Overtime
From Staff and Wire Reports
Saturday, June 20, 2009

College Football

Howard, Zeier will call Georgia games

Longtime radio personality Scott Howard and former Bulldogs quarterback Eric Zeier have been named the permanent broadcast team for Georgia football, AD Damon Evans said Friday.

Howard and Zeier replaced legendary broadcaster Larry Munson for road games during the past two seasons. They also called home games after Munson's retirement last fall.

Howard, a Georgia graduate, served as color analyst alongside Munson from 1993-2008. He has been the play-by-play man for men's basketball since 1997.

Zeier's storied Georgia career ended in 1994. He played in the NFL from 1996-2001.

Swimming

Phelps to compete at meet in Canada

Michael Phelps will swim in Montreal this weekend in his final tuneup before July's U.S. championships in Indianapolis.

The 14-time Olympic gold medalist will compete in the Canada Cup at Olympic Park Pool. The U.S. championships serve as trials for swimming's world championships in Rome in July.

Phelps is coming off two losses at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix last weekend. He was beaten in the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke on Sunday. He won the 200 butterfly last Friday and the 400 free on Saturday.

Cycling

Belgian rider to file suit after Tour ban

Cyclist Tom Boonen plans to take Tour de France organizers to court over their refusal to let him compete because of a second positive test for cocaine in less than year. The Belgian rider is expected to file suit Monday in a court in Paris.

Boonen and the team made the decision after the ASO, which owns the Tour, said the cyclist would be banned. However, the international cycling federation decided not to take action against him because the latest positive test in April came during a resting period between races.

- The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it will hear Alejandro Valverde 's appeal to overturn a doping ban that stops the star cyclist from riding in the Tour de France. The tour said it will try to schedule the case as soon as possible. The Tour begins July 4.

Auto Racing

Teams face lawsuit from F1 over series

Formula One intends to sue the eight teams that announced plans for a rival series next season -- the biggest crisis to engulf the sport since the championship began in 1950.

The governing body accused the Formula One Teams Association of "serious violations of law." The breakaway came after Ferrari, championship leader Brawn GP and six other teams failed to resolve a dispute over the introduction of a budget cap for next season.

WNBA

Lyttle leads Dream to win over Mystics

In Atlanta, Sancho Lyttle scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Dream to a 93-81 victory and the Washington Mystic's first loss of the season.

Chamique Holdsclaw , who was selected by the Mystics with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1999 draft, had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Alana Beard led Washington with 20 points and Matee Ajavon added 13 points.

- Minnesota Lynx star Seimone Augustus will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in her left knee.

Soccer

Leader calls on MLS to change schedule

FIFA president Sepp Blatter renewed his call for Major League Soccer to adopt an August-May schedule, saying it will struggle to persuade more star players to follow David Beckham to the United States unless it matches its season to those in Europe.

Blatter said the current March-October season was the overwhelming reason that the MLS cannot compete with Europe's top leagues.

From the Saturday, June 20, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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