Zheng, Vinci Reach Birmingham Quarterfinals

INDIANAPOLIS They raced 1-2-3 in line, trading the lead a whopping 15 times over the final, frantic 75 laps. All three drivers had a last-lap plan in mind when they zipped past the white flag, and it was Takuma Sato who acted first with a bold move for the win. Sato pulled out of line, dipped inside of Dario Franchitti and tried to pounce as they headed into the first turn. Scott Dixon watched and waited from third, figuring he was now in position to slingshot past both for the victory.

The National Hockey League and a buyers group for the Phoenix Coyotes will meet with Glendale officials on Tuesday, a strong signal that a new purchase agreement has taken shape. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Anthony LeBlanc, a principal with the Renaissance Sports & Entertainment, scheduled four meetings with Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers, other council members and the city manager for Tuesday.

If there was any cleaning up the Rattlers needed to do, it was taken care of in a 70-26 rout of the Iowa Barnstormers before a crowd of 8,177 at US Airways Center on Saturday night. Coach Kevin Guy had a list of clean-up items after the Rattlers escaped the Chicago Rush 56-49 in their closest victory of the season last week.

When Phoenix Country Club honored Ken Venturi, the 1958 Phoenix Open champion, in late January as part of its History Week Awards Dinner, members never imagined it would be Venturi's final trip. The 1964 U.S. Open champion and longtime golf broadcast analyst passed away May 17, less than two weeks after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Venturi was unable to attend that ceremony in Florida. He was hospitalized in March with an intestinal infection and pneumonia.

PARIS - Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?"