Site last updated: Monday, April 27, 2026

Log In

Reset Password
MENU
Butler County's great daily newspaper

IN BRIEF

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home Sunday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators' 41-7 victory at Kentucky.

Tebow was released from the University Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., Sunday morning. He was held for precautionary reasons. Coach Urban Meyer spent the night in the hospital with Tebow, who flew back to Gainesville with his family and Meyer in the afternoon.

The top-ranked Gators (4-0) are off next week, then play at LSU on Oct. 10. It might be several days, maybe longer, before Tebow's status becomes clearer for what could be the toughest game on the defending national champions' schedule.

CLEVELAND — All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal, the big man the Cavaliers are counting on to deliver Cleveland a title, was welcomed to town on Sunday with a star-studded celebration that included sports celebrities and Average Joes looking to rub elbows with them.Fans lined up more than an hour outside The Barley House in the downtown Warehouse District for a chance to see Cleveland's newest wonder: Shaq.Before the guest of honor arrived, former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar, boxing champion Kelly Pavlik, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu and former Cavs star Austin Carr walked the red carpet.Kosar joked that the Browns, who dropped to 0-3 on Sunday with a 34-3 loss in Baltimore, could use the 7-foot-1, 325-pound O'Neal.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will travel to Copenhagen to help make Tokyo's final appeal to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.Hatoyama, who took office Sept. 16, is due to leave Tokyo on Thursday. The announcement of the 2016 site will be made in Copenhagen on Friday. Hatoyama's decision to attend the meeting was announced Monday by the Tokyo bidding committee.The other cities bidding for the 2016 Games are Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Jeneiro.

DANVILLE, Calif. — Sophie Gustafson is finally an LPGA Tour winner again, cruising to a four-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa in the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge on Sunday.The 35-year-old Swede shot a 4-under 68 at Blackhawk Country Club and finished at 20-under 268 to win her first title since the 2003 Samsung World Championship. She takes home the $165,000 winning purse for her fifth career tour victory.Ochoa shot an even 72 on Sunday to finish at 16 under.

SEOUL, South Korea — Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm became the oldest winner of a WTA Tour tournament since Billie Jean King in 1983, beating second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-3 for the Korea Open title on Sunday.Date Krumm turns 39 on Monday. King was 39 years, 7 months, 23 days when she won at Birmingham, England.

More in Sports Brief

Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter

* indicates required
TODAY'S PHOTOS