IN BRIEF
Joe Kelley captured $920 with a first-place finish in the Pure Stock Pandemonium event Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway.
Kelley started seventh, but eventually took over the rest of the field as Chicora's Greg Beach finished second and Mike Pegher, Jr. took third in the 30-lap event.
Other winners include:
Bob Egley of Kittanning won the 15-lap school bus feature.
Egley started in first and held off Butler's Mike McNeish and Bill Clepper and Ben Clepper, both from Freeport.
Butler's Chuck King and Aaron Hayes finished first and second, respectively, in the demolition derby.
Lernerville will hold the David and Earl Bauman Memorial Weekend Friday and Saturday. The action will include MACS Late Models, Pure Stocks and Modified Lites on Friday and All-Star Sprints, BRP Modifieds, Commercial Trucks and Trailers and Modified Lites on Saturday.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory, has died Sunday after a long fight with leukemia.He was 70.Clendenon played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1961-68.
LAS VEGAS - Leavander Johnson was in a drug-induced coma Sunday following emergency brain surgery he underwent just minutes after losing his lightweight title.Johnson was rushed to the hospital after being stopped by a flurry of punches Saturday in the 11th round of his IBF lightweight title defense against Jesus Chavez at the MGM Grand.Tests showed improvement in his brain and gave doctors hope that Johnson would survive.
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. - Annika Sorenstam closed with a 2-over 73 and withstood a late charge from rookie Paula Creamer to win the John Q. Hammons Classic for the third time in four years.Sorenstam made 15 straight pars to start the final round and overcame bogeys on two of the last three holes to finish one shot ahead of Creamer (69) at 5-under 208.Sweden's Maria Hjorth (75) and Diana D'Alessio (69) tied for third at 2 under.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City officials are drafting a proposed lease agreement that will bring the NBA's New Orleans Hornets to the Ford Center to play at least part of their 41-game home schedule.An announcement is scheduled as early as to on plans to temporarily relocate the Hornets to Oklahoma City after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, making it unfeasible for the team to play its season, which starts in November, in its hometown.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes was honored as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player for the third time, edging Seattle's Lauren Jackson in the closest vote in league history.Swoopes, a five-time All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, also won in 2000 and 2002.
