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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY BRETT COOMER/AP Fried Rice Washington catcher Aaron Hathaway effectively blocks the plate against Rice base runner Eric Arnold in their NCAA regional playoff in Houston on Sunday. Washington won this game, 7-6 but Rice won the second game, 14-2, and advanced to the Super Regionals.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DENIS FARRELL/AP We're All Rabbit Ears Residents of the Kliptown settlement in Soweto tune in to the World Cup match between South Africa and Paraguay on Sunday. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY BILL FRAKES Throwing His Weight Around Janus Robberts, a senior at SMU, lets fly during the discus competition of the NCAA Division I Track & Field championships in Baton Rouge on Friday. Robberts won in both the discus and the shot put competition.