where three players with 500 career home runs will start the game. (ESPN) Basketball: The Ponce Lions defeat the Coamo Marathon Runners, 92–75, winning the 2004 BSN Championship in a 4–3 series. PGA Tour: Stephen Ames from Trinidad and Tobago wins the Cialis Western Open with a 10-under par 274 (67–73–64–70). Steve Lowery finished second, two strokes back. (ESPN) LPGA: Meg Mallon shoots a 6-under par 65 to win her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of Annika Sörenstam. (ESPN) IRL: Buddy Rice wins the Argent Mortgage Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway by .0051 seconds over Vítor Meira. It is the second-closest finish in IRL history. (ESPN) July 3, 2004 Wimbledon Championships: Maria Sharapova wins her first Grand Slam title, defeating Serena Williams 6–1 6–4. (BBC) (Reuters) Tour de France: Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara wins the first time trial at the Tour de France to secure the yellow jersey. Lance Armstrong finishes second in the first day of racing. (ESPN) NASCAR Nextel Cup: Jeff Gordon wins the 2004 running of the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. (AP) Champ Car: Sébastien Bourdais wins his second straight Cleveland Grand Prix. (ESPN) July 2, 2004 MLB: The Arizona Diamondbacks fire manager Bob Brenly, the same manager that took them to the World Series in 2001. (L.A. Daily News) Cycling: British cyclist David Millar is suspended from competition by British Cycling, including the Olympic Games, following a confession to a French investigating magistrate that he had taken the hormone EPO. He had previously been banned from participating in the Tour de France which begins on Saturday. (BBC) July 1, 2004 Euro 2004: In the second semi-final Greece beat the Czech Republic 1–0 with a silver goal in the last minute of the first period of extra time. (BBC) Copa Libertadores: In the final, unfancied Colombian club Once Caldas stuns Argentina power Boca Juniors, which had won three of the previous four Copa Libertadores crowns, 2–0 in a penalty shootout. After a 0–0 draw in the first leg in Buenos Aires, the two clubs drew 1–1 in Manizales, Colombia. The final went to a penalty shootout because the Copa Libertadores does not use either extra time or the away goals rule. (FOX Sports) (ESPN) Wimbledon semi-finals: The thirteenth seed, 17-year-old Russian Maria Sharapova, beats former champion Lindsay Davenport (USA) 2–6 7–6 (7–5) 6–1 to reach her first grand-slam final. (BBC) Defending champion Serena