GOLF • Davis Love III became the third straight U.S. captain to pick a Ryder Cup rookie. Love filled out his 12-man team Tuesday by selecting Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker, one of four Ryder Cup rookies who will be playing in a team competition for the first time as a pro.
The Ryder Cup is Sept. 28-30 at Medinah outside Chicago. Even though Europe has dominated this competition since 1995 it has won six of the last eight times it has won on U.S. soil only twice in the last 20 years.
The eight Americans who qualified three weeks ago were Tiger Woods, Masters champion Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mickelson. That makes four Americans who have never played in a Ryder Cup Snedeker, Dufner, Simpson and Bradley.
U.S., Germany to play for U-20 title
Women's soccer • The United States beat Nigeria 2-0 on Tuesday in Tokyo and will play defending champion Germany on Saturday for the women's under-20 World Cup title.
Morgan Brian scored in the first half and Kealia Ohai added another goal in the second to send the Americans to the final for the third time. The U.S. won in 2002 and 2008.
Murder charge in Auburn shootings
College football • A 22-year-old man has been indicted on capital murder charges in the killing of two former Auburn University football players and a third person at a pool party.
Court filings posted Tuesday also say a grand jury indicted Desmonte Leonard on one count of first-degree assault, two counts of attempted murder and two counts of second-degree assault. No trial date has been set.
• The Notre Dame radio network suspended former Irish running back and commentator Allen Pinkett without pay for two more games after his comments last week that teams need bad guys to give them an edge. Pinkett had already been pulled off last Saturday's season opener against Navy in Ireland.
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