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The Charlotte Bobcats have added forwards Marcus Williams and Andre Brown and guard Donell Taylor to their training-camp roster.
Brown (6-foot-9, 245 pounds) has played for the Seattle Supersonics and Memphis Grizzlies the past two seasons. Williams (6-7, 207 pounds) played for parts of last season with the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers.
Taylor (6-5, 193 pounds) can play either guard spot and was with the Washington Wizards for 98 games before playing in Europe last season.
The Bobcats also announced that LaSalle Thompson has been promoted to assistant coach, after coming to the franchise this summer in a strength-and-conditioning position. Thompson, who played center with the Indiana Pacers, will work primarily with the Bobcats' big men.
Horse racing
Curlin became the first horse in North America to top $10million in career earnings, winning the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at wet and sloppy Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The $450,000 winner's purse pushed Curlin's career bankroll to $10,246,800. Cigar held the old mark of $9,999,815, which stood for 12 years.
WNBA
Sophia Young hit a 14-foot turnaround shot at the buzzer to lift the host San Antonio Silver Stars to a 67-66 win against the Los Angeles Sparks, and forced a deciding game 3 today in the Western Conference Finals. Young finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead San Antonio. Candace Parker led Los Angeles with 19 points and 17 rebounds.
Tennis
Andy Roddick will take on unheralded Dudi Sela in the China Open final in Beijing, and Jelena Jankovic will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the women's title match.
Roddick was pushed by unseeded Bjorn Phau of Germany before winning 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1 and Sela overpowered No.7 Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-3, 6-3.
On the women's side, Jankovic fought off No.5 Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in their semifinal and Kuznetsova beat China's Zheng Jie 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Motorsports
Brandon Bernstein held on to the top spot in Top Fuel qualifying in the O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals in Millington, Tenn. Ashley Force (Funny Car) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) also stayed at the top of their fields at Memphis Motorsports Park, and Chip Ellis grabbed the No.1 qualifier award in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Colleges
Chris Salvaggione scored with less than a minute elapsed in overtime as the Charlotte 49ers beat Elon 2-1 in men's soccer at the 49ers' Transamerica Field. Evan James, who assisted on the winning goal, scored Charlotte's other goal. Justin Wyatt scored for Elon.
