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Villanova resident Marucci wins U.S. Senior Amateur title
U.S. Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci won the USGA Senior Amateur, beating George Zahringer, 2-up, in Fort Worth, Texas. Marucci, 56, who lives in Villanova, won for the first time in 51 starts in USGA events. He lost to Tiger Woods in the 1995 U.S. Amateur final.
Marucci, the captain of the victorious 2007 Walker Cup team in Northern Ireland, will be unable to defend his title next year in Chicago. He will instead be at Merion as the returning captain of the 2009 Walker Cup squad.
Zahringer was 3-down through 12 holes, but the 55-year-old New Yorker rallied to cut the deficit to one with a par on the par-5 15th. They halved the 16th and 17th with pars and Marucci won with a par on 18.
In other tournaments:
* Diane Lang won the USGA Senior Women's Amateur for the third time in 4 years, beating Toni Wiesner, 6 and 5, at Tulsa (Okla.) Country Club.
* Anthony Kim had eight birdies on his way to a 6-under 64 in his Tour Championship debut to build a four-shot lead in Atlanta.
* Jill McGill, Jane Park and Jeong Jang shot 7-under 65s for a share of the Navistar LPGA Classic lead in Prattville, Ala.
Cycling
* The anti-doping expert charged with monitoring Lance Armstrong said he would test the seven-time Tour de France winner for "everything" and keep frozen samples of Armstrong's blood to be analyzed in the future. Don Catlin, who runs Anti-Doping Research, said testing details, including costs, still must be worked out with Astana, the Kazakhstan-based team that will pay for it.
* Cycling's world governing body and Tour de France organizers agreed to end years of feuding over control of the sport.
* Germany's Bert Grabsch won the time trial world championship in Varese, Italy.
Basketball
* Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says the speculation that LeBron James will leave Cleveland in 2 years is out of line and "an insult to the city." Gilbert says it's nothing more than conjecture from bored sports writers. He says James has given no indication that he plans to leave for New York after his contract expires in 2010.
* Allan Houston signed with the New York Knicks and will attempt another comeback with his former team.
* The Rockets matched Charlotte's 3-year, $9 million offer sheet for restricted free agent Carl Landry, keeping the forward in Houston.
* Francisco Garcia agreed in principle to a multiyear contract extension with Sacramento.
* Connecticut freshman Nate Miles was arrested on charges he violated a restraining order.
* Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt had arthroscopic surgery on her right shoulder.
* Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon's contract was extended through the 2015-16 season.
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