Tennessee defensive end Jevon Kearse, a former Eagle who re-signed with his former Titans team in the off-season, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville.

A Vanderbilt spokesman said Kearse was stopped early yesterday morning after campus police reported seeing the SUV that Kearse was driving weaving across the road.

He was arrested and charged with DUI and violation of Tennessee's implied consent law for failing to take the Breathalyzer test.

Officials said Kearse was released later in the morning.

Kearse was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1999 with the Titans.

Suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones said he would like to stop using his "Pacman" nickname.

 

 

Olympics

With the first perfect dive of her long career, Laura Wilkinson locked up a third - and final - trip to the Olympics, holding off teenage phenom Haley Ishimatsu on the 10-meter platform at the U.S. diving trials in Indianapolis.

The 30-year-old Texan won gold on the big tower at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and plans to retire after Beijing.

Nineteen-year-old David Boudia beat 18-year-old Thomas Finchum, his close friend and longtime training partner, in the 10s on the men's platform.

Todd Wells and Georgia Gould clinched spots on the U.S. Olympic mountain biking team after no Americans won automatic bids in the world championships in Trentino, Italy.

Hunter Kemper earned the last of three berths on the U.S. Olympic triathlon squad at the Hy-Vee Triathlon in West Des Moines, Iowa. Sarah Haskins earned the final spot on the women's squad.

At the event, a 46-year-old Iowa man, Jim Goodman, died after being pulled from the water during the swimming leg. The cause of death wasn't immediately known.

 

Colleges

Tommy Mendonca drove in four runs, Clayton Allison came back from a shoulder ailment to allow one run over six innings, and the Bulldogs defeated North Carolina, 6-1, to win their bracket in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

Fresno State (45-30) will play Georgia (44-23-1) in the best-of-three championship series starting today.

 

Soccer

The United States advanced to the regional semifinals of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a listless 1-0 win victory over host Barbados as Eddie Lewis scored in the 21st minute off a through ball from 19-year-old Freddy Adu.

The United States opens the regional semifinals on Aug. 20 at Guatemala.

Horse racing

Jose Lezcano tied a Monmouth Park record held by four others by riding six winners in Oceanport, N.J.

 

WNBA

Tiffany Jackson scored a career-high 21 points and the New York Liberty set a franchise scoring mark with a 105-72 victory over the Phoenix Mercury in Madison Square Garden.

Cheryl Ford had 20 points and 12 rebounds to help the Detroit Shock beat host Atlanta, 97-76, sending the expansion Dream to a WNBA-record tying 13th straight loss to start the season.