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Baze suspended for controversial whipping incident (AP)
Russell Baze, the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing history, was suspended for 15 days and fined on Sunday for using his whip on an injured horse who later died.

Bears LB's Lamborghini found wrecked on highway (AP)
A damaged black Lamborghini registered to Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs was found abandoned early Monday alongside the Edens Expressway on the city's North Side.

Little League bus catches fire (AP)
A bus carrying two Asian teams leaving the Little League World Series caught fire early Monday, but the children escaped safely.

Texas prep star Mitchell had verbally committed to OU (AP)
A Houston-area high school football standout who had orally committed to play at the University of Oklahoma next year was shot to death at an apartment complex in Harris County on Friday. Herman Mitchell, 17, died at Ben Taub General Hospital of multiple wounds.

NASCAR admits scoring error against Busch (AP)
"We're human and we're no different from most other sports. Football has end zone calls, sideline calls, and baseball has balls and strikes. Pick any sport. Just because they've got a strike zone superimposed on a camera, you can't regulate your balls and strikes like that. It's still an umpire or referee making split-second calls."

Former Arizona State RB gets 20 years for murder (AP)
Former Arizona State running back Loren Wade, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2005 slaying of another ex-Sun Devils football player, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday.