Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Rangers ride out storm to pour more misery on Angels 2012-05-12T073521Z_1_BRE84B03I_RTROPTC_0_US-BASEBALL-RANGERS.XML () - NFL star Junior Seau celebrated at stadium memorial SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A crowd of 15,000 fans celebrated thelife of former football star Junior Seau in a memorial onFriday at a San Diego stadium, as they cheered on his grievingfamily and listened to speakers describe his generosity andsense of humor. Seau, regarded as one of the best defensive NFLplayers of his generation, died on May 2 at his home inOceanside, just north of San Diego, from a self-inflictedgunshot to the chest, according to police. He left no suicidenote. Grizzlies claw back Clippers, tie series at 3-3 2012-05-12T045509Z_3_BRE84B039_RTROPTC_0_US-NBA-PLAYOFFS.XML ()- McIlroy misses Players cut, Tiger survives PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - World number one
Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the Players Championship aftershooting a four-over-par 76 in Friday's second round which ended with a trio of Americans sharing the lead. Zach Johnson,Kevin Na and Matt Kuchar were knotted at eight-under 136, ashot clear of compatriot Harris English. Tour of California starts on Sunday SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA (Reuters) - The Tour of California,the most prestigious annual cycling race in the United States,gets underway on Sunday. A stellar field of 128 elite riders,including eight UCI ProTour teams, have entered the eight-dayevent that covers more than 735 miles through the jaggedmountains and spectacular coastlines of the Golden State. Dodgers supersub Hairston put on disabled list 2012-05-11T231610Z_1_BRE84A1EK_RTROPTC_0_US-BASEBALL-DODGERS-HAIRSTON.XML () - Leader Johnson sees some of Augusta at Sawgrass PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - American ZachJohnson knows all about conquering the most challenging coursesafter winning the Masters in 2007 and he says there is asimilar process in tackling this week's venue, the TPC