Vick's potential losses could be $100 million
ATLANTA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Michael Vick stands to lose about $100 million after his admission to federal charges in Virginia connected to dog-fighting.
The beleaguered Atlanta Falcons quarterback signed a plea agreement Friday admitting conducting an enterprise including gambling and the sponsoring and transporting of dogs in dog-fighting operations.
Afterward, he was suspended indefinitely without pay by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Falcons’ owner Arthur Blank said the team wants to recover its $22 million bonus from the 10-year, $130 million contract Vick signed in December 2004.
Also, Nike has canceled its endorsement deal, which includes an athletic shoe due to be released to retailers later this year.
"The best advice any PR person can give Vick is 'work out, lift weights and run a lot while in jail,' Ronn Torossian, president and chief executive officer of New York-based 5W Public Relations, told the newspaper, "because the only money he has a chance to make in the future is on the football field, not off it."
James Blake captures men's Pilot Pen
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- James Blake beat Mardy Fish in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, Saturday night to capture the men’s Pilot Pen Tennis Classic at New Haven, Conn.
The third-seeded Blake, a native of New Haven, had advanced to the final Friday with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), win over No. 5 Paul-Henri Mathieu of France.
Saturday's victory -- his 17th in 20 hard-court matches this season -- gave him 10 career titles and his second Pilot Pen title. The victory was worth $84,000.
Earlier Saturday, Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova won the women’s title when her Hungarian opponent, Agnes Szavay, had to retire in the second set with a back injury.
It was the final event before the start of the U.S. Open Monday.
Georgia team wins U.S. Little League crown
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- David Umphreyville Jr. hit a two-run single Saturday as Warner Robins, Ga., beat Lubbock, Texas, 5-2, to win the U.S. title at the Little League World Series.
The Georgia team advanced to face Japan Sunday for the world championship at Williamsport, Pa.
Warner Robins also got a rally-killing catch by Zane Conlon in the bottom of the third, when Lubbock came within 4-2.
Japan advanced to its second straight world title contest earlier Saturday with a 7-4 victory over Curacao, Venezuela, in the International Championship Game.
Japan's Ryo Kanekubo produced the game-winning runs with a grand slam homer in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Stricker takes third-round Barclays lead
HARRISON, N.Y., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Steve Stricker shot a 6-under 65 Saturday to take a one stroke lead after three rounds of the PGA's Barclays Classic at Harrison, N.Y.
Stricker, 40, completed 54 holes at 14-under 199 to match the 54-hole record set by Ernie Els in 1997.
K.J. Choi (70) made a birdie on the final hole to get within one stroke of Stricker at 200.
Hunter Mahan (62) matched the course record with a 9-under 62 in the third round to share third place with Rich Beem (69) at 12-under 201.
The last previous golfer to shoot 62 in the third round was Peter Jacobsen in 1982.
