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Wimbledon seedings
Serena Williams has been seeded 25th for the women’s singles tournament at Wimbledon, the All England Club announced Wednesday.
The 36-year-old American, who has returned to competitive tennis following the birth of her daughter last September, is currently ranked 183rd. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has won Wimbledon seven times.
Williams’ inclusion in the seedings means 32nd-ranked Dominika Cibulkova, a two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist, will go into the open draw.
Top-ranked Simona Halep leads the women’s seedings, ahead of Caroline Wozniacki in second and last year’s champion, Garbine Muguruza, at No. 3. Maria Sharapova is seeded 24th, one place ahead of Williams.
In the men’s draw, the grass-court Wimbledon formula sees defending champion Roger Federer, who is looking for a ninth singles title, as the top-seeded player.
The Swiss great is followed by Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic, Alexander Zverev and Juan Martin del Potro.
Jenkins’
brother charged
The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the NFL player’s New Jersey home.
The Bergen County prosecutor’s office said 34-year-old William H. Jenkins, of Fair Lawn, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of Roosevelt Rene, whose body was discovered Tuesday.
Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said William Jenkins is in custody in the Ontario County Jail in New York state. The investigation is ongoing.
Janoris Jenkins’ home is about 10 miles north of MetLife Stadium. Property records show Janoris Jenkins has lived at the house the last two years, and on Wednesday the Bergen County prosecutor’s office listed William Jenkins as living at the same address.
According to New York state department of corrections records, William Jenkins was arrested on drug charges in 2006 and again in 2011. He was paroled from prison in July 2016.
Baylor scandal
The former athletic director at Baylor University has claimed regents schemed to make black football players scapegoats for a decades-long problem of sexual assault at the nation’s largest Baptist school.
Excerpts taken from Ian McCaw’s June 19 deposition appear in documents filed in a federal lawsuit pending against Baylor. Ten women are suing the school over how it handled their allegations of sexual assault.
Baylor was engulfed in a sexual assault scandal surrounding its football team in 2016 and fired former coach Art Briles and demoted former president Ken Starr in 2016. McCaw is now athletic director at Liberty University in Virginia.
9/11 sports exhibit
A new exhibit at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum highlights the impact of sports after the 2001 attacks, including the Mets’ win in New York’s first major sporting event after 9/11.
“Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11” explores how sports helped unite the country and features interviews with athletes including Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza.
Other athletes featured in oral histories and interviews include Bobby Valentine, Mark Messier, Vinny Testaverde, Venus and Serena Williams, Julie Foudy and Deena Kastor.
The exhibit covers various sports, including football, hockey, NASCAR and the 2002 Winter Olympics. The story is told in nine chapters, using archival sports footage and testimonies from athletes, coaches and 9/11 family members.
It runs through the summer of 2019.