Best sports photos from July 5-6

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Best sports photos from July 5-6

Best sports photos from July 5-6, 2013.

Eric Bergman, of Titusville, Fla., navigates a homemade motorized recliner through the infield at Daytona International Speedway before the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper shakes hands with National League Umpire Hunter Wendelstadt, left, after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch,Saturday, July 6, 2013, in a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Seattle Mariners at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael E. Keating)

Danica Patrick gets a kiss from boyfriend and fellow racer, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., on pit row before the start of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Cub Swanson towers over Dennis Siver during their UFC 162 mixed martial arts featherweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Las Vegas. Swanson won the match by at TKO. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica on her way to win the Women's 100m during the Athletics Diamond League meeting at Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis north of Paris, Saturday July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A J Allmendinger, left, kneels after being involved in a multi-car crash on the front stretch during the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 6, 2013.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

San Francisco Giants observe a moment of silence for victims and families of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

Fans watch as a fire truck donated to the West, Texas, fire department by Texas Rangers' Lance Berkman with assistance from the Arlington, Texas, Fire Department, is pulled out of the left field tunnel before the Rangers' baseball game against the Houston Astros on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Derek Holland, left, comes out from the dugout with closer Joe Nathan, right, holding a check from Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, before presenting it to West, Texas, city officials during a ceremony before a baseball game Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers hosted a night to honor residents and first responders from the town devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Brandon Miller meets with Butler Blue III, after Miller was announced as the new men's basketball coach at Butler, in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 6, 2013. Miller, a former Butler point guard and assistant coach, replaces Brad Stevens, who left Butler to become head coach of the Boston Celtics. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

San Francisco Giants' Andreas Torres, left, Gregor Blanco, center, and Hunter Pence celebrate after they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of the United States celebrate after beating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo Brazil to win the Men's doubles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks, bottom, steals second base as New York Mets' Omar Quintanilla, top, takes the throw during the seventh inning of a baseball game on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal, left, reacts after he was injured on a play at home as Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon (6), who was out on the play, looks on during the third inning of a baseball game on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Washington. The Nationals won 5-4. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, right, dives back to double up Chicago White Sox's Alejandro De Aza after catching a line drive from batter Alex Rios as umpire Ted Barrett looks on during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 6, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

Mike Davies, right, of Norfolk, Mass., wears his New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez football jersey one last time while waiting in an exchange line outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Saturday, July 6, 2013. Fans may trade an Aaron Hernandez jersey with his name on it they purchased for one of another player on the NFL team. The team released Hernandez after he was arrested for allegedly orchestrating the death of Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Cincinnati Reds' Sam LeCure pitches in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Saturday, July 6, 2013. The Reds won 13-4. (AP Photo/Michael E. Keating)

St. Louis Cardinals' Shane Robinson, right, is congratulated by Matt Carpenter after hitting a single to help score Jon Jay for the game-winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in St. Louis. Jay was able to score when Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton committing a throwing error after Robinson's single. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter runs to first as he lines out to second base during the third inning of a minor league baseball rehab start with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in a game against the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Moosic, Pa. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Kevin James, left, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal and Adam Sandler, right, give the command to start engines for the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. The three are grand marshals for the race. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Starling Marte of the Pittsburgh Pirates, bottom, collides with shortstop Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs while stealing second base in the first inning at Wrigley Field on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs won, 4-1. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Uruguay goalkeeper Guillermo De Amores, left, and the substitute goalkeepers Mathias Cubero and Washington Aguerre celebrate after winning their Under-20 World Cup quarter final soccer match between Uruguay and Spain at Atatuerk stadium in Bursa, Turkey, Saturday, July 6, 2013. Uruguay won 1-0. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Marco Andretti prepares for to qualify for Sunday's Pocono IndyCar 400 auto race, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Long Pond, Pa. Andretti won the pole. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Oakland Athletics' Eric Sogard dives to third trying to reach on a fly ball hit by Coco Crisp during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. Sogard was out at third for the second out of the double play. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

E.J. Viso, of Venezuela, hits the wall in Turn 1 during qualifying for Sunday's Pocono IndyCar 400 auto race, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Russ Hamilton Sr.)

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Eric Bergman, of Titusville, Fla., navigates a homemade motorized recliner through the infield at Daytona International Speedway before the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race, Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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