VONN’S FINAL EFFORT EARNS HBO FEATURE
Lindsey Vonn’s ill-fated final season as a ski racer will be showcased in a feature length HBO documentary coming in November.
A camera crew from Wyomingbased Teton Gravity Research was with Vonn in a severely abbreviated season as she fell short in pursuit of Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record for World Cup wins (86). She competed in only three World Cup races for the season and retired with 82 wins — most ever by a woman.
Vonn’s quest to surpass Stenmark was derailed when she injured a knee while training at Copper Mountain in November. She joined the World Cup tour more than a month after the season began and raced three times in January at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, crashing the third day in a super-G. She skipped the next World Cup race and finished her career at the world championships in February, skipping the final month of the World Cup season.
At the world championships she crashed in the super-G but took a bronze medal in her final race, a downhill.
Titled “Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season,” the documentary will debut Nov. 26 on HBO. It will be available on other HBO platforms as well.
Prep star Jones qualifies for CoBank Colorado Open.
WESTMINSTER» Amateur Connor Jones, a 17-year-old senior-to-be at Mountain Range High School, shot a 3-under par 68 at Legacy Ridge Golf Course to finish in a three-way tie for fifth and advance to the CoBank Colorado Open, to be held at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver on July 25-28.
Jones is the first amateur of 45 qualifiers who have qualified.
Also qualifying Tuesday were comedalists Joe Harvie (Orting, Wash) and John Greco (San Jose, Calif.), who shot 5-under 66s at Legacy Ridge; Cole Nygren of Longmont; Chris Wiatr of Woodbury, Conn.; Landon Michelson of Miami; Tanner Gore of El Paso; Bart George of Annapolis, Md.; Grady Meyer of West Fargo, N.D.; Bryan Hogan of Richmond, Texas; Andrew Meyers of McKinney, Texas; and Peter Israel of New York.
Alternate qualifiers from Tuesday’s play are Austin Lienemann of Highlands Ranch and Blake Morris of Waterbury, Conn.
Vikings RB Thomas suspended.
Minnesota Vikings running back Roc Thomas was suspended for the first three games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse.
The league announced the punishment Tuesday, the week before training camp begins. Thomas can participate in preseason practices and games. If he makes the team, he would be eligible to return to action Sept. 23.
Thomas was sentenced to three years of probation in May after pleading guilty to fifth-degree felony possession of marijuana. He was arrested at his apartment in January, when police officers found 143 grams of the drug.
Sparks’ Williams out 10 games without pay.
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Sparks guard Riquna Williams was suspended without pay by the WNBA for 10 games — nearly a third of the season — for a domestic violence incident.
Williams was arrested on April 29 and charged with two felony counts, one involving the assault of an individual with whom she was in a relationship and the other involving a threat to another person with a firearm. Her criminal case is ongoing.
The WNBA conducted its own investigation and consulted with a panel of experts in the field of domestic violence. Among other factors, the league said it took into account the nature and seriousness of the allegations, including the involvement of a gun. The WNBA also required Williams to undergo counseling. — Denver Post staff and wire services