Milwaukee Sports Headlines

BLUE MOUND: Punch Elliott, 75.

Roger Federer’s 4-year-old twins, Myla and Riva, hung in there for about 20 minutes Sunday in his guest box at Court Philippe Chatrier, long enough to see Daddy take control of his French Open match.

Jimmy Nelson pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his one-shot deal filling in for injured Yovani Gallardo, allowing only five hits and striking out six. Ryan Braun led an offensive surge with four hits.

Fourteen new members of the College Football Hall of Fame were elected last week. Here are five of the best players who were on this year’s ballot but are still waiting to get into the Hall.

Colin Montgomerie won the Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores on Sunday. The victory was his first as a senior, his first in seven years and his first in an official event in the United States.

MONDAY

BOYS
TENNIS
LANCER INVITATIONAL
Round 1

THE BOG: Eagle — Terry Stringer, No.1, 100 yards, sand wedge.

BASKETBALL

Some of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s earliest NASCAR memories came at Charlotte Motor Speedway and he hopes to add another big one by winning the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night.

SUNDAY

“ESPN abandoned us,” said ‘Frontline’ producer Michael Kirk, during his Peabody Award acceptance speech. “No other network would have done that.”

Colin Montgomerie took the third-round lead Saturday in the Senior PGA Championship, making a winding, 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 68.

BROADLANDS: Hole-in-one — Donna Drazkowski, No.12, 98 yards. Eagle — Dave Cefalu, No.6, 485 yards, putter.

BOYSGOLFPIRATE CUPNaga-Waukee, par 72

SATURDAY

Tom Watson shot a 3-under 68 on Friday for a share of the lead in the Senior PGA Championship with fellow Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie and three other players.

Tim Smyczek of Milwaukee lost in the third round of qualifying for the French Open. Miloslav Mercir of Slovakia defeated Smyczek, 7-6 (4), 6-2, on the clay court at Roland Garros.