IN BRIEF
CYCLING
Armstrong still 18th overall; Brit wins second stage in row
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finished 38th in the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Friday and remained 18th overall.
Mark Cavendish of Britain won his second straight stage, a mostly flat 141.3-mile bike from Montargis to Gueugnon. He finished in 5 hours, 37 minutes, 42 seconds to edge Tyler Farrar of the United States and Alessandro Petacchi of Italy.
The main title contenders -- defending champion Alberto Contador (28th) of Spain, Armstrong and overall race leader Fabian Cancellara (41st) of Switzerland -- finished three seconds behind Cavendish. Contador remained ninth overall.
GOLF
Rain halts U.S. Women's Open; Kerr, Lang take clubhouse lead
Heavy rain that began with 100 of the 156 golfers still to begin or complete the second round caused play to be suspended in the U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont, Pa.
Play is scheduled to resume this morning at Oakmont Country Club, with the third round to begin with threesomes teeing off in the afternoon. Normally, golfers play in pairs the final two rounds.
Sophie Gustafson was the leader on the course at even par when play was halted, but she had completed only one hole of the second round. Cristie Kerr and first-round leader Brittany Lang were the clubhouse leaders at 1-over 143. Kerr shot par 71, and Lang had a 3-over 74.
Also: Defending champion Steve Stricker broke the 36-hole record at the John Deere Classic with a two-round total of 16-under 126 in Silvis, Ill. Stricker fired a 5-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Paul Goydos, who had a 68 one day after shooting only the fourth 59 in PGA Tour history.
Darren Clarke shot 4-under 67 to take a four-shot lead after the second round of the Scottish Open at Luss, Scotland. He is at 10-under 132.
Phil Mickelson, who needed to finish second to overtake Tiger Woods for No. 1 in the world ranking, missed the cut by one shot. He took a quintuple bogey on the 18th hole to finish with a 74 and 145 total.
MISCELLANEOUS
Kyle Busch drives to seventh Nationwide win; Danica 24th
Kyle Busch pounced on Joey Logano on a restart in overtime, then pulled away to win the Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., his seventh victory of the season on the circuit.
Toyotas swept the top five spots, as Logano finished second, followed by Brian Scott, David Reutimann and Jason Leffler. Danica Patrick took 24th, her first finish inside the top 30 in five Nationwide races this season.
Busch dominated much of the race despite being penalized for speeding on pit road.
Also: Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, the No. 1 overall pick in June's NBA Draft, was held out of practice Friday morning with a groin injury from Thursday night's session but returned for Friday's night session.
The Wizards are scheduled to practice this morning before leaving for the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, where Wall is expected to make his professional debut Sunday at Cox Pavilion.
Restricted free-agent forward Tyrus Thomas and the Charlotte Bobcats reached terms on a five-year, $40 million contract.
Swingman Kyle Korver agreed to a contract with the Chicago Bulls worth about $15 million for three years.
The Atlanta Hawks signed first-round draft pick Jordan Crawford, a guard from Xavier, to a four-year contract that will pay him about $1 million in his rookie season.
Seantrel Henderson, the top offensive lineman in the 2010 recruiting class, said he will enroll at Miami in early August. Henderson, from St. Paul, Minn., was released Tuesday from his letter of intent with Southern California, which is on NCAA probation.
Jeremy Green, 38, the son of former NFL coach Dennis Green, has lost his job as an NFL analyst at ESPN after being arrested this week on a child pornography charge in Bristol, Conn.
France took a 2-0 lead over Spain after the first-day singles matches in the Davis Cup quarterfinals in London, putting Spain's two-year grip on the event in jeopardy. Spain is playing without Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal, who is resting his sore knees.
