Highlights include Indians at Twins, and Olympics coverage through most of the day and night.

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Today's TV and radio sports listings

AUTO RACING

7:30 a.m. Hungarian Grand Prix, Speed Channel

1 p.m. Your Hero's Name Here 400, ESPN

7 p.m. Sonoma Nationals (tape), ESPN2

BASEBALL

1 p.m. Dayton at LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS, AM/970

1:05 p.m. Bowie at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350

2 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, TBS

2:10 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, WGN

2:10 p.m. CLEVELAND INDIANS at Minnesota Twins, SportsTime Ohio; AM/1100

8 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, ESPN

GOLF

6 a.m. Evian Masters, Golf Channel

Noon Senior British Open, ESPN2

3 p.m. Canadian Open, WOIO

7 p.m. Children's Hospital Invitational (tape), Golf Channel

MOTORSPORTS

6 p.m. MotoGP World Championship (tape), Speed Channel

11 p.m. AMA Pro Racing (tape), Speed Channel

OLYMPICS

4 a.m. Women's beach volleyball, NBCSN

6 a.m. Men's basketball, Brazil vs. Australia, NBCSN

7 a.m. Men's volleyball, Russia vs. Germany, MSNBC

7 a.m. Tennis, Bravo

7 a.m. Various sports, Telemundo

8 a.m. Men's beach volleyball, NBCSN

8:15 a.m. Men's handball, Croatia vs. Korea, MSNBC

8:30 a.m. Boxing, CNBC

9 a.m. Women's field hockey, NBCSN

9:30 a.m. Men's basketball, U.S. vs. France, NBCSN

10 a.m. Men's soccer, Brazil vs. Belarus, MSNBC

11 a.m. Swimming, WKYC

11:30 a.m. Men's basketball, Spain vs. China, NBCSN

11:45 a.m. Men's volleyball, U.S. vs. Serbia, WKYC

Noon Men's soccer, Senegal vs. Uruguay, MSNBC

1:30 p.m. Swimming, WKYC

1:30 p.m. Shooting, NBCSN

1:50 p.m. Badminton, NBCSN

2 p.m. Gymnastics, WKYC

2 p.m. Men's water polo, Hungary vs. Serbia, MSNBC

2:15 p.m. Equestrian, NBCSN

2:40 p.m. Men's water polo, U.S. Montenegro, WKYC

2:45 p.m. Men's soccer, Britain vs. UAE, MSNBC

3:30 p.m. Boxing, CNBC

3:40 p.m. Rowing, WKYC

3:45 p.m. Archery, NBCSN

4 p.m. Women's beach volleyball, WKYC

4:15 p.m. Women's field hockey, U.S. vs. Germany, NBCSN

5:45 p.m. Men's basketball, Argentina vs. Lithuania, NBCSN

4:30 p.m. Men's volleyball, Italy vs. Poland, MSNBC

7 p.m. Women's team gymnastics;

swimming finals: men's 100 breast;

men's 4x100 free relay, women's 100 fly;

women's 400 free; women's diving,

synchronized springboard final (tape), WKYC

Midnight Women's gymnastics; swimming (tape), Telemundo

12:35 a.m. Women's gymnastics; canoeing (tape), WKYC

SOCCER

7 p.m. MLS, New England at Philadelphia, NBCSN

TENNIS

4 p.m. Farmers Classic final, ESPN2

The women hold their qualifying today, while the men have the team finals on Monday. And former gymnast Abby Johnston, from Central Ohio, is diving for a medal today. Watch video

LONDON – The men's and women's gymnastics teams for the United States have both been thinking about medals, even gold medals, for a while, and their pursuits are underway.

The men's team qualified first in the team competition on Saturday, though those scores will be wiped out when the team finals start on Monday. The men are aiming for the first team Olympic gold since Los Angeles in 1984.

The women's preliminaries are today, with the team hoping for its first gold as a group since Atlanta in 1996. Their team final is Tuesday.

Individually, Danell Leyva and John Orozco qualified in the all-around competition for the men, while Leyva also qualified on the horizontal bar, as did Johnathan Horton. Sam Mikaluk made it on the vault and Jake Dalton in the floor exercise.

In the women's competition, Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber are expected to qualify in the all-around today.

Practice begins at 8:45 a.m. and runs through 11:15 a.m. Get updates from @MaryKayCabot and @treedpd on Twitter or on this page.

View full sizeLonnie Timmons III, The Plain DealerTrent Richardson and the Browns are back on the field this morning.

Even if you are sick of various versions of "Call Me Maybe," this may be worth a look.

China took the gold.

Doug LesmerisesUpper Arlington native Abby Johnston with her silver medal

“It feels incredible to have this silver medal,” Johnston said. “It's been a life-long dream to stand up on that podium and see the United States flag raise up.”

Rhode's 99 out of 100 targets hit equaled the world mark, and she hit all 25 targets in the final. Just 33 years old, she is the first American to medal in five consecutive Olympics.

Tim Warsinskey/The Plain DealerU.S. shooter Kim Rhode became the first American to win a medal in five consecutive Olympics, and did so in spectacular fashion

Rhode is 33 years old.

“I don't have any plans to quit any time soon,'' she said. “The oldest Olympian in shooting was 72 years old.''

She was a teen sensation when she first won gold in Atlanta in 1996 in double trap. She took bronze in Sydney and gold in Athens, also in double trap. She won silver in Beijing in skeet.

Rhode was just shy of perfect, missing only one target to set an Olympic record with 74 points in the qualification round, and she matched the world record for points in a final with 25.

She said finishing off the perfect final round was a challenge after she clinched the gold with a seven-point lead before the final position. Rhode clinched the gold on the fifth of six shooting positions and won by a margin of eight shots hit.

“The emotions were effecting me. It was all I could do not to cry,'' she said.

Rhode becomes the first woman to win three gold medals in Olympic shooting.

She is the first American woman to earn five Olympic shooting medals and only the fourth woman to medal five time.

Her five career Olympic medals tie her for fourth among U.S. women, trailing only speed skater Bonnie Blair (five), swimmer Janet Evans (four) and diver Pat McCormick (four). She also is only the fifth person to win an individual medal at five consecutive Olympic Games, joining Japan's judoka Ryoko Tamura-Tani and lugers Georg Hackl and Claudia Pechstein of Germany.

Only one other U.S. female athlete has won medals in five different Olympic Games, regardless of sport: basketball player Teresa Edwards, who is serving as Chef de Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Delegation.

Wei Ning of China took the silver medal with 91 points, while Danka Bartekova of Slovakia won the bronze with 90 points. Bartekova, whose world record Rhode tied, beat Russia's Marina Belikova in a shoot off for the bronze, 4-3.

Jim Brown will participate during Alumni Weekend in Cleveland this fall.

Thomas Ondrey, Plain Dealer fileJim Brown

Brown told The Plain Dealer on Saturday night that he will be present during Alumni Weekend on Sept. 22-23 when former defensive back Clarence Scott and running back Ernie Green will be inducted into the Cleveland Browns Legends.

“I'll be there to support Ernie,” said Brown late Saturday from his home in Los Angeles.

The induction will include a halftime ceremony during the Sept. 23 game against the Buffalo Bills.

It will be Brown's first appearance at Browns Stadium in two years since his contentious split with Cleveland Browns President Mike Holmgren.

Brown, the franchise's all-time leading rusher, did not participate in 2010 when he was inducted into the Ring of Honor. Many considered it poor sportsmanship from Brown because Holmgren had relieved him of his duties as executive adviser to owner Randy Lerner. Holmgren offered Brown a reduced role, but he declined.

Holmgren opened up the possibility of renewing a relationship when he told the media in June how he would welcome Brown back.

“I would like Jim Brown to come and be a part of this and feel comfortable doing that and I would welcome him with open arms," Holmgren said.

And Brown replied that he was willing to speak with Holmgren.

"If that's what Holmgren said, it just shows a lot of class on his part," Brown said. I have nothing to hold me back from being a positive person in any type of circumstances . . . I am a Cleveland Brown, but it's always up to those in control to decide what they want to do."

The timing of Brown's trip to Cleveland has nothing to do with the pending new ownership change from Randy Lerner to Jimmy Haslam III. Brown scheduled his trip before Friday's announcement. When asked about the sale, Brown said he would comment once the deal is official.

His presence in September is consistent with his support of former teammates. Brown was in Canton when Gene Hickerson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

Scott played from 1971 to 1983. He recorded 39 career interceptions, the third most in club history. Brown was a teammate of Green for four seasons, including the 1964 championship year. Green's 4.8-yard average per rush attempt is the second-best figure in team history, behind Brown's 5.2 average.

Browns owner Randy Lerner will retain a 30% stake in the Browns when he sells soon to Tennessee businessman Jimmy Haslam III, WKYC's Jim Donovan reported Saturday night.

AP Photo, Simon DawsonBrowns owner Randy Lerner will keep 30% of the team he's been a part of since he was a teen in the 70s, Jim Donovan reports.

BEREA -- Browns owner Randy Lerner will retain a 30% stake in the team at the outset after he sells 70% to Tennessee businessman Jimmy Haslam III, radio play-by-play voice and WKYC sportscaster Jim Donovan reported Saturday night.

Donovan also reported that Haslam will have the option to increase his share in the team at some point, but Lerner will remain involved for now.

The Lerner family first bought into the Browns in the 1970s when Lerner's late father, Al, purchsed a 9% share as part-owner of Stadium Corporation. Al Lerner then purchased the team for $530 million in 1998.

Lerner is selling to Haslam for $920 million, according to Forbes.

The Plain Dealer also reported Saturday that the sale could be expedited and wrapped up before the start of the regular season in September, and that former Eagles President Joe Banner is a key part of the Haslam purchase and will at some point be president of the Browns.

Kevin Durant scored 22 points, LeBron James added eight assists and the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team opened tournament play with a rough-and-ragged 98-71 win over France on Sunday.

USA's Lebron James (6) grabs a rebound during the first half of a preliminary men's basketball game against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, pool)

LONDON (AP) - Hardly dreamy, still dominant.

Kevin Durant scored 22 points, LeBron James added eight assists and the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team opened tournament play with a rough-and-ragged 98-71 win over France on Sunday.

Seeking a second straight gold medal to match the one they won in Beijing four years ago, the Americans expected a tough test from a French team featuring San Antonio guard Tony Parker and five other NBA players.

The U.S. was never in real trouble, and after overcoming some major foul issues and sloppy play, the superstar-laden squad finally put France away in the second half.

Kobe Bryant had said this team could beat the 1992 Dream Team that changed international hoops forever at the Barcelona Games. That matchup is mythical, but the London Games aren't and this U.S. team will have to play much better in upcoming games if it plans to maintain American dominance.

With first lady Michelle Obama on hand to cheer on the U.S., Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler added nine rebounds apiece Kevin Love finished with 14 points for the Americans. The U.S. will next play Tuesday against Tunisia, beaten 60-56 by Nigeria in the tournament opener.

As they left the floor, the U.S. players stopped to hug the first lady.

Parker, playing with goggles to protect a surgically repaired left eye, scored 10 points but France, which trailed by just one point after the first quarter, fell to 0-5 in Olympic competition against the USA. Ali Traore led the French with 12 points.

With the U.S. leading 52-36 at halftime, Durant opened the second half with a 3-pointer, Bryant dropped one from long range and after James dunked an alley-oop pass from Deron Williams, the Americans led 64-43.

Au revoir, France.

The U.S. team's lead ballooned to 78-51 after three quarters, allowing coach Mike Krzyzewski to rest Bryant, James and Durant for most of the fourth quarter. With the game well in hand, Krzyzewski even gave 19-year-old Anthony Davis, the top pick in June's NBA draft, his first taste of Olympic play.

Unlike his peers, Krzyzewski has the luxury of a deep bench and he was forced to go it early and often in the first half, when the Americans racked up fouls.

After the U.S. started the game by missing its first six three-point attempts, Bryant, James and Durant started finding the range from beyond the arc. The trio finished the game a combined 6 for 12 from three-point range while the rest of the U.S. went 2 for 13.

Parker nearly missed these Olympics. The 30-year-old recently underwent surgery after he was hit with broken glass during a nightclub fight in New York. Parker was not involved in the bottle-throwing melee between R&B singer Chris Brown and members of rapper Drake's entourage.

He was able to break down the U.S. defense early on, but once the Americans forced the ball from his hands, the French had no one else to turn to.

American's multimillion dollar conglomerate of hoop talent came out of the locker room singing on the way to the floor for pregame warmups. Their chants caught the attention of several Brazilian players still doing interviews following a tight opening win over Australia.

As Bryant, James and Durant filed onto the hardwood, some of France's players turned to take a look.

The U.S. players weren't nearly so jovial at halftime following a sloppy, foul-filled first half in which the Americans were whistled for 18 personals and complained about some calls. Anthony and Russell Westbrook spent the final six minutes of the second quarter on the bench after picking up their third fouls.

A few days ago, France's Ronny Turiaf likened the U.S. team's ability to play big or small to a two-faced beast.

"That team is like a Gemini," said Turiaf, who will play with Paul and the Clippers next season. "They have two faces, a nightmare-nightmare."

But the U.S. team was its own worst enemy in the first quarter. Too often, the American settled for jump shots rather than driving to the basket. The Americans missed all six 3-pointers in the opening period, and when France's Yannick Bokolo drained a 3 in the final second, France was within 22-21.

James opened the second quarter with a 3 and the U.S. quickly went on an 11-0 run before it was slowed down by a rash of fouls - several of them needless.

Fortunately for the Americans, the French made only 1 of 11 3-pointers and missed seven free throws, allowing the U.S. to take a 52-36 halftime lead.

Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo is the most likely Indian to be traded before the Tuesday's non-waiver deadline at 4 p.m. ET. The Pirates are reportedly one of the teams interested and they could be offering outfield prospect Starling Marte.

Chuck Crow, The Plain DealerShin-Soo Choo says he's trying not to think about trade rumors involving him as Tuesday's trading deadline approaches.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Shin-Soo Choo says he's trying not to listen to the trade rumors that have started percolating around him in the last few weeks.

"When I first heard about the rumors I said, "really?'" said Choo. "A few minutes later I said, "I can't control that. Why worry about it?'

"The first two months, I worried about too much stuff. I was thinking about my future and you can't control that. I learned from that. I just go out and play and try to help the team every day."

The latest Choo rumor has Pittsburgh pursuing the left-handed hitting right fielder. The bait, reportedly, is outfield prospect Starling Marte. The Pirates just promoted Marte to the big leagues and it could be to showcase him to the Indians.

The Pirates, who have lost for 19 straight seasons, trail Cincinnati by two games in the NL Central. They lead the NL wild card race.

Marte, 23, made his big league debut Thursday. Batting leadoff, he hit the first pitch he saw for a home run. Marte, a right-handed hitter, is hitting .154 (2-for-13) in three games for the Pirates.

He put together an impressive year at Class AAA Indianapolis before his promotion. Marte was hitting .286 (111-for-388) with 21 doubles, 13 triples, 12 homers, 62 RBI and 21 steals.

This is Marte's sixth year in the Pirates minor league system.

Choo will be a free agent at the end of the 2013 season. The Indians have tried to sign him to a multiyear deal over the last few years without success. With Scott Boras as his agent, Choo seems destined for free agency.

Today's lineups:

Indians (50-51): RF Shin-Soo (L), SS Asdrubal Cabrera, DH Carlos Santana, 3B Jose Lopez (R), CF Michael Brantley (L), LF Shelley Duncan (L), C Lou Marson (R), 1B Casey Kotchman (L), 2B Brent Lillibridge (R), RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (8-9, 4.97).

Twins (42-58): CF Denard Span (L), RF Ben Revere (L), DH Joe Mauer (L), LF Josh Willingham (R), 1B Justin Morneau (L), C Ryan Doumit (S), 3B Danny Valencia (R), SS Brian Dozier (R), 2B Alexi Casilla (S), LHP Brian Duensing (1-6, 4.86).

Lineup notes: Asdrubal Cabrera got the night off Saturday and Jason Kipnis was rested Sunday. Kipnis has played in 99 of the Tribe's first 101 games. . .Duensing started against the Tribe after scheduled starter Francisco Liriano was traded to the White Sox after Saturday night's game.

Umpires: H Chris Guccione, 1B Tim Tschida, crew chief, 2B Jeff Nelson, 3B Bill Welke.

Indians vs. Duensing: Cabrera is hitting .375 (6-for-16) with one homer and two RBI.

Twins vs. Jimenez: Jamey Carroll is hitting .364 (4-for-11) and Willingham is hitting .231 (3-for-13).

Next: The Indians are off Monday and open a three-game series Tuesday night against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Among the 14,000 competitors gathered for the London games, some hundreds will be cheating with banned substances, Chris Cooper estimates in the July 7 issue of the medical journal the Lancet.

View full sizeManny Millan, Sports Illustrated, Getty ImagesThe 1988 men's 100-meter sprint in Seoul, South Korea is considered one of the most corrupt races in Olympic history. Five of the eight -- including the initial winner Ben Johnson in lane three -- were caught or admitted to using banned substances in their careers. A sixth runner, Jamaican Ray Stewart in lane seven, supplied banned drugs to athletes he coached. Only American Calvin Smith, in lane four, and Brazilian Robson Da Silva, in lane eight, were clean.

On Sept. 24, 1988, British biochemist Chris Cooper stayed up until 4 a.m. to see if a Canadian or English runner might beat the legendary Carl Lewis in the 100-meter dash.

Cooper was a doctoral candidate in Canada that year; he was as shocked as the rest of the world when, two days later, tests revealed that sprinter Ben Johnson had swallowed banned anabolic steroids to fuel his blistering 9.79-second run, which he celebrated even before crossing the finish line.

Today Cooper heads research at the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex. In his nimble, often engaging new primer, "Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat," he illustrates how testing has grown much more sophisticated since the Seoul Olympics, but so has the inventive and tainted chemistry of goosing sports performance.

The revelation, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, that the East German government had systematically doped more than 2,000 athletes, including many children, added a sickening element of state standardization, but certainly hasn't curbed the practice, Cooper writes.

Among the 14,000 competitors gathered for the London games, some hundreds will be cheating with banned substances, Cooper estimates in the July 7 issue of the medical journal the Lancet. He cites studies that indicate "about seven percent of young elite athletes admitted to doping at some time in their career; if true, this would represent almost 1,000 people at the games."

Most will have knocked off taking the banned stuff well in advance, hoping to avoid being caught in drug testing, now a fraught and expensive cat-and-mouse contest of its own. This version of "the games" is encapsulated in some 6,000 urine samples to be ferried through the gleaming new British anti-doping facilities.

View full sizeRun, Swim, Throw, Cheat, Oxford University Press, 305 pp., $26.95

Cooper is well attuned to the ridiculous here, even as he makes his living studying it. Essentially, athletes and their coaches look for a boost in three arenas: explosive power, aerobic endurance and staving off fatigue. But while the usefulness of many a banned and abused substance is cloudy, the effectiveness of one perfectly legal substance is not: caffeine.

"When it comes to running or cycling, caffeine can increase the time to exhaustion by as much as twenty to fifty percent," Cooper writes, tracing this regulatory inconsistency to broader social norms. The citizenry runs on coffee, as the Dunkin' Donut ads attests.

"Now that caffeine is not banned at all, I would be amazed if caffeine supplementation did not form a major part of many athlete's pre-race preparations," he writes with a frankness that refreshes. "Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat" is no finger-wagging exercise.

He notes merrily that, "In 1904, Thomas Hicks won the Olympic Marathon in St. Louis on a combination of strychnine injections laced with brandy. This didn't seem to concern the authorities, although maybe they were distracted by chasing the original winner, Fred Lorz, who was disqualified for covering eleven of the twenty-six-mile race in a car."

Cooper even admits some sympathy for the controversial ethicist Julian Savulescu's position that biological manipulation is not against the spirit of sport; it is the spirit of sport. But as an expert in nitric oxide, now known to play a major role in controlling blood flow, blood volume and blood pressure, Cooper argues that the science matters -- and applying it thoughtfully could go a long way in purging the banned substance list of much of its ridiculousness.

It pains him that the use of minor cold remedies killed the Olympic dreams of Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan and Scottish skier Alain Baxter. He finds it needlessly punitive that recreational drugs -- from cannabis to heroin -- provide no sporting boost but still count as a doping offense.

The book itself lingers lovingly over the ATP cycle, single nucleotide polymorphism, bar graphs and metabolic flow charts. This is geek territory, but Cooper makes it accessible, writing clearly enough for a high school student. He deploys jolly evolutionary insights, writing well even as he presses a bit on redundant and obvious points.

Still, lots of "Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat" has migrated into my dinner conversation. Chris Cooper's book makes a lively, illuminating addition to taking in the games. 

Karen R. Long is the former science reporter of The Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden talked with the media after the second day of training camp. He is excited about the depth the team has on offense and stressed that he will make mistakes, but he will learn from them. Watch video

The Indians continued their downward spiral Sunday at Target Field in a 5-1 loss to the Twins. The loss completed a three-game sweep by Minnesota as the Indians dropped to 6-11 since the All-Star break.

Updated at 7:24 p.m.

Minneapolis, Minn. -- The lights haven't been turned out on the 2012 season for the Indians, but the party is definitely over.

The Indians stormed into Minneapolis on Friday following a big series victory over Detroit. They were 3 1/2 games out of first place in the American League Central and feeling good about themselves until the Twins turned that deficit into a dark 5 1/2-game hole with a three-game sweep at Target Field.

The Twins completed the sweep Sunday with a 5-1 victory over an Indians team that can't score, hit or pitch. Other than that, things are just fine in Wahooland.

"The way we played in this series is very disappointing," said Tribe manager Manny Acta, in the understatement of the season. "Especially after having such a great series at home against Detroit."

The Twins, who climbed out of last place in the Central for the first time since April 29 by virtue of the sweep, outscored the Indians, 28-6. They won, 11-0, Friday and won, 12-5, Saturday. By comparison, Sunday's game was a nail-biter.

"I'd be lying to you if I said it doesn't deflate you a little," said outfielder Shelley Duncan, who drove in the Indians' only run Sunday. "This time of year, you start to scoreboard-watch a little bit. It does knock you around a little bit."

Duncan said the Indians must turn their attention inward in an effort to save the season. But words like that only go so far.

Acta was more to the point when he said: "We do have 60 games to go, but you're not going to be able to put any type of winning streak together unless you get some consistency, especially out of our starting pitching. . . . We're scuffling with that."

Starters Josh Tomlin, Justin Masterson and Ubaldo Jimenez went 0-3 with an 11.81 ERA (21 earned runs in 16 innings) against the Twins. Jimenez (8-10, 5.08) gave up five runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings Sunday. Compared to the efforts of Tomlin and Masterson, he looked like Pedro Martinez.

The rotation is 36-45 with one of the highest ERAs in the league at 4.87, but pitching isn't the only problem.

The Indians have scored 51 runs, an average of three per game, in going 6-11 since the All-Star break. They're hitting .229 as a team and .189 (25-for-132) with runners in scoring position. The Indians had one hit with a runner on second or third in the Twins series.

"We understand that every day is a new day and that every day is a challenge up here," said Acta. "But we weren't even a challenge to the Twins in this series."

Jimenez gave an uneven performance Sunday. He opened with three scoreless innings before Duncan gave him a 1-0 lead with a single off lefty Brian Duensing (2-6, 4.53) in the fourth. Then he lost it without registering an out.

He walked Josh Willingham to start the fourth and gave up a first-pitch homer to Justin Morneau. The turmoil rolled into the fifth.

After a double by Ben Revere, Jimenez was preparing to throw a pitch to Joe Mauer when he stopped his delivery at the halfway point. Revere took third on the balk and scored on a wild pitch.

"I was thinking about trying to pick Revere off at second base," said Jimenez. "That's when I got messed up. I got caught up between going to second and going home."

Last week, Jimenez ignited the Indians' series victory over the Tigers with six scoreless innings in a 3-2 victory Tuesday. The same pitcher did not take the mound Sunday.

"It feels really bad," said Jimenez. "We beat Detroit and came here with high hopes and tried to keep it going, but we couldn't do anything here."

The stolen base have lost its statistical luster throughout baseball, but the Twins didn't just beat the Indians over the weekend, they ran them out of the ballpark. The stole five bases Sunday and went 10-for-10 in the series, including two double steals that resulted in four runs.

The second came in the seventh inning Sunday and put the game away. After Jimenez left with runners on first and second, Brian Dozier and Denard Span pulled the double steal. Revere, with the infield pulled in, singled through the middle to score both runs.

"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong," said Acta.

Plain Dealer's Cleveland Browns beat writer Mary Kay Cabot and reporter Branson Wright report on what happened during Day 2 of training camp 2012. Watch video

The man who once had the most secure job in Berea now appears to be on shaky ground.

View full sizeDave Richard, Associated PressMike Holmgren was supposed to be the driving force behind the Browns' return to glory, but it looks like he'll ride out of town long before the team completes its transformation into a solid football franchise.

BEREA, Ohio -- A point of clarification is in order about Mike Holmgren's tenure as Browns president.

When he chided the media to forget about coming to him for extra playoff tickets, he did not mean because he expected to be bought out of his contract a year later.

If the most secure job in Berea -- his -- suddenly looks shaky with the team's pending ownership transfer, it's because NFL sources told The Plain Dealer on Saturday that former Eagles president Joe Banner is an integral part of Tennessee businessman Jimmy Haslam III's group.

Sources also believe the sale could be approved by league owners by September. With a full season ahead, Haslam could begin the changeover immediately.

Strangely enough, one knock on Holmgren has been the perception that he's not immersed in Cleveland -- whether it's because much of his family is in Seattle or he's near retirement age. Nobody thought that his story could end here with the organization not being all-in with him.

Another annoyance for an impatient fan base is the slow crawl of progress since Browns owner Randy Lerner beat the drum for Holmgren's hiring as the advent of "serious, credible" leadership. Suddenly, he could be on borrowed time, dragging a 9-23 record on his watch into meetings with a new ownership group.

"My future is bright," Holmgren said this week when asked about the changes an ownership change can bring. "You control the things you can control and do the best you can."

Holmgren is still owed $8 million a year through 2014. So his future is indeed bright and comfortable.

His legacy is not as certain, tied as it is to his choice for head coach (Pat Shurmur) and the recent attempt to deliver a quarterback (Brandon Weeden) who can take this team to a Super Bowl.

That wouldn't be the legacy of most NFL presidents. Holmgren's coaching pedigree put him in a different class and raised expectations for a more immediate payoff on the field. It proved problematic for a few different reasons, not all of his doing.

He made a mistake in keeping Eric Mangini on for a year, even if he did so out of an old football coach's empathy for Mangini's work ethic and stiff upper lip.

That set the makeover back and slowed the pace of General Manager Tom Heckert's inevitable detonating of an aging roster heavy with role players.

Heckert has been one of Holmgren's best moves. New ownership would be smart to keep him in place whatever other changes it makes.

Here's what else we know about Holmgren in his third year as Browns president: He knows quality coaches. At least quality assistant coaches. It was true of him as a head coach and it's true of him now.

The hiring of Dick Jauron to coordinate the defense and bringing in Brad Childress to run the offense has given Shurmur an experienced, accomplished support group.

After a difficult rookie season as head coach, Shurmur needs to validate Holmgren's faith in him. The sooner the better. If not, Holmgren's tenure is doomed to be remembered as the bumpy ride of a first-time team president.

Holmgren was supposed to know quarterbacks and coaching. It's why his legacy is connected to Shurmur and now to Weeden. They will be the measure of him as a football executive regardless of who owns the team.

What he didn't really understand was the passion and insecurity of a fan base that's been waiting since 1964 to crown a champion and since the 1980s for a team worth bragging about.

So when he didn't make himself available here -- saying it was out of deference to his head coach -- but instead kept appearing on a Seattle radio station, he was stunned to learn that for some fans it went over like an Art Modell statue in Public Square.

Holmgren carried olive branches to his most recent news conference, promising to try to become more open and available. He kept his word this week in assuring anxious Browns fans that Randy Lerner sought an assurance from the Haslam group that it would keep the team in Cleveland before agreeing to open negotiations.

As far as his job status, Holmgren said, "Right now I'm the president of the team and that's how I'm operating."

He just turned 64. Because of his age and the size of the renovation, there was always a pretty good chance he wasn't going to be around when the Browns' makeover became complete.

Now the ownership change could seriously, credibly accelerate his exit ahead of the big improvement he's been promising.

Silver was a bitter disappointment for the Americans, who now know how the French felt four years ago. Phelps still won the 17th Olympic medal of his career — and first silver, to go along with 14 golds and two bronzes.

United States' Ryan Lochte, left, United States' Nathan Adrian, center, and United States' Michael Phelps speak after receiving their silver medals for the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LONDON — Payback. This time, it was France chasing down the United States — and Ryan Lochte, no less — to win another riveting relay at the Olympics.

With Michael Phelps looking much stronger than he did the night before, the Americans built a commanding lead over the first three legs of the 400-meter freestyle relay and never really had to worry about the defending world champions from Australia.

When Lochte dove into the water on the anchor leg, he was a half-body length ahead of the field and looking to add another gold to his dominating victory Saturday in the 400 individual medley.

Not so fast.

Or should we say not nearly fast enough.

Yannick Agnel, playing the chaser role that Jason Lezak did for the American four years ago in this same event, sliced through the water and was right on Lochte's shoulder as they made the flip at the far end of the pool. With about 25 meters to go, they were stroke for stroke. But Lochte, who had already competed in the 200 free prelims in the morning and in the semifinals about 90 minutes earlier, simply didn't have enough left to hold off the towering, 20-year-old Frenchman.

Agnel touched in 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, having gone exactly a second faster than Lochte over the last 100 meters. Lochte and the Americans settled for silver in 3:10.38, while Australia — the favorite — didn't even get a medal. Russia took the bronze in 3:11.41, edging the team from Down Under by 0.22 for the last spot on the podium.

But silver was also a bitter disappointment for the Americans, who now know how the French felt four years ago.

France had the lead in Beijing and its best sprinter, Alain Bernard, going out on the final leg. But Lezak swam the fastest relay leg in history, drafting Bernard along the lane rope and beating him by a scant 0.08 seconds to keep Phelps on track for his record eight gold medals.

It was one of the greatest races in Olympic history.

This one wasn't too shabby, either.

Lochte hung on the side of the wall, his head dropping toward the water — a much different reaction than he had the night before when he blew out the field in the 400 IM. Phelps stared at the scoreboard for a good 10 seconds before going over to congratulate the French.

Phelps still won the 17th Olympic medal of his career — and first silver, to go along with 14 golds and two bronzes. He's one away from tying the mark for most career medals held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Phelps has five more events to break the record.

In an interesting twist, Bernard will get a gold medal even though he didn't swim the final. Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot and Clement Lefert took the first three legs, but Bernard will be rewarded, too, for taking part in the morning prelims. Maybe that will soothe some bitter feelings from four years ago.

On the first day in full pads, first-round pick Trent Richardson did not disappoint.

Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson finds some running room July 28, 2012 at the Browns headquarters in Berea during training camp. (John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer)

Berea, Ohio -- Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson dazzled a record training camp crowd of 4,200 on the first day of practice in full pads.

On a day where the running game and play-action were the focus, Richardson got the fans pumped with an array of powerful bursts and one screen pass from quarterback Brandon Weeden, after which Richardson darted and weaved for a long gain to a chorus of cheers.

"Oh, yeah, I really get to do what I do best [in pads]," he said. "I get to bounce off guys, get to try to run guys over, break tackles or whatever. I think when I get in full pads, it's a whole 'nother me. Not to be cocky or nothing, that's just my confidence in my game, and that's just what I'm blessed with."

Defensive tackle Brian Schaefering indoctrinated Richardson on his first run in team drills, tossing him to the ground near the line of scrimmage. But he popped back up with some extra fire in his belly and ripped off two straight runs to the left for about 5 and 10 yards.

"Oh, yeah, most definitely [I'll get tested] and that's how it's going to be," he said. "It's a contact sport and I love contact. So when it comes down to it, you've got to expect that, especially when you're the first pick of the draft and you're for the Cleveland Browns. There's a lot of tradition here as far as running backs, just the whole football program. Defenses, they're always turned up, so when you're getting checked by them every time, it's going to make you better on game day."

Richardson, who has shed about five pounds since minicamp, returned from his short break not only lighter, but brighter.

"I'm learning more and more every day," he said. "I'm staying with the older guys, especially the older guys on the defensive side, and asking them what can I do better to disguise a run or to make them miss more tackles or whatever. Just doing stuff to get more wisdom from these older guys. I'm trying to become more professional every day."

Hardesty, too: Montario Hardesty, who said in minicamp that he stacks up with Richardson, appears to be out to prove it. Hardesty ripped off a couple of long runs and drew cheers from the crowd. Completely healthy for the first time in a Browns training camp, Hardesty looks like the back the Browns thought they were getting when they traded up to take him in the second round of the 2010 draft.

"That's as quick as I've seen him," said coach Pat Shurmur. "That was as good as I've seen Montario look."

Gordon coming on: Big-bodied rookie receiver Josh Gordon, picked in the supplemental draft July 12, is proving to be a quick study and earned some reps with the first-team offense. It's becoming evident why the Browns spent their 2013 second-round pick on him.

"Obviously, he's a physical specimen," said Weeden. "He's a really good player. But what's amazing is how far he's come since even Day One as far as knowing his assignment, knowing what route to run and doing certain things," said Weeden.

"He's come a long ways already. I'm excited about his future. He's one of those guys, he doesn't say a whole lot, but you can tell he can play football and I saw some of it at Baylor.

"He ran by us a couple times when he was at Baylor. The guy can flat-out play. It's exciting to have him out there. He's a big target. On the outside, you can throw slants, you can throw balls on his body, plus, he can run. He can run by guys, so he's going to be a really good player."

Cribbs is special: Shurmur said Josh Cribbs didn't get many reps at receiver Sunday, but insists "his role is not changing." However, he described Cribbs as "a special teams player that plays receiver."

Shurmur also likes that Cribbs has shed 15 pounds since last season, although he is still listed at 215.

"I think it will help him," said Shurmur. "As you become a player on the back nine of your career, I think it really helps you to not carry extra weight. I expressed that to him."

Ones vs. twos: In the final team period Sunday, Shurmur pitted Weeden and the first-team offense against the second-team defense, and worked Colt McCoy and the second-team offense against the first-team defense. But one thing Shurmur wanted to see was his two rookie defensive tackles, John Hughes and Billy Winn, side-by-side against the starting offensive line.

"We did that on purpose," said Shurmur. "They battled in there pretty well."

Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo is the most likely Indian to be traded before the non-waiver deadline at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Pirates are reportedly one of the teams interested, and they could be offering outfield prospect Starling Marte.

View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerPlayoff contenders have their eye on Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo.

Minneapolis, Minn. -- Shin-Soo Choo is trying not to listen to the trade rumors that have started percolating around him in the past few weeks.

"When I first heard about the rumors, I said, 'Really?' " said Choo. "A few minutes later, I said, 'I can't control that. Why worry about it?' "

The latest Choo rumor has Pittsburgh pursuing the left-handed-hitting right fielder. The bait reportedly is outfield prospect Starling Marte. The Pirates just promoted Marte to the big leagues, and it could be to showcase him to the Indians.

The Pirates, who have posted 19 straight losing seasons, trail Cincinnati by three games in the National League Central. They lead the NL wild-card race.

Marte, 23, made his big-league debut Thursday. Batting leadoff, he hit the first pitch he saw for a home run. Marte, a right-handed hitter, is hitting .222 (4-for-18) in four games for the Pirates.

He put together an impressive year at Class AAA Indianapolis before his promotion. Marte was hitting .286 (111-for-388) with 21 doubles, 13 triples, 12 homers, 62 RBI and 21 steals.

This is Marte's sixth year in the Pirates' minor-league system.

Scouts say he swings at too many off-speed pitches, but they like his speed and power. Some think he could be a 20-20 man (20 homers, 20 steals). Defensively, Marte grades out as a good defender with a strong arm.

Choo will be a free agent at the end of the 2013 season. The Indians have tried to sign him to a multiyear deal without success. With Scott Boras as his agent, Choo seems destined for free agency.

Asked about his contract status, Choo said: "That's why I have an agent. My agent and the Indians talk about it. I don't want to worry about it. It's a big headache.

"Scott has done this a long time. He knows more than me."

The Indians acquired Choo from Seattle in 2006. His goal has always been to play on a winning team, but he's grown frustrated over the past two seasons.

"I keep hoping we'll play better," Choo said before the Indians were swept by the Twins on Sunday. "I just feel bad. Last year, the same thing happened. The first couple of months, we played well and were in first place. Now we're going down at the same time.

"I know we have two months left. I feel like every year is the same situation."

Choo said he was excited after the Indians took two out of three from Detroit last week.

"Everybody knows Detroit is better than us with its pitching and lineup, but we've beaten them," he said. "After we beat [Justin] Verlander, there was a lot of excitement and confidence. We felt we could make the playoffs. . . . But with baseball, you never know."

More trade talk: The Indians, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, have told teams they'd listen to offers on Justin Masterson. Boston and Texas reportedly had scouts in Minneapolis on Saturday to watch Masterson pitch.

Masterson laid an egg, allowing 10 runs -- eight earned -- on seven hits in 5 innings. The Indians' Opening Day starter is 7-9 with a 4.47 ERA in 22 starts.

On hold? Considering the Indians' dive in the standings, it's unclear how much interest remains, but they have talked to the Cubs about right-hander Matt Garza.

Garza isn't expected to be dealt by Tuesday's deadline because of a sore right triceps muscle. He's not scheduled to pitch before Tuesday after leaving a July 21 start with the injury.

What the Indians find attractive about Garza, besides his talent, is that he can't be a free agent until after the 2013 season. The rebuilding Cubs talked to the Indians about their relievers in the big leagues and minors.

Finally: Acta has heard a lot of trade talk in his career, and it always follows the same theme. "All 30 of those guys [general managers] have read the same book," Acta said. "They always say, 'I want your Corvette, and I want to give you this little Fiat. I'll throw in a Nissan Sentra just to make you feel better.' That's how it starts. That's how they break ground."

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Hopes are high for men after a strong performance in qualifying round.

David Eulitt, Kansas City Star, MCTAmerican gymnast Jonathan Horton hopes his country will flip if he and his teammates bring home the gold in team competition on Monday.

London -- Jonathan Horton, the team captain for United States men's gymnastics, wasn't alive when Team USA won its only men's team gymnastics gold at the 1984 Olympics, a medal made easier by the Soviet boycott.

"What did it do back then?" he asked.

Well, Mitch Gaylord went on to make a few movies. What might it do now if the American men, who finished first in the team qualifying Saturday, take the gold in the team final today?

"I think with a little bit of success on the men's side, we could show this is a manly sport, it's fun and what we do is really hard and you've got to be really strong," Horton said. "If we win it would change the mentality and some of the stereotypes about who male gymnasts are and what we really do."

At the very least USA Gymnastics is ready to change the focus from individual competition to team competition for a bit. One of the early shockers of the Games occurred Sunday when women's gymnast Jordyn Wieber failed to make the final of the women's individual all-around competition.

As the women qualified Sunday, Team USA finished first in the team competition, which wasn't a surprise. But Wieber was driven to tears by her own standing. The reigning world champ, she finished fourth overall in the qualifying but trailed teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. Olympic rules limit the all-around competitors to two from each country, the equivalent of requiring a Kansas City Royal to be on baseball's All-Star team.

Wieber was so upset she didn't speak to reporters afterward but later released a statement that read in part: "It is a bit of a disappointment. It has always been a dream of mine to compete in the all-around final of the Olympics, but I'm proud of Aly and Gabby, and happy that they reached the all-around and that I was able to help the team get to the finals."

And now it will soon be time to be a teammate again, with the women's team final on Tuesday. They'll be trying to win just their second team gold medal, the only one coming in Atlanta in 1996. But first up are the men, with the competition beginning at 11:30 a.m. Cleveland time, though it will be shown in prime time by NBC.

The scores in the team competition don't carry over from the qualifying, so Team USA won't enter with the lead. But the five gymnasts will enter with the confidence of knowing they trumped medal favorites Japan, which qualified fifth, and China, which was sixth, the first time out.

"It was a good day. It wasn't a perfect day, but we don't want to do our best during prelims because then we have nowhere to go during finals," said Danell Leyva, who led the team by qualifying first in the all-around. "The USA is going to come out strong during finals and it's going to be an historical Olympic team finals."

With John Orozco qualifying fourth in the all-around; Horton, the only Olympic veteran on the team, flying around as a specialist on the horizontal bars; Jake Dalton working the floor exercise; and Sam Mikulak leading the way in vault, it could be.

"I think we can win," Horton said, expressing that confidence before the Games even began. "The only reason that we wouldn't is if we just fell apart. Japan and China are obviously great teams, but something about this team, more even than in '08, I just feel great things for us.

"I think there's no reason we wouldn't be on the medal podium. If not, I'll be disappointed. But we can walk away with the gold."

The medal podium has been rare but not unheard of since 1984, with Team USA taking the silver in 2004 and the bronze in 2008. And don't forget the individual all-around gold by Paul Hamm in 2004.

But a team gold might be different.

"Team sports are what people are really into," Horton said. "The Super Bowl is a team thing, or the NBA Finals."

So if this team does win gold, maybe Horton or Leyva or the rest of Team USA should be ready for Hollywood to call.

The rookie shows a strong arm and an aggressive approach along with a willingness to watch film and not make the same mistake twice. Watch video

View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerBrandon Weeden is making a good impression on coach Pat Shurmur so far in training camp.

BEREA, Ohio -- Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden strode into camp with his gunslinger mentality, and he's offering no apologies.

Sure, you'll see some interceptions in camp -- like the one safety Eric Hagg made in a seven-on-seven drill Sunday -- but this cannon-armed risk-taker explains that you have to take a little bad with a whole lot of good.

Besides, isn't training camp the time to throw some caution -- and a few balls -- into the wind?

"No doubt about it and you've got to pick your spots," said Weeden after the first full-pad practice. "For me, that's seven-on-seven. Just take your shots. Take shots down the field. Try to make those throws that are difficult throws. Fortunately there's no one in the stands and there's not a scoreboard so you can kind of be aggressive. I'm an aggressive thrower."

The seven-on-seven was a case in point. Weeden, never one to shy away from the deep ball, flung one down the left seam for Mohamed Massaquoi, and Hagg stepped in and picked it off. Granted, Massaquoi was chewed out afterward by vocal senior offensive assistant Nolan Cromwell for botching the route, but the pick still falls on Weeden.

"Hagg made a great play," said Weeden. "It was really the right read. He just made a great play. But what can you do? Move onto the next play."

Usama Young almost swiped one during the same drill, which earned Weeden a little coaching up.

"Coach Shurmur told me after practice, 'I don't want to take away any of your aggressiveness, but there's some things if it's not there, you've got to check it down.' And I understand that," said Weeden. "I completely get it and I knew I made the mistakes. But, yeah, you've got to take shots, and if you're an aggressive player – look at Brett Favre – there's gonna be mistakes every once in a while, but there's also gonna be some big plays."

Shurmur isn't the only one schooling Weeden on his inevitable rookie mistakes. Browns cornerback Joe Haden, who swooped in and smacked down a mid-range pass to Massaquoi in team drills, warned the rookie that he's staring down his receivers.

"There are some things being a rookie that you have to teach him," Haden told SportstimeOhio's Training Camp Daily. "I've just got to make sure, when he does his three-step, he doesn't just look at the receiver -- and lock on -- because that's giving me a chance to know it's coming my way and just jump the route."

Haden said Weeden's been receptive.

"He takes coaching," said Haden. "He comes and asks me, 'Joe, why'd you break on this route like this?' I was like 'because you looked here or did that.' " So him wanting to know and get better this fast is definitely helping out. And his arm strength -- you can't hide that."

Despite the pick and a fumbled snap, Weeden had a better day Sunday than Saturday, the first practice open to the public. Armed with new plays that he was still processing, Weeden struggled to find his man.

"Day one my timing was just a little bit off with the guys," he said. "It's just getting back into it. I made some mistakes that I usually don't make."

Weeden, who's set to be named the starting quarterback soon, wasted no time expunging Saturday's clunker.

"I went straight to the film room, watched the practice and repeated the mistakes and pushed rewind to see where I went wrong," he said. "But you can't dwell on it. It's practice. I'm up till midnight, 12:30 at night studying the plays and trying to get a feel for what we're doing the next day."

The homework paid off, with Weeden zipping passes in to Greg Little and Massaquoi, and putting a deep ball on the money to Alex Smith, who dropped it.

"Some of the throws I missed [Saturday], I was on spot [Sunday]," said Weeden. "The balls are getting there on time and they're more accurate and they're where my guys can make a play."

The good thing about Weeden, Shurmur said, is that he's not making the same mistakes twice.

"He hasn't been involved in a padded, physical practice here," said Shurmur, who gave Weeden one team period Sunday against the second-team defense. "Even though he's not getting banged around, there's certain things to learn from that. That's what I've seen from him: if he hasn't done something right, he's in there right now looking at it and that mistake won't happen again."

What's more, Weeden's calloused from his five years as a Class A pitcher.

"I say this all the time: I gave up plenty of home runs for all of us," he said. "Yeah, baseball, it's a game of failure. You've gotta have thick skin to play all sports, especially when you're a pitcher and a quarterback. It definitely helped."

Fortunately for Shurmur, he's already seeing the lights come on.

"There was one play in there today where he was trying to see what he could get from [Travis] Benjamin, but he came right back and said, 'You know what, in a game I would have just dropped that down to Trent [Richardson]," Shurmur said. "There is learning within what you see so that happens all the time and that's just the way it works."