[Times photo: Jim Damaske] Keenan McCardell reacts to his first-down catch in the first quarter against the Jaguars.

Rays
Pen wrecks a promising day for Rays
Closer gives up two-run homer in ninth as Royals rally 6-5, wasting fine work by Crawford, Zambrano.

Surgery to end Rupe's season
ST. PETERSBURG -- Rather than pitch in pain, Ryan Rupe will have season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday.

Lightning
Lightning finances grim, says report
The consultant's report says the professional hockey team lost $18-million last year, putting in question its future at the Ice Palace.

Baseball
Union gives talks until Aug. 30
With little headway made in the debate over a luxury tax, players set a strike date but continue to hope for a resolution.

Cleveland's Wickman out for year
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Indians closer Bob Wickman will have season-ending reconstructive surgery on his right elbow.

Schilling at 20 in spite of Sosa
CHICAGO -- Leave it to Sammy Sosa to spoil Curt Schilling's party.

Twins' Mays outshines Pedro
MINNEAPOLIS -- Joe Mays wasn't excited about facing Pedro Martinez for the second time in six days. He sure pitched as if he were.

Gofl
Major story: storms
Fred Funk still on top with 5 holes to play in weather-plagued PGA.

Threesome tied for lead at LPGA event in Canada
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec -- Scotland's Catriona Matthew shot her second 2-under 70 in a row for a share of the second-round lead with Michelle Ellis and Gloria Park Friday in the LPGA's Canadian Women's Open.

Woes in majors persist for Duval
CHASKA, Minn. -- For David Duval, a frustrating year got worse on Friday at the PGA Championship, continuing his major-championship misery.

Basketball
Rookie of year leads Indiana in Game 1 win
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings has the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. The MVP trophy may be next.

NFL
Around the AFC

Around the NFC
CARDINALS: A nearly two-year effort to find a site for a stadium neared an end, with the city of Glendale the apparent winner.

Culpepper, Minnesota respond with a victory
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Mike Tice wasn't about to let the Minnesota Vikings' special-team problems spoil his night.

Motorsports
Racin' deals
PAY UP, BENNY: NBC analyst Benny Parsons promised $100 to each pit crew member of the first team to record a full-service stop in less than 13 seconds. The crew of Bobby Hamilton's No. 55 Chevrolet went to the video tape to prove it had a 12.95-second stop at Michigan in June, before NBC took over from Fox. Parsons paid the crew, and the stop will be shown in Sunday's prerace show.

Title race truly is tantalizing
Eight drivers are separated by only 188 points with 14 Winston Cup races remaining.

Earnhardt leads a group of five Chevrolets to earn pole
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. beat Kevin Harvick, his teammates and darkness to win his first pole of the season in qualifying Friday for the Pepsi 400.

Preps
Countryside's Frayer to join Wrestling Hall of Fame
In the past six months, Countryside coach Dave Frayer recorded his 300th victory at the school and watched his son, Jared, finish his collegiate career at Oklahoma as the NCAA runner-up in the 149-pound class.

FSL
Injuries put catcher on fast track by Jays
Guillermo Quiroz was not in a favorable position.

Locall
Tampa Bay reaches world title game
The Tampa Bay Junior softball team is one victory from a world championship.

Colleges
Gator QB gets 'mental reps'
GAINESVILLE -- Florida quarterback Rex Grossman did not participate in Friday morning's practice.

LSU says its violations were only secondary
BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU's internal investigation into academic misconduct found no major violations, but it admitted "secondary" violations of NCAA rules in a report released Friday.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
You'll find them offshore in 100 feet of water. You'll find them in shallow grass flats inshore. You don't have to look far if you're interested in catching mangrove snapper.

Etc.
In brief
Dokic derails Hingis' return