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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Tuesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- SAN DIEGO -- The American League tries to win its fourth straight All-Star Game, with Chris Sale of the White Sox getting the start. The Giants Johnny Cueto goes for the National League. Game starts 8:16 p.m.- HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A man who says former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified that coach Joe Paterno was told about it the very next day and responded callously.- TROON, Scotland -- Jordan Spieth cites health concerns -- partly Zika, partly personal -- for skipping the Olympics. He calls this the hardest decision hes ever made.- TROON, Scotland -- Technically, Rory McIlroy is still part of the Fab Four. If he doesnt pick it up soon, his mates might be looking for someone new to join the group. But McIlroy has no intention of fading away.- TROON, Scotland -- Justin Leonard still gets compliments for his British Open victory at Royal Troon -- not for his shots but his words. The victory speech is often an overlooked component of winning a major.- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Its not one thing -- the artistry, the athleticism, the smile. Its all of it when it comes to gymnast Simone Biles. Even Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton is in awe.- MADRID -- Star Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will miss the Olympics because of injuries that forced him to quit the Tour de France.- They were joined at the hip for 19 years, a supreme player-coach combination. Now that Tim Duncan is retired, San Antonios Gregg Popovich is about to start anew in some respects.- REVEL, France -- Australias Michael Matthews wins the 10th stage of the Tour de France. Two-time champion Chris Froome keeps the yellow jersey.- HOOVER, Ala. -- SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says he doesnt believe the league has an image problem despite an offseason of unsavory headlines.- LOS ANGELES -- Track Olympian Sydney McLaughlin, Georgia football recruit Jacob Eason, Duke basketball recruit Jayson Tatum among finalists for National Prep Athlete of the Year. Event starts 10:30 p.m. Axel Witsel Jersey . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. Romelu Lukaku Jersey . The Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his home country. http://www.belgiumsoccerpro.com/Toby-Alderweireld-Belgium-Jersey/ . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Adnan Januzaj Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Nacer Chadli Belgium Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. SAN FRANCISCO -- Colorado Rockies right-hander Tyler Chatwood will be seeking a piece of individual glory while stalling a rivals pursuit of a playoff berth when he faces the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.Chatwood ranks among the major-league leaders in road winning percentage (7-1, .875) and road ERA (1.88) as he prepares for his final start of the season.A win against the Giants would allow the 26-year-old to tie Rich Hill of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals and Aaron Sanchez of the Toronto Blue Jays -- all 8-1 (.889) -- for the top road winning percentage in baseball.Chatwood also has a chance to pass Hill (1.74) for the lead in road ERA. It would take six shutout innings to lower the fifth-year Rockys mark below 1.74.Holding the Giants without an earned run for six or more innings would not be a first for Chatwood this season. He limited San Francisco to one unearned run on four hits over seven innings in a 5-2 win in Colorado on May 27.Chatwood also beat the Giants 7-3 the only time he faced them in San Francisco, on July 5. He allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) in five innings that day.A third win over San Francisco would be a major blow to its playoff hopes. The Giants (83-74) will take the field Wednesday night sandwiched between the New York Mets (84-74) and St. Louis Cardinals (82-75) in the battle for two wild-card spots in the National League.All three contenders totaled 12 runs in wins Tuesday.I told Bam Bam (hitting coach Hensley Meulens): They responded to the challenge, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said of thee Mets and Cardinals, who played earlier games than the Giants.dddddddddddd. They put up big numbers. I told him, Its up to you.He accepted the challenge, I guess.The Giants exploded for 19 hits, their most in a home game this season, in a 12-3, series-opening win.San Francisco right-hander Jeff Samardzija also will have a personal incentive when he pitches the middle game of the three-game series.The start will be Samardzijas last of the season; and, if the rotation holds, hed be the next man up after Sundays finale. That would put him in place to start Wednesdays wild-card game, should the Giants get there.That said, Bochy announced Tuesday that Johnny Cueto has recovered from a groin injury and will start Thursdays series finale against the Rockies. He also would have ample rest (five days) to start next Wednesday.One more quality start from Samardzija and it might be hard to keep him out of the wild-card game. He has allowed just nine hits and one run in 13 2/3 innings during his last two starts, striking out 13.Among the Rockies hell have to deal with Wednesday night is D.J. LeMahieu, who is dueling Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy for the NL batting title.LeMahieu, who singled in his last at-bat Tuesday to go 1-for-4, will take a .349-.347 advantage into Wednesdays action.As Rockies star Nolan Arenado observed last week, The thing about D.J. is he always has competitive at-bats. He never gives up an at-bat. And now hes better than ever. ' ' '