Sports People

A twisted ankle knocked Pete Sampras out of the Monte Carlo Open. … Christophe Auguin of France closed in on victory at the BOC Challenge sailing race, only 156 miles off the Charleston jetties after more than seven months at sea. … After 31 years of critically praised broadcasting, it seems like an afterthought, but Keith Jackson finally has won a national Emmy. Despite 14 nominations and recent induction into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, he didn’t have a national Emmy until named this week as television’s best play-by-play guy. … Diane Guthrie-Gresham of George Mason recorded the second-highest collegiate heptathlon points total while winning the Penn Relays for the fourth straight year, this time with 6,271 points. The effort trails only UCLA’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who recorded 6,390 points in 1983. Ryan Werner of Liberty University won the college men’s decathlon with 7,463 points.