INDIANAPOLIS — Colts receiver Anthony Gonzalez missed the team’s practice Sunday because of an injured right leg.
Coach Jim Caldwell didn’t give details Sunday about the injury, which occurred during Saturday’s minicamp. Gonzalez stayed on the field after hurting his leg but spent the rest of practice stretching it.
Caldwell said Gonzalez, who is expected to replace Marvin Harrison in the Colts’ lineup, could return to the field Tuesday or Wed- nesday when Indianapolis finishes its scheduled offseason workouts.
• Citing two anonymous sources, ESPN reported Brett Favre recently had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder to repair a torn biceps tendon, another indication the three-time NFL MVP is considering coming out of retirement.
Massey notches first top fuel victory
JOLIET, Ill. — Top fuel rookie Spencer Massey raced to his first career victory in the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, beating points leader and No. 1 qualifier Antron Brown in the final.
Massey finished in 3.856 seconds at 308.35 mph. Tony Pedregon, Jeg Coughlin and Matt Guidera also won their categories.
• Brawn GP’s Jenson Button won the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul for his sixth victory in seven Formula One races.
Aussie takes prologue
NANCY, France — Cadel Evans of Australia won the opening prologue at the Dauphine Libere, beating Tour de France rival Alberto Contador of Spain by eight seconds.
Contador pushed Evans hard over the 7.5-mile route around Nancy, but Evans won in 15 minutes, 36.64 seconds. Defending champion Alejandro Valverde of Spain was 23 seconds off the pace to finish third in the prologue — as he did last year.
Footnotes.
Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt bested his own Hayward Field record by winning the seldom-run 300 meters in 31.30 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. Merritt surpassed his mark of 31.31 at the venerated track in 2006. He also topped the Prefontaine-best 32.19 set by Jason Rouser in 1994.
• Taylor Twellman became the fifth player in MLS history with 100 goals, scoring twice in the second half to lead the host New England Revolution to a 4-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls.
• Kenny Cooper scored in the 87th minute to help FC Dallas extend its unbeaten streak to four matches with a 2-2 tie at home against the San Jose Earthquakes.
• Alana Beard scored 16 of her 27 points in the third quarter and the Washington Mystics won their WNBA home opener 77-71 against the Atlanta Dream.
• Lindsay Whalen had 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 66-57 victory over the host New York Liberty.
• Charde Houston scored a career-high 23 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 96-74. The Lynx shot a team- record 63 percent from the field.
• Lauren Jackson scored 25 points and led the Seattle Storm to an easy 80-70 win over the Sacramento Monarchs.
The Associated Press
