July 16
1920 — Babe Ruth breaks his own season record of 29 homers with his 30th as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth ends the season with 54.
LONDON — ESPN and Sky will show Scottish Premier League soccer live in Britain and Ireland for the next three seasons, with an option for an additional two.
MADRID — Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt will join the race to succeed Max Mosley as president of Formula One's governing body.
ROME — Italian police have arrested Serbia's former national cycling coach in an alleged doping ring involving both professional and amateur riders in northeastern Italy.
PRAGUE — Third-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic defeated Monica Niculesco of Romania 7-5, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open.
STUTTGART, Germany — Mischa Zverev of Germany upset top-seeded Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup.
Zverev also defeated Simon at the Rome Masters in May.
BASTAD, Sweden — Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco has reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open, saving a match point late in the third set before beating Daniel Koellerer 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-5.
MOSCOW — Team doctors are not to blame for the death of rising star Alexei Cherepanov, who collapsed during a Continental Hockey League game last year in Russia.
LAS VEGAS — The World Series of Poker main event reached its final table on Wednesday night as Jordan Smith busted in 10th place with a pocket pair of aces — the best starting hand in no-limit Texas Hold 'em.
Season tickets for New York Jets and Giants football games have been handed down for generations, leaving a vast majority of fans on the teams' waiting lists unable to buy seats.