Rockies' Tulowitzki goes back on DL

This trip to the 15-day disabled list cuts a little deeper for Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. Just three weeks after returning from a torn thigh tendon that cost him 46 games, Tulowitzki sliced his right palm Friday night when he pounded his maple bat into the ground in frustration over being replaced and it shattered. Tulowitzki required 16 stitches, and will miss at least two weeks. Tulowitzki is hitting just .166 with three home runs and 16 RBIs. The Rockies also optioned righthander Greg Reynolds to Triple A Colorado Springs and recalled outfielder Seth Smith and lefthander Glendon Rusch . . . Astros ace Roy Oswalt was sent back to Houston after experiencing more discomfort in his strained left hip when he tried to throw on flat ground Friday in Atlanta . . . Dodgers righthander Brad Penny is expected to be out through the All-Star break after experiencing more pain in his pitching shoulder during a simulated game . . . The Pirates optioned lefthander Tom Gorzelanny, a 14-game winner in 2007, to Triple A Indianapolis. Gorzelanny is 6-7 with a 6.57 ERA . . . Veteran righthander Jeff Weaver agreed to a minor league contract with the Indians.

Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed Friday night after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, according to San Diego police. Kiel, 27, was driving alone after leaving a party at about 10:15 p.m. when he hit a wall in San Diego's upscale Scripps Ranch neighborhood and was thrown from the car, police Sergeant Alan Hayward said. Kiel was barely breathing when paramedics reached him and he died about an hour later. Friends had tried to keep Kiel from driving home from the party, Hayward said, and witnesses told police he appeared to be driving in the wrong direction when he crashed. Police will not know whether Kiel had been under the influence of drugs or alcohol until toxicology tests are performed. Kiel played in the NFL from 2003-06, all with the Chargers. In February 2007, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor drug charges for shipping prescription cough syrup to Texas, and was released by the Chargers after his plea . . . Louisville wide receiver Trent Guy was shot in the back early yesterday outside a garage near a downtown nightclub near campus after an altercation inside the club. Guy, a 20-year-old junior who was the Cardinals' top kick returner last season, was taken to University Hospital, where he was in stable condition after surgery. Police said there have been no arrests.

Recently retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. accused HBO's announcers of bias against him and other black fighters. Mayweather, who is from Grand Rapids, Mich., told The Grand Rapids Press on Friday that HBO "is great," but criticized its boxing announcers. "They talk about Kelly Pavlik, a white fighter, like he's the second coming. Or they go crazy over Manny Pacquiao. But I'm a black fighter," said Mayweather. "Is it racial? Absolutely. They praise white fighters, they praise Hispanic fighters, whatever. But black fighters, they never praise." HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg said in a statement that the network, which has carried many of Mayweather's fights, was disappointed about the remarks. "We could not disagree more," Greenburg said . . . Felix Sturm (30-2) jabbed his way to a lopsided decision over Randy Griffin in Halle, Germany, and earned a fourth successful defense of his WBA middleweight title . . . Kendall Holt (24-2) stopped Ricardo Torres at 1:01 of the first round to capture the WBO junior welterweight title in Las Vegas.

Ryan Briscoe gave Team Penske its fourth straight pole at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, and will start from the front in today's road course IndyCar race. Briscoe turned in a lap of 1:29.34 on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn circuit. Teammate Helio Castroneves's string of three consecutive poles at Watkins was ended by a broken throttle cable that sent him to the rear of the 26-car field . . . McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen captured his first Formula One pole, for today's British Grand Prix in Silverstone, England . . . Carli Lloyd scored on a deflected shot in the 39th minute to give the US a 1-0 soccer victory over host Sweden in an Olympic tuneup between two favorites for Beijing . . . The SuperSonics, who will be playing in Oklahoma City next season, signed first-round picks Russell Westbrook and D.J. White to multiyear contracts . . . Indian Blessing, the 3-5 favorite trained by Bob Baffert, romped to a 5 1/4-length win in the mud at the $250,000 Prioress Stakes at Belmont Park in New York . . . Presious Passion led wire-to-wire in the $750,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. . . . In three feature races at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., Pure Clan won by three-quarters of a length in the $750,000 American Oaks Invitational, Diamond Diva won the $750,000 CashCall Mile by a nose, and Zenyatta stretched her winning streak to six in the $300,000 Vanity Handicap.