The North Platte First Nationals get their first crack at big-city competition this weekend in a tournament in Lincoln opening this afternoon. The First Nationals enter the tourney having won four of their last five games to improve to 17-12 on the season. Today the First Nationals take on Millard South and Lincoln Southwest. Saturday they draw Elkhorn and Lincoln Pius X. The tournament wraps up Sunday afternoon. It’s North Platte’s first tournament out east, after a scheduled visit two weekends ago was canceled.

For most teams, a seven-run lead after two innings mean an easy victory. But nothing has come easy for the Colorado Rockies this year. After seeing their 7-0 lead and a one-run ninth inning lead both disappear, the Rockies proved resilient enough yesterday for an 11-10 win in eleven innings over the Washington Nationals. Marco Scutaro delivered a walk-off single with two outs in the eleventh to give the Rockies a split in their four-game series with the National League East division leaders. Tyler Colvin was the hitting star of the day for the Rockies, pounding out four hits, including a home run and a triple, and driving in five runs. Carlos Gonzalez and Chris Nelson each had three hits and two RBI. The Rockies host the San Diego Padres tonight in the first of a three game series. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 6:30 and first pitch at 7:10.

The Denver Nuggets went for future promise over immediate production with their three picks in last night’s NBA Draft. With the 20^th overall pick in the first round, the Nuggets took the draft’s first international player, 19 year-old Frenchman Evan Fournier. He averaged 14 points per game for his team in the French professional league last season. The 6’7” Fournier will be evaluated by the Nuggets staff before it is determined whether he will play in the NBA immediately or stay overseas for more seasoning. The 38^th overall pick in the second round saw the Nuggets take Baylor big man Quincy Miller, who was last season’s Big 12 co-Freshman of the Year. The Nuggets again went the international route with their final selection of the night, selecting seven-footer Izzat Turkyilmaz from Turkey with the 50^th overall pick.

(Hilary Winter, Nebraska Sports Information) Lincoln, Neb. – Competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials continued in Eugene, Ore., on Thursday as Ashley Miller and David Adams took to the track at Hayward Field.

Miller, a three-time All-American at Nebraska, finished with a time of 4:15.34 in the women’s 1,500 meters. With the time, she finished eighth overall and advanced to Friday’s semifinals. She will run at 5:45 p.m. CT as she will look to qualify for the event finals on Sunday, July 1.

Former Husker All-American David Adams qualified for the men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase on Monday after posting a time of 8:32.17. Adams moved on to the event finals on Thursday evening where he finished with a time of 8:48.83 for 14th.

Sid the Kid is sticking around.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and superstar center Sidney Crosby have agreed to a 12-year contract extension Thursday that leaves little doubt Crosby has overcome the concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him for most of the last two seasons.

The deal keeps the 24-year-old Crosby in Pittsburgh through 2025 and gives the team some room to play in the free-agent market. Crosby, whose previous deal was set to expire next summer, will be paid around $8.7 million a season. Crosby will officially sign the extension on Sunday.

Crosby has played in just 28 games in the last 18 months after sustaining a concussion in the Winter Classic against the Washington Capitals in January, 2011. Crosby finished with eight goals and 29 assists last season and added three goals in a first-round playoff loss to Philadelphia.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Andy Roddick advanced to the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time this year when he beat Bjorn Phau 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3 Thursday at Wimbledon.

Roddick hit 13 aces, lost serve once and won 25 points at the net. The three-time Wimbledon runner-up will next play No. 7-seeded David Ferrer.

Roddick has struggled much of the year and he’s seeded only 30th. But he won his fifth grass-court title last week as a wild card at Eastbourne, and he has swept all six sets this week.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – The Rose Bowl has agreed to a 12-year extension with ESPN that will keep the game on the network through 2026.

ESPN President John Skipper, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and Rose Bowl officials announced the deal Thursday. Skipper called the Rose Bowl “one of sport’s most meaningful” events.

ESPN will keep the broadcast rights to the Rose Bowl regardless of the final format developed for college football’s new playoff system, which kicks in for the 2014 season. The first championship game under the new system is Jan. 12, 2015.

The network’s current deal with the Rose Bowl runs through the 2014 BCS title game.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chi White Sox at N-Y Yankees 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Toronto 6:07 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Seattle 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 12:05 p.m.
Washington at Colorado 2:10 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Arizona at Atlanta 6:10 p.m.
San Diego at Houston 7:05 p.m.
N-Y Mets at L.A. Dodgers 9:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco 9:15 p.m.