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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Hawaii's Brennan has six first-half TDs

Colt Brennan threw for 416 yards and six touchdowns — in the first half — as No. 23 Hawaii opened its most anticipated season with a 63-6 win over visiting Northern Colorado late Saturday night.

GYMNASTICS

Americans look strong in qualifying

The U.S. women set themselves up as the team to beat at the world championships with nearly mistake-free qualifying session Sunday at Stuttgart, Germany. They scored 245.025 points to take a 3.85-point lead over China.

BASKETBALL

Shock beats Fever to even East finals

Deanna Nolan scored 24 points as host Detroit Shock beat the Indiana Fever 77-63 to even the Eastern Conference finals at one game each.

Body found is Nelson's dad: The body pulled from the Delaware River was positively identified as the missing father of Orlando Magic star Jameer Nelson. Floyd "Pete" Nelson was last seen Thursday working in a dry dock area in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa.

HORSE RACING

Don't Let Down wins All American Derby

Don't Let Down held off 2-5 favorite Separate Bet by a neck to win the $504,000 All American Derby at Ruidoso Downs, N.M.

Medici Code captures Del Mar Derby: Medici Code rallied to beat long-shot Augment by three-quarters of a length in the $400,000 Del Mar Derby.

SOCCER

Casey's goal gives Rapids tie with Crew

Conor Casey scored in the 85th minute to give the Colorado Rapids a 1-1 tie with the host Columbus Crew.

BOXING

Torres defends title

Colombia's Ricardo Torres defended his WBO junior welterweight title, stopping American Kendal Holt in the 11th round at Bogota.

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