Shane Mosley was faster and stronger, knocking down Luis Collazo in the 11th round on his way to a unanimous 12-round decision Saturday night in the IBF welterweight title fight in Las Vegas.
– Bob and Mike Bryan beat Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in doubles, giving the United States a 2-1 lead over the host Czech Republic in the first round of the Davis Cup.
– Two-time defending champion Shani Davis of Chicago was fourth in the 1,500 meters at the World Speedskating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and is fourth in the overall standings. Erben Wennemars won the 1,500 in a track-record 1 minute 45.19 seconds. . . . U.S. figure skating champion Kimmie Meissner won the Four Continents women’s title, rallying from sixth place in the free skate.
– Jorge Torres of Wheeling finished fourth in the U.S. cross-country championships in Boulder, Colo., running 12 kilometers in 38 minutes 7 seconds. Alan Culpepper won in 37:09. Deena Kastor took the 8-kilometer women’s race in 26:47. . . . Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own indoor mark in the women’s pole vault, clearing 16 feet 2 inches at a Donetsk, Ukraine, meet for her 20th world record.
– Wolves center Jared Ross scored with 58 seconds left in the third period to force overtime but Chicago couldn’t complete the comeback, dropping a 3-2 shootout to the host Toronto Marlies.
– In a rematch at Tempe, Ariz., of last season’s Women’s College World Series, No. 1-ranked Arizona used a three-run sixth inning for a 4-3 victory over No. 4 Northwestern.
– David Beckham scored on his trademark bending free kick in his first start since Dec. 20, helping Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-1.
![An extra-alarm fire destroyed a home and damaged two others on the near West side Wednesday night, though fire officials said no one was injured in the blaze. The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of West 16th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, according to a social media update from the Chicago Fire Department. Officials quickly upgraded the blaze to a 2-11 fire. Neighbors who clustered around the scene Wednesday night said the home had been under construction and appeared to be vacant. Although the fire was declared struck out at 9:30 p.m. in a social […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ctc-l-structure-fire-041724-06.jpg?w=525 "An extra-alarm fire destroyed a home and damaged two others on the near West side Wednesday night, though fire officials said no one was injured in the blaze. The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of West 16th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, according to a social media update from the Chicago Fire Department. Officials quickly upgraded the blaze to a 2-11 fire. Neighbors who clustered around the scene Wednesday night said the home had been under construction and appeared to be vacant. Although the fire was declared struck out at 9:30 p.m. in a social […]")
