Two-time world champion Alise Willoughby, Felicia Stancil and Jeremy Smith led a strong American contingent at the BMX world championships Friday, cruising into the quarterfinal rounds this weekend before an appreciative home crowd. Stancil also won her heat, while American teammates Payton Ridenour and Carly Kane likewise advanced. Most of the main world championship contenders — and those expected to compete for medals at the Summer Olympics — had no trouble advancing to Saturday, when the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will take place.
Will Zalatoris urged his parents Richard and Catherine to stay home this weekend and not follow him around at the PGA Championship. It's not worth the trouble, Zalatoris told them. The headaches involved in getting in and around Valhalla Golf Club were simply too great.
A teenager in Japan is facing prosecution for allegedly using high-tech glasses to cheat on a university's entrance exams. The 18-year-old university applicant took exams for Tokyo's Waseda University in February. Waseda filed a criminal complaint, hoping to deter future cheating attempts.
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