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July 14, 2008

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•Pro footballHarriet Irsay, mother of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, died of natural causes, the team announced Saturday. She was 87.

•Pro basketballNikki Blue scored 13 points, including two key free throws in the final minute, as the host Washington Mystics (8-12) held off the Connecticut Sun, 69-64, yesterday. Lindsay Whalen scored 33 points for the Sun (13-8).

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•Hockey All-Star center Vincent Lecavalier signed an 11-year, $85 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lecavalier, 28, scored 40 goals last season.

•TennisThird seed Tommy Robredo defeated Tomas Berdych, 6-4, 6-1, to win the clay-court ATP Swedish Open in Bastad. ... Juan Martin del Potro won his ATP first title, upsetting second seed Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 7-5, in the clay-court Mercedes Cup final in Stuttgart, Germany. ... Victor Hanescu won his first career title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Igor Andreev in the ATP Swiss Open final in Gstaad. ... Second seed Alize Cornet won the WTA Budapest Grand Prix in Hungary, defeating Andreja Klepac, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

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