In brief: Arkansas tops CS Fullerton in CWS opener
College baseball: Andy Wilkins homered and drove in five runs to help Arkansas start off the College World Series with a 10-6 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.
The Razorbacks ripped freshman pitcher Noe Ramirez while stunning the No. 2-seeded Titans and giving Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn his first victory in seven CWS games.
The Hogs (40-22) play Monday night against LSU (52-16). Fullerton (47-15) meets Virginia (48-14-1) in the Bracket 1 elimination game Monday.
•LSU wins other opener: Sean Ochinko’s three-run homer gave LSU the lead in the fifth inning and Ryan Schimpf’s two-run blast in the eighth broke open the game for the Tigers, who beat Virginia 9-5 in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
LSU, ranked No. 1 in the major polls and the No. 3 national seed, extended its season-high win streak to 11 games.
Logano wins again in Nationwide race
Auto racing: Joey Logano cruised past Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go and held on to win Kentucky Speedway’s Nationwide Series race for the second consecutive year.
Last year in the Meijer 300, Logano became the youngest winner in a Nationwide event. On Saturday night, he made history as the first repeat winner in the Sparta, Ky., track’s signature NASCAR race.
It was Busch’s second runner-up finish of the day, having lost the NASCAR trucks race in Brooklyn, Mich., earlier.
•Braun wins his first trucks race: Colin Braun took advantage of an unintentional block by a lapped truck to pass Kyle Busch and race to his first NASCAR trucks win at Michigan International Speedway.
The 20-year-old Braun gave team owner Jack Roush his 50th trucks victory and third in a row at the track.
This race looked as if it belonged to Busch. He led 62 laps and appeared in total control before suddenly coming upon the slow-moving Norm Benning, two laps off the pace.
Busch slowed and ducked low on the banked 2-mile oval on Lap 77, driving nearly into the infield grass to get past Benning, while Braun went high around both Benning and Busch to grab the lead.
Braun came into the race 18th in points with only three top-10 finishes in eight starts.
Pole-winner Brian Ickler was third, followed by Matt Crafton, Mike Skinner, Taylor Malsam and Ron Hornaday Jr.
Phelps outlasts rivals in 400 freestyle
Swimming: Michael Phelps held off a late charge by his rivals to win the 400-meter freestyle at the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix.
Phelps cruised to an early lead in the final, but he had to dig in over the final 100 meters to win in 3 minutes, 48.05 seconds at the outdoor pool.
Ryan Cochrane of Canada settled for second in 3:48.40. Robert Hurley of Australia was third in 3:48.49.
Murray versus Blake in Queen’s Club final
Tennis: Andy Murray reached his first grass-court final, while Andy Roddick’s quest for a fifth title at Queen’s Club in London ended when he had to retire against James Blake with a foot injury.
Murray beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-4 in their Aegon Championships semifinal, before Roddick had to quit at 4-4 in the first set of his match against Blake.
•Djokovic will play Haas: Novak Djokovic defeated qualifier Olivier Rochus 7-6 (7), 6-4 to reach the Gerry Weber Open final in Halle, Germany, where he will play Tommy Haas in a bid for his first grass-court title.
Haas rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) in an all-German semifinal.
•Sharapova loses: Maria Sharapova fell 6-4, 6-4 to Li Na of China in the Aegon Classic semifinals in Birmingham, England.
Sharapova, the former No. 1 player, had been out for 10 months with a shoulder injury before returning to action last month at the French Open.
Li will play Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, who defeated Sania Mirza of India 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Split decision goes Cotto’s way
Boxing: Miguel Cotto overcame an early cut from an accidental headbutt and several brutal rounds from Joshua Clottey to earn a narrow split decision inside a packed Madison Square Garden in New York, retaining his WBO welterweight title.
Referee Don Trella scored the fight 116-111 and John McKaie 115-112, both for Cotto, while Tom Miller had it 114-113 for Clottey. The Associated Press scored it 116-112 for Cotto.
•Calderon keeps title: Ivan Calderon retained his 108-pound junior flyweight title after an accidental headbutt forced a stop to his fight against Rodel Mayol and the judges declared it a draw on the undercard of the Cotto versus Clottey fight.
Franklin wins by unanimous decision
Mixed martial arts: Rich Franklin won a unanimous decision over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 in the sport’s first show in its newest territory – Cologne, Germany.
Franklin, a former UFC middleweight champion, rebounded from a split-decision loss to Dan Henderson in January. Silva, a former Pride titleholder and among MMA’s most exciting figthers for most of the past decade, lost for the fifth time in his past six fights.