Smog in Beijing on Tuesday. Olympic officials are concerned about air quality for the Games.

Derek Jeter helped preserve the shutout with a dazzling inning-ending play in the seventh, ranging far to his right on a grounder by Willy Aybar.

The Mets' Argenis Reyes bowled over the Giants' Ray Durham while scrambling back to second.

Race over, time to party: A Bullrun car, left, outside Barcelona, a restaurant and nightclub in Scottsdale, Ariz., where rally drivers and crews held a final party on June 27. The race started in Calgary, Alberta, on June 20.

The Rooney family’s attempts to divest from its gambling interests to satisfy the N.F.L. commissioner may lead the family losing control of one of football’s storied franchises.

Forrest Griffin, right, and Quinton Jackson during a U.F.C. title bout in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Stefan Schumacher finished the Stage 4 time trial in 35 minutes and 44 seconds.

Max Mosley outside a London court on Tuesday.

When Curlin makes his turf debut Saturday, the goal will not necessarily be to win, but to prove he belongs in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, France’s most prestigious race, on Oct. 5.

Becky Hammon scored 27 points against her former team, and Sophia Young added 23 as the San Antonio Silver Stars won their fifth consecutive game on Tuesday.

Jason Giambi says he will take part in the Home Run Derby if he is an All-Star. “I think they’re smart to ask me,” he said.

Evan Longoria and Jason Giambi, both who played at Long Beach State, are chasing the final spot on the American League All-Star team.

The Mets’ right fielder complained of exhaustion and a feeling he described as his brain “swishing around a little bit,” symptoms the team did not link to a recent concussion.

The Mets chose Monday night essentially to relive one of the more bizarre games in their history — another 10-9 victory in Philadelphia that took place 18 years ago.

The Chicago Cubs have acquired pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player trade, a day after the rival Milwaukee Brewers landed C.C. Sabathia.

If the Rooney family sells the Pittsburgh Steelers, the N.F.L. would still have a few ownership families whose league roots date to the 1920s and ’30s.

“I’ll help her with anything,” Venus Williams, left, said of her sister Serena. “I just won’t give her tips on how to beat me.”

Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group will open a number of eateries at the Mets’ new stadium.