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CSi Weather…
. REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs around 80. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.LABOR DAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Thursday night and Friday brings the next chance for thunderstorms.
Then the Labor Day Holiday weekend looks dry and mild through Saturday, then chances for thunderstorms Sunday into Labor Day Monday.
Temperatures through the weekend will be mild. Looking at highs in
the 80s Thursday, then generally highs in the 70s Friday through
Tuesday.
*** From the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***
This Day In History – August 29, 1912 – Midland Continental Railroad incorporated for building a railroad from Winnipeg to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Map and more information on line at CSiNewsNow.com
Valley City (CSi) Barnes County Treasurer, Vicki Zinck Metcalf informs residents that estimated tax statements are being mailed to all Barnes County property owners who have properties of $100 or more of estimated 2018 property taxes.
The news release goes on to say, PLEASE DO NOT PAY these estimated statements. These are estimated taxes based upon preliminary budget figures and DO NOT include special assessments.
These estimated tax statements are the result of new legislation intended to explain, in dollars, the effect of each entity’s preliminary budget, and to increase taxpayer participation in the budget process by providing the date, time, and location of each taxing district’s final budget hearing.
The cost of these estimated tax statements (estimated at $8,622.50 in Barnes County) will be allocated between the taxing entities that are required to provide notice and will be paid for with property tax collections.
For more information, please contact the specific entity for which you have questions. For example: for school budget questions, contact the school, or, for city budget questions, contact the city.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is offering a grief support group for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone important to them, whether the loss is recent or from years past. The group will meet once a week at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 424 1st Ave S in Jamestown beginning on Thursday, September 6th and will run for 6 weeks.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JAGST members Diane Witzig, and Eileen Lisko said, the group is free of charge, however, participants are asked to register to ensure that enough materials are available. Participants should plan to attend all six sessions. For more information, or to register, please call Charlotte at 701-952-9358 or Kathy 701-952-8001 or 701-659-8001.
Also on our show, they pointed out that, The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is hosting a Widow’s Retreat October 19th to October 21st at Maryvale Retreat Center in Valley City, ND. The weekend will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 19th and concludes after a brunch on Sunday, October 21st. The cost of the retreat is $150.00 and includes 2 nights lodging in a private room, 5 meals and all supplies.
Eileen Lisko says the Widow’s Retreat is made possible in part by a grant from the Jamestown Community Foundation.
Women who have experienced the death of their husbands, whether recently or years ago, deal with many emotions, challenges and struggles as they grieve their loss. Although no one can take these struggles away and even though every widow’s experience is unique, spending time with others who have had a similar experience can often help in the journey of grief.
This retreat is an opportunity for widows to immerse themselves in healing with no distractions in a relaxing, supportive and positively charged atmosphere with others who have experienced the loss of a husband. Participants will learn coping skills and about resources that may help during the grieving process.
The weekend will include special guest speaker, Jeanne Putnam, Grief Recovery Specialist and Leah O’Leary, Funeral Director Liaison, both from Wahpeton, ND.
The weekend will also include a panel of Jamestown Area Grief Support Team members who are widows; time for personal sharing and discussion; a Service of Remembrance and workshops on journaling, self-nurturing/pampering and understanding the grief journey. There will be time for informal interaction among those attending and time for private reflection while walking the beautiful Maryvale grounds.
For a brochure and registration form, please call Eileen at 701-269-4521 (you may leave a message that includes your name and mailing address; or you can e-mail to drlisko@csicable.net.) Registrations are due by September 17th and space is limited. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first- serve basis. For more information, please call Carol at 701-320-3801 or Eileen at 701-269-4521
The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering support to those who have experienced losses.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Board will vote on a recommendation to change the process for nominating members along with a change in size.
At Monday’s Tourism full board meeting, the board approved on a 9-0, vote, with board member, Amanda Thrift not present, to make the grant and executive board the nominating committee for potential members, for consideration by the full board at its annual meeting in January.
Also discussed was reducing membership from ten to nine members, increasing to 11 members along with maintaining its current size.
As it stands now, one board member will complete a second term in December and must step down, and another member who is relocating will serve until a replacement is identified.
Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, the board’s consensus was to keep separate the Grant and Executive Board rather than make it the responsibility of the full board.
The full board wants to be more engaged in other areas of Tourism’s purpose to include marketing relative to its message and how to better reach target markets.
Other board ideas included that greeters at tourist attractions to inform visitors about Talking Trail and explain how to use it.
A suggestion contained a cellphone app to alert people when they are in proximity of a Talking Trail site.
Jamestown (CSi) The annual Big Guns of the Old West at Fort Seward in Jamestown is Saturday September 8 from 10-a.m., to 5-p.m.
There will be the demonstration of a gatling gun, along with the cannon shoot, and weapons on display from the 1800’s.
There will be cooking, baking, soap making, butter making, quilting and live exhibits.
A freewill donation will be accepted, to support raising money for planned projects.
Like Fort Seward on Facebook or call 701-251-1875 from more information.
Jamestown (CSi) This year’s annual Lutefisk and Meatball Supper is planned for Wednesday October 3rd, 4-p.m. to 7-p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church at 4th Avenue and 5th Street Southeast in Jamestown.
Tickets in advance…Adults $14, At the door, $15.
Children 6-11 years old, $4, pre-schoolers eat free.
Ticket purchase helps support:
Boy Scout Troop 163
Boy Scouts Northern Lights Council
Red Willow Ministries & Camperships
Salvation Army & Community Action
Dakota Boys/Girls Ranch
Trinity Building & Grounds Expense
Trinity Van & Transportation Expense
Holiday Outreach Food Baskets
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Twenty environmental and civil liberties groups are fighting back against lawsuits they believe are aimed at limiting free speech and silencing critics.
The “Protect the Protest” task force targets strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP. They use legal action and the threat of financial risk to deter people and groups from speaking out against something they oppose.
The effort is to include billboard advertisements, training sessions for journalists and nonprofits, panel discussions and rallies outside companies the groups they believe use such lawsuits.
Rallies are planned next week in San Francisco, New York City and Dallas. Dallas is the base for Energy Transfer Partners, which built the Dakota Access oil pipeline and sued Greenpeace, Earth First and BankTrack for up to $1 billion for allegedly working to undermine the project.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A New York City woman who suffered a serious arm injury in an explosion while protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota lost a legal battle to obtain evidence she wanted to bolster a civil rights lawsuit against law enforcement.
Sophia Wilansky sued the federal government in February, seeking the return of shrapnel and clothing taken from her while she was hospitalized following her November 2016 injury, or an opportunity to have the items analyzed by a forensic scientist of her hiring.
Her father, Wayne Wilansky, willingly surrendered the evidence, but her lawsuit argued in part that the government was keeping the seized property for an unreasonable length of time and violating her constitutional rights.
U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright said in the Monday ruling that “nothing in the written consent imposes a limitation on the length of time.” She added that Wilansky didn’t provide “any evidence or argument as to why she is unable to commence a timely civil action without first obtaining access to or possession of the seized property.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Construction has begun on a Bismarck facility that will provide stable housing to the chronically homeless, including people with mental illnesses, physical disabilities or chemical addictions.
The four-story Edwinton Place Apartments building is expected to be completed next fall, the Bismarck Tribune reported .
“There isn’t a single person here … who wakes up in the morning and chooses to become homeless,” said Jolene Kline, executive director of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency. “It’s caused by a variety of issues … some circumstance that changes the lives of those individuals and makes them a homeless person.”
The $10.3 million project will utilize an approach called Housing First, which allows access to permanent housing without prerequisites beyond those of a typical renter. The approach views housing as the foundation for life improvement.
The apartments will offer 40 units of stable housing, as well as supportive services, to those experiencing long-term homelessness within the community.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A weed that’s strong enough to stop combines and resist many herbicides has been found in North Dakota for the first time.
The Agriculture Department says Palmer amaranth has been positively identified in a soybean field in McIntosh County, in the southeast.
The aggressive pigweed species has been found in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa in recent years, and it has devastated crops in other parts of the country. It can grow as tall as 7 feet, with each plant producing hundreds of thousands of seeds.
It can be spread in a number of ways, including on farm machinery or in grass seed. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the plant in McIntosh County might have been introduced by wildlife.
He says early detection is key to battling the weed.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) — The oil patch community of Tioga is getting an outdoor ice rink after all.
The Minot Daily News reports that the Bank of Tioga is providing $12,500 for the rink that will be part of a new $5.2 million community center being developed by the Tioga Area Economic Development Corp.
The ice rink had been removed from the project due to budget constraints, prompting the bank’s donation.
The bank also made a $100,000 donation in 2016 to jumpstart the fundraising efforts for the community center.
In sports…
High School Volleyball….
BISMARCK, ND. (AP)
Bismarck Legacy def. Jamestown, 25-10, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 15-9
Valley City def. West Fargo, 26-24, 25-18, 25-21
Bismarck Century def. Bismarck St. Mary’s, 25-17, 25-21, 24-26, 25-27, 15-5
Bismarck High def. Dickinson, 3-0
Bottineau def. South Prairie, 3-1
Carrington def. Harvey-Wells County, 25-19, 25-13, 25-18
Des Lacs-Burlington def. Kenmare, 21-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-19
Devils Lake def. Turtle Mountain, 25-8, 25-7, 25-12
Edgeley-Kulm def. Enderlin, 25-18, 25-16, 25-18
Fargo Davies def. Wahpeton, 25-20, 25-12, 25-11
Fargo North def. Grand Forks Central, 25-15, 22-25, 27-25, 25-23
Fargo Shanley def. Grand Forks Red River, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22
Four Winds/Minnewaukan def. Rolla, 25-17, 25-23, 13-25, 11-25, 15-11
Glen Ullin-Hebron def. Beach, 25-20, 25-14, 25-17
Glenburn def. Tioga, 27-25, 25-18, 25-14
Hillsboro/Central Valley def. Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran, 25-18, 24-26, 25-9, 25-20
Lewis and Clark def. Garrison-Max, 25-16, 25-16, 25-23
Midkota def. Griggs County Central, 15-25, 27-25, 18-25, 25-16, 15-8
Minot def. Williston, 25-19, 25-13, 25-27, 25-18
Napoleon def. Ellendale, 25-12, 25-20, 25-6
Newburg-Westhope def. St. John, 25-15, 25-20, 25-13
Oakes def. Lisbon, 25-20, 25-18, 25-22
Park River/Fordville Lankin def. Larimore, 25-16, 25-19, 25-22
Rugby def. North Star, 25-21, 25-19, 25-13
Sheyenne def. Fargo South, 23-25, 25-13, 25-11, 25-13
South Border def. Eureka/Bowdle, S.D., 25-22, 25-18, 25-13
Towner-Granville-Upham def. Underwood, 30-28, 25-17, 18-25, 25-18
Boys Tennis…
Jamestown 6 Mandan 3
Boys Soccer…
Bismarck 7 Jamestown 0
College Golf…
UJ Kickoff…Jamestown Country Club..
Jamestown (VCSUVikings.com) – VCSU senior Jared Lentz shot 4-under par and the Viking men’s golf team finished 2-under overall as both took first place Tuesday at the season-opening University of Jamestown Invitational.
Lentz carded a collegiate-best round of 68 during the 18-hole tournament at the Jamestown Country Club. He finished tied for first place individually with Devon Schade of the University of Manitoba, but Lentz took home medalist honors after winning the scorecard tiebreaker with his blistering back-nine score of 33. It is the fourth time in his Viking career that Lentz has placed first at a tournament.
Four Vikings finished in the Top 8 of the men’s tournament as VCSU took first place with its round of 286.
University of Jamestown women’s golf won the UJ Fall Kickoff on Tuesday at Jamestown Country Club. Alexis Piatz went low for the Jimmies, firing a seven-over-par 79 to tie with Manitoba’s Marissa Naylor for the top spot individually after 18 holes.
Paige Argent (80), Jenna Knutson (86) and Jamestown High School product Sarah Azure (87) rounded out the Jimmies’ winning team card.
The Jimmie men tied for third at 307. Daniel Mahlke and Tate Olson each shot a team-leading four-over 76, with Michael Pruss (77) and Jacob Rice (78) to follow. Brook Bergh’s 74, golfing as in individual, was the Jimmies’ best round of the day.
American Association…
Chicago 7, Fargo-Moorhead 3
WNBA…
ATLANTA (AP) — Elena Delle Donne was having another huge game, and the Washington Mystics were on the verge of taking command of this WNBA semifinal series.
Then, one of the league’s biggest stars crumpled to the court with what looked like a serious knee injury.
Her teammates could hardly bear to look as she writhed in pain.
Just like that, the playoffs took a gut-wrenching turn.
Alex Bentley came off the bench to score 21 points and the Atlanta Dream evened the series at one game apiece with a 78-75 victory Tuesday night
SEATTLE (AP) — After watching her team let a big lead slip away, Sue Bird said hitting the reset button was as easy as resetting the game clock for an extra five minutes.
Bird scored 19 points, including the go-ahead basket with 1:03 left in overtime and two clinching free throws with 2.1 seconds left, to help the Seattle Storm recover from blowing a 17-point fourth quarter bulge and beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-87 in the second game of the WNBA semifinals Tuesday night.
Seattle now has a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series, having won Sunday’s first game by an identical score.
The series shifts to Phoenix for Game 3 on Friday night.
— Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 to split their series. Kyle Freeland allowed one run and five hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked two in his first career start against the Angels. Wade Davis struck out the side in the ninth to earn his NL-leading 36th save, extending his career high. The win moves Colorado into a tie for first in the National League West, and just a half game back of Milwaukee in the race for a wild card.
— Manny Machado drove in four runs, Brian Dozier hit his 20th homer of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Texas Rangers 8-4. The Dodgers have won four in a row. Machado’s four RBIs were the most in his 36 games for the Dodgers since being acquired from the Baltimore Orioles last month. Dozier hit his fourth homer in 24 games since going to Los Angeles from Minnesota.
— J.D. Martinez scored when Marlins shortstop JT Riddle threw away a potential double-play ball in the ninth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox over Miami 8-7 following a wild, back-and-forth final two innings. Boston snapped a three-game skid and avoided its first four-game losing streak of the season — barely. Miami scored five runs in the eighth inning to lead 6-4, allowed three runs to Boston in the bottom of the inning, then tied the game at 7 in the top of the ninth.
— Pinch-running pitcher Vince Velasquez was called out for leaving second base early while tagging up, resulting in a game-ending double play that gave the Washington Nationals a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. After Aaron Nola outpitched Max Scherzer for the second time in six days in a matchup of NL Cy Young Award contenders, the Phillies watched Washington rally for three runs in the ninth to take a 5-3 lead.
— Jose Martinez and Tyler O’Neill homered, rookie Jack Flaherty pitched seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 in Mike Shildt’s first game since being promoted to full-time manager. The Cardinals have won six of seven and are 20-5 in August. Earlier in the day, St. Louis took off the interim tag on Shildt, who was put in charge after Mike Matheny was fired last month a day before the All-Star break.
— Jose Peraza started Junior Guerra’s rough outing with a two-run homer, and the Cincinnati Reds withstood Christian Yelich’s first multi-homer game for a 9-7 victory, extending the Milwaukee Brewers’ fade in August. Since trailing the Cubs by a game on Aug. 4, Milwaukee has gone 8-11 and slid to third in the NL Central.
— Pinch-hitter Neil Walker connected for a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-4. Aaron Hicks hit a tying homer in the eighth and rookie Miguel Andujar also had a two-run shot to help the injury-depleted Yankees win for the ninth time in 11 games.
— Pinch-runner Adam Duvall scored the tiebreaking run on a delayed dash from third base in the eighth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat Tampa Bay 9-5 to snap the Rays’ eight-game winning streak. Tyler Flowers and Ender Inciarte hit homers in the four-run inning.
— Josh Rogers won his major league debut, Tim Beckham hit a three-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles rolled over the Toronto Blue Jays 12-5. Rogers, acquired from the Yankees for closer Zach Britton in July, allowed three runs and seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk over five innings. He was the first left-handed pitcher to start a game for Baltimore this season.
— Jakob Junis held scuffling Detroit to six hits in his first career complete game, Adalberto Mondesi homered to spur a five-run frame and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tigers 6-2 to begin their midweek, two-game series. Matthew Boyd allowed five runs in six innings for Detroit.
— Travis Jankowski homered on Felix Hernandez’s first pitch and rookie Jacob Nix came within two outs of a complete game in his fourth big league start for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1. The Padres, who have the worst record in the NL, snapped a five-game losing streak and won for just the second time in seven games.
— The game between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets was suspended with the score tied at 1 in the top of the 10th inning following a rain delay of 53 minutes. The game will resume Wednesday at noon. The finale of the three-game series, scheduled for 1:20 p.m., will begin approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game.
MLB-NEWS
Phillies trade for Bautista
UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired veteran slugger Jose Bautista from the New York Mets for a player to be named later or cash.
Bautista batted .196 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs for the Braves and Mets this season. The Phillies entered Tuesday night’s game against Washington 3½ games behind Atlanta in the NL East. A six-time All-Star for Toronto between 2010-2015, Bautista has 342 career homers. The right-handed hitter is expected to come off the bench for the Phillies.
Philadelphia has been active, acquiring infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and two-time All-Star catcher Wilson Ramos last month and first baseman Justin Bour and lefty reliever Luis Avilan in August.
— Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais (SER’-vihs) kept his word to Edwin Diaz, matching the closer’s flashy haircut following a milestone save over the weekend. Servais had promised he’d get a styled cut similar to Diaz’s if the closer got 50 saves. Diaz notched his 50th save on Saturday, and Servais sat in the chair for Diaz’s personal barber Tuesday. Diaz told MLB.com Servais is “looking fresh” and that he looks like “the swaggiest manager in the league.”
—The San Diego Padres have selected the contract of 21-year-old Luis Urias, one of their top prospects who is expected to be the second baseman of the future. The arrival of Urias marks the beginning of another wave of talent coming from the prospect-rich farm system to the rebuilding big league squad, which at 50-83 has the worst record in the NL. He hit .296 with a .398 on-base percentage with Triple-A El Paso. He hit eight homers and drove in 45 runs, with 67 walks and 109 strikeouts.
— David Wright is moving up to Triple-A to continue his rehab assignment, but the New York Mets say it’s unlikely the third baseman will play in the majors this season. He’s trying to make a comeback from back and shoulder injuries and hasn’t appeared in a big league game since May 2016.
— Catcher Tyler Flowers has agreed to a contract extension with the Atlanta Braves that could keep him with the team through the 2020 season. The agreement includes a $4 million contract for 2019 and a $6 million club option, with a $2 million buyout, for 2020. The 32-year-old Flowers is hitting .225 with five homers in his third year with Atlanta while sharing playing time with Kurt Suzuki.
TENNIS-US OPEN
Djokovic wins US Open return in 4 sets; Wozniacki advances
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer improved to 18-0 in first-round matches at the U.S. Open and took one step toward a potential quarterfinal showdown against Novak Djokovic. The 20-time major champion delivered 14 aces and never was in any trouble during a 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 victory over 117th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan. Federer saved the first eight break points he faced before finally faltering by pushing a forehand long on the ninth, losing serve for the only time while trying to close out the match at 5-2 in the third set. By then, the match was 1 hour, 45 minutes old — and it would last another seven minutes.
— Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the U.S. Open, fighting through extreme heat that caused him to feel sick during his match to beat Marton Ducsovics in four sets. Djokovic missed the U.S. Open last year because of an elbow injury and was playing his first match in Flushing Meadows since losing the 2016 final to Stan Wawrinka. It was a tough one, until he dominated after players were allowed to leave the court for 10 minutes following the third and fourth sets. Once they returned, the No. 6 seed finished off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory in 2 hours, 59 minutes.
— Young American Frances Tiafoe finally has his first U.S. Open win on his fourth try — and he eliminated a seeded player, to boot. Tiafoe, a 20-year-old from Maryland, beat No. 29 Adrian Mannarino of France 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to get to the second round at Flushing Meadows.
—Nick Kyrgios doesn’t really do nuance, so when he was asked about some key break chances early in a first-round victory at the U.S. Open, he explained that he approaches every point the same. “I just come up to the line,” Kyrgios said, “and try to serve it as hard as I can.” It seemed to work on this night, anyway. The 30th-seeded Kyrgios hit 25 aces — and also had 14 double-faults — while beating Radu Albot 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
— Madison Keys eased into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 71st-ranked Pauline Parmentier of France. The 14th-seeded Keys was the runner-up to Sloane Stephens at Flushing Meadows in 2017. That was the first career Grand Slam final for Keys, who was one of four American women in the semifinals last year at the U.S. Open.
— Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki easily reached the U.S. Open’s second round by beating 2011 titlist Sam Stosur 6-3, 6-2. The No. 2 Wozniacki is the highest-seeded woman left in the field after No. 1 Simona Halep lost her opening match. Wozniacki was the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2009 and 2014.
— Maria Sharapova held on to edge 39-year-old Patty Schnyder, the oldest female qualifier in Grand Slam history, in the U.S. Open’s first round. Sharapova let a big second-set lead slip away, then needed four match points to close out Schnyder 6-2, 7-6 (6).
—Eugenie Bouchard has won a match at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2015, the year she withdrew from the tournament after a fall left her with a concussion. Bouchard had to go through qualifying to reach the main draw and moved into the second round by beating Harmony Tan of France 6-3, 6-1.
— CoCo Vandeweghe double-faulted 12 times and is gone in the first round of the U.S. Open a year after making it all the way to the semifinals. The 24th-seeded American lost to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-3, 7-6 (3). Vandeweghe made a total of 35 unforced errors, 16 more than Flipkens. At the 2017 U.S. Open, Vandweghe was one of four Americans in the semifinals.
— Twice a Grand Slam semifinalist, Johanna Konta can’t seem to make any headway at the majors these days. A 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 6 seed Caroline Garcia in her opener at Flushing Meadows is Konta’s fifth consecutive exit in the first or second round at a Slam.
TENNIS-US OPEN-HEAT
Heat rule extended to men
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing dangerously high temperatures expected to last for more than a day, the U.S. Open has extended a heat rule to men that only exists in the women’s tour.
The U.S. Tennis Association says its medical team recommended the immediate implementation of the heat policy for the men, who will be allowed a 10-minute break between the third and fourth sets.
Its statement says the tournament referee, along with the medical team, would continue to monitor conditions on site to determine when the extreme heat policy would no longer be in effect.
The WTA has a heat rule allowing women a break between the second and third sets. There is no such rule on the ATP Tour.
Temperatures were already in the mid-90s by the early afternoon and expected to stay there or above until late Wednesday.
NFL-NEWS
Bengals extend 2 on D-line; Titans acquire linebacker; Lions release Ayers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Bengals have agreed to contract extensions with defensive tackle Geno Atkins and end Carlos Dunlap, who were entering the final years on their deals.
Dunlap tweeted about the deals, which weren’t immediately confirmed by the Bengals. Atkins’ agents confirmed on Twitter he got a four-year deal, while Dunlap was extended for three years.
Atkins made his sixth Pro Bowl and led the Bengals with nine sacks last season, the most by an NFL interior lineman. He has 61 sacks in his eight seasons, most by a Bengals interior lineman.
Dunlap’s best season was 2015, when he had 13½ sacks, second-most in club history. His totals have slipped each of the past two seasons. He had 7½ sacks last year.
— The Tennessee Titans have acquired linebacker Kamalei Correa (KAH-mah-lay corr-AY-uh) from the Baltimore Ravens for an undisclosed draft pick. Correa was the 42nd pick overall in 2016 out of Boise State, and the 6-foot-3, 241-pound linebacker started four of his 25 games with Baltimore.
— Robert Ayers’ stint with the Detroit Lions was a short one. The Lions have the released the veteran defensive end, and their announcement Tuesday of Ayers’ departure came about 28 hours after the team said it had signed him.
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