South Bend, Indiana; July 28, 2008

Local

Local Athlete Swims Channel: Plymouth native Mallory (Cook) Mead, 22, completed her swim across the English Channel Saturday. She made the trip in 10 hours, 34 minutes.
Mead’s friend, Penn High School graduate Clara Bennett, is also plans to attempt the channel swim this week.

Announcements

St. Joseph County 4-H Fair Open: The St. Joseph County 4-H Fair is open today until Saturday from noon to 11 p.m. The midway opens at 1 p.m.
The fairgrounds are at Ironwood and Jackson Roads. The entrance is south of Jackson Road on York Road.
Admission is $6 today through Thursday and $7 Friday and Saturday. Children 8 and under are admitted free; $5 for seniors (65 and over).


Free Press Sports

Silver Hawks 3, Bees 2 (12): Pinchrunner Matt Oxendine scored in the 12th inning on a wild pitch to break up what had a well-pitched game up to that point.
Relievers Clay Zavada, Daniel Stange, and Billy Spottiswood combined for 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Spottiswood got the win.
The teams meet again tonight at the Cove; game time is 7 p.m.
MLB NL: Cubs 9, Florida 6; Mets 9, St. Louis 1; Rockies 11, Reds 0; Padres 3, Pirates 1; Phillies 12, Braves 10; Astros 11, Brewers 6; Diamondbacks 7, Giants 2; Dodgers 2, Nationals 0.
MLB AL: Tigers 6, White Sox 4; Red Sox 9, Yankees 2; Twins 4, Indians 2; Mariners 5, Blue Jays 1; Orioles 5, Angels 2; Royals 6, Rays 1; Athletics 6, Rangers 5.
MLS Scores: Fire 0, Kansas City 0; New York 1, San Jose 1; FC Dallas 4, Los Angeles 0; Columbus vs. Colorado, late.
WNBA Scores: Saturday—Monarchs 70, Fever 62; Comets 79, Sky 65; Sunday—Fever at Mercury, late; Liberty 86, Dream 76; Sun 82, Mystics 60; Sparks 92, Lynx 84 (OT); Monarchs at Storm, late.
Johnson Wins Brickyard 400: Defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson won a race marred by six competition cautions.
The longest stretch of racing was 12 consecutive laps.
Sixteen drivers led the race and there were a total of 26 lead changes.
The 26 lead changes set a new record, but so did the 52 laps run under caution.
Brickyard 400 Top Finishers: 1. Jimmie Johnson (Chevy); 2. Carl Edwards (Ford); 3. Denny Hamlin (Toyota); 4. Elliott Sadler (Dodge); 5. Jeff Gordon (Chevy); 6. Jamie McMurray (Ford); 7. Kasey Kahne (Dodge); 8. Greg Biffle (Ford); 9. Jeff Burton (Chevy); 10. AJ Allmendinger (Toyota); 13. Ryan Newman (12 Dodge).
Sprint Cup Leaders: 1. Kyle Busch 3004; 2. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2751; 3. Jeff Burton 2733; 4. Jimmie Johnson 2689; 5. Carl Edwards 2684; 6. Jeff Gordon 2544; 7. Greg Biffle; 8. Denny Hamlin 2453; 9. Kasey Kahne 2441; 10. Tony Stewart; 11. Matt Kenseth 2366; 12. Clint Bowyer 2362; 16. Ryan Newman 2218.
Arena Bowl: Philadelphia Soul 59, San Jose SaberCats 56.
Tour de France: 2008 winner is Spain’s Carlos Sastre.
Golf: PGA Buick Open—1. Chez Reavie 267 (-17), 2. Billy Mayfair 270 (-14); LPGA Evian Masters; Evian, France—1. Helen Alfredsson (won in third playoff hole), Na Yeon Choi, Angels Park 273, 1 (-15); Champions Senior British Open—1. Bruce Vaughn (won on first playoff hole), John Cook 278 (-6).
Stan Gebo Wins Metro Golf at 66: Stan Gebo won his fifth South Bend Metro Golf title this weekend at 66—that’s his age, not his score.
Gebo won his fourth Metro in 1975. He scored even-par 72 Sunday at Blackthorn to win this year’s.


Weather

Today High 85 Low 65 Mostly Sunny
Tue High 88 Low 63 Partly Sunny
Wed High 83 Low 62 Showers
Thu High 82 Low 63 Partly Sunny
Fri High 84 Low 62 Partly Sunny

TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., American Gladiators; 9 p.m., Nashville Star; 22—8 p.m., Big Bang Theory; 8:30 p.m., How I Met Your Mother; 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men; 9:30 p.m., The New Adventures of Old Christine; 25—8 p.m., Gossip Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28—8 p.m., Bones; 9 p.m., House; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Bible Prophecy; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., High School Musical: Get In the Picture; 9 p.m., Wanna Bet?; 69---8 p.m., Celebrity Exposè, 9 p.m., Decision House.

Nation/World

Seven Pilgrims Killed: Seven Shiite Pil-grims were slain in an ambush Sunday in Baghdad.
The victims were traveling through a Sunni neighborhood to a Shiite shrine when gunmen opened fire.
Police believe the gunmen were seeking to rekindle sectarian tensions in the area which had seen a lessening of violence due to the presence of U.S.-backed Sunni patrols.
Coordinated Bombs Kill 45 in India: An Islamic terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a well-coordinated series of bombs which killed 45 people and wounded 161.
Police said that 16 bombs were set off Saturday evening in several crowded neighborhoods.
Gunman Kills Two in Tennessee Church: A man opened fire with a shotgun in a Tennessee church Sunday, killing two people and wounding seven.
There were about 200 people in the Tennesse Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville watching a youth performance at the time of the attack.
The gunman was tackled by church members and eventually taken into police custody.