*NBA: Point guard Jannero Pargo met with the Bulls on Saturday about helping take up some of the scoring slack with the departure of Ben Gordon to the Pistons, a Bulls source confirmed. Pargo, a former Robeson star, played three seasons with the Bulls before leaving for the Hornets. Last season he played for the Russian club Dynamo Moscow.
*AUTO RACING: Ryan Briscoe won the pole for Sunday’s Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Briscoe won his second straight pole on the 11-curve, 3.4-mile road course with a time of 1 minute 28.5970 seconds, breaking the track record held by Helio Castroneves by more than a second.
*HORSE RACING: Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby and the $1 million Travers Stakes next month. … Presious Passion scored a repeat victory in the $750,000 United Nations Stakes, smashing the course record at Monmouth Park.
*ALSO: Anselmo Moreno retained his World Boxing Association bantamweight title with a split decision over Mahyar Monshipour in Poitiers, France. … Fabrice Lapierre of Australia used a favorable wind to win the long jump at the Madrid Meet in what was expected to be a duel between Olympic champion Irving Saladino and silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena. … First-time marathoner William Chebor of Kenya won the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia in a time of 2 hours 12 minutes.
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EDITED BY JOEL BOYD FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
