Connecticut team advances in LLWS

Chad Knight lined a run-scoring single to left field in the bottom of the seventh inning, and New England champion Westport, Conn., beat Northwest champion Sammamish, Wash., 14-13 in a wild game Friday to earn a spot in the U.S. championship game at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Knight also hit a solo homer to tie it in the fifth.

Connecticut beat Sammamish for the second time in a week to advance to play Chula Vista, Calif., on Saturday for a berth in the title game. Tijuana, Mexico, will face Tokyo for the international title. The World Series championship is Sunday.

OBITUARY

Dean Meminger, the former Marquette guard who played a reserve role on the New York Knicks’ 1973 NBA championship team, was found dead Friday in a Manhattan hotel room. He was 65. Police said staff at the Hamilton Heights Hotel found Meminger unconscious and unresponsive inside a room and emergency personnel pronounced him dead. An investigation is ongoing. Meminger played six seasons with the Knicks and Hawks.

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