Tyler Farrar

SANTA ROSA — Tejay van Garderen rode his bicycle into a hotel meeting room Sunday as if he were corralling a bucking bronco. He reared the cycle up on its back wheel and slammed it down during a well-earned and well-deserved celebration. Van...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Peter Sagan, a 23-year-old Slovakian who won five stages a year ago, won a sprint finish in the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, sneaking past American Tyler Farrar of the Team Garmin-Sharp and Daniel Schorn...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying. The cyclists and team managers participating in the eighth Amgen Tour of California gathered Friday at City Hall to speak about the future of the sport. Not the past. Please, not the past. At least there was...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Sioux Falls New, 5 p.m. doubleheader AMATEUR BASEBALL Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar at Mobridge, 7 p.m. doubleheader Redfield Pheasants at Northville Merchants, 7 p.m. doubleheader GOLF SDGA Men's Match...

TODAY TEENER BASEBALL Aberdeen 15-16 Teeners vs. Watertown, Fossum Field, 5:30 p.m. doubleheader Aberdeen 13-14 Majors vs. Brookings, Fossum Field 2, 1 p.m. doubleheader LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Brandon Valley, 4 p.m. ALL-STAR GAMES...

TV SPORTS Cycling--Tour de France, Stage 16, 5:30 a.m. (NBCSN) Major League Baseball--New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs, 7 p.m. (WGN); Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) Soccer--MLS-...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Golf-The British Open Championship, 6 a.m. (ESPN) Cycling-Tour de France, Stage 19, 7 a.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, STP 300 practice, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Edmonton...

LONDON — You rarely ever see it, but you did on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Olympics. But there atop the swimming medal stand, was no Michael Phelps. In the first shocking result of the Games, Phelps finished fourth in the 400...

BASKETBALL Women Group A China 66, Czech Republic 57 Turkey 72, Angola 50 United States 81, Croatia 56 Group B Russia 58, Canada 53 France 73, Brazil 58 Australia 74, Britain 58 SOCCER Women Group E Brazil 1, New Zealand 0...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Mitchell, 5 p.m. doubleheader YOUTH SOFTBALL C League Games at 1 p.m. C.C. Lee vs. Simmons 2 (A); B&G Club vs. Sunshine (B). B League Games at 2:15 p.m. Simmons vs. Manor Park 2 (A); C.C. Lee vs....

TV SPORTS TUESDAY Major League Baseball--All-Star Game at Kansas City, Mo., 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) TODAY TENNIS C.C. Lee Tournament at Northern State Courts AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Jamestown, N.D., 5:30 p.m. doubleheader...

TV SPORTS Cycling--Tour de France, Stage 11, 6 a.m. (NBCSN) Golf--USGA U.S. Senior Open Championship, 2 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball--Los Angeles at Indiana, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Basketball--Men's National Teams, Exhibition, Dominican Republic vs....