Tim Miles had his first big score of the 2013 recruiting season – and it was a daily double. Miles got a pair of commitments to his Husker men’s basketball program on Saturday. Nick Fuller is a 6’7” shooting guard from Sun Prarie, Wisconsin. He spurned Minnesota, Illinois, Marquette and Creighton, among others who had offered. Nate Hawkins is a 6’5” point guard from Rowlett, Texas. Hawkins chose the Huskers over offers from Oklahoma State and Kansas State.

If the University of Nebraska were a nation unto its own, they’d have taken home as many medals as the countries of Switzerland, Argentina, Norway and Slovakia. Husker athletes took home four medals from the 2012 London Olympics, which concluded Sunday. Former two-time national champion wrestler Jordan Burroughs brought home the lone gold for a Husker alum. Jordan Larson earned a silver as part of the US women’s volleyball team, and former Husker soccer stars Karina LeBlanc and Brittany Timko earned bronze medals with Team Canada.

The Denver Broncos began preparation for their second game of the preseason over the weekend. The Broncos emerged from Thursday’s 31-3 win over the Chicago Bears mostly unscathed. Fullback Chris Gronkowski, linebacker Danny Trevathan, and tackle Chris Clark all left the game with injury, and will be evaluated further today. The Broncos are gearing up for their first home game of the season, a Saturday night clash with the Seattle Seahawks, who beat Tennessee 27-17 in their preseason debut Saturday.

The Games of the XXX Olympiad officially come to a close today, with the Closing Ceremony taking place at Olympic Stadium. Before the pomp and circumstance wraps up a thrilling seventeen days in London, there’s one more major coronation to be held. The US men’s basketball team takes on Spain in the widely-expected, highly-anticipated gold medal matchup. It hasn’t been a thoroughly dominant road to the gold medal game for Team USA, but when they’ve been at their best, no one has been able to compete. Also today in London, an event traditionally held on the final day of the Olympics – the men’s marathon. American Meb Keflezighi is the best hope for the first US gold in the event since Frank Shorter in Munich in 1972. After tonight, it’s so long to London, with the next Summer Olympics set for Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 2016.

No female Nebraska native has ever won an Olympic gold medal. Jordan Larson will have a chance to change that history today. Larson, who hails from tiny Hooper and played for the Huskers, will start for the US women’s volleyball team as they take on Brazil in the gold medal match. The Americans toppled Brazil in four sets in pool play and are looking for their first ever gold. The US women’s basketball team is also shooting for gold today, as they take on France in the final. Tonight in prime time, don’t blink or you’ll miss Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, and the Jamaican 4×100 meter relay team in action. Bolt cruised to victory in the 100 and 200, with Blake right behind him for silver in both events. You’ll also see the men’s 5000 meter, the women’s 4×400 relay, the women’s 800 meter and the women’s high jump tonight.

Former Husker and two-time NCAA National Champion wrestler Jordan Burroughs achieved his gold medal dream in London today. Burroughs defeated Sadegh Goudarzi of Iran in the final match of the freestyle 74 KG class. Burroughs scored one-point takedowns in each period to win the match 3-0. He draped himself in the American flag after his victory and entered the stands to hug his family, friends, and anyone else within reach.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – After a mostly calm opening day, windy conditions greeted golfers for round two of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.

First-round leader Carl Pettersson doesn’t tee off until this afternoon. The Swede fired a 6-under-par 66 and began the day with a one-stroke lead over a group of four golfers headed by Rory McIlroy.

Tiger Woods began the day three shots off the pace.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Jonathan Vilma has returned to federal court in New Orleans today, where a judge will hear arguments on the NFL’s motion to dismiss the Saints linebacker’s lawsuit seeking to overturn his bounty suspension.

It’s not clear when U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan will rule. If she doesn’t dismiss the lawsuit, she could potentially rule on Vilma’s request to be allowed to temporarily return to the Saints while the case proceeds.

Roger Goodell has suspended Vilma for the entire 2012 season. The NFL commissioner says the veteran linebacker was one of the ringleaders of a program that offered Saints defenders improper cash bonuses for injuring opponents.

Vilma, several teammates and Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt have testified that Vilma never paid or accepted money for injuring another player.

LONDON (AP) – The IOC has formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold medal from the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The first-place prize now goes to Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov. American Bobby Julich will be moved up from bronze to silver, and Michael Rogers of Australia from fourth to bronze.

After years of denials, Hamilton told CBS’s “60 Minutes” last year that he had repeatedly used performance-enhancing drugs. The IOC asked for documents from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency before reallocating the medals.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Chi Cubs 1:20 p.m.
San Diego at Pittsburgh 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Miami 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston 7:05 p.m.
Washington at Arizona 8:40 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco 9:35 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Cleveland at Detroit 6:30 p.m.
N-Y Jets at Cincinnati 6:30 p.m.
N-Y Giants at Jacksonville 6:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami 6:30 p.m.
Arizona at Kansas City 7:00 p.m.
Minnesota at San Francisco 8:00 p.m.

UNDATED (AP)- The Los Angeles Lakers have a deal in place to acquire Dwight Howard from Orlando in a four-team, eight-player trade also involving Denver and Philadelphia. The NBA has scheduled a conference call Friday with the four general managers to finish the deal, according to multiple reports.

Philadelphia would get Andrew Bynum from Los Angeles and Jason Rchardson from Orlando, while Denver would get Andre Iguodala from the 76ers.

Orlando would receive Arron Afflalo and Al Harrington from Denver, Nikola Vucevic and Moe Harkless from Philadelphia, and lottery protected first-round picks from each of the three teams.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – The first round of the PGA Championship is winding down and the leader is Carl Pettersson (PEHT’-ur-sihn). He opened with a 6-under-66 to lead Gary Woodland, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Alex Noren and Rory McIlroy by one stroke.

Tiger Woods completed his round with a 3-under-69, while John Daly shot a 68.

This is the final major tournament of the year.

NEW YORK (AP) – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is prepared to lock out its players if a new collective bargaining agreement is not reached by Sept. 15, when the current deal expires. Bettman says time is running out and that the league reminded the NHL Players’ Association during talks today that owners are not prepared to enter a new season under the current deal.

NHLPA executive director Don Fehr (feer) has maintained the two sides can continue discussions beyond Sept. 15, and there is no need for the league to lock out its players.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 4, Detroit 3
Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 1
Cleveland 5, Boston 3
Kansas City 8, Baltimore 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 1
St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1
Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 3
Washington 5, Houston 0

NFL PRESEASON
Washington 7, Buffalo 6
Baltimore 31, Atlanta 17
Philadelphia 24, Pittsburgh 23
New England 14, New Orleans 12
San Diego 21, Green Bay 13
Denver 31, Chicago 3

His Twitter handle is ‘alliseeisgold’. After winning two national championships at Nebraska, he’s had his eyes on the Olympic prize ever since. Today is Jordan Burroughs’ big day in London, as he wrestles in freestyle at the 74 kilogram weight class. It’s also a big day today for the US men’s basketball team, who takes on Argentina in semifinal round action. It’s the third time in twenty days these two nations have faced each other, with the Americans winning both previous matchups. In prime time tonight you’ll see a pair of relay races: the men’s 4X400 meter and the women’s 4X100 meter. The American female quartet of Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, Tianna Madison and Lauryn Williams are heavily favored, while the men’s 4×400 team will face stiff competition from the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and the host country Great Britain.

The Colorado Rockies have only won three three-game series since the beginning of June. They’re coming off of their latest accomplishment of that feat, having taken two out of three from the Dodgers in Los Angeles, as they open a three-game set in San Francisco against the Giants tonight. The Rockies aided the Giants in their race against the Dodgers in the NL West, as the Giants were able to hold their division lead over their bitterest rival. Now, the Rockies will hope to play spoiler in the other direction. But they’ve struggled mightly against San Francisco all season, losing six of eight meetings and getting outscored 61-39. Tyler Chatwood gets the start on the mound tonight for the Rockies. He’ll be opposed by San Francisco’s struggling ace Tim Lincecum. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action tonight, with the pregame show at 8:30 and first pitch at 9:15.