August 29, 2008
United tops Galaxy, Beckham to remain hot
The Los Angeles Galaxy wilted in the heat during David Beckham's annual visit to the nation's capital - hardly the best scenario against a D.C. United team that is scoring goals in bunches.
Luciano Emilio scored twice, Marcelo Gallardo had one goal and Jaime Moreno converted a penalty kick yesterday as United won its fourth straight Major League Soccer game, dominating the second half of a 4-1 victory over the Galaxy before an announced 35,979, a season high, at steamy RFK Stadium.
"I'm disappointed with the way it went in the second half," Beckham said. "We lost our way. ... It was hot out there, but it was more than that today."
• Ravens // Authorities say a man with the same name and date of birth as cornerback Derrick Martin was cited for drug abuse after he was found in possession of suspected marijuana at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Cleveland police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said screeners discovered three bags of suspected marijuana while searching the man at a security checkpoint Saturday night. Stacho said police were testing the substance to determine whether it was marijuana. He said the citation is a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of a $100 fine. Martin was a sixth-round draft pick in 2006 out of Wyoming.
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• IndyCar // Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan took advantage of an out-of-sequence pit stop by front-running teammate Marco Andretti late Saturday in Richmond, Va., and ran away with the SunTrust Indy Challenge for his first win of the season. Kanaan avoided the near-constant mayhem caused by a record-tying nine caution flags.
• WNBA // Sue Bird had 14 points and seven assists to lead a balanced attack as the Seattle Storm (9-7) won, 64-49, over the visiting Washington Mystics (6-9). Alana Beard scored 16 points but was 6-for-17 from the field for the Mystics, who were held to a season low in points.
• Lacrosse // Tim Donovan (Loyola High, Johns Hopkins) and Andrew Feinberg (McDonogh) each scored three goals as the United States under-19 team defeated a Washington state area all-star team, 21-2, in Seattle in its final exhibition game before beginning play Thursday in the International Lacrosse Federation U-19 World Championship.
• Horse racing // Dagnabit won the $105,300 Tremont and Bold Union romped in the $109,500 Astoria in 2-year-old stakes at Belmont Park in New York. Dagnabit beat Regardlesofoutcome by a half-length to remain unbeaten in two starts. Cornelio Velasquez was aboard for trainer Rick Dutrow as the colt ran the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1 minute, 6.68 seconds. Bold Union also improved to 2-for-2 with an overpowering 9 3/4 -length win in the Astoria for fillies.
• NHL // The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Los Angeles Kings for forward Jarret Stoll and defenseman Matt Greene. ... The Minnesota Wild traded forward Brian Rolston to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional draft pick in 2009 or 2010.
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