Sports Briefs July 26, 2011
Auto racing
Kyle Busch used NASCAR's off-weekend to keep on racing, and to notch another victory.
Busch, who's third in the Sprint Cup standings, won the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway (Oxford, Maine) in his third try Sunday night.
He held off American Canadian Tour driver Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., who came in second, followed by 17-year-old Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine. Eddie MacDonald, who'd been seeking his third consecutive TD Bank 250 win, had to settle for fourth place.
Busch did a massive burnout after his victory, and held out the possibility of returning next year if he gets an invitation. He said, "We'll see what the wife says."
Football
Nearly three-quarters of funding to relocate a convention center hall to accommodate a downtown Los Angeles NFL stadium would come from guaranteed payments to the city by developer AEG under a tentative plan released for comment.
The non-binding memorandum of understanding released by city officials Monday said 27 percent of the bond charges would be paid for with new tax revenue from the stadium. AEG would pay the city the rest through a ground-lease and other fees.
The agreement calls for the city to issue $275 million in tax-exempt bonds to pay for the new convention center hall.
AEG had previously said it wanted more tax revenue sources from the project to finance the bond issue.
Baseball
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Rangers 20, Twins 6: Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as Texas pounded out the most runs and hits in the majors this season with a rout of Minnesota in Arlington, Texas.
Indians 3, Angels 2: Jason Kipnis delivered his first career hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning and host Cleveland beat Los Angeles.
White Sox 6, Tigers 3: Mark Buehrle pitched six innings and Carlos Quentin hit a bases-loaded double and host Chicago beat Detroit.
Royals at Red Sox, late: The game was heading into the 14th inning at press time.
Athletics 7, Rays 5: Conor Jackson hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and host Oakland beat Tampa Bay.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates 3, Braves 1: James McDonald struck out a career-high nine in 5 1/3 scoreless innings to lead Pittsburgh at Atlanta.
Cardinals 10, Astros 5: Carlos Lee hit his 16th career grand slam for Houston in the Astro's loss at St. Louis.
Padres 5, Phillies 4: Aaron Harang outpitched Cliff Lee, Chris Denorfia and visiting San Diego beat Philadelphia.
Mets 4, Reds 2: Carlos Beltran's sacrifice fly started a four-run rally in the seventh and New York won at Cincinnati.
Dodgers 8, Rockies 5: Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer to help Rubby De La Rosa win for the first time in six weeks and host Los Angeles beat Colorado.
Hockey
The New York Rangers have re-signed defenseman Steve Eminger.
The 27-year-old Eminger had two goals and four assists 65 games with the Rangers last season.
Softball
Taylor Hoagland hit a two-run home run, Valerie Arioto and Megan Langenfeld had RBI singles and the U.S. beat rival Japan 6-4 in Oklahoma City to win its fifth straight World Cup of Softball championship.
- The Associated Press