AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
May 12
1917 -- Omar Khayyam, ridden by Charles Borel, becomes the first foreign-bred (England) colt to win the Kentucky Derby with a 2-length victory over Ticket.
1924 -- Walter Hagen wins the PGA championship with a 2-up victory over Jim Barnes.
1955 -- Sam "Toothpick" Jones of the Cubs gets a no-hitter the hard way. In the ninth inning against Pittsburgh, he walks the bases loaded and proceeds to strike out the next three batters for a 4-0 victory.
1970 -- Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Pat Jarvis in the Chicago Cubs' 4-3 victory over Atlanta at Wrigley Field.
1974 -- The Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks 102-87 to win the NBA championship in seven games.
1996 -- A three-way dead heat is run at Yakima (Wash.) Meadows, the 20th such finish in thoroughbred racing history there. In the day's third race, a trio of $8,000 claimers -- Fly Like A Angel, Allihaveonztheradio and Terri After Five -- hit the wire together.
College
Baseball
Grove City 9, Bethany 3 -- Bethany senior Aaron Meadows (Wellsville, Ohio) hit his 18th career home run but it wasn't enough in the Presidents‚ Athletic Conference (PAC) tournament. Ray Mertz hit a two-out single to bring in a pair of unearned runs and put Grove City in front 2-0. Bethany (15-23) took a 3-2 lead, but it was short-lived, as Grove City answered with a pair in the bottom of the third.
Arena Football League
Today's games
Austin at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Kansas City at Utah, 9 p.m.
Boxing
May 12
At Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Antonio Escalante, El Paso, Texas, vs. Juan Ruiz, Santa Clarita, Calif., 12, for WBO-NABO super bantamweight title.
May 24
At Montreal (ESPN), Herman Ngoudjo, Canada, vs. Samuel Malinga, South Africa, 12, for Ngoudjo's WBC International light welterweight title; Victor Puiu, Canada, vs. Hercules Kyvelos, Canada, 10, welterweights.
At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, Shannon Briggs, West Orange, N.J., vs. Chris Koval, Youngstown, Ohio, 12, for the vacant USBA heavyweight title.
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