BC falls in 25th in longest NCAA game

Williams continued to dominate in the NCAA Division 3 Rowing Championships, taking its fourth consecutive team title at Cherry Hill, N.J. Williams had a close finish in the stretch with second-place Bates, with the Ephs finishing in 6:28.04, 2.73 seconds ahead. Members of the championship eights boat were Katherine Robinson, Sarah Ginsberg, Samantha Smith, Marguerite Conan, Dorothy MacAusland, Kate Shaper, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Julia Halterman, and coxswain Allison Prevatt.

Tyson Gay, the reigning world champion, ran the third-fastest time ever in the 200 meters in winning at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York in 19.58 seconds. The only faster times are Usain Bolt's world record last year of 19.30 and Michael Johnson's 19.32 in 1996. Gay hurt his hamstring in the 200 at last year's US Olympic trials and didn't win a medal at the Beijing Games after coming in as the world champion in the 100 and 200. Gay's previous personal best was 19.62 seconds in 2007. He blew away a strong field, beating second-place finisher Wallace Spearmon by 0.4 seconds. American Mike Rodgers was the surprise winner in the men's 100 in 9.93, while former world record-holder Asafa Powell was seventh.

Former Phoenix Suns guard Yuta Tabuse is leaving Japanese basketball for another shot at the NBA. The 5-foot-9-inch player is the only Japanese to make it to the NBA. He had been training with Japan's national team, but the Dallas Mavericks invited him to their summer camp next month. "I got the news all of a sudden and am happy I was able to get another opportunity," Tabuse said at a news conference. Tabuse played briefly for Phoenix in the 2004-05 season. He scored 7 points against Atlanta in his first NBA game but was waived by the Suns Dec. 16, 2004.

Conor Casey scored two goals on headers to take over the MLS goal-scoring lead, and Mehdi Ballouchy added one on a penalty kick to lift the Colorado Rapids (4-2-4) to a 3-2 victory over the struggling New York Red Bulls (2-7-3) in East Rutherford, N.J. Casey scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season . . . Brad Davis, Kei Kamara, and Stuart Holden scored in a five-minute span in the first half to lead the surging Houston Dynamo (5-2-3) to a 3-0 victory over visiting Toronto FC (4-4-4) . . . San Jose forward Cornell Glen scored in a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake in Santa Clara, Calif. . . . Edson Buddle scored in the 87th minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-1 tie with the Kansas City Wizards in Carson, Calif. . . . Nate Jaqua scored in the 58th minute to lift the host Seattle Sounders to a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew.

Midfielder Paul Rabil scored three goals - one a 2-pointer - and added an assist as the Boston Cannons (1-2) defeated the Chicago Machine, 16-14, to earn their first victory of the Major League Lacrosse season. Cannons goalie Mike Levin made 15 saves in the first lacrosse game played at Chicago's Soldier Field. The game drew 4,329 fans . . . Clay Buchholz pitched 6 2/3 innings but didn't figure in the decision in the Pawtucket Red Sox' 4-3 loss to the Indianapolis Indians in 13 innings. Buchholz gave up five hits and two runs, while striking out five . . . Andre Berto retained his World Boxing Council welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Colombia's Juan Urango in Hollywood, Fla.