MILWAUKEE — Ben Sheets threw 81 of his 118 pitches for strikes. Against Barry Bonds, he felt he should have had a few more called.

OMAHA, Neb. — Ollie Linton singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night to give UC Irvine an 8-7 victory over Arizona State in a College World Series elimination game.

The Sacramento Kings reached an agreement in principle Tuesday with Reggie Theus to become their new coach, ending a meandering two-month search for Eric Musselman’s replacement.

OAKLAND -- Ken Griffey Jr. sure seems primed for a successful return trip to Seattle.

CHICAGO — Kara Lawson scored 19 points and Nicole Powell added 16, including the winning basket with 4.7 seconds left, to lead the Sacramento Monarchs to a 54-52 victory over the Chicago Sky on Tuesday night.

In a lot of ways, I can die a happy woman.

Jessica Perez had all her pitches working Tuesday night at Kiwanis Park.

Napa Valley Water Polo club players are getting prepared for the Junior Olympics, which will be held in Clovis June 23 and 24.

Napa American Legion opens a 48-team national tournament today in Omaha, Neb., looking for its offense and defense to match the high level of pitching that the team’s staff has turned in during the early part of the 2007 summer baseball season.

Today

Napa High School’s cross country program has many activities and conditioning scheduled this summer.

Cathy Bennett, from Longview, WA., Junior Duran, Tom Bickford, Manny Castro and 9-year-old James Bickford from Napa helped Junior bring in this 591⁄2 -inch, 40-pound white sturgeon from the Napa River near Green Island Road on Cathy’s 57th birthday.   

• Napa River