STOCK WATCH: Fast-Glance Week in Review

July 30, 2007 | Dick's Stock Watch provides a fast-glance review of the past week in the world of sports, charting whose stock is up and whose is down.

STOCK UP
• Jon Lester of the Red Sox came back less than a year after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He won his first start for the Red Sox and should have won his second but Tampa Bay rallied to send Saturday's game into extra innings.

• John Maine of the Mets is 12-5 with an ERA under three.

• Tom Watson won the British Senior Open for the third time in five years.

• Atlanta's Vernon Forrest won the world title at 154 pounds with a strong showing in a decision over Carlos Baldomir.

• The Phillies have won three straight and eight out of 10 to stay in the NL East and wild card races.

STOCK DOWN
• Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark was removed from the race for violating a team rule. Who really cares who won after all this controversy.

• The A's dropped three straight games against the Mariners, giving up a total of 25 runs in those losses.

• The Florida Marlins are 1-6 in their last seven games. They salvaged a win over the Giants Sunday.

• Andy Roddick was upset in the semifinals of the tournament in Indianapolis, losing to a Canadian ranked 92nd in the world.

Dick Vitale coached the Pistons and the University of Detroit before broadcasting ESPN's first college basketball game in December 1979. Send him a question for possible use on ESPNEWS.