NOTEWORTHY
Boasson Hagen wins stage
After two second-place finishes, Edvald Boasson
Hagen finally got a stage victory at the Tour de France.
The Norwegian caught the right breakaways on the longest stage and used all of his guile and strength to hold off chasers in the final section Friday. Boasson Hagen was part of a 20-man group that
Chris Froome and Team Sky gave freedom to escape from the peloton because none of them presented a threat to his overall lead.
At the finish in Salon-de Provence, Boasson Hagen went right around a roundabout while others went left. His route proved shorter. That small lead and his strength on the flat made him uncatchable.
Froome’s group, which included the main race contenders, was still riding as Boasson Hagen celebrated his win. The peloton eventually rolled in at a leisurely place more than 12 minutes after Boasson Hagen claimed the first stage win for the Dimension Data team at this tour.
The overall standings remained unchanged, with Froome still leading French rider Romain Bardet by 23 seconds and Rigoberto Uran of Colombia by 29 seconds.
TRACK AND FIELD
In the last Diamond League race of his glittering career, Usain Bolt held on to win the 100 meters at the Herculis meet Friday in Monaco.
The eight-time Olympic champion from Jamaica was under pressure from Isiah Young of the United States in the last 30 meters but used his famed finish to win in 9.95 seconds. Young clocked 9.98.
Bolt is retiring after the world championships in London next month.
NFL
Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was suspended for the regular-season opener against Baltimore for his role in an altercation at a downtown Cincinnati hotel earlier this year.
Jones had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the January incident. The NFL said the suspension was for a violation of its personal conduct policy.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UW-Milwaukee coach Pat Baldwin named Pat Monaghan as an assistant coach. Monaghan joins Baldwin at UWM following six seasons at Minnesota State University.