Hincapie wins USA Cycling; Louder 3rd
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Hometown favorite George Hincapie sprinted hard the last 100 meters on rainy streets Sunday to win the USA Cycling Pro Road Race Championship.
Hincapie topped rivals Andrew Bajadali and Salt Lake City's Jeff Louder as a crowd cheered him to the finish.
Hincapie says he "was in full-crank mode" during the last dash.
Hincapie, with Team Columbia-High Road, finished in 4 hours, 33 minutes and 36 seconds to win his first U.S. Road Race championship since 2006.
Hincapie won his first national title in 1998 and got the victory after coming off a broken collarbone from a fall during the Tour de France.
Bajadali followed in 4:33.37 for Kelly Benefit Strategies and Louder, who attacked on the final lap before being caught by Hincapie, in 4:33.39 in third.
Patriots' Bruschi retires after 13 seasons
BOSTON (AP) — Tedy Bruschi is retiring after a 13-year career marked by an inspiring return to the New England Patriots as a starting linebacker eight months after a stroke.
A person familiar with his decision told The Associated Press that the 36-year-old Bruschi will announce his retirement at a news conference Monday morning. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.
Bruschi played on all three Super Bowl-winning Patriots teams. The last championship game was on Feb. 6, 2005, against the Philadelphia Eagles. Ten days later he was hospitalized after experiencing numbness in his left arm and left leg and blurry vision and was diagnosed with a mild stroke.
49ers' Lewis suffers another concussion
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco strong safety Michael Lewis has sustained his second concussion in 11 days and will be evaluated this week before he can return to the field.
Lewis, who has played sparingly this preseason because of injuries, took a knee to the helmet in the first quarter of San Francisco's 20-13 win at Dallas on Saturday night.
A Pro Bowler in 2004 with the Philadelphia Eagles, Lewis also suffered a concussion during a joint practice with the Oakland Raiders on Aug. 18.
Red Sox's Matsuzaka hit hard in rehab
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed five runs in the first inning of a rehab start for Boston's Double A affiliate Portland.
Matsuzuka allowed a leadoff homer among his four hits and walked three. He pitched a perfect second inning, retiring the side on nine pitches, but took the 5-3 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Matsuzaka threw 58 pitches, 38 for strikes.
Woeful Red Bulls upset Columbus Crew
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dane Richards made a 50-yard run with a loose ball off a corner to give the New York Red Bulls a 1-0 upset over Columbus and snap the Crew's five-game win streak.
The win was the second straight for the lowly Red Bulls (4-16-4) since Richie Williams was made interim head coach after the resignation of Juan Carlos Osorio.
RAPIDS 1, DYNAMO 0: At Commerce City, Colo. (AP) — Julien Baudet scored his first goal of the year in the 55th minute. Playing in his first game since breaking his left forearm last month, Baudet was standing in front of an open net when he received a corner kick from Mehdi Ballouchy and buried a header past goalkeeper Pat Onstad.