INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Busch’s incredible comeback rolled through Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Busch won the Brickyard 400 yesterday to sweep the weekend at the historic track. Busch missed the first 11 races of the season with a broken right leg and broken left foot.
CHEKHOV, Russia (AP) — South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson led the U.S. to its record sixth straight women’s under-19 world basketball title and seventh overall, scoring 30 points in the Americans’ 78-70 victory over Russia last night in the championship game. Wilson broke the U.S. women’s scoring record in a U19 game and averaged 18.3 points in the tournament to take MVP honors.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adonis Garcia’s first career home run broke a tie and rookie Matt Wisler worked seven strong innings in helping the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. Wisler limited the Cardinals to seven hits and walked three in his longest outing since he worked eight innings to beat the Mets in his debut June 19.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — John Smoltz has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The right-hander who starred for the Braves was enshrined yesterday. He joins two other pitchers from those great Atlanta teams who were entered the Hall last year — Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.
