Nuggets: : Star forward Carmelo Anthony (Towson Catholic) sat out Denver's preseason opener against Minnesota because of a bruised left ring finger. Anthony was injured when the ball was slapped out of his hand during practice Thursday. X-rays were negative.
Johns Hopkins hangs on for 36-34 football win
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Johns Hopkins raced to a 33-point lead and then held off visiting Dickinson to win, 36-34, at Homewood Field. Andrew Kase rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns for the Blue Jays (4-2, 2-2 Centennial Conference). Pat O'Connor led the Devils (3-3, 2-2) with a school-record 396 all-purpose yards, including 248 receiving, and three touchdown catches. Kase's 1-yard touchdown run and a 69-yard touchdown run by freshman Lyndon O'Connor in the third quarter put the Blue Jays up 33-0. Then the Devils rallied. Ian Mitchell's 58-yard touchdown pass to O'Connor on fourth-and-10 with 1:33 left pulled Dickinson to 36-34, but Mitchell's two-point pass attempt was batted away. The Blue Jays recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock. Hopkins had 477 yards of offense.
More college football: : Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said he would start freshman backup quarterback Willy Korn in place of senior Cullen Harper against Georgia Tech next Saturday, seeking to spark what was supposed to be among the nation's best offenses. The Tigers (3-3, 1-2 ACC) and Harper have not come close to last season's record-setting attack. The final straw for Bowden was Thursday night's 12-7 loss at Wake Forest.
Auto racing: : Helio Castroneves can leave the country for an IndyCar event this month in Australia after a federal judge in Miami agreed to modify bail conditions on tax charges the driver is facing. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff said he was convinced that "the dumbest thing Mr. Castroneves could do" would be to flee to his native Brazil and not show up for court, given his lucrative racing and endorsement career based in the U.S. The judge initially prohibited the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner from traveling outside the continental U.S. for races or other work but agreed to modify those conditions for the Oct. 26 event in Brisbane.
Horse racing: : Kentucky racing officials plan to challenge a recommendation that there's insufficient evidence to suspend Big Brown's trainer, Rick Dutrow of Hagerstown, for violating doping rules. The order by hearing officer James Robke indicated that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission was unable to prove Dutrow's horse, Salute the Count, had an excessive amount of the legal drug Clenbuterol in his blood after finishing second May 2 in the Aegon Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs. That was one day before Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby.
