Lakers Owner Treated For Dehydration

Jerry Buss was recovering in a hospital after treatment for dehydration, a team spokesman said.

''He is recovering and is expected to be released soon,'' spokesman John Black said in a statement.
The team did not release any other details of the 78-year-old Buss' condition, when the dehydration occurred or the identity of the hospital. The hospitalization was first reported by TMZ.com.
Buss was hospitalized last December because of blood clots in his legs. At the time, Black said the condition was the result of ''excessive travel'' by Buss, who was involved in negotiations to end the NBA lockout.
Since Buss took ownership in 1979, the storied franchise has won 10 NBA titles.A/P

Thibault Pinot Wins 8th Stage Tour de France

Thibaut Pinot gave France its first stage victory in the Tour de France on Sunday while Bradley Wiggins of Britain kept the overall lead as the race entered Switzerland.

Pinot broke away from the pack during a steep, final climb and captured the 98-mile, eighth stage from Belfort to the Swiss town of Porrentruy. The 22-year-old Frenchman, the youngest rider in the main pack, held on during a frenzied chase in the last 6 miles, a mostly flat stretch.
This was by far Pinot's biggest achievement. His previous top performance was at the 2010 the Tour of Romandie, where he was honored as the best climber.
''I will remember this day my entire life,'' Pinot said as teammates embraced him. ''I can't yet get my mind around it.''

Overall, Wiggins leads defending champion Cadel Evans by 10 seconds. The Australian mounted a late but unsuccessful attack on the Briton. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali was third, 16 seconds off the pace
Defending Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez withdrew after a crash 35 miles into the stage. He broke his right hand and injured his left shoulder, and could miss the London Games.
Sanchez fell on his side before two other riders landed on him. He sat on the ground in tears, holding his left shoulder and arm as medical teams tended to him. He could not get back on a bike and was put on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital in Montbeliard.
Crashes have marred the first week of the Tour. Sanchez became the 20th rider to drop out of the three-week race. The Spaniard entered the day in 12th place.A/P

Roger Federer Ties Sampras With 7th Wimledon Title

The 30-year-old Federer has Tied Pete Sampras' record at the All England Club, and won his 17th Grand Slam title overall, by beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday.
''It has worked out so many times over the years here at Wimbledon that I play my best in the semis and the finals,'' Federer said. ''I couldn't be more happy. It feels great being back here as the winner.''
Once Murray's forehand landed wide on match point, Federer collapsed to the grass with tears welling in his eyes. He got up quickly and shook hands with Murray at the net.
Up in the players' box, Federer's wife and twin daughters cheered and smiled as he took his seat to await yet another Wimbledon trophy presentation.

''When the roof closed, he played unbelievable tennis,'' Murray said.
Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, including 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped to 0-4 in major finals, with three of those losses coming against Federer.

''It's amazing. It equals me with Pete Sampras, who's my hero,'' Federer said. ''It just feels amazing.''
Besides Sampras, 1880s player William Renshaw also won seven Wimbledon titles, but he did it at a time when the defending champion was given a bye into the following year's final.
Sunday's match was the first Wimbledon singles final to be played with the roof closed. The roof was first used at the All England Club in 2009.

Britain has been waiting 76 years for a homegrown men's champion at the All England Club, and the expectations on Murray were huge. Thousands of fans watched the match on a huge screen on ''Murray Mount,'' but left the grounds still waiting for a British winner.
Inside the stadium, Prince William's wife, Kate, sat in the Royal Box along with David Beckham, British Prime Minister David Cameron and a slew of former Wimbledon champions

''Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is,'' Murray said. ''It's not the people watching. They make it so much easier to play. The support has been incredible, so thank you.''
With his victory, Federer regained the No. 1 ranking from Novak Djokovic, allowing him to equal Sampras' record of 286 weeks as the top-ranked player.
''I never stopped believing. I started playing more, even though I have a family,'' Federer said. ''It all worked out. I got great momentum, great confidence and it all came together. So it's a magical moment for me.A/P

Breaking Report Jeremy Lin Signed By Houston Rockets

 New York Knicks restricted free-agent guard Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets have agreed to terms on a four-year contract offer

The person told The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't officially announced the deal.
Lin can sign the offer sheet with Houston on July 11, and the Knicks will then have three days to match the offer.
The Knicks have repeatedly said that they plan to keep Lin.
The contract is worth $10.2 million over the first two seasons and $9.3 million in each of the last two years. The fourth season is a team option.

The person also told the AP that the Rockets traded Kyle Lowry to Toronto on Thursday for a future first-round draft pick with lottery protection and forward Gary Forbes. Lowry averaged 14.3 points and 6.6 assists in 47 games for Houston last season.
The Rockets had Lin in training camp, but waived him because they had already had Lowry and Goran Dragic on their roster. Now that they've traded Lowry, and with Dragic headed to Phoenix, Houston is trying to get Lin back.
Lin was claimed by the Knicks after the Rockets let him go and soon became New York's starting point guard and ''Linsanity'' ensued.

He averaged 14.6 points, 6.2 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 35 games with 25 starts before his season was cut short because of surgery to repair torn cartilage in his knee.

Lin, who went undrafted out of Harvard, became a sensation with a remarkable stretch in February where he scored at least 20 points in nine of 10 games. A high point of that span came when he scored 38 points with seven assists in a 92-85 win over the Lakers on Feb. 10.

Hall Of Famer Boxer Jimmy Bivins Dies at 92

Jimmy Bivins, a boxing great of the 1940s and 1950s who defeated some of the greatest fighters of his time, has died at 92.

Bivins died of complications from pneumonia early Wednesday at an East Cleveland nursing home, according to his family.
Bivins retired from boxing in 1955 after more than 100 professional fights and was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999.
He never fought for a world title, but in 1942 he was given the unprecedented ranking of No. 1 contender in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He met seven fellow Hall of Famers, beating four, and 11 world champions, defeating eight.
Bivins had winning bouts with world champions Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, Melio Bettina, Anton Christoforidis and Teddy Yarosz. He also went the distance with Joe Louis and fought Jersey Joe Walcott to a split-decision.
He finished with a record of 86-25-1 (31 KO).A/P

TERROR Raid Near Olympic Stadium

Armed British police carried out an early-morning raid on a residential address near London's Olympic Park on Thursday, using smoke grenades and a stun gun in what they called a pre-planned anti-terror operation.

A total of six people were arrested there and in separate raids in other parts of the capital, but Scotland Yard said the operation was not linked to the upcoming games, due to kick off on July 27.
Police didn't identify the suspects, who range in age from 18 to 30. Mizanur Rahman, who is involved with a Muslim activist group, said all those arrested were British Muslims. He said the three men taken into custody in Stratford, the neighborhood that contains Olympic Park, were brothers and claimed that one was a former police officer.
A police press officer declined to comment on the claim.
Resident John Smallshaw said a raid took place at a residence on Abbey Road, only about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Olympic Park
He told The Associated Press he was awoken just after 4 a.m. by ''five loud bangs in quick succession'' and saw police raiding the home. He said he later witnessed ''one young man taken on foot to a waiting ambulance.''
Another man was later taken into an unmarked police car, Smallshaw said, adding that plainclothes officers were still at the premises.
Continuing searches are being carried out at eight separate addresses in east, west and north London and at one business in east London, police said. Rahman identified one of the addresses as being in Old Street, near London's financial district.
Police said all the suspects have been taken to a southeast London police station. A/P

Serena, Radwanska reach Wimbledon final

The 13-time Grand Slam champion reached her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday, smacking 24 aces to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the semifinals


The final point of the match was, fittingly enough, the record-breaking ace.
''I've been working so hard, and I really, I really wanted it,'' said Williams, a four-time Wimbledon champion who lost in the first round of the French Open in late May. ''I got a little tight in the second set. I couldn't relax. I was like, looking too far in the future and she came back. But I'm glad I was able to get through.''
The previous Wimbledon record of 23 aces was also set by Williams, but in a three-set victory over Zheng Jie in the third round of this year's tournament.
Williams controlled the play against Azarenka in the first set with her service game, winning 20 of the 24 points she started. She then went up an early break in the second set, but Azarenka responded to make it 3-3.
They held the rest of the way, and Williams picked up her three aces in the tiebreaker.
Williams will face Agnieszka Radwanska in Saturday's final. The third-seeded Pole beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
In the men's semifinals Friday, defending champion Novak Djokovic will face six-time winner Roger Federer, while Andy Murray will take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
For Radwanska, it was a steady hand - or steady backhands and forehands actually - that put her into her first Wimbledon final.
She won five straight games to take the first set, and then held on after taking an early lead in the second.
''This is a dream from when I was kid,'' the 23-year-old said. ''I'm playing tennis almost 18 years, and of course everybody's dream is to play the final of a Grand Slam.''
Radwanska is the first Polish woman to reach a major final since 1939, when Jadwiga Jedrzejowska lost in the French Championships.
Playing on Centre Court, both Radwanska and Kerber started well but soon started to show their nerves.
Each held at love in their opening service games, but Kerber broke for a 2-1 lead when Radwanska's backhand drop shot went wide.
It was one of only six unforced errors for Radwanska.
''We both were a bit nervous in the beginning,'' Radwanska said. ''Of course this is the semifinals, so you really want to try your best, but sometimes too much, and your hands a little bit shaking.
''After a couple of games, I just relaxed a little bit. I was really focusing on every point.''
The second set was more even, but Radwanska took a 3-2 lead by making it 3 for 3 on break points and then held the rest of the way.
Kerber finished with 26 winners, six more than Radwanska

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