Clemson beats top-seeded Arizona State
College Baseball: Clemson roughed up previously unbeaten Arizona State ace Seth Blair and got strong performances from Casey Harman and Alex Frederick to stop the No. 1 national seed Sun Devils 6-3 Monday in the College World Series.
The Tigers (44-23) are the only non-No. 1 regional seed to make it to Omaha.
The Sun Devils (52-9), who haven’t lost consecutive games this season, will meet South Carolina in an elimination game today.
• McGee homers, earns save in FSU’s 8-5 CWS win: To Florida State’s Mike McGee, pitching is hard work and hitting home runs is fun.
He mixed business and pleasure, leading the Seminoles to an 8-5 victory over Florida in a College World Series elimination game.
McGee hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the third inning, laid down a squeeze bunt in the fourth and moved in from left field to pick up the save.
The Seminoles (48-19) will play Wednesday night against Texas Christian, which lost to UCLA Monday.
• Bruins control CWS bracket with 6-3 win over TCU: Gerrit Cole struck out 13 and carried a one-hitter into the seventh inning, and Cody Regis and Jeff Gelalich homered to lead UCLA to a 6-3 victory over TCU in a winners’ bracket game at the College World Series.
The win gives UCLA control of Bracket 1 and three days off. The Horned Frogs will play Florida State in an elimination game Wednesday, with the winner meeting the Bruins on Friday.
Fans gather for Lakers’ parade
NBA: Thousands of fans cheered the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers during a victory parade that players promised to repeat next year with a third consecutive title.
The hour-long parade capped a season that ended with an 83-79 Game 7 victory over the Boston Celtics last Thursday and a 16th NBA title for the Lakers.
• Blazers, Warriors swap second-round picks: The Portland Trail Blazers are paying the Golden State Warriors to move up 10 spots in the second round of the draft.
The Warriors announced that they traded the 34th overall pick to Portland for the 44th pick and cash considerations.
• Cavaliers’ new colors are deeper, brighter: Without knowing if LeBron James will ever wear a Cleveland jersey again, the Cavaliers have slightly changed their team colors.
The Cavs have deepened the original wine and brightened the original gold colors the team used exclusively from 1970-83.
Goosen wins 5 skins at Telus Skins Game
Golf: Retief Goosen made five birdies to win earn five skins worth $75,000 , while Canadian Mike Weir was shut out the first day of play at the Telus Skins Game.
Goosen, fresh from a poor performance at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, made five birdies during his nine-hole performance at the Bear Mountain Resort.
Kim leads U.S. Amateur: Kimberly Kim shot a 5-under 66 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Women’s Public Links at South Bend, Ind.
Kim, from Hilo, Hawaii, shot 33 on the front and back nine at the Warren Golf Course at the University of Notre Dame. She finished with six birdies and one bogey.
Gonzaga’s Victoria Fallgren is tied for 80th with a 77 and teammate Genna Dodge is tied for 130th with an 82. The field of 156 players will be cut to 64 after today’s second round of stroke play. The final 64 will begin match play Wednesday.
Dillon charged in drunken driving case
NFL: The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced that it has charged former Cincinnati Bengals running back and University of Washington star Corey Dillon with two misdemeanors in connection with his arrest in April on suspicion of drunken driving.
Dillon, who played 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots before retiring in 2006, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and driving while having a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or more.
• Panthers WR Smith breaks arm playing flag football: Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith will miss the start of training camp with a broken left forearm.
Smith will be sidelined for at least the first couple of weeks of camp, but is expected to be ready for the season opener Sept. 12 at the New York Giants.
Uconn’s Moore, PSU’s Hodge share Cup
Miscellany: Connecticut basketball star Maya Moore and Penn State volleyball standout Megan Hodge were named co-winners of the Honda-Broderick Cup.
The two were surprised to learn they both earned the award, which is given to the nation’s top female college athlete, during a ceremony at UCLA. It was only the second time the award has been given to two athletes in the same year. Southern California basketball standout Cheryl Miller and Florida swimmer Tracy Caulkins were co-winners in 1984.
•USADA finds 7 rules violations in 2010 1st quarter: The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has found seven rules violations in the first quarter of the year. There were four violations in the first three months of 2009.
The agency said it performed 1,868 doping control tests in the first quarter.