won on Centre Court, where the roof was closed and soccer star David Beckham was in the Royal Box: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova.

For his third match in a row, Nadal dropped the first set, this time beating 63rd-ranked Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

''All his shots just started to be much more hard, powerful and more aggressive,'' Kukushkin said. ''It was like a different player.''

Sharapova trailed 3-1, then won the next 11 games to top 44th-ranked Alison Riske of the United States 6-3, 6-0.

Federer, who has collected seven of his 17 major trophies at Wimbledon, never faced trouble and eliminated 35th-ranked Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.

Nadal next faces 19-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios; Federer meets No. 23 Tommy Robredo; and No. 8 Milos Raonic, only the second Canadian man in the Open era to get to Wimbledon's fourth round, plays either No. 10 Kei Nishikori or Simone Bolelli, whose match was suspended because of darkness.

Cornet's fourth-round opponent when the tournament resumes Monday after the traditional middle Sunday off is No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard, a 20-year-old Canadian who was a semifinalist at the year's first two majors.

''It shows all of you who asked me if I'm ready to play Serena in Round 4,'' Bouchard said. ''That's one of the reasons I don't look far ahead.''

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 28TH

1887 - Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0.

1946 - Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleve Indians games begins.

1958 - Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden.

1971 - Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds.
1971 - US Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.

1973 - Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens,

Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis & Althea Gibson elected.
1975 - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill).

1992 - US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57.

1993 - Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most

games caught & most HRs by a catcher.

1995 - NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were

moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign.
2007 - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the

3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies.

A short return for Tiger Woods at Congressional

Tiger Woods didn't last more than 36 holes in his return to competition.

Woods showed plenty of rust with his short game when he ran off four straight bogeys on the back nine Friday at Congressional to end any hopes of sticking around for the weekend at the Quicken Loans National.

He shot a 4-over 75 and missed the cut by four shots. It was only the 10th time Woods has missed a 36-hole cut on the PGA Tour, and 11th time worldwide. He was at 7-over 149.

Marc Leishman, Ricky Barnes and Oliver Goss were tied for the lead at 6-under 136. Goss is making only his second professional start.

Woods had not played since March 9 because of a back injury. He had surgery March 31.

Grizzlies' Randolph agrees to extension

Memphis forward Zach Randolph has agreed to a contract extension with the Grizzlies, his agent said Friday.

Raymond Brothers confirmed to The Associated Press in a text message a Yahoo Sports report that Randolph is exercising his $16.5 million option for the 2014-15 season and has agreed on a two-year extension worth $20 million.

Since coming to Memphis in 2009, Randolph has been a cornerstone of the Grizzlies franchise. His return indicates the Grizzlies will bring back the nucleus of a team that won 50 games this season and lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Randolph averaged 17.4 points and 10.1 rebounds this season to lead the Grizzlies in both categories, though he was suspended for the final game of the Oklahoma City series after punching Thunder center Steven Adams in the jaw.

He owns career averages of 17.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 13 NBA seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Grizzlies. After bouncing around a few organizations early in his career, Randolph has found a home in Memphis while helping the Grizzlies make four consecutive playoff appearances.

Randolph, who turns 33 on July 16, made the All-Star game in 2010 and 2013 to become the only Memphis player with multiple All-Star appearances. He helped lead the Grizzlies to a Western Conference finals appearance in 2013. He also emerged as arguably the team's most popular player for the way he exemplified the Grizzlies' ''grit 'n' grind'' mentality.

The Randolph extension stole most of the attention on a day when the Grizzlies also introduced first-round draft pick Jordan Adams and second-round selection Jarnell Stokes.

Adams, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from UCLA picked 22nd overall, could boost the offense of a Grizzlies team that averaged just 96 points last season. Stokes, a 6-foot-8 forward from Tennessee, should provide energy and rebounding.

''I think they're going to be pros for the next 10 years,'' Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger said. ''I really do.''

Stokes' selection represents a homecoming for the Memphis native who recalled watching Grizzlies games ''from the nosebleeds'' section while in high school. The Grizzlies traded for Stokes after the Utah Jazz drafted him with the 35th overall pick.

''I was just watching every single thing that players do,'' Stokes said. ''I really liked Zach Randolph. I really liked how he used his leverage and how he's able just to find a way to make it happen when guys continuously doubt him. I definitely would love to learn from a guy like Zach Randolph.''

Now he's going to get that chance.

Djokovic overcomes fall, injury scare at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic lay crumpled on Centre Court, clutching his upper left arm and grimacing. He felt something pop and feared the worst.

Djokovic had lunged for a shot behind the baseline, tumbled on the grass and rolled over twice, his racket flying from his hand. His new coach, Boris Becker, stood in the player's box and looked on gravely.

Slowly, Djokovic rose from the turf, still holding his arm across his chest and made his way to his chair.

''When I stood up, I felt that click or pop, whatever you call it,'' he said later. ''I feared maybe it might be a dislocated shoulder or something like that.''

It wasn't.

After a medical timeout and treatment from a trainer, the top-seeded Djokovic needed just four more games to complete a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over France's Gilles Simon on Friday, sending him into the fourth round and keeping alive his bid for a second Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.Novak Djokovic lay crumpled on Centre Court, clutching his upper left arm and grimacing. He felt something pop and feared the worst.

Djokovic had lunged for a shot behind the baseline, tumbled on the grass and rolled over twice, his racket flying from his hand. His new coach, Boris Becker, stood in the player's box and looked on gravely.

Slowly, Djokovic rose from the turf, still holding his arm across his chest and made his way to his chair.

''When I stood up, I felt that click or pop, whatever you call it,'' he said later. ''I feared maybe it might be a dislocated shoulder or something like that.''

It wasn't.

After a medical timeout and treatment from a trainer, the top-seeded Djokovic needed just four more games to complete a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over France's Gilles Simon on Friday, sending him into the fourth round and keeping alive his bid for a second Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.

''Luckily there is nothing damaged,'' Djokovic said. ''I just came from the doctor's office, ultrasound. It's all looking good. I'm quite confident that it will not affect my physical state or regimen or daily routine. I think it's going to be fine.''

Djokovic will have two days off before an intriguing matchup Monday against another Frenchman, the free-swinging 14th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

''They told me usually in these kind of particular cases you might feel soreness in the next couple of days,'' Djokovic said. ''But I can play around with practices and recovery and see how it goes. But I'm quite confident it's going to be all right for next one.''

He felt all right enough to joke that he had talked to Becker about improving his style.

''We obviously need to work on my diving volleys, learning how to fall down on the court,'' he said. ''I'm not very skillful in that.''

Djokovic's injury scare came on a day that also featured the elimination of second-seeded woman Li Na and a three-set, 2 1/2-hour Centre Court battle between two former female champions - with 2011 winner Petra Kvitova overcoming five-time champ Venus Williams 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-5.

Defending men's champion Andy Murray, who hasn't dropped a set this week, extended his winning streak at the All England Club to 16 matches by beating Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. The streak goes back to his gold-medal run at the 2012 London Olympics, which was played at Wimbledon.

No. 6 Tomas Berdych, runner-up at Wimbledon four years ago, became the highest-seeded man to go out so far when he fell to No. 26 Marin Cilic 7-6 (5) 6-4, 7-6 (6) in match that finished in near darkness at 9:36 p.m. Berdych, who had called for play to be suspended because of the fading light, hit a forehand long on the second match point. Cilic finished with 20 aces.

Li, the Australian Open champion, fell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to 43rd-ranked Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic in the first major upset of the tournament. Since winning her second Grand Slam title in Melbourne in January, Li has lost in the first round of the French Open and now failed to reach the second week at Wimbledon.

Li double-faulted on match point - after the point was replayed when she won a challenge on a forehand that had been called out.

Joining Kvitova and Zahlavova Strycova in the fourth round were two other Czechs, Lucie Safarova and Tereza Smitkova -the first time in the Open era four Czech women have reached the final 16 at a Grand Slam.

Kvitova beat Williams for the fourth time in five matches. All have gone to three sets.

Williams and Kvitova play similar games and they put on a Centre Court show of brutal power tennis. There were only three break points, and two breaks, the entire match. Williams came within two points of winning at 5-4 in the second set, with Kvitova serving at 15-30, but couldn't put her away.

Now 34, and slowed in recent years by an energy-sapping autoimmune disease, Williams made a strong showing at this tournament and again dismissed any talk of retirement.

''People have been trying to retire me since I was like 25,'' she said. ''I'm not getting out of here. ... I'm finding my way back on my feet. I'm proud of myself for what I'm achieving on the court.''

With seven major titles in her career, Williams hasn't given up on winning more.

''I want to win Grand Slams,'' she said. ''Everybody does. No one gives it to you. They snatch it away and say, 'Mine.' That's what I'll have to do is snatch it, say, 'Mine,' too, growl if need be. ''

Anaheim acquires center Ryan Kesler from Vancouver

The Anaheim Ducks acquired center Ryan Kesler from the Vancouver Canucks in a trade for center Nick Bonino, defenseman Luca Sbisa and the 24th overall pick in Friday's draft.

The 29-year-old Kesler is a standout two-way center who has spent his entire 10-season career in Vancouver, compiling six 20-goal seasons and 392 points while playing an agitating physical style. The two-time U.S. Olympian won the Selke Trophy in 2011 as the NHL's best defensive forward.

The Pacific Division champion Ducks finally completed their long pursuit of an elite NHL center to lead their second line behind captain Ryan Getzlaf. Kesler also is an elite faceoff winner, an area where the Ducks struggled at times during the postseason.

Anaheim even kept the 10th overall pick in the draft, a product of their trade last year sending forward Bobby Ryan to Ottawa. The Ducks did send a third-round selection - No. 85 - to the Canucks, who flipped that pick to the New York Rangers for rugged forward Derek Dorsett.

Kesler has struggled with injuries for the past three seasons, including a torn shoulder labrum, an injured wrist and a broken foot. He still appeared in 77 games for the Canucks last season, scoring 25 goals.

Kesler has two years and $10 million left on his contract.

Vancouver is now under new management and eager for a fresh start after missing the playoffs this spring for the first time since 2008.

Anaheim also tried to land Kesler at the trade deadline last season but couldn't reach a deal with the Canucks. The Ducks finished atop the Western Conference standings in the regular season and beat Dallas in the first round of the playoffs before losing a seven-game, second-round series to eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles.

Bonino developed into a steady center for the Ducks after breaking into the NHL during the 2009-10 season. The former sixth-round draft pick by San Jose had 22 goals and 27 assists in 77 games last season for the Ducks before scoring eight points in 13 playoff games.

But the Ducks are tweaking their already strong roster with an eye toward playoff success, and Kesler's tested veteran skills fit perfectly. Kesler scored 19 points in 25 playoff games in 2011 while the Canucks reached Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, losing to Boston.

Sbisa could use a fresh start after falling out of favor with Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau last season, playing in just 30 regular-season games and two postseason contests. The Swiss defenseman struggled with injuries and never reclaimed a significant role in Anaheim's defensive corps.

The Ducks are hoping to stay on top of the standings while retooling their roster, and general manager Bob Murray has a wealth of young talent to fill the roster spots vacated by Bonino, Sbisa, Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu, Daniel Winnik and goalie Jonas Hiller.

Forwards Rickard Rakell, Devante Smith-Pelly and Emerson Etem all cracked the lineup during the postseason, and Finnish Olympic defenseman Sami Vatanen should get a chance for a regular NHL job. The Ducks' goalies next season are expected to be Frederik Andersen and John Gibson, who both played in the postseason as rookies.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 27TH

1890 - George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)

1917 - 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service

1963 - Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder

Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games

1969 - Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match

1979 - Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't)
1980 - Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0

1984 - Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1986 - Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking

1986 - Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning

1988 - Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)

1992 - 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon

1993 - NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game

Doug McDermott traded to Bulls

The Chicago Bulls got their man, trading their two first-round picks for sharp-shooting forward Doug McDermott, who was taken 11th by the Denver Nuggets, league sources told ESPN on Thursday night.

The Bulls were high on the former Creighton star all season, scouting him a number of times. They were also looking for a trade partner for the 16th and 19th picks to shave money off next year's salary cap.

Is that a good sign for the Bulls' free agent hopes this summer?

While the Bulls pursue free agent Carmelo Anthony, getting McDermott addresses one of their biggest needs: shooting and scoring.

As a team, the Bulls shot 42 percent from the field and 33.3 percent on 3-pointers last year. They were the lowest-scoring team in the NBA, averaging 93.7 points per game without Derrick Rose for all but 10 games.

Mike Dunleavy and Kirk Hinrich were the only reliable long-ranger shooters on the roster. Hinrich is a free agent, and Dunleavy could be prime bait in a sign-and-trade deal.

McDermott was the consensus college player of the year during his senior season, averaging 26.7 points, shooting 52.6 percent from the field and 45 percent from 3-point ranger.

McDermott is the fifth-highest scorer in Division I history with 3,150 points, and he is a career .458 shooter from 3-point range.

McDermott could play the post in college, and was measured at 6-foot-7-3/4 with shoes on at the NBA draft combine.

Cavs take Andrew Wiggins at No. 1

Andrew Wiggins of Kansas was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night.

The Cavs went for a freshman from Canada to open the draft for the second straight year and will hope Wiggins works out better than Anthony Bennett.

Bennett was injured last summer, came into the season out of shape and made no impact, one of the reasons the Cavs were back in this spot again.

But Wiggins seems a much more ready product after averaging a Kansas freshman-record 17.1 points. He might have ended up as the top pick anyway, but became the best option for the Cavs when Jayhawks teammate Joel Embiid suffered a stress fracture in his right foot shortly before the draft.

Wearing a black tuxedo jacket with a white floral pattern, the guard slipped on a maroon Cleveland hat, hugged his supporters and went on stage to shake hands with Commissioner Adam Silver, who was calling the first round for the first time since replacing David Stern.

Milwaukee followed with another freshman, Duke forward Jabari Parker, who on Wednesday disputed that he was out of shape for his workout with Cleveland and performed poorly.

Embiid went third to Philadelphia, drawing loud cheers from the many red-and-blue dressed 76ers fans who made the trip to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, as well as from Philadelphia guard Michael Carter-Williams, last season's Rookie of the Year who was sitting on the arena floor level.

The 76ers had two top-10 picks and could afford to take a chance on Embiid, the big man who may have ended up the top prize despite his lone season at Kansas ending early because of a bad back. But once the foot injury popped up during workouts, leaving his NBA debut uncertain after surgery, the two teams at the top passed.

Arizona forward Aaron Gordon went fourth to Orlando, which also had two picks in the lottery.

Trail Blazers presented max extension to LaMarcus Aldridge's representatives

Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen and general manager Neil Olshey formally presented the representatives of three-time All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge a maximum contract extension in Los Angeles last week, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Allen and Olshey met with Wasserman Media Group agents Thad Foucher and Arn Tellem to lay out the max contract extension scenarios available to Aldridge and reaffirm the franchise's desire to secure him for the long term, league sources said.

With only a remote chance that Aldridge will agree to the three-year, $55.5 million extension afforded him this summer under the collective bargaining agreement, the Blazers are determined to keep Aldridge on a five-year, $108 million extension that he can sign upon reaching free agency next summer.

Aldridge has publicly and privately expressed a strong desire to stay with the Blazers, and there's believed to be significant momentum toward him ultimately recommitting to Portland. The fact that the owner and GM made the trip to present the offer face-to-face wasn't lost on Aldridge's camp, sources said.

In a career-best season, Aldridge averaged 23.2 points and 11.1 rebounds in leading the Blazers to the Western Conference semifinals. Aldridge was selected as a third-team All-NBA player.

Klinsmann, Loew nurse US, Germany to KO stage

Joachim Loew and Jurgen Klinsmann shook hands, smiled and patted each on the shoulders, like the two good friends they are. The two coaches had every reason to be pleased: both of their teams advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup.

Loew's Germany beat Klinsmann's United States 1-0 thanks to Thomas Mueller's fourth goal of the tournament and the outcome allowed both teams to advance. Portugal beat Ghana 2-1 in the other Group G match but both were eliminated.

A draw would have been enough as well, and it had been the matter of much conjecture before Thursday's match at the rain drenched Arena Pernambuco. But neither team held back and both attacked, although Germany was clearly in control.

''Well, first I asked him (Klinsmann) for the result of the other match. I didn't know that and he also told me they advanced and I told him, I'm happy,'' Loew said.

''That is a tough group and the Americans were a bit the outsiders. Everybody considered Portugal a favorite to make it. ... (The Americans) really have qualities, they fight, they can run and they really are tough on the opponent. If you beat Ghana, play a draw against Portugal, I think you deserve to make it to the next round.''

Germany, a three-time champion, now travels to Porto Alegre to play Algeria, the runner-up in Group H, on June 30. The Americans play group winners Belgium on July 1 in Salvador.

Belgium beat South Korea 1-0 and Algeria finished second in the group with a 1-1 draw against Russia.

''It's a good feeling because now it's really just a clear picture for everyone. Just focus on that one opponent you have for that next game. ... We'll just talk about one team to beat at a time and this is why I'm really excited'' about this next phase, Klinsmann said.

Klinsmann was Loew's predecessor and made him his assistant, until Klinsmann quit following Germany's third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup at home. Loew then took over and is still looking for his first major title.

Klinsmann also warmly embraced Germany players, some of whom got their start under him. Mueller got his Bundesliga debut in August 2008 when Klinsmann was the coach of Bayern Munich.

Klinsmann must have had a good nose for talent, since Mueller is on track to retain his Golden Boot title by scoring his fourth goal of the tournament, to go with five he had in 2010.

Germany's goal came in the 55th minute after a corner by Mesut Ozil. U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard did well to punch out a header by Per Mertesacker but pushed the ball into the path of Mueller who rifled a shot inside the far post from the edge of the penalty area.

''We clearly dominated the match and we played not a bad game against a top-fit American team,'' Mueller said. ''I finally scored a pretty goal. I manage it every now and then. We're all terribly ambitious and this ambition can take us very far and I try to give my part in each and every match.''

Mueller played despite needing five stiches to close a cut above his right eye sustained in the 2-2 draw with Ghana on Saturday and still visible five days later.

The United States had a chance to level the match in stoppage time, but Alejandro Bedoya's low shot inside the box was swept away by the sliding Mario Goetze, a late substitute. The Americans won a corner but Clint Dempsey's header at the far post went high.

''We knew it would be a difficult match today. We were ready for that. We controlled the match and did not allow any chances until late in the match,'' Loew said. ''We failed to score a second goal that would have settled the issue earlier.''

FIFA bans Suarez for 4 months for biting opponent

Luis Suarez exits the World Cup with one of the longest bans in tournament history, and his reputation once again in tatters.

The Uruguay forward, widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, was banned by FIFA from all football for four months on Thursday for biting an Italian opponent in an incident that marred the team's victory and progression to the second round.

It's the third time he's served a suspension for biting an opponent - after similar incidents at both Ajax in the Dutch league and Liverpool in England - and the second straight World Cup where Suarez exits in disgrace.

The four-month ban will sideline Suarez for the first two months of Liverpool's season. He was also suspended for Uruguay's next nine matches, which extends beyond the four months and rules him out of next year's Copa America, where his team is the defending champion. The Uruguayan football federation said it would appeal.

Aside from Diego Maradona's 15-month suspension for a failed drug test at the 1994 tournament, it's the longest ban handed out to a player at the World Cup. FIFA also fined Suarez 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000).

Suarez bit the left shoulder of defender Giorgio Chiellini on Tuesday in Natal during Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy, an incident that went unpunished by the referee but was witnessed by fans around the world on TV. Given Suarez's previous biting incidents, the images went viral immediately.

''Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field,'' Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA disciplinary committee, said in a statement.

The Uruguayan federation was preparing an urgent appeal, as Suarez headed home. FIFA even barred him staying with teammates ahead of their round-of-16 game against Colombia on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.

''Luis in the next few hours will travel to Montevideo to be with the rest of his family to recover,'' federation president Wilmar Valdez told reporters.

Suarez scored both goals in Uruguay's 2-1 win over England, a performance that further enhanced a reputation that had gradually been rebuilt following a 10-game suspension for biting a Premier League opponent last May, and an eight-game ban for racially abusing an opponent in 2011. Suarez was voted the English league's best player last season after a campaign void of any disciplinary issues.

But now, the 27-year-old Suarez is the main actor in the World Cup's most damaging episode for a second time.

In the quarterfinals in 2010 in South Africa, his deliberate handball on the goal-line in the final minute of extra time denied Ghana an almost certain winning goal that would have made it the first ever African semifinalist.

Suarez was sent off, and then refused to apologize for his celebratory dance near the players' tunnel where he stayed to watch Ghana miss the resulting penalty. He also shrugged off criticism Tuesday of his bite.

As usual, Uruguay officials and players defended their star player Thursday.

''It feels like Uruguay has been thrown out of the World Cup,'' Valdez said, denouncing ''a severe punishment.''

Veteran defender Diego Lugano wrote on his Facebook page that Suarez's family should be ''proud of him, he deserves it.''

'A hug to Luis, who, as always, will rise,'' Lugano, captain on the 2010 team, wrote. ''Outrage, impotence, I think that's what all of us feel. We all would like a fairer world, but that world simply doesn't exist.''

Even Uruguay fans who agreed Suarez's action was ''stupid'' did not agree with the sanction.

''Uruguay is a small country that eliminated two big nations like Italy and England and it's not for FIFA's benefit to let Uruguay continue playing,'' supporter Juan Jose Monzillo said in Montevideo.

Suarez's ban extends one game more than Italy defender Mauro Tassotti's eight-match international sanction for elbowing a Spanish opponent in a 1994 World Cup quarterfinal. That incident was also missed by match officials.

By also banning Suarez from all football activities, FIFA also prohibited Suarez from entering a World Cup stadium. He cannot train with Liverpool until the ban ends in late October.

''Hopefully he will realize now that behavior of this type will not be tolerated under any circumstances,'' said FIFA vice president Jim Boyce of Northern Ireland.

The ban includes Liverpool's first three Champions League games in the five-time European champion's return after a five-year absence. Suarez will also miss the first nine Premier League matches.

Suarez would still be allowed transfer to a different club during the ban, Fischer said. He has been linked to a move to Barcelona.

Sports manufacturer adidas, which sponsors both Suarez and the World Cup, said it agreed with the ruling. The company said it will not use Suarez for ''additional marketing'' during the World Cup but would not immediately drop him as a client.

''We will again be reminding him of the high standards we expect from our players,'' adidas said in a statement.