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It's hard to discuss the Arizona Wildcats' 2-0 start without using the two most deflating words in the English language: Yeah, but …

SAN FRANCISCO — "I like opening with Arizona."

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers appear to have the Arizona Diamondbacks on the run, although they won't dare admit it.

RICHMOND, Va. — Jimmie Johnson plans to start the Chase for the Sprint Cup worried about the 11 other guys. That'll work right out, since those 11 guys will undoubtedly be fairly wary of the two-time defending champion in NASCAR's playoff.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.

CLEVELAND — Tony Romo's bloodied chin needed stitches and an X-ray, and Marion Barber's ribs were badly bruised. The Dallas Cowboys absorbed more than a few hard blows on Sunday.

● Phillies 6-3, Mets 2-6: In New York, Carlos Delgado homered twice in the second game as the Mets salvaged a split in a doubleheader to keep Philadelphia from gaining a share of first in the NL East.

● Angels 3, White Sox 2: In Chicago, Joe Saunders earned his first win in over a month, and Los Angeles rallied to avoid a three-game sweep.

BEARS 29, COLTS 13

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady went from the disappointment of a Super Bowl loss to the devastation of an injury that could keep him out indefinitely.

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ST. LOUIS — For three years, Camilo Villegas managed to make a name for himself without winning.

RICHMOND, Va. — Jimmie Johnson has momentum on his side and history in sight.

EL PASO — Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.

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Jeff Gordon is the winningest active driver with 81 trips to Victory Lane and four titles, and he said Jimmie Johnson is the favorite to win the title.

RICHMOND, Va. - David Ragan's chances of making the Chase for the championship went from reasonable to terrible and then to hopeful before he faded late in the Chevrolet 400.

JOLIET, ILL. - Chip Ganassi was able to celebrate his sixth open-wheel championship Sunday after Scott Dixon wrapped up the IndyCar Series title with a second-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.

Nicolas Grigsby walked out of the Arizona Wildcats' locker room late Saturday night to find that hundreds of flying grasshoppers — drawn in by the stadium lights — were dive bombing him from above.

Lovie Jung has looked at her silver medal only twice.