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Eclipse Winner Lost in the Fog Has Terminal Cancer
The team from Matamoros, Mexico, left, and the New England team from Portsmouth, N.H., share a light moment together before opening ceremonies for the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.
(By Carolyn Kaster -- Associated Press)
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The 6-foot-11, 265-pound Pollard averaged 3.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 45 games -- 32 starts -- last season for the Indiana Pacers. . . .
Former George Mason standout Jai Lewis has signed a professional basketball contract and will play for Bosna of the Adriatic Basketball Association. He will be playing in the league's top division and as a forward on the league's most dominant team. Bosna is based in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season starts on Sept. 30.
· TENNIS: In Montreal, Martina Hingis held off Svetlana Kuznetsova for a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 win in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.
Hingis advanced to today's semifinals against Anna Chakvetadze , a 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 winner over Shahar Peer .
Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic will meet in the other semifinal. Safina defeated Nicole Pratt , 6-1, 6-0, shortly after finding out that her brother, men's star Marat Safin , had been injured in a car accident on Thursday in Cincinnati.
Safin has a suspected mild concussion and a stiff neck after his car was struck by another vehicle, but called his sister after her match to assure her he was fine.
· LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: In South Williamsport, Pa., Lake Charles of Louisiana defeated Columbia, Mo., 1-0, on Gabe Von Rosenberg 's sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth.
Louisiana pitchers allowed just one hit. In other games, Portsmouth, N.H., defeated Murrayhill of Beaverton, Ore., 6-1; and Arabian American of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia shut out Surrey, British Columbia, 5-0.
· BOXING: In Dallas, Evander Holyfield began his latest comeback with an easy triumph over Jeremy Bates . Holyfield, 43, rocked Bates into the ropes late in the first round, withstood a few hard body shots early in the second then caught his insurance-salesman foe in the corner to earn a technical knockout with 4 seconds left in the round, capturing his first victory since June 2002.
