Daily sport news

AP - Ervin Santana pitched seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels didn't need any late-game heroics Monday, roughing up Luke Hochevar early on the way to a 7-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.

AP - It's not that common for siblings to reach the highest level of a professional sport, and when it happens, one of them typically toils in the shadow of the superstar.

AP - Arizona State made it easy for the NCAA selection committee.

AP - Cody Ross hit a three-run home run to spark Florida's biggest inning this year, Cameron Maybin hit an inside-the-park homer to help turn the game into a runaway and the Marlins erased an early four-run deficit in beating the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 on Monday afternoon.

AP - Justine Henin kept saying it, even if no one was listening.

AP - When the NCAA baseball tournament begins this weekend, the Coral Gables Regional will be streak central.

AP - Dario Franchitti thought he needed a new challenge after becoming the IndyCar series' big winner in 2007.

AFP - Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Monday received a two-year ban from world sport's top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006.

AP - Here's a chance to buy tickets to a guaranteed perfect game — the one Roy Halladay already threw.

AP - IndyCar driver Mike Conway will miss at least three months with back and leg injuries from his frightening crash in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

AFP - Samantha Stosur of Australia stunned four-times former winner Justine Henin at the French Open on Monday to wreck hopes of a dream quarter-final between the Belgian and top seed Serena Williams.

AP - Blackhawks winger Andrew Ladd will miss Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Philadelphia Flyers because of an undisclosed injury.

Reuters - Alejandro Valverde will miss the next two editions of the Tour de France after the Spaniard was given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday for violation of anti-doping rules.

AP - The most intriguing five weeks of the thoroughbred racing season come to a close with Saturday's 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown and New York's premier horse race.

AP - Tim Floyd has only been back in El Paso a few weeks, but it's hard to tell from the clutter on his new desk and the scribbles covering a white board in his office overlooking Texas El-Paso's new basketball practice facility.

AFP - A confident Jose Mourinho said he will need only two years to win the Champions League with Real Madrid after he was officially unveiled as the Spanish giants' new coach on Monday.

AFP - Novak Djokovic reached the French Open quarter-finals on Monday, convinced that the confident way he swept past Robby Ginepri makes him a potent threat to favourites Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

AP - How far can you make it on 1.6 gallons of fuel, going 200 mph at the Indianapolis 500?

AP - The Mets' biggest hit in their best offensive effort of the season just barely reached the outfield.

AP - Chris Pronger played more than half of the series-opening game for Philadelphia, a 6-foot-6 wall of willpower helping keep Chicago's talented top line in check.