*HORSE RACING: Winless in his seven previous races this year, 19-1 long shot Strait of Mewsina swung six-wide and came from last in a field of eight to win Saturday’s Grade III $250,000 Hawthorne Derby in a five-horse fight to the finish.
— Neil Milbert
*BASEBALL: A California man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow baseball fan after a Giants game four years ago. Rafael Cuevas was sentenced Friday after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder for killing Tim Griffith outside AT&T Park on Sept. 17, 2004, the night slugger Barry Bonds hit his 700th homer.
*SOCCER: Kyle Pateros scored as host Butler (8-2-2, 3-0-1 Horizon) upset No. 7 UIC 1-0, ending a 12-game unbeaten streak for the Flames (8-1-4, 2-1-1). … DaMarcus Beasley scored a pair of first-half goals as the U.S. routed Cuba 6-1 in a World Cup qualifier.
*GOLF: Nick Price shot a bogey-free 66 to take a one-shot lead over D.A. Weibring after three rounds of the Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Md. …South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini birdied the final hole for a 7-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over Zach Johnson in the Texas Open in San Antonio. … South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim remained shot a 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead in the LPGA’s Longs Drugs Challenge in Danville, Calif.
*TENNIS: Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic rallied to reach the women’s final of the Kremlin Cup with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over defending champion Elena Dementieva in Moscow. … Top-seeded David Nalbandian cruised past Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-1 to reach the final of the Stockholm Open.
*ALSO: Vitali Klitschko reclaimed the WBC heavyweight title, stopping Samuel Peter at the end of the eighth round in Berlin. … Australia’s Craig Alexander, 35, won the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He completed the 140.6-mile triathlon Saturday in 8 hours 17 minutes 45 seconds. Britain’s Chrissie Wellington won the women’s race, finishing in 9:06:23.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES