Texas Longhorns linebacker Sergio Kindle ran his car into an Austin, Texas, apartment and left the scene of the accident last week, according to his attorney.Kindle, a senior who was a first-team All-Big 12 pick last season, hit his head during the wreck and suffered a concussion when he drove off the street and into a West Campus residence early Wednesday morning.
“He knew he was hurt at the time and that he needed to go home and go to bed,” Brian Roark, Kindle’s lawyer, told the Austin American-Statesman.Roark said the incident occurred at 2:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday and that Kindle was probably text messaging before the accident, the American-Statesman reported. According to witnesses, Kindle and several passengers got out of the car and pushed it out of the residence and down the road before abandoning it, police said.

Roark said Kindle contacted the apartment’s management Thursday when he woke up, according to the report. Police said the accident was under investigation and no charges had been filed.Austin Police Cpl. Scott Perry said police have not talked to Kindle or Roark, The Associated Press reported.Texas law doesn’t appear to cover leaving the scene of accidents resulting in damage to buildings.According to the state’s transportation code, a driver who fails to leave a note at the scene providing the name of the operator, owner of the car and circumstances of a collision with an unattended vehicle faces a Class C misdemeanor if the damage is less than $200, a Class B misdemeanor if it is more.Roark said because Kindle hit a stationary object and did not injure anyone else, he is only required to file a report with the Texas Department of Transportation, adding he planned to file it as early as Monday. Kindle was suspended for the first three games of the 2007 season after a driving-while-intoxicated arrest. He recorded 10 sacks in 2008. “Kindle made the football staff aware of what happened, and we’re happy he’s OK,” said John Bianco, a UT football spokesman, according to the American-Statesman.Roark said Kindle would pay for the damages himself or through insurance if it is covered. An estimate from the apartment’s management company put the cost of fixing the exterior wall of the building at $8,700. The wreck also destroyed furniture, a computer, a desk and a cell phone in the apartment’s bedroom, one of its residents said. Ashley Zapata, 21, said she wasn’t home at the time of the crash. According to a statement from the management company, Zapata and a roommate had been given new apartments. Emily Dole, Zapata’s roommate, told the Austin newspaper she returned home from work to find everything “in pieces” in Zapata’s bedroom. “She would have been dead if she had been sitting at her desk,” Dole said.

MONTREAL — The Calgary Flames added Jay Bouwmeester to their already impressive defensive corps — at least for the next four days.Bouwmeester, who is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday, was acquired by Calgary in a trade with the Florida Panthers as the NHL entry draft wrapped up Saturday with the final six rounds at Bell Centre. Florida acquired Jordan Leopold — also on the verge of free agency — and a third-round pick (67th overall), which the Panthers used to draft right wing Josh Birkholz.The trade gives Flames general manager Darryl Sutter a window of exclusivity in negotiating a new contract with Bouwmeester and his agent, Bryon Baltimore.
“I think we have everybody under contract that we want under contract, and we’re trying to get him under contract,” Sutter said.Bouwmeester, among the most laidback players in the NHL, was even-keeled Saturday in an interview with ESPN.com.
“I was very aware of all the rumors, so to say it was a surprise, I’d be lying,” Bouwmeester said after a round of golf with family. “I half-expected for something to happen.” He said he knew Sutter was on his way to see him sometime in the next few days.”It’ll be good to talk, so we’ll see what happens,” Bouwmeester said.Those who thought more trades would follow the Philadelphia Flyers’ stunning acquisition of All-Star defenseman Chris Pronger from the Anaheim Ducks were sorely disappointed.

With just a few minor deals completed Saturday — aside from the trade involving Bouwmeester — Toronto general manager Brian Burke noted that it’s difficult to find a trading partner willing to take on multiyear deals in the current economy.”Right now, if you’ve got contracts of any term on them, it’s really hard to move guys,” Burke said. “I thought there’d be more activity, but I’m not quite sure why there wasn’t.”With Dion Phaneuf and Robyn Regehr already anchoring their defense, the Flames decided to take an early run at one of the top young blueliners in the game.
“The test will be if they sign him,” Burke said. “If they sign him, then it was a very successful gamble. I mean, this kid’s a good player.” A 6-foot-4, 214-pound native of Edmonton, the 25-year-old Bouwmeester had spent his entire career with Florida, which drafted him third overall in 2002.
“I chatted a couple of times with his agent and at that point in time it was just clear that they really wanted to have the opportunity to exercise his free agency right,” Panthers acting GM Randy Sexton said. “About 18 months ago they gave us a list of teams that they were interested in and Calgary was right at the very top. He’s an Alberta boy and Darryl’s an aggressive guy, he’s clever, he’s creative — I think he’ll find a way to get them.”Bouwmeester, who had 15 goals and 27 assists last season, never made a playoff appearance in six full seasons with the Panthers. He has 53 goals and 150 assists in 471 games.
“To be able to play with guys like Dion and Robyn for a long time, that to me is pretty significant,” Sutter said. Leopold, a 28-year-old who has been traded four times, also is eligible for free agency next week.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said in a radio interview Tuesday that he will make a
firm decision about returning to the bench next season by “early July” and that he will also explore the
possibility of letting Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis coach more road games in Jackson’s place.
In the interview with ESPN Radio in Los Angeles (710 AM), Jackson insisted that health concerns would

be the only reason that prevented him from completing the final season of his current coaching contract.
He also revealed that the concept of Rambis coaching the team regularly on the road — theoretically
sparing Jackson, who turns 64 in September, from the rigors of travel — has already been discussed
The Lakers completed a test run of the concept in April when Jackson, having had both of his
hips replaced in recent years, skipped a one-game trip to Portland on the second night of back-to-back
games shortly after the team had finished a grueling seven-game trip. With Rambis in charge, L.A.
suffered a 106-98 loss to the Blazers.
“Yeah, we’ve toyed around with that idea actually,” Jackson told ESPN Radio hosts John
Ireland and Mychal Thompson. “I guess it’s not that revolutionary. We talked a little bit about it, and you
know I was actually kind of given the green light to actually try this out and when the time came.”
“I think the idea has some merit to it,” Jackson went on. “[But] I don’t want to lose control of the team.
And I think that’s the one thing that you find out your team needs. I don’t mean control, like control, but
like being in the trenches with them, i.e., when things get tough or something happens, you’re there
with them. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this idea and it’s certainly not going to be the last. And I’m
going to discuss it a little with [Lakers general manager] Mitch [Kupchak], that same idea.”
Reached later Tuesday by ESPN.com, Kupchak said it was too soon to publicly discuss the
idea.Jackson didn’t give an indication in the interview how hard he would actually push for such an
arrangement, given the pitfalls he identified, but he did say that he was confident that his veteran-laden
roster could “make the transition OK,” having just won a championship. But another worry, Jackson
volunteered, is that negative “perceptions from the outside may be difficult at first.”
Jackson has one season remaining on a two-year contract extension that pays him an estimated $12
million annually. NBA coaching sources said one main reason Rambis was motivated to reject an offer to
coach the Sacramento Kings earlier this month is the likelihood that he will receive strong consideration
to take over for Jackson when the NBA’s first coach with 10 championship rings retires for good.
Rambis’ fellow Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw is also considered a likely down-the-road candidate,
but it’s also widely believed that Kobe Bryant will lobby for his Team USA coach — Duke’s Mike
Krzyzewski — to finally leave the college game for the pros whenever the Lakers have an opening.
The prevailing view among team insiders is that Jackson will coach only one more season at most. He
acknowledged in Tuesday’s interview that it was “sobering this year for me to go through the playoffs
without [longtime assistant] Tex Winter there” and that he is giving more thought to his own health
since Winter suffered a stroke in April.
Since originally joining the Lakers for the 1999-2000 season, Jackson has endured an
angioplasty and gout in addition to his two hip surgeries. Even Lakers GM Kupchak acknowledged after
L.A.’s title-clinching Game 5 victory over Orlando that Jackson could decide to leave the coaching
business after breaking his nine-ring tie with Boston Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach.”It seems to make
sense, doesn’t it?” Kupchak told reporters in Orlando. “I don’t think he’ll do it, but it seems to make
sense.”Jackson indicated Tuesday that next week, after Thursday’s draft, will “be dedicated” to finalizing
his plans for next season. Todd Musburger, Jackson’s agent, told ESPN.com’s J.A. Adande after L.A.’s
Game 5 victory: “We’ve had a number of discussions about what he’d do, win or lose. He didn’t want to
leave under either scenario.”

WIMBLEDON, England — The new roof wasn’t tested. Roger Federer was — briefly.
The retractable roof stayed open Monday for the first match on Centre Court at Wimbledon, and
Federer fell behind early before charging past Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.Novak Djokovic also
advanced to the second round by beating Julien Benneteau 6-7 (8), 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-4.In his first match
since winning the French Open, Federer failed to convert his first four break-point chances and then lost
serve to trail 3-2. But he immediately broke back, broke again in the final game of the opening set and
dominated from there.
“I’m very happy with my first round,” Federer said. “I thought it was a very solid
performance.”Blake failed to convert a set point in the third set, squandered a 5-0 lead in the ensuing
tiebreak and lost to Andreas Seppi 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Blake was also eliminated in the first round at the
French Open last month.”I still feel like I can play with anyone in the world, but it’s just for some reason
lately it has been very inconsistent,” Blake said. “I know I still have the ability. It’s just frustrating,
because it’s happening at big tournaments where I’m having my not-so-good performances.”
No. 28-seeded Fish never lost serve and led 6-3, 6-2, 4-1 when Sergio Roitman retired with a
right shoulder injury. Roitman, ranked 124th, fell to 0-12 in Grand Slam matches.”There’s nothing that I
can do about it,” he said. “It’s not that I’m not going to sleep at night because of that.”The 34-year-old
Spadea, who has been eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon nine times, defeated Paul Capdeville
6-0, 6-4, 7-5.Surprise French Open runner-up Robin Soderling, seeded 13th, rallied to beat Gilles Muller
6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-1, 6-2. No. 21 Feliciano Lopez lost to Karol Beck 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.Soderling again
relied on the big serve and booming forehand that helped him beat Nadal at Roland Garros, hitting 31
aces and saving all eight break points on Monday.

Soderling is an eight-year veteran on the tour but had his big breakthrough when he beat
Nadal in the fourth round in Paris. He lost to Federer in straight sets in the final and could face the
Swiss star again in the fourth round here.No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 11
Marin Cilic, No. 15 Tommy Robredo, No. 18 Rainer Schuettler, No. 22 Ivo Karlovic, No. 27 Philipp
Kohlschreiber, No. 29 Igor Andreev and No. 32 Albert Montanes also advanced.
No. 17 James Blake was the first seeded player eliminated, but fellow Americans Mardy Fish and Vince
Spadea advancedSeeking his sixth Wimbledon title, Federer won for the 41st time in his past 42
matches at the All England Club. The lone loss came in last year’s final to Rafael Nadal, a match hailed
by some as the sport’s best ever.The tournament began in cloudy but dry weather. When it rains, the
translucent roof on the 87-year-old stadium will be closed so play can continue.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Ricky Barnes flashed a smile as big as his six-shot lead.He was double digits
under par, only the fourth player in U.S. Open history to get that low. He had a six-shot lead over his
closest rival, while the stars struggled to make up ground. Phil Mickelson was making as many bogeys
as birdies. Mike Weir made four bogeys in a five-hole stretch. Tiger Woods fell 15 shots behind.It all
changed in a New York minute.When darkness settled over Bethpage Black as the final round was still
young, Barnes was tied for the lead with Lucas Glover. Both of them were at 7-under par, five shots
clear of anyone else. Neither has ever faced the nerves of contending in a major.

What once appeared to be a two-man race suddenly had endless possibilities:
-Mickelson made two long birdie putts on his last three holes for a 69 in the third round, and after pars
on the two holes he played in the final round, he was only five shots behind.
-David Duval, a former British Open champion without a victory in eight years, kept coming back from
sluggish starts and found himself very much in the hunt at 2 under with 16 holes to play.
-Weir, from Bright’s Grove, Ont., remained in contention at 1 over despite recording six bogeys and no
birdies over his final 16 holes.
-Woods finished a frustrating day on the greens with an eight-foot birdie putt on the 489-yard seventh
hole, putting him at even par in the tournament for the first time since the 14th hole of the opening
round. He was seven shots behind with 11 to play.
Barnes, who finished the third round of this rain-delayed U.S. Open with a one-shot lead at 8-under
202, chopped his way to bogey on the opening hole of the final round to lose his lead. Then he hooked
his tee shot into gnarly clumps of the grass along a hillside left of the fairway on No. 2.When the horn
sounded to stop play, he quickly marked his position and walked briskly off the course.
“It’s going to be pressure-packed tomorrow,” Glover said. “I’ll sleep fine. If not, I guess I’ll be tired.”
Mickelson, determined to bring a fairy-tale finish to a U.S. Open career filled with disappointment, was
on the third tee and had plenty of golf left. He has been the runner-up four times in the U.S. Open -
three times in New York - and is desperate to bring a silver trophy of cheer home to a wife who is
battling breast cancer.”I’m one good round away,” Mickelson said, excited at the possibilities.Hunter
Mahan and Ross Fisher of England were also at 2 under.Woods at least left Bethpage Black in good
spirits.”It was nice to end the day with a birdie on one of the most difficult holes of the week,” Woods
said.The USGA felt good enough about the forecast Monday to resume the final round at 9 a.m., leaving
enough time for an 18-hole playoff if it comes to that.It will be the first time a U.S. Open ended in
regulation on Monday since Larry Nelson won at Oakmont in 1983.And if the 2 1/2 hours of golf played
in the final round were any indication, it could be as much about survival as a big charge. The third
round ended with 11 players under par. When play was suspended, only seven remained.Barnes looked
as though he might blow this major wide open after rolling in a 25-foot eagle putt on No. 4 in the third
round to reach 11 under, joining Gil Morgan (1992), Woods (2000) and Jim Furyk (2003) as the only
players to reach double digits under par in a U.S. Open. When he reached the 10th tee, he was six
shots clear of Glover.

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Inter Milan target Ricardo Carvalho believes his Chelsea career has come to an end and would
love to play in Italy.The 31-year-old defender, who was confirmed as a transfer target for the Serie A
champions on Monday, also took a swipe at the Blues for neglecting him when he was injured last
season. Carvalho made only 18 appearances in an injury ravaged campaign and is eager to be reunited
with former Chelsea and Porto boss Jose Mourinho at the San Siro.
“I believe my time at Chelsea has come to an end and I’m very happy a big club like Inter are
interested in me,” Carvalho told the Daily Star. “It’s a new challenge and I’d like to play in Italy.”"I’ve
been at Chelsea for five years, and four of them were very good, but this last season I spent a lot of
time out injured. I wasn’t happy and Chelsea can’t have been happy with my contribution.

“Furthermore, when I was injured the club should have given me more support. They should
have helped me more, especially given my past four years at Chelsea. Their attitude disappointed me a
little.”Of former coach Mourinho, Carvalho added: “Mourinho’s a coach who knows me better than
anybody. Together we won big trophies. He’s an ambitious coach and a perfectionist.”Let’s see if the
clubs can reach an agreement. I’d love to work with Jose Mourinho again.”Internazionale president
Massimo Moratti confirmed on Monday that Mourinho had asked him to sign Carvalho and team-mate
Deco in the transfer window. Chelsea are expected to demand at least £12m before they consider
selling the duo.On Tuesday Mourinho said: “They used to be my players and it would be a pleasure to
have them again in the future.”But it is Chelsea that must decide what to do. They are Chelsea players. I
don’t like to talk about other clubs’ players.”

CLEVELAND — Prince Fielder got the ball back from his first career grand slam when a fan at
Progressive Field threw it into Milwaukee’s bullpen.Everything just seemed to work out for the Brewers
slugger on Monday nigsht.Fielder hit his 16th homer after two Indians relievers combined to walk the
bases loaded and Milwaukee rallied for a 14-12 victory over Cleveland.
“Good timing,” Brewers manager Ken Macha said. “We were pretty much out of it a couple of times, but
the guys didn’t quit.”

Fielder finished with a career-high six RBIs for the NL Central-leading Brewers, who won for
just the second time in their last eight games. Ryan Braun homered and drove in five runs.
Craig Counsell, Casey McGehee and Braun, the first three batters in Milwaukee’s order, went a
combined 7 for 13 and scored 10 times.”Good timing,” Brewers manager Ken Macha said. “We were
pretty much out of it a couple of times, but the guys didn’t quit.”
Fielder finished with a career-high six RBIs for the NL Central-leading Brewers, who won for just the
second time in their last eight games. Ryan Braun homered and drove in five runs.
Craig Counsell, Casey McGehee and Braun, the first three batters in Milwaukee’s order, went a
combined 7 for 13 and scored 10 times.
Todd Coffey (2-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win and Trevor Hoffman got
three outs for his 16th save. Milwaukee has won five straight against the Indians in interleague
play.”Everybody feels better about themselves after a game like this,” Braun said. “It’s a special night,
one of those nights you have to enjoy. They don’t come around very often.”Victor Martinez, Shin-Soo
Choo, Mark DeRosa and Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland. Hafner’s three-run shot in the sixth gave
the Indians a 12-8 lead.Milwaukee sent 11 batters to the plate in the eighth, taking advantage when Luis
Vizcaino and Matt Herges walked the bases loaded for Brasun and Fielder.”It’s a situation where you
come in and throw strikes,” Herges said. “I didn’t do that. Period. That was on me. I’m better than
coming in in the eighth inning with the lead and walking the first guy. That’s why I’ll have trouble
sleeping tonight.”

The Amateur Championship, beginning on Monday on the idyllic links of Formby and West
Lancs, has become rather a misnomer of late.
In the same way that Tiger Woods used the US Amateur as the platform from which to catapult himself
into professionalism, winning the event for three years straight, so a fresh generation of young British
pros – stand up Rory McIlroy, Oliver Fisher, Paul Waring – have come to use the Amateur as, effectively,
their graduating class.
This year the next great hope is Lancashire’s Tommy Fleetwood, who last summer narrowly missed out
on becoming the youngest Amateur champion at 17, losing in the final to Dutchman Reinier Sexton. The
event holds a particular resonance for Fleetwood, a member at Formby, and a teenager with an avowed
ambition to be as good as Woods.
For now the predictions of finding a British successor in Woods’ mould rest almost solely with McIlory,
still cutting up rough among the elite on the US Tour, but Fleetwood’s coach, former Walker Cup player
Jim Payne, maintains that his student has already taken his game to a “different level”. When such
prospects are coupled with McIlroy and Fisher’s exploits in the professional sphere, the forecast for
British golf would appear to be bright.

But despite the prestige attached to the tournament, it has yielded only one winner in the postwar era
who has gone on to triumph in a professional major – two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal.
Sergio Garcia, the 1998 winner, could change that, but other champions have sunk without trace. The
Amateur, though, endures as an opportunity for the country’s finest aspiring professionals to cut their
teeth and it has hardly taken long for a talent such as Oliver Fisher, 20 and enjoying rapid headway on
the European Tour, to make the grade.

Fisher reflects a refreshing variety of backgrounds among his peers. With a marvellously fluid swing to
rival the action of Ernie Els, the former Daily Telegraph junior champion is living proof of the notion that
you can take the boy of Essex, but you cannot take Essex out of the boy. Fisher, disarmingly
matter-of-fact in interviews, speaks in an accent that mimics snooker’s three-times world champion
Ronnie O’Sullivan, and his father, Rupert, who accompanies him almost everywhere on tour, is a former
market trader at Smithfields.
McIlroy hails from similar stock, preferring Manchester United and home cooking as distractions from life
perhaps, in a very short time, Fleetwood.

Few players are comfortable with an overly flat style of play. However, this is a very popular
tactic among the top players in the world. Peter Gade was the player to popularize this tactic back in the
late 90’s when he marched his way to the top of the world rankings. Peter was very dominant for 4
years before Taufik Hidayat, Lin Dan, and Lee Chong Wei started doing so well.
Like no other player before, Peter Gade kept the game very flat. He rarely lifted the shuttle high, and
generally kept the shuttle coming down from the back. This style of game requires strong drives and
defensive abilities, but can keep your opponent under extreme pressure. Peter Gade was a world junior
doubles champion, so he is obviously very comfortable with flat play.

So why does this tactic work so well? A few reasons:
• By focusing on making your opponent really work for a lift from you they are unable to have much time
to prepare for smashes
• This is a tactic that few players use, and requires shots that few singles players focus on. By keeping
them out of their comfort zone you gain an advantage
• If your fitness is far from the best you make the court feel a little bit smaller for yourself
Like any tactic in badminton you need to be careful how you execute it, and who you try and use it
against. Here are some tips on when you should avoid using this tactic:
• Against someone with poor fitness, make these guys run the full four corners of the court!
• Against a doubles specialist
• If you are not good at drives and flat play
So what do you need to execute this type of tactic?
• Don’t give up the lift so easily, try and push it flat when you’re at the net. Don’t be afraid of them
smashing because their shot will have to be fairly flat, in fact you can probably hit it overhead back at
them.
• If you find yourself digging from the back, don’t lift. Hit it flat back, hard and fast so they can hit a tight
net shot. This is perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind. Don’t hit a slow drop shot back to
the net, or else they’ll just hit a tight net shot.
• Control the net as often as you can. If they want to lift it nice and high to you, that’s just fine. You can
hit a smash and follow it up with a push at the net or just net it again.
• Serve short. You’ll notice that players serve short more than ever now. With the 21 point scoring
system players can’t afford to get burned on their long serve. Also, when you serve short it can be a
good idea to mix up your placement. Serve it out wide sometimes, or even serve it deep into court,
almost like a drive. This really throws people off who aren’t used to it, but be careful not to serve
illegally.
• Practice by playing box game. Don’t know what box game is? Basically it is half court singles, where
the only place you are allowed to hit the shuttle is the service box, nothing outside that one big box is in.
This forces you to play flat, and is a great way to practice your flat play. A lot of doubles players like this
game, but singles players need to be good at this too now.
If you want to use this tactic just watch a bunch of Peter Gade videos and you’ll see what I’m talking
about. He is the master of this tactic, nobody does it better.