RENO, Nev. — Nevada starting wide receiver Brandon Wimberly was shot and seriously wounded early Saturday in a fight between a group of his football teammates and another group of men.
Police say the 22-year-old Wimberly was shot once in the abdomen when he approached the other men in downtown Reno as they fled in a car. He was taken to a hospital and is in serious condition.
Nevada coach Chris Ault says Wimberly underwent surgery and is fortunate that his injuries aren’t life-threatening, but he is not expected to play football again.
Wimberly will be a junior this fall. He was second on the Wolf Pack in receptions last season, with 41 catches for 482 yards.
Bartoli defeats Kvitova
EASTBOURNE, England — Marion Bartoli of France warmed up for Wimbledon by defeating Petra Kvitova 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the final of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament.
Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi will play the men’s final.
Tipsarevic defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2, 6-4, and Seppi outlasted Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
• Roberta Vinci of Italy rallied from a set down to beat Jelena Dokic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Unicef Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands.
Dmitry Tursunov of Russia won the men’s final, defeating Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-3, 6-2.
WNBA: Latta, Swoopes power Shock
TULSA, Okla. — Ivory Latta scored 22 points and Sheryl Swoopes had 13 to help lead the Tulsa Shock to its first victory of the season with a 77-59 WNBA win over the Washington Mystics.
Footnotes.
Michael Phelps has found a new event to dominate, easily winning the 200-meter backstroke at the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix.
The 14-time Olympic gold medalist touched the wall more than three seconds ahead of the competition at 1 minute, 57.05 seconds.
Missy Franklin, a sophomore at Regis Jesuit High, finished third in the 200 free (2:00.03) and 200 backstroke (2:09.88).
• Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez broke a tie in the 66th minute and defending champion Mexico rallied in the second half to beat Guatemala 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in East Rutherford, N.J.
• Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland in Schaffhausen, while Damiano Cunego of Italy maintained the overall lead.
The 21-year-old rider led the sprint to finish ahead of Australia’s Matt Goss and Britain’s Ben Swift in 3 hours, 52 minutes.
• Former Indiana star Calbert Cheaney was hired by coach Tom Crean as the Hoosiers’ new director of basketball operations.
