Sports Briefs August 1, 2010
Basketball
An SUV carrying former NBA star Dennis Rodman in South Florida flipped over but he wasn't hurt.
Sgt. Mark Wysocky of the Florida Highway Patrol said Rodman and another passenger weren't injured in the single-vehicle crash on Saturday on Interstate 95 near Fort Lauderdale. The driver was taken to a hospital.
Wysocky said the Land Rover flipped over after having a tire problem. No charges were expected.
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, said he spoke with his client on Sunday, and he confirmed that he was unhurt. Prince said Rodman had just returned to the U.S. from the Caribbean island of St. Tropez, where he had a disc-jockey gig.
Prince said: "Thank God he's OK."
Football
The New York Jets opened training camp without cornerback Darrelle Revis, Albert Haynesworth missed another practice with the Washington Redskins after failing to take a conditioning test, and the San Diego Chargers finally signed rookie running back Ryan Mathews.
Revis is holding out while locked in a contract dispute with the Jets, and there's no telling how long the All-Pro might stay away.
Haynesworth's sore left knee kept him from taking the conditioning test once again, forcing him to sit out practice for the fourth straight day.
The two-time All-Pro defensive tackle won't be allowed to practice until he passes the test. He failed it on the first day of training camp Thursday and again on Friday. He didn't take it Saturday because he had a small amount of swelling in his knee.
Mathews signed a five-year, $25.65 million contract with the Chargers, with just more than $15 million in guaranteed money. The heir apparent to LaDainian Tomlinson, Mathews made it to Sunday's late-afternoon practice. He missed seven practices, including three for rookies and selected veterans last week.
San Diego moved up 16 spots in the draft to take Mathews with the 12th pick overall. He'll replace Tomlinson, the 2006 NFL MVP who was released in the offseason and then signed with the Jets.
Late Sunday night, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced that they had come to terms with their first-round pick, defensive tackle Tyson Alualu from California. The deal is for five years and worth about $28 million.
• The Denver Broncos kicked off training camp in Englewood, Colo., without the negativity that enveloped them a year ago, when their two first-round draft picks were holdouts and the man wearing No. 15 was recalcitrant receiver Brandon Marshall.
With Marshall in Miami, rookie quarterback Tim Tebow is donning that number now, and his presence was a big reason the Broncos drew 3,103 fans to the start of training camp, a record for the first day at Dove Valley.
Auto Racing
Mark Webber took advantage of a penalty against Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel to win the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary, at the Hungaroring track.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second, followed by Vettel and the other Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa.
Webber's fourth win of the season gave him the lead in the drivers' championship with 161 points, four points better than Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who dropped out on lap 24 with technical trouble.
Tennis
Sam Querrey fought off a match point in the second set and went on to beat Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3 in the Farmers Classic final in Los Angeles.
Querrey successfully defended the title he won last year in his hometown tournament. He became the first player to repeat in consecutive years in Los Angeles since Andre Agassi in 2001-02.
Bob and Mike Bryan earlier Sunday won their record 62nd career doubles title on the ATP Tour.
The twin brothers defeated American Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands Antilles 6-7 (8-6), 6-2 (10-7) in the Bryans' 100th career final.
• Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-1 in Stanford, Calif., to win the Bank of the West Classic, her first title of the season.
- The Associated Press