Basketball
Tucker's 7 steals help U.S. to U-16 women's gold medal
New Town guard Jannah Tucker broke a U.S. record with seven steals as the Americans won the FIBA Americas U-16 women's gold medal late Saturday night with a 73-40 rout of Brazil in Merida, Mexico. "It is surreal," Tucker, a rising junior, said of winning gold. "It's a great accomplishment, and I'm just proud to represent the USA." Tucker finished with 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. "I think the game was great," she said. "We did everything well, offensively and defensively. We played hard, and we knew what we wanted from the start." The United States (5-0), Canada (4-1) and Brazil (3-2) qualified for the 2012 FIBA U-17 world championship in the Netherlands.
WNBA: Former Maryland guard Kristi Toliver had 11 points, five rebounds and five assists in helping the host Los Angeles Sparks (3-1) to a 74-50 rout of the Seattle Storm (2-2).
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Phelps edged out by 0.01 in 200 butterfly in Santa Clara
Michael Phelps of Fells Point lost the 200-meter butterfly by one hundredth of a second to Nicholas D'Arcy of Australia on Sunday, the final day of the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix. D'Arcy touched the wall in 1minute, 55.39seconds. Robert Bollier of Mission Hills, Kan., was third in 1:57.92. Phelps' silver was his fourth medal of the meet. Camryne Morris of Baltimore was second in the women's 800 freestyle, finishing in 8:35.14; Wendy Trott of South Africa won in 8:32.27. The meet was the seventh and final stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series.
Harness racing: Prayer Answered, trained and driven by Greg Callahan, won the first division of the The Bob Mitchell Memorial at Ocean Downs in Berlin in 1 minute, 57.3 seconds. The second division was won by Nuts and Jolts; the third by Dutch's Gal and the fourth by Quite Judy. Two $5,000 divisions of the Dawn Trader Memorial Pacing Series highlight tonight's card. First post is at 7 p.m.
Major League Soccer: Substitute Charlie Davies converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute to give visiting D.C. United a 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night.
—From Sun staff and news services