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BSkUm Wednesday. May 30, 2012 Arizona Daily Sun Sports editor Bill Harris 556-2251, bhams(aazdnll sun.com Report a scon to: SSS-839-S339 A Serena Williams loses in 1st round of French Open B3 Cabrera leads Giants past Diamondbacks the sixth inning empty-handed before watching the Giants rally from behind to sneak away with a 31 victory. So just like that, in less than 36 hours in this city, the Diamondbacks have managed to squander the momentum they had seemed to build over the previous few days. Ryan Vogelsong keeps Arizona's bats quiet while Melky Cabrera continues his torrid month of May with three hits. ByNICKPIECORO The Arizona Repubbc SAN FRANCISCO Chris Youngs line drive bounced just inside the line, a missile that appeared headed for the comer in left field, where it should have kicked around long enough for the Diamondbacks slow-footed Miguel Montero to score from first base.

Only it didnt Instead, it bounced off the short wall in foul territory and right in front of San Francisco Giants left fielder Melky Cabrera, leaving the Diamondbacks with a second-and-third, none-out situation that any team would savor. Except, perhaps, the Diamondbacks, who have found ways to mess up this kind of gift-wrapped scoring opportunity all season. And, of course, thats what they did Tuesday night at Park, coming away from the top of Giants D-backs Manager Kirk Gibson was optimistic as he sat behind his desk in the visitors clubhouse Monday afternoon, talking about a team that had won three of its past four and six of 10. His lineup seemed I to be reassembling, with some guys finally heating up and others finally healthy. Only here they are, still 10 12 games back in the National League West, about the Diamondbacks season losses havent followed the same Diamondbacks' next game: Today at Giants, 7p.m.,FSN The thing is that their script.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS AARON HILL pops out on a pitch from San Francisco Giants' Ryan Vogelsong with the bases loaded during the fourth inning Tuesday in San Francisco. (Ben MargotAP) See DIAMONDBACKS, B2 Torch coming to Flagstaff By BILL HARRIS Sun Sports Editor The World Harmony Run will be bringing the international team and the World Harmony Run torch to Flagstaff Thursday. The worlds largest and longest torch relay which spans more than loo countries in six continents including Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Russia will be stopping at the Project New Start School at 4000 N. Cummings St. to pass the torch and members of the team will meet with students and make a small presentation.

The run is a global relay in which runners carry a flaming torch as a symbol of harmony to create goodwill among all people of all nations. The torch and the team will be arriving at the school at 1 p.m. LEE WYBRANSKI STANDS in his downtown Flagstaff studio Tuesday with the poster he painted for the 2012 U.S. Open. In the background is his latest watercolor for the 2012 British Open.

(Jake BaconArizona Daily Sun) See LOCAL ROUNDUP, B2 Unlikely duo: Kings, Devils set for finals Lee Wybranski, the artist who paints the IhS. Open official posters, moves his studio to Flagstaff and looks forward to showing off the 2012 poster. My first U.S. Open, the amount of people who saw and purchased my work, it was very gratifying. I have a huge painting that Ive spent over 135 hours on that would take years for 10,000 people to see.

One of these posters, that only takes about a week to paint, gets huge viewership in three days. I knew since that first poster, I wanted to create images for the biggest events." By BILL HARRIS Sun Sports Editor Flagstaff has its very own connection to the U.S. Open golf championship. By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. A little less than two years after battling for the services of high-scoring free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk, the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings are going after a bigger prize the Stanley Cup.

The odds were lottery like, and the teams beat them with authority in reaching a series that will open today at the Prudential Center. You hear it every year, but it doesnt get old: Once you make it in, you have a chance to get here, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. Wybranski said that to anyone, especially an East Coast guy like himself, the trees really stand out as a mystical and overpowering image that he couldnt not include in this years poster. He also added that he likes to incorporate a local landmark, and that this years instructions from the USGA said to include San Franciscos Golden Gate Bridge. The painting themselves dont take terribly long, maybe about a week, but almost all the decisions are made before the painting even begins," Wybranski said.

The decision-making process takes a long time with me and the client going back and forth with small tweaks and changes until I get final approval. See ARTIST, B2 ness studio in Philadelphia for the first few years, and things have gone well so we decided it was time to move the whole shindig out here to be a part of the place, Wybranski said during an interview at his downtown Flagstaff studio. Wybranski has just finished the 2012 U.S. Open poster that will be the events signature image, and he said the process has been quite a trip. I try to incorporate two or three main characters in the poster and limit them to that Wybranski, who added he likes to make his posters bold and simple compositions.

With the U.S. Open posters, the main character is championship golf and usually theres some sort of local kind of aspect that adds interest. This year, thats the Cyprus trees. For the past five years, Philadelphia native Lee Wybranski has been painting the official posters used by the USGA to promote its signature event. And now Wybranski, who has been living in Flagstaff for the past couple of years while keeping his Group Art Works studio in Philadelphia, has made the fulltime transition to northern Arizona.

We came to Flagstaff a couple of years ago for family reasons, and I kept the busi- See FINALS, B2 Offseason important to Kolbs bid to remain Arizonas QB By BOB BAUM AP Sports Writer TEMPE Finally, Kevin Kolb gets to spend a summer in Arizona. Forget the discomfort of the triple-digit surroundings. The quarterback is getting his first offseason vorkouts with the Cardinals, and he and the team hope this means a smoother, less pressurized performance in the coming season. Not having to Study the playbook every night and just coming to practice, thats pretty nice," he said. Theres still obviously a lot of work but to be able call the play and get up there and worry about protections and defense instead of taking the reads through your mind every time, thats a great comfort.

Kolb acknowledges that he puts added pressure on himself to live up to the five-year, $63 million $21 million guaranteed contract he signed with Arizona after the Cardinals traded cornerback Dominique Rodgers -Cromartie and a second -round draft pick to Philadelphia to get him. That self-induced pressure, the force-feeding of the Cardinals offense once Kolb finally arrived for a frenzied training camp and a pair of untimely injuries made it a first season to forget for the quarterback. Hes gone from being anointed the franchise quarterback to someone who has to fend off John Skelton for the starting job. Coach Ken Whisen-hunt loves competition. He waited until the week before the start of the 2008 season to name Kurt Warner over Matt Leinart as the starting quarterback.

That means Kolb and Skelton could go through training camp and the preseason without knowing who will be No. l. Kolb didnt expect anything to be handed to him. Ive said it a hundred times. Look, if youre afraid to compete in this league, go home," he ARIZONA CARDINALS QUARTERBACK KEVIN KOLB is looking forward to a full said.

training camp after struggling in 2011 Kolb was acquired in a trade with Phila delphia for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a second-round pick and given a See KOLB. B2 five-year. $63 million extension. (Cliff 0wenAP, file).