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Rex King Jr. wins modified race

HARTFORD

Rex King, Jr. was the winner of Saturday’s Governor Insurance Agency Big-Block Modifieds race at Sharon Speedway.

Other winners were: Tom Snyder, Jr., Barris Supply FASTRAK Late Models; Alan Dellinger, Ainsley 500 Heating & Cooling E-Mods; Paul Davis, Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars; Bill Fuchs, Presidential Lawn Care Mini Stocks; and Max Wilkinson and Levi Spinneweber, Mini Late Models.

“Friday Night Thunder” will be featured when racing resumes on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Sharon Speedway.

Deerfield crowns midseason champs

DEERFIELD

Midseason champions were crowned in eight divisions on Saturday at Deerfield Raceway.

Winners were: Carson Miller, Uniontown, Magrell’s Pizza Jr. Sprints; Shayne Meadows, Deerfield, Hoosier Tire Jr. Mods; George Hobaugh Chicora, Pa., Demyan Towing Micro Sprints; , Kenny Meadows, Deerfield, Rudzik Excavating Mod Lites; Todd Canter, Warren, Summit Racing Chargers; Terry Ohl, Warren, Summit Racing Classics; Charlie Summers, Akron, Malcolm Hydraulics E- Mods; and Derek Weisent, Alliance, Mel’s Towing Compacts.

Feller Award presented

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.

The late Bob Feller is not forgotten in Cooperstown.

Dmitri Young was given the inaugural Bob Feller Player of the Game Award at the Hall of Fame Classic. He hit a three-run homer in the third annual old-timers’ game Sunday and was the most valuable player.

Feller’s wife, Anne, made the trip from the Cleveland area and called it an honor.

Major League Baseball stopped participating in the annual Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field three years ago. This one-stoplight village then found a hero in Feller. Feller was enshrined in Cooperstown in 1962 and didn’t want to see a tradition die after nearly seven decades.

Connors plans memoir in 2012

NEW YORK

Jimmy Connors has a memoir coming, with a few overhead smashes promised.

HarperCollins announced Sunday it has signed up the brash tennis superstar for a book coming in June 2012, when Connors turns 60.

The currently untitled memoir will cover everything from his 1970s romance with Chris Evert to his fierce competition with John McEnroe.

The book’s publication also will coincide with the 30th anniversary of his last Wimbledon victory, when he defeated McEnroe in the final.

Connors won eight Grand Slam singles titles as a player in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Taurasi powers Mercury to victory

PHOENIX

Diana Taurasi scored seven of her 32 points in overtime, all on free throws, as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 93-89.

Candice Dupree had 21 points and 18 rebounds for the Mercury (1-3), who were the WNBA’s last winless team this season. Marie Ferdinand-Harris added 17 points, including the final two free throws with 8.5 seconds left for Phoenix, which trailed by 12 late in the third quarter.

Jessica Davenport had 20 points and nine rebounds before fouling out 13 seconds into the extra period, and Jeanette Pohlen added 17 points, including 5 for 5 on 3-pointers in the first, for the Fever (3-3).

Goggin captures Wichita Open

WICHITA, Kan.

Australia’s Mathew Goggin won the Wichita Open for his second Nationwide Tour title of the year and fourth overall, holing a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 2-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Kyle Thompson.

Goggin, also the winner of the season-opening Panama Championship, finished at 18-under 266 in hot and windy conditions on the Crestview Country Club’s North Course.

Staff/wire report