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LOCAL
Neshannock boyhit by foul ball
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A 6-year-old boy was recovering from a fractured jaw after being hit by a foul ball at a Pirates game at PNC Park.
Logan Nawrocki, of Neshannock, was sitting with his father and twin brothers about 12 rows behind the visiting dugout Tuesday night when the foul hit by Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson in the seventh inning struck him in the jaw.
His father rushed him to a first aid station and Logan was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for X-rays and a CT scan.
Doctors told Nawrocki his son had his jaw broken in two places. Surgeons are recommending it be allowed to heal on its own, and Logan -- who enters second grade at Neshannock Township Elementary School on Tuesday -- will not have his jaw wired shut.
Logan won't be out of the game for long, however. The Pirates offered the family tickets for Sept. 14, and he will get to meet Wilson.
REGION
Aeros win 6-3
TRENTON, N.J. -- Brian Luderer drove in four runs as the Akron Aeros beat Trenton 6-3 Thursday night, eliminating the Thunder from Eastern League playoff contention.
NATION
Tony Stewartre-signs with Gibbs
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart ended speculation about his future by agreeing to a five-year contract extension that will keep him with Joe Gibbs Racing through 2009.
Financial terns of the deal were not disclosed.
Golf roundup
* ALOHA, Ore. -- Fuzzy Zoeller and Jim Ahern had 6-under 66s and held a one-stroke lead on Thursday in the opening round of the Jeld-Wen Tradition, the year's final major on the Champions Tour.
Hale Irwin and Graham Marsh were tied for second, while six players -- Wayne Levi, Tom Kite, Tom Watson, Bruce Fleisher, David Eger and Morris Hatalsky -- were another stroke back at 68.
Defending champion Jim Thorpe had a 69 on the 7,200-yard Reserve Vineyards Golf Club.
* SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Candie Kung, coming off her second LPGA Tour win of the year, shot an 8-under 64 and took a two-shot lead in the first round of the State Farm Classic.
Kung had six birdies, including a 30-foot birdie putt on 18, and an eagle in matching her low round of the season. Hee-Won Han, a two-time winner, shot a 66.
Michelle McGann, the 1996 tournament champion, Kristi Albers, Leslie Spalding, Pat Hurst and Tammie Green were all at 67.
WORLD
U.S. wins in rout
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.S. team beat Puerto Rico 91-65 in its final game of the second round at the Tournament of the Americas. Tim Duncan led Team USA with 16 points.
The Americans are 8-0 in the Olympic qualifying tournament and will face Puerto Rico again in the semifinals on Saturday. The winner advancer to the 2004 Olympics while the loser will get another chance at qualifying for Athens on Sunday in the third-place game against either Canada or Argentina.
Kelli White wins gold
SAINT-DENIS, France -- U.S. sprinter Kelli White won the gold at the World Championships in the women's 200 meters, finishing in a time of 22.05 seconds. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya of Russia was second, and American Torri Edwards took the bronze.
Australia's Jana Pittman won the women's 400-meter hurdles, while Sandra Glover of the United States finished second.
Cuba's Yipsi Moreno won the women's hammer throw and Italy's Giuseppe Gibilisco upset the field to win in men's pole vault.
Reyna sold
SUNDERLAND, England -- Manchester City agreed to a tentative deal to acquire U.S. soccer captain Claudio Reyna from Sunderland for $4 million.
Staff/wire reports