AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Taylor Jungmann allowed two hits over six innings Monday night and top-seeded Texas earned its first trip to the College World Series since 2005 with a 5-2 baseball victory over TCU.
Kevin Keyes homered in the first inning for the Longhorns (46-14-1), who have won six national championships. Jungmann struck out five and walked one in picking up his eighth win of the season before being replaced by Austin Wood in the bottom of the seventh.
The Longhorns earned their 33rd trip to the College World Series.
Favre gets deadline
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings reportedly have told Brett Favre to decide this week if he wants to play this season.
Coach Brad Childress imposed the deadline on the star quarterback, according to ESPN. The network cited two unidentified sources on its website.
With the Vikings interested in bringing him back for a 19th season, however, Favre has reportedly been considering a comeback contingent on the full healing of his throwing arm.
ESPN has reported Favre had arthroscopic surgery sometime in May on his ailing right shoulder, but that it hasn’t responded. The report said the 39-year-old wouldn’t return to play football unless he feels better.
Footnotes
Rafael Nadal is having his knees checked by doctors and expects to announce his status for Wimbledon in the coming days.
A posting on Nadal’s website said the reigning Wimbledon champion is in Barcelona for medical tests Monday and today and is expected to make an announcement by Wednesday.
• Roy Boe, who owned both the Julius Erving-led New York Nets of the ABA and the fledgling New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1970s, has died. He was 79.
• Television ratings for Game 2 of the NBA Finals are down slightly from last year.
ABC said that the Los Angeles Lakers’ 101-96 overtime win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night earned an 8.2 fast national rating. That’s down less than 4 percent from the 8.5 for last season’s Game 2 between the Lakers and Boston Celtics.
• Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals has earned the series’ highest cable television rating since 2002.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Versus on Thursday night drew a 2.8 rating and averaged 3.45 million viewers.
The network said the average 2.7 rating for Games 3 and 4 was up 42 percent over the two games it aired last year.
The 2.8 rating was the highest on Versus, beating the previous record set by Game 3.
• Johnny Benson lost his ride when Red Horse Racing folded his team because it couldn’t find sponsorship for the defending Truck Series champion.
• Deanna Nolan scored 27 points as the host Detroit Shock avenged an opening-night rout with a lopsided 81-52 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Associated Press
