WIMBLEDON, England — Claps of thunder and streaks of lightning accompanied Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova off tiny Court 3 after they managed to play all of three points at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

From The Associated Press

Willie Mays was patrolling center field for the Giants, while 100,000 drug-filled youths were playing games of a different sort on the streets of San Francisco. The year was 1967, and the Summer of Love was in full bloom.

MARIETTA, Ga. — With a row of American flags flapping nearby in the morning breeze, Scott Winkler takes a deep breath, closes his eyes for a second or two, then begins twisting his massive upper body this way and that, all the while clasping a flying saucer-like object in his right hand.

The California Outdoor Rollerskating Association’s Napa Valley Inline Marathon and Half Marathon, offering distances of 26.2 miles and 13.1 miles, is July 15 starting at 7 a.m. from Rosedale Road and the Silverado Trail in Calistoga.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has not ruled out suspending drivers as a deterrent for cheating on the Car of Tomorrow.

CINCINNATI — In the same city where Hank Aaron completed his quest, Barry Bonds came out hammering.

VALLEJO — Richard Eaton made one thing perfectly clear when he introduced himself as the West head coach last week at Morton Field on Mare Island.

Sonoma Valley fashioned a victory in its last try at the 31st annual Keith Connelly Fourth of July Invitational Tournament on Tuesday, routing the San Mateo/Foster City Titans, 10-4, at the Vets Home’s Cleve Borman Field in Yountville.

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The Napa American Legion baseball team had a 3-2 record, but did not advance out of its pool at a 48-team national tournament in Omaha, Neb., last month. It’s the first time Napa has played in Omaha.

Joe DiMaggio Baseball League

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Fourth of July in the Napa Valley: