Sports Update

MLB: Tampa Bay 11, Chi. White Sox 5

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Carlos Pena hit a two-run homer and Ty Wigginton cracked a solo shot Sunday, driving Tampa Bay past the Chicago White Sox 11-5.

Tampa Bay also got two RBI from Carl Crawford, who had a three-hi day, while B.J. Upton had four hits, drove in a run and scored one. Shawn Riggans hit a two-run double, Brendan Harris had one run and one RBI, and Greg Norton scored twice for the Devil Rays, who have split their last four.

Winner Scott Kazmir (3-2) surrendered four earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. He issued three walks and notched seven strikeouts.

Joe Crede Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko each had one RBI for Chicago. Rob Mackowiak scored twice for the White Sox, who also have split their last four.

The loser was Javier Vazquez (2-3).

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Football

Report: Vick bet on dog fights

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- A police informant Sunday alleged Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick has been a "heavyweight" in illegal dog fighting activity.

Vick has denied claims of his involvement since pit bull fighting was uncovered this month at the farm he owned in Chesapeake, Va.

That allegation is under investigation by NFL security personnel and Virginia law enforcement.

"I've seen Vick," the informant told ESPN's Outside the Lines. "We beat him back in 2000. That dog was Michael's dog. Michael was not in the pit. Michael's thing is he came with all of the money."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported Vick has been a participant at illegal dogfights, and that a tape exists to prove it.

Vick reportedly sold the property May 9, which he said he never used.

Golf

Hansen gets BMW playoff win

VIRGINIA WATER, England (UPI) -- Anders Hansen beat Justin Rose in one playoff hole Sunday to win the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, England.

Hansen created the playoff by making birdie at the final hole to finish with a 3-under 69 in the fourth round. Both players finished with scores of 8-under 280.

The win was Hansen's second at this event after winning it in 2002.

"I didn't play all that great," he said, "but it was tough out there, so I just tried to keep it all together (and) just keep the ball in play and see what happened."

Rose, who held at least a share of the lead after two of the first three rounds, also made a closing birdie at the 18th hole to cap a 1-under 71 under windy, wet conditions at the West Course at the Wentworth Club. Vijay Singh (66) tied for third place with Richard Sterne (74) at 7-under 281.

Racing

Alonso captures the Grand Prix of Monaco

MONTE CARLO (UPI) -- Fernando Alonso won the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco in Monte Carlo Sunday, crossing the finish line four seconds ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton.

The victory was his second of the season and the 17th of Alonso's Formula One career.

Also in the top five were Felipe Massa, Giancarlo Fisichella and Nick Heidfeld.

Alonso, a two-time world champion, brought the field to the green flag for 78 laps of racing around the tight 2.075-mile street course, and after only 12 laps, held a five-second lead over Hamilton. With 10 laps remaining, his lead was down to two seconds, but Hamilton was unable to close ground before the finish.

Alonso's first-place finish left him tied with Hamilton for first place in the point standings after five races. They both have 38 points, five ahead of Massa (33).

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) is fourth with 23 points and Heidfeld (BMW) is fifth with 18 points.

Tennis

Safin, Henin advance at Roland Garros

PARIS (UPI) -- Two-time Grand Slam winner Marat Safin Sunday trounced Fernando Vicente in straight sets to begin this year's French Open Tennis Tournament in Paris.

The scores were 6-1, 6-3, 6-1, after a long, rain-filled opening day at Roland Garros.

In the 27-year-old Russian's lopsided victory, he broke his Spanish opponent eight times. Safin has never won the French, where he was eliminated in the first round in 2006.

In other men's matches, Potito Starace beat Ivo Minar 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), and Janko Tipsarevic topped Dusan Vemic 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

On the women's side, top-seeded Justine Henin beat Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-3, No. 8 seed Serena Williams beat Tsvetana Pironkova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, Safin's sister -- 10th-seeded Dinara Safin -- beat Yuliana Fedak 7-5, 6-4, and Tamira Paszek defeated Aiko Nakamura 6-4, 6-0.

Sports Update

MLB: Chi. Cubs 4, Washington 3 (10)

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Daryle Ward hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday afternoon, as the Chicago Cubs beat Washington, 4-3.

Ward, who saved the day against his former team, had a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth to help the Cubs tie the score against Washington closer Chad Cordero.

Ryan Theriot hit an RBI single, and Jacque Jones drove in a run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth. Ward had two hits, and Jones had five hits in the three-game series for the Cubs, who won for the fifth straight time.

The winner was closer Ryan Dempster (1-1).

Dmitri Young hit a two-run single in the seventh, Brian Schneider drove in a run, and Ryan Langerhans scored a run and had two of the six hits for the Nationals, who suffered their fifth straight loss.

The losing pitcher was Ryan Wagner (0-2).

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Basketball

NBA: Cleveland 81, New Jersey 77

CLEVELAND (UPI) -- LeBron James had a team-high 21 points Sunday, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat New Jersey, 81-77, in the Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Cleveland led, 43-41, at the half, but New Jersey tied the nip-and-tuck contest at 59 heading into the fourth quarter.

A three-pointer by Larry Hughes gave Cleveland a 74-69 advantage with 4:41 remaining, and New Jersey never recovered.

Hughes had 17 points, six assists and four steals; Sasha Pavlovic had 15 points, two assists and three blocked shots; Drew Gooden had 14 points and 14 rebounds; and James had 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers -- who have eliminated New Jersey the last two times the teams have met in the post-season.

Vince Carter led New Jersey with 21 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. Richard Jefferson scored 16 points, and Bostjan Nachbar scored 12.

Game 2 is at Cleveland Tuesday.

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Soccer

Lethal dose of herbicide found in Woolmer

KINGSTON, Jamaica (UPI) -- A source close to police in Jamaica has said that a lethal dose of weed killer was found in the stomach of late Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.

While initial forensic tests indicated Woolmer was likely poisoned in a Kingston hotel March 18, the source told the Times of London that the coach of the Pakistan national cricket team had ingested a deadly amount of the herbicide.

The report said that traces of the weed killer were found in both the inside and outside of a champagne glass inside Woolmer's room.

"Everything was contaminated," the source said. "The stomach content, the glass, everything. There was enough to kill him."

The source said that the weed killer was not available for purchase in Jamaica, the Times reported.

While some forms of weed killer have no smell or taste, a poisons expert from Britain said the item's use is extremely rare in relation to homicide.

The report said it had yet to be determined whether the deadly chemical had found its way into the champagne bottle as well.

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Tennis

Kim Clijsters retires from tennis

BRUSSELS (UPI) -- Former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters of Belgium Sunday announced her immediate retirement from women's tennis in a statement on her Web site.

The 23-year-old Clijsters had planned to retire at season's end, but said injuries dictated her decision earlier.

"The constantly returning injuries make it difficult to continue," she said. "I still like to play tennis, but my injuries the last few years have made me not enjoy it as much as before. All good things must come to an end."

Her final match was a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 loss to 61st-ranked Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine Thursday in the second round of the J&S Cup Tennis Tournament in Warsaw, Poland.

Her career record was 427-103, including 34 singles titles.

Clijsters earned nearly $15 million in prize money, and plans to get married in July.

"Money is important, but not the most important thing in my life," she added. "Health and a private life are so much more important."

MLB: N.Y. Mets 6, Arizona 2

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Shawn Green had a home run and three RBI Saturday night, as the New York Mets beat Arizona, 6-2.

Mets starter Jorge Sosa (1-0) -- making his first appearance for the Mets this season after being called up Saturday from Triple-A New Orleans -- scattered four hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out three.

Carlos Delgado had two hits, two walks and two runs scored; and Paul Lo Duca and Endy Chavez each drove in a run for the Mets, who have won four straight.

Brandon Miguel Montero drove in the Diamondbacks' runs with a pinch-hit double. Webb (2-2) yielded six runs -- five earned -- on six hits, walking four and striking out three in six innings for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five straight.

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Basketball

NBA: Utah 103, Houston 99

HOUSTON (UPI) -- Carlos Boozer had 33 points and 14 rebounds Saturday night, as the Utah Jazz beat Houston, 103-99, to advance to the NBA Western Conference semifinals.

Andrei Kirilenko hit a pair of free throws with 1.7 seconds left to seal the deal, as the Jazz eliminated the Rockets in seven games to advance to the conference finals against the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors -- who surprised the Dallas Mavericks in the other conference semifinal series.

Deron Williams had 20 points and 14 assists, and Mehmet Okur had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who won a first-round series for the first time since 2000.

Tracy McGrady had 29 points and 13 assists, and Yao Ming scored 29 for Houston, which has not won a playoff series since 1997.

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Boxing

Mayweather beats De La Hoya

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Saturday night beat Oscar De La Hoya in a 12-round split decision in Las Vegas.

Two of the three scorecards had Mayweather winning 116-112 and 115-113, with De La Hoya winning one card by 115-113.

The final round ended with the fighters exchanging a flurry of punches, but most observers felt Mayweather used his superior speed to garner enough points for a win, before the decision was announced to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Hotel.

The bout is expected to generate a $100 million revenue take. The pay-per-view revenues succeeded what fight promoters expected before the fight.

As promoter of the fight, De La Hoya was guaranteed $25 million. Mayweather got $10 million.

Mayweather rose to 38-0 with 24 KOs, and De La Hoya fell to 38-5 with 30 KOs.

The 30-year-old Mayweather claimed before the bout that he would retire.

De La Hoya, 34, who last fought in May 2006 -- getting a sixth round TKO against Ricardo Mayorga -- is the only fighter to win world titles in six different weight classes.

He, too, has often talked about retirement.

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Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, May 6

(All Times Eastern):

Baseball:

American League:

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Chi. White Sox at LA Angels, 3:35 p.m.

National League:

LA Dodgers at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at Florida, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

Houston at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Washington at Chi. Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Colorado at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 4:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

Basketball:

NBA Playoffs:

New Jersey at Cleveland, Game 1, 1 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, Game 1, 3:30 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL Playoffs:

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m. (Sabres lead, 3-2)

Men's Golf:

PGA:

Wachovia Championship at Charlotte, N.C.

European:

Italian Open at Milan, Italy

Champions:

FedEx Kinko's Classic at Austin, Texas

Women's Golf:

SemGroup Championship at Broken Arrow, Okla.

Men's Tennis:

BMW Open at Munich, Germany

Estoril Open at Estoril, Portugal

Women's Tennis:

J&S Cup at Warsaw, Poland

Estoril Open at Estoril, Portugal

Soccer:

MLS:

Chivas USA at D.C. United, 3 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 5 p.m.

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Golf

Four share lead at SemGroup Championship

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (UPI) -- Nicole Castrale, Karin Sjodin, Stephanie Louden and Reilley Rankin share the lead after two rounds of the LPGA SemGroup Championship at Broken Arrow, Okla.

Castrale, who had the lead after the first round, shot an even-par 71 Saturday. She was joined by Sjodin (70), Louden (69) and Rankin (68) at 4-under 138.

Angela Stanford (71) and Mi Hyun Kim (68) were tied for fifth at 139. Katherine Hull (69), Se Ri Pak (71) and Virada Nirapathpongporn (70) were at 140.

Lorena Ochoa, the world No. 1 woman golfer, had a 71 and was tied for 10th place with six other players at 141.

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Hockey

NHL: Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI) -- Daniel Alfredsson had a goal and an assist Saturday night, as the Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey, 3-2, to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

Dany Heatley had two assists for the Senators, who eliminated the Devils four games to one in the conference semifinals.

Jason Spezza added a goal and an assist and Antoine Vermette also scored.

Ray Emery stopped 27 shots to improve his record to 8-2 this post-season.

Scott Gomez scored both goals for the Devils, who failed to advance beyond the conference semifinals for the third straight season.

Martin Brodeur gave up three goals on 24 shots.

Ottawa advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in franchise history. The Senators will play the winner of the Sabres-Rangers series.

Buffalo leads 3-2, with Game 6 set for Sunday.

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Horseracing

Street Sense wins 133rd Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) -- Post-time favorite Street Sense caught Hard Spun in mid-stretch Saturday and won the 133rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

The victory is the second for trainer Carl Nafzger in the Run for the Roses.

More than 100,000 spectators, including Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh were in attendance.

Street Sense became the first winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile to win the Kentucky Derby. The colt is also the first champion juvenile to claim victory since Spectacular Bid won the Derby in 1979.

Street Sense won by 2 1/4 lengths.

Hard Spun was second with Curlin finishing third and Imawildandcrazyguy fourth in the 20-horse field.

The time for the Kentucky Derby was 2:02.17 on a track listed as good.

Street Sense earned $1.45 million to bring his career winnings to more than $2.95 million.

Nafzger won the Kentucky Derby in 1990 with Unbridled.

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Racing

Rain postpones Nextel Crown Royal 400

RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -- The Crown Royal 400 Nextel Cup race at the Richmond International Raceway was postponed Saturday night after 12 laps because of rain.

Jeff Gordon led the 43-car field around the .75-mile oval as the race started under caution conditions due to wet spots on the track from earlier rain showers.

After 12 laps NASCAR officials decided to red flag the race as the rain started to fall. As the rain continued, NASCAR officials decided to postpone the race until Sunday.

When the race starts Sunday, Jeff Gordon will again lead the field, after winning his fourth pole of the season Friday night.

Starting alongside Gordon will be Carl Edwards. Scott Riggs and Jimmie Johnson will start in row two.

The race is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. EDT Sunday.

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Soccer

MLS: Houston 3, Colorado 1

DENVER (UPI) -- Dwayne De Rosario scored twice in the second half Saturday night as the Houston Dynamo beat Colorado, 3-1, in Major League Soccer action.

De Rosario scored in the 63rd and 68th minutes. Brian Ching scored Houston's other goal in the 55th minute.

Goalkeeper Pat Onstad made two saves for the Dynamo (2-2-1), who broke a two-game scoreless streak to retain a share of first place with Colorado in the Western Conference.

Roberto Brown scored for Colorado in the fifth minute.

Bouna Coundoul made two saves for the Rapids (2-2-1), who were coming off a 2-0 victory at Real Salt Lake on April 30.

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Tennis

Azarenka, Arn in women's final in Estoril

ESTORIL, Portugal (UPI) -- Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and German Greta Arn meet Sunday in the finals at the Estoril Open in Portugal.

Azarenka defeated third-seeded former champion Czech Lucie Safarova, 6-4, 6-0, and Arn defeated Spaniard Nuria Llagostera Vives, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, in Saturday's semifinals.

Safarova went into the semis as the only seed still remaining in the French Open tune-up.

Azarenka beat Argentine Gisela Dulko, 6-1, 6-2, on Friday while Arn reached the semifinals by beating Swede Sofia Arvidsson, 6-2, 6-2.

MLB: Baltimore 3, Cleveland 2 (10)

BALTIMORE (UPI) -- Nick Markakis hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night as the Baltimore Orioles edged Cleveland, 3-2.

Jay Payton hit a solo home run; Markakis hit a sacrifice fly; Corey Patterson had a run and two hits; Patterson, Markakis, Brian Roberts and Aubrey Huff all had two hits; and Payton score twice for the Orioles -- who broke a four-game losing streak.

The winner was closer Chris Ray (3-2).

Baltimore starter Erik Bedard gave up two earned runs and three hits in six innings, with two walks and four strikeouts.

Casey Blake hit a two-run homer, and five others had one hit for the Indians, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.

The losing pitcher was reliever Tom Mastny (2-1).

Cleveland starter Paul Byrd surrendered one earned run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, with no walks and three strikeouts.

Basketball

NBA: New Jersey 98, Toronto 97

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI) -- Richard Jefferson scored with eight seconds left and then made a game-saving steal Friday as New Jersey advanced in the playoffs by downing Toronto, 98-97.

The Nets eliminated the Raptors in six games and will meet the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beginning Sunday in Cleveland.

Toronto owned a one-point lead and the ball, but with time running down on the shot clock Chris Bosh missed a jump shot with 18 seconds left in the game.

Antoine Wright claimed the rebound for the Nets and, after a time out, Jefferson took a pass from Jason Kidd and made a lay-up to give New Jersey the lead.

On the ensuing possession, Jose Calderon tried to lob a pass to Bosh under the basket for what would have been a winning dunk, but Jefferson leaped high to steal the ball and preserve the victory.

Jefferson scored 24 points to lead the Nets, who out-scored Toronto by 10 in the third period to take a seven-point advantage into the final quarter. Vince Carter added 21 and Kidd had 18.

Bosh had 23 points and T.J. Ford contributed 19 for the Raptors.

Golf

Castrale bids for first LPGA Tour win

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (UPI) -- Nicole Castrale shot a 4-under 67 on a wet course Friday for a one-shot lead after one round of the SemGroup Championship at Broken Arrow, Okla.

Castrale is seeking her first LPGA Tour victory.

Heavy rains left the Cedar Ridge Country Club course soggy, and tour officials instituted the "lift and clean" rule for the tournament's first round.

Brandie Burton, Angela Stanford and Karin Sjodin shared second place at 68, while Sophie Gustafson and Gloria Park were among those at 2-under 69.

Lorena Ochoa, playing for the second time since grabbing the No. 1 world ranking away from Annika Sorenstam, shot a 70.

Castrale, 28, whose best career finish has been a tie for third last year, played a bogey-free round Friday.

Hockey

NHL: Buffalo 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 (OT)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) -- Chris Drury tied the game with eight seconds left in regulation Friday and Maxim Afinogenov scored in overtime as Buffalo beat the New York Rangers, 2-1.

Seemingly headed for a 3-2 deficit in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, the Sabres were the ones taking a one-game advantage, with Game 6 scheduled for Sunday in New York.

After almost three full periods of scoreless hockey, Martin Straka gave the Rangers the lead with 3:17 remaining in regulation with a slap shot. The puck went in and out of the net so fast the officials had to look at the replay to make sure it was a goal.

That score seemed certain to stand up as time ticked away, but Drury tied it on a slap shot to ignite the crowd and deflate the Rangers. It was Drury's sixth goal of the playoffs.

Afinogenov's goal came on the power play 4:39 into overtime. The goal came just 11 seconds after Blair Betts was sent off for hooking.

A win Sunday for the Sabres would send them up against either Ottawa or New Jersey with a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals on the line. Buffalo would have home-ice advantage in the conference finals.

Racing

Clint Bowyer claims Busch race

RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -- Clint Bowyer pulled away over the final laps Friday night to win the NASCAR Busch Series Circuit City 250 at the Richmond International Raceway.

Bowyer finished 1.486 seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth.

It was the fifth Busch victory of Bowyer's career and his second this season.

Kenseth had a two-second lead in the race's final stages and seemed headed for victory, but a mishap involving Derrike Cope and J.J. Yeley brought out the caution flag.

There were 23 laps remaining when the green flag was displayed, and Bowyer was easily the fastest car during the closing minutes of the race. Kenseth grabbed second just ahead of Jeff Burton.

Carl Edwards retained his points lead in the series despite finishing 13th.

Tennis

Serena Williams to skip German Open

BERLIN (UPI) -- Australian Open champion Serena Williams has decided to skip next week's German Open Tennis Tournament in Berlin due to a right groin injury.

Williams has appeared in only four WTA Tour events this season. She beat Maria Sharapova to win the Australian Open in January.

"Due to a groin injury, which has not completely healed, I am forced to cancel," she said in a statement.

The eight-time Grand Slam champion missed a recent tournament in Charleston, S.C., because of the groin injury -- and pulled out of a Fed Cup match against Belgium two weeks ago, citing a right-knee injury.

The rash of physical ailments has dropped her to No. 12 in the latest world rankings.

Williams said this week she was determined to play in this year's French Open, which begins May 28 at Roland Garros in Paris.

Baseball

MLB: Milwaukee 5, Florida 2

MIAMI (UPI) -- Dave Bush scattered eight hits and one run over six innings Wednesday night to help Milwaukee down the Florida Marlins, 5-2.

J.J. Hardy went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI; Rickie Weeks had triple, a home run, two RBI and scored three times; Gabe Gross had two hits and two RBI; and Geoff Jenkins went 2-for-4 for the Brewers, who have split their last four games.

The teams concluded Tuesday's suspended game, and Milwaukee recorded a 3-2 victory in 13 innings.

Miguel Cabrera and Joe Borchard both hit solo home runs; and Josh Willingham had two hits for the Marlins.

Losing pitcher Sergio Mitre (0-2) gave up four earned runs and 10 hits in six innings with three walks and two strikeouts.

Basketball

NBA: Houston 99, Portland 95

PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI) -- Tracy McGrady scored 32 points Wednesday night to lead Houston to a 99-95 victory over Portland.

Trailing by 19 points at the start of the fourth quarter, Portland went on a 21-7 burst to cut its deficit to 85-80, and trailed by 94-88 with :58 seconds remaining, but could not grab the lead in the game's final minute.

Yao Ming had 27 points and 12 rebounds; Rafer Alston had 23 points and seven rebounds; while McGrady also had eight rebounds and seven assists as the Rockets held firm for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoff standings with its third straight win.

Brandon Roy led Portland with 20 points, five rebounds, and six assists.

Fred Jones had 18 points and four assists; Travis Outlaw had 16 points and seven rebounds; and Jamaal Magloire added 13 points and 10 boards for the Trailblazers, who have lost seven of nine.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Thursday, April 12

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

New Jersey at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

LA Clippers at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Baseball:

American League:

LA Angels of Anaheim vs. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

National League:

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL Playoffs:

N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, Game 1, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Detroit, Game 1, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, Game 1, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, Game 1, 8 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at Houston

Valencia Open at Valencia, Spain

Women's Tennis:

Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C.

Men's Golf:

PGA:

Heritage Classic at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

European:

Volvo China Open at Shanghai

Champions:

No event scheduled

Football

Eddie Robinson mourned

GRAMBLING, La. (UPI) -- Former Grambling State head coach Eddie Robinson Wednesday was laid to rest at a funeral procession in Grambling, La.

Robinson died April 4 after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. He was 88.

When he retired in 1997 after 56 years at the school, he had a record of 408-165-15, and had sent more than 200 players to the NFL.

His funeral was attended by former players, coaches, a representative of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner -- who accepted Robinson's teams as competitors at Yankee Stadium several times -- the Rev. Jesse Jackson and numerous state officials.

The mourners began gathering early at the school's new Assembly Center for the mid-morning service.

One of the former players was Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to lead an NFL team to a Super Bowl championship. Williams led Washington to a 42-10 rout of Denver in Super Bowl XXII in San Diego Jan. 31, 1998.

Hockey

NHL: Vancouver 5, Dallas 4 (4 OT)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (UPI) -- Henrik Sedin scored with 1:54 remaining in the fourth overtime Wednesday night as Vancouver beat the Dallas Stars, 5-4.

Vancouver's victory came in the opener of the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal Stanley Cup series.

Twin brother Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist; while Roberto Luongo made 62 saves on 66 shots for the Canucks, who will be back at home for Game Two on Friday night.

Ladislav Nagy of Dallas scored at 13:46 of the third period for a 4-4 tie and create the extra time.

Vancouver had assumed a 4-2 lead 7:36 into the third on a Bryan Smolinski goal.

Brenden Morrow had a goal and an assist; and Marty Turco stopped 40 of 44 shots for the Stars, who also were seeded second in last year's Western Conference playoffs but got ousted in five games by Colorado in the quarterfinals.

Racing

Unser Jr. wants back on the track at Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, D.C. (UPI) -- Al Unser Jr. says he is in preliminary talks with A.J. Foyt about joining his Indy Racing League team for next month's Indianapolis 500.

Unser, a two-time Indy 500 winner, was arrested in January for driving under the influence of alcohol near his home in Nevada.

He said he doesn't think the DUI arrest should keep him off the racetrack, the Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday.

It would be Unser's 19th start in the race.

Unser will be inducted next month into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, joining his father Al Unser Sr. and his uncle, Bobby Unser.

Soccer

Soccer star Maradona leaves hospital

BUENOS AIRES (UPI) -- Former Argentine soccer phenom Diego Maradona was released from the hospital after undergoing treatment for chronic alcoholism, La Nacion reports.

The 46-year-old Maradona was hospitalized earlier this month for alcohol-induced hepatitis.

After his retirement from the game, Maradona has endured a well-publicized battle with drug addiction and obesity. In 2005, he underwent stomach stapling surgery in Colombia and drug treatment in Cuba.

He appeared to be on the mend after the surgery and time spent in rehab, hosting a popular TV show in Argentina.

Tennis

Fish ousted in Houston

HOUSTON (UPI) -- Defending champion Mardy Fish lost his second round match at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships to Argentine Mariano Zabaleta in straight sets.

The scores at the Houston-based tournament were 7-5, 6-4.

Third seed Tommy Haas of Germany, who won the title in 2004, beat America's Sam Querrey, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria beat Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-4, 6-2; Spain's Albert Montanes held off Serbian qualifier Dusan Vemic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Vincent Spadea beat fellow American Michael Russell, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-1; Diego Hartfield of Argentina downed Sebastien Grosjean of France, the 2005 runner-up, 6-4, 6-4; and American Alex Kuznetsov topped German Lars Burgsmuller, 7-5, 7-5.

Venus Williams advances at Charleston

CHARLESTON, S.C. (UPI) -- Former champion Venus Williams was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Family Circle Cup Tennis Tournament at Charleston, S.C.

She topped overmatched Russian Vasilisa Bardina, 6-2, 6-1, in just 49 minutes to advance to the third round.

The former world No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion, who won this event in 2004, will face Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan in the third round.

Chan was leading Williams' younger sister, Serena, in the first set on Tuesday when the Australian Open champion retired with a groin injury, thus ending her 13-match winning streak.

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia trounced Russian qualifier Anastassia Rodionova, 6-1, 6-1; 16th-seeded Italian Mara Santangelo drubbed American wild card Ashley Harkleroad, 6-2, 6-0; No. 4 seed Dinara Safina of Russia topped Eleni Daniilidou of Greece, 6-3, 6-4; and Jie Zheng of China knocked out fifth-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer, 6-2, 6-3.

Baseball

Young signs new deal with Padres

SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- San Diego starter Chris Young has agreed to a new four-year contract with a team option for a fifth year.

Young, a four-year veteran, is in his second season with the Padres after spending his first two years with the Texas Rangers.

The Padres want Young to be one of their cornerstone players for the future.

His new deal is worth a reported $14.5 million, including a $500,000 signing bonus.

"What we looked at was, it has been a long time since we've really committed to some young players in the organization that we wanted to build around," General Manager Kevin Towers said Tuesday on the team's Web site. "His professional demeanor on and off the field exemplifies what it means to be a Padre."

Young has a career record of 27-14, with 129 walks and 337 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.87 in 339 innings over 71 starts.

Basketball

Mark Turgeon new Texas A&M coach

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (UPI) -- Wichita State coach Mark Turgeon is set to take over as head coach Texas A&M men's basketball team.

Three people with knowledge of the deal revealed the settled agreement Monday, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne reportedly offered Turgeon the job on Saturday night, and Turgeon directly accepted. He will replace Billy Gillispie, who left to be a coach at Kentucky.

The terms of Turgeon's deal with the Aggies were still unclear but he may be introduced as A&M's new coach as early as Tuesday.

Turgeon, 42, brings major college and NBA experience to A&M. He spent a season with the Philadelphia 76ers under mentor Larry Brown.

Football

Colts-Saints to open 2007 NFL season

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The New Orleans Saints visit the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Sept. 6 to open the 256-game 2007 NFL regular season.

The opening weekend also features 13 games on Sunday and two games on Monday night -- Sept. 10 -- when Baltimore plays at Cincinnati and Arizona heads for San Francisco and a game with the 49ers.

In addition to the league opener, Indianapolis has two other prime time games with a Monday night, Oct. 22, match-up at Jacksonville and a Thanksgiving Day game at Atlanta. That game is in addition to the traditional Thanksgiving NFL games at Dallas, which will go against the New York Jets, and Detroit, which will play the Green Bay Packers.

The 2007 schedule also includes the first regular-season NFL game played in Europe. The Miami Dolphins and New York Giants play Oct. 28 in London.

The NFL is again using "flexible scheduling" during Weeks 11-17 in which the league may switch "quality match-ups" to prime time for airing by NBC.

The last Sunday of the regular season is Dec. 30. The Super Bowl is set for Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.

Golf

Goosen to compete at Furyk-sponsored event

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Retief Goosen Wednesday joined the field for the 2007 Exelon Invitational at Lafayette Hill, Pa.

He joins a field that includes host Jim Furyk, Charles Howell III, and Padraig Harrington.

The two-time U.S. Open champion last played in the Exelon Invitational in 2005, beating Furyk, Mike Weir and Tim Clark to win the event.

He is eighth in the latest world golf rankings, and has finished in the Top 10 in six worldwide starts this season.

"Retief is one of the most popular and successful players on the PGA Tour," said Ian McLean, president, Exelon PowerTeam and executive vice president of the Exelon Corp. "He completes an already star-studded foursome that will surely provide an amazing day of golf."

"With the addition of Retief, this is the highest ranked foursome in our nine-year history, which is a true testament of the event's success," Furyk said.

The event will be played at the suburban Philadelphia site on June 4.

Horseracing

'Call Me Larry' runs for breast cancer

NEW YORK (UPI) -- A promising 4-year-old colt named Call Me Larry in New York is creating a stir in pink silks by donating 10 percent of his earnings to breast cancer research.

The horse is owned by Suzie O'Cain and stabled at her Find A Cure Stable at Belmont Park in New York. O'Cain told the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times she wanted to find a way to incorporate breast cancer research into racing, and said even the horse's name has an association to the effort.

She said she met Dr. Larry Norton, a deputy physician-in-chief at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, and he kept admonishing her to stop calling him "Doctor," and kept repeating "Call me Larry."

In his debut last month at Aqueduct, Call Me Larry galloped from far back in the pack to finish second, beaten by three-quarters of a length. Then on his second start on March 10, he rallied again and posted a one-length win.

O'Cain said she hasn't set a date for the colt's next run, but news will be posted on the horse's Web page at ry.html.

Tennis

Almagro takes first-rounder at Valencia

VALENCIA, Spain (UPI) -- Defending champion Nicolas Almagro was a straight-set winner Wednesday in advancing to the quarterfinals of the clay-court Valencia Open.

Almagro, the tournament's No. 3 seed, was a 7-5, 6-2 winner over Alessio Di Mauro and heads into the quarters against seventh-seeded Filippo Volandri, who was a 6-4, 1-0 winner over Stefan Koubek. Koubek retired in the second set with an ankle injury.

Injury also struck the Valencia top seed, as David Ferrer withdrew Wednesday due to a back problem. He was replaced in the draw by Ivan Navarro Pastor, who took advantage of the chance and posted a 6-3, 6-1 first-round win over Daniele Bracciali.

In other first-round matches Wednesday, Potito Strake upset fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Alejandro Falla defeated Andreas Seppi, 6-3, 6-4; and Alberto Martin won, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, over Feliciano Lopez.

Baseball

Media mogul possible Cubs bidder

CHICAGO (UPI) -- A Credit Suisse financial analyst says Emmis Communications' chief and former Seattle Mariners owner Jeff Smulyan is a possible bidder for the Chicago Cubs.

Analyst John Klim said there were four factors indicating Smulyan is qualified to make a bid for the team after the Tribune Co., announced last week it was selling the Cubs at the end of the 2007 season.

He noted Smulyan has an obvious interest in baseball, having owned the Mariners from 1989 to 1992, and making an unsuccessful bid last year for the Washington Nationals.

As well, he noted Emmis owns two Chicago FM radio stations which could be used as broadcast venues and there is relatively physical proximity to Chicago from Emmis headquarters in Indianapolis.

"We believe Mr. Smulyan may be more interested in using his time, energy and personal capital to make a bid for the storied Chicago baseball franchise," Klim's research paper said.

However, when contacted by Crain's Chicago Business, Smulyan said he wasn't pursuing the team, but had learned "never to say never."

Football

Henry, Jones suspended by NFL

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Tennessee's Adam "Pacman" Jones and been suspended for one season and Cincinnati's Chris Henry for eight games by the NFL for off-field incidents.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement Tuesday saying the players had been suspended "without pay for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and engaging in conduct detrimental to the league on numerous occasions."

The league suspended Jones for the entire 2007 season while Henry will miss half the 2007 regular season. "Each player must earn the right to be reinstated," the NFL release said.

Since he joined the NFL in 2005 Jones has been involved with police investigations at least 10 times, including an incident at a Las Vegas strip club that involved a shooting that left a man paralyzed. Las Vegas police are reportedly seeking felony charges against Jones.

Henry was arrested four times in 14 months and was suspended two games by the NFL last season.

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New NFL conduct policy expected soon

Other

Disgraced sprinter admits bank fraud

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Disgraced U.S. sprinter Tim Montgomery has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bank fraud.

Montgomery entered his plea just before his trial was set to start in federal court in Manhattan, the New York Post reported Tuesday. He told a judge that he was involved in a bad-check scheme with his former coach, Steve Riddick, and others.

During the hearing, he admitted that Riddick paid him $20,000 for helping with a bad check and that he tried to deposit two counterfeit checks. He faces a maximum 46-month prison term.

Montgomery's career peaked in 2002 when he set a world record at 100 meters. But two years later he was charged with using steroids and was eventually banned from competition for two years and stripped of the record.

In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, he ran as an alternate in the heats of the men's 100-meter relay team, which won a gold medal. He failed to qualify for competition in the individual 100-meter event.

Montgomery and sprinter Marion Jones, his former girlfriend, have a 3-year-old son.

Tennis

Almagro moves on in Valencia Open

VALENCIA, Spain (UPI) -- Defending champion Nicolas Almagro was among the first-round winners Tuesday at the clay-court Valencia Open in Spain.

Almagro, who is seeded third this week, had little trouble in ousting Jan Hajek, 6-2, 6-1. Second-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero also won his first-round match in straight sets, topping Ernest Gulbis, 6-3, 6-1. Seventh-seeded Filippo Volandri also advanced, taking out Igor Andreev, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8).

However, two seeded players were upset in the first round. No. 6 Florian Mayer dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Santiago Ventura and eighth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez lost, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, to Evgeny Korolev.

Opening-round wins were also posted Tuesday by Augustin Gensse, Pablo Andujar, Marcel Granollers-Pujol and Italian Alessio Di Mauro.

The Valencia Open top seed is David Ferrer, will open his tournament Wednesday against Daniele Bracciali. Also on Day 3, fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco will play Potito Starace.

Baseball

MLB: Texas 12, Tampa Bay 9

ARLINGTON, Texas (UPI) -- Frank Catalanotto's three-run shot keyed a seven-run third inning that propelled the Texas Rangers to a 12-9 victory Tuesday over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Catalanotto finished with four RBI, while Kenny Lofton homered and had three RBI, Ian Kinsler added a two-run homer and B \rad Wilkerson chipped in two RBI for the Rangers, who have won four of their last five games.

Ty Wigginton drilled a three-run homer for Tampa Bay, which has dropped four straight. Delmon Young also homered while B.J. Upton contributed two hits, two RBI and a run scored.

Neither starting pitcher faired well. Jamey Wright started for Texas and allowed five runs on five hits in only 2 2/3 innings, while Jae Seo (0-1) was rocked for 10 runs -- five earned -- and eight hits over three innings.

Scott Feldman (1-0) picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

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MLB: N.Y. Yankees, 10, Minnesota 1
MLB: Oakland 2, Chisox 1
MLB: SF Giants 6, San Diego 5
MLB: LA Dodgers, 2, Colorado 1
MLB: Brewers 2, Marlins 2, suspended
MLB: Cleveland 7, LA Angels 6
MLB: St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 (12 inn)
MLB: Deroit 3, Baltimore 1
MLB: Kansas City, 6, Toronto 3
MLB: Atlanta 8, Washington 0
Hampton out for season with bad elbow
MLB: Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 2
MLB: Boston 14, Seattle 3

Basketball

NBA: New Orleans 103, LA Clippers 100 (OT)

OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -- David West scored 33 points Tuesday as the New Orleans Hornets remained perfect in overtime this season with a 103-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Devin Brown added 25 points and nine rebounds for New Orleans, which is 7-0 in overtime games and climbed within a game of Golden State for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

West had seven points in OT for the Hornets, who won for the fifth time in six games after almost blowing a big lead in the overtime.

Elton Brand had 37 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who fell a half-game behind the Warriors. Corey Maggette added 24 points for Los Angeles, which has lost three games in a row.

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NBA: Chicago 98, New York 69
NBA: Sacramento 112, Memphis 100
NBA: New Jersey 96, Washington 92
NBA: Philadelphia 90, Indiana 86
NBA: Atlanta 104, Boston 96
NBA: Charlotte 92, Miami 82
UCLA's Afflalo to enter NBA draft
Borseth to coach Michigan women's program
Charlotte rookie Morrison fined $25,000

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Wed., April 11

(All Times Eastern):

NBA Basketball

Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

Seattle at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 10 p.m.

Baseball

American League

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Boston, 7:05 p.m.

LA Angels vs. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

National League

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Milwaukee at Florida, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NHL Hockey

Eastern Conference

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Western Conference

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at Houston

Valencia Cup in Valencia, Spain

Women's Tennis:

Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C.

Baseball

MLB: Arizona 3, Cincinnati 2

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Orlando Hudson hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the eighth to give the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 victory over visiting Cincinnati Monday.

Alberto Callaspo and Chris Snyder each knocked in a run for the Diamondbacks, who ran their win streak to five in a row. Arizona starter Doug Davis gave up two runs on five hits through six innings of work. But the victory went to reliever Brandon Lyon (1-0), who threw a scoreless eighth, and closer Jose Valverde got his fourth save of the season.

Kirk Saarloos (0-1) took the loss for Cincinnati. Starter Bronson Arroyo gave up just four hits and two runs in seven innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Alex Gonzalez picked up two hits and an RBI for the Reds, now 4-3 after starting out 4-1.

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MLB: Chisox 4, Oakland 1
MLB: San Diego 1, SF Giants 0
MLB: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 4
MLB: Toronto 9, Kansas City 1
MLB: Seattle at Cleveland, ppd. snow
MLB: Florida 5, Milwaukee 3
MLB: NY Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
MLB: Colorado 6, LA Dodgers 3
MLB: Houston 5, Chicago Cubs 3
MLB: Baltimore 6, Detroit 2
MLB: NY Mets 11, Philadelphia 5
MLB: St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 0

Basketball

NBA: Houston 95, Seattle 90

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady combined for 58 points as the Houston Rockets escaped Seattle with a 95-90 win over the SuperSonics Monday.

Ming fired in 31 points and had seven rebounds for Houston, while McGrady had 27 points. The only other Houston player to hit double figures was Rafer Alston with 16.

Houston has now won two in a row and is holding on to fifth place in the Western Conference playoff picture.

Rashard Lewis paced the Sonics with 20 points to take over fourth place on the team's all-time scoring list. His 10,154 points moved him ahead of Shawn Kemp's 10,148. But Seattle has lost five of its last six games.

Mikael Gelabale had 13 points and Damien Wilkins tallied 13 points for Seattle.

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NBA: Golden State 126, Utah 102
NBA: Denver 115, LA Lakers 111
NBA: Dallas 96, LA Clippers 86
NBA: Orlando 117, Milwaukee 94
NBA: Toronto 111, Minnesota 100
NBA: San Antonio 112, Portland 96
NBA: Detroit 91, New York 83
O'Neal to miss Tuesday game for funeral
Schmidt said to be St. Bonaventure coach
Mark Turgeon new Texas A&M coach

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday, April 10

(All Times Eastern):

NBA Basketball

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Baseball

American League

Seattle at Boston, 2:05 p.m.

LA Angels at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

New York Yankees at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

National League

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Florida, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Colorado at LA Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NHL Hockey

No games scheduled

Men's Tennis:

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at Houston

Valencia Cup in Valencia, Spain

Women's Tennis:

Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C.

Football

NFL: Falcons sign QB Harrington as backup

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (UPI) -- The Atlanta Falcons Monday announced they had signed quarterback Joey Harrington and released defensive back Kevin Mathis.

Harrington, 6-4, 220 pounds, enters his sixth NFL season after being selected by the Detroit Lions out of Oregon as the third overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft.

Harrington has started 66 of the 69 NFL games he has played. He has completed 1,209 of 2,190 passes for 12,478 yards with 72 touchdowns and 77 interceptions. He also has rushed for 369 yards on 128 carries.

Harrington spent the 2006 season with the Miami Dolphins where he started 11 games and completed 223 of 388 passes for 2,236 yards with 12 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

Mathis is a 10-year veteran who played in 115 games with 54 starts in his career. In 2006, Mathis was limited to eight games after suffering a neck injury in Week 9 at Detroit.

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Tennis

Roddick out of Clay Court Championship

HOUSTON (UPI) -- American Andy Roddick, the top seed at the $416,000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, was forced to withdraw Monday due to a hamstring injury.

Roddick, a three-time Houston champion and two-time runner-up, suffered the injury to his left leg in a match last month. He aggravated the hamstring Friday in his Davis Cup win over Spain's Fernando Verdasco.

Roddick reached five straight finals in Houston before Germany's Tommy Haas beat him in last year's quarterfinals.

Austrian Alexander Peya replaced Roddick in the draw.

Baseball

Angels-Indians series moved to Milwaukee

CLEVELAND (UPI) -- A spring snowstorm that hit Ohio has forced Major League Baseball to move this week's series between the Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland Indians to Milwaukee.

The Angels-Indians series, Tuesday through Thursday, was set for Cleveland but the storm dropped about 10 inches of snow in Jacobs Field. On Monday, baseball officials, who had reportedly considered moving the games to California, opted to switch to Milwaukee's Miller Park.

The move was made "considering the combination of the weather forecast, the playing conditions at Jacobs Field, fan comfort issues and a concern about the length of inactivity for our players," Indians president Paul Dolan said.

The Indians lost an entire four-game series with Seattle to the weather this past weekend. Make-up dates for those games have not been announced.

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Basketball

Duncan, Wallace take NBA weekly honors

NEW YORK (UPI) -- San Antonio forward Tim Duncan and Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace were selected the NBA players of the week, the league announced Monday.

Duncan took the NBA Western Conference player-of-the-week award after he averaged 21.3 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and 3.3 blocks a game in pacing the Spurs to a 3-0 week. He had a pair of double-doubles, giving him 43 on the season.

Wallace, the Eastern Conference player of the week, averaged 30 points, 10.8 rebounds and four steals a game as the Bobcats won three of four games last week. He had at least three steals in each game and is fifth in the NBA with 1.97 steals a game this season.

Golf

Johnson jumps to 15th in golf rankings

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Zach Johnson has ridden his victory at The Masters to No. 15 in the world golf rankings.

While the Augusta National Golf Club course and weather played havoc with the game of the world's best golfers, it had little effect on the latest golf rankings, except for Johnson, who shot a three-under-par 69 Sunday to claim the year's first major.

He entered the week rated 56th and is the first golfer since the rankings began 21 years ago to win The Masters while ranked higher than 50th.

Tiger Woods, one of three players tied for second two strokes behind Johnson, remained the top-ranked golfer and Nos. 2-7 -- Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson and Vijay Singh -- remained the same.

Retief Goosen, also tied for second at The Masters, moved up one spot to eighth, knocking Geoff Ogilvy to ninth. Padraig Harrington is 10th.

Hockey

New York Islanders goaltender Wade Dubielewicz was selected the top NHL player for the league's final 2006-07 week of regular-season play.

Colorado center Joe Sakic and Minnesota goaltender Niklas Backstrom also were honored by the NHL, which heads into playoff mode this week.

Dubielewicz helped the Islanders to four wins last week, which allowed New York to earn the final playoff spot in the NHL's Eastern Conference. Two of his wins came in shootouts, including two of three shootout tries by the New Jersey Devils in an Islanders win Sunday that clinched the playoff slot on the regular-season's final day.

Sakic led the NHL with nine points last week. Sakic finished the regular-season second with 100 points -- 36 goals and 64 assists -- for the sixth time in his career. He has pulled to ninth on the all-time NHL points list, one point behind Phil Esposito.

Backstrom was 3-0-0 last week with a pair of shutouts and a 0.33 goals against average.

Horseracing

Evangeline Downs

Probation Ready was winner's circle ready in Saturday's $50,000 Inaugural Stakes for 3-year-olds. After breaking last of six starters, the Kentucky-bred son of More Than Ready came three-wide into the stretch to take the lead and edged clear to win by 1 3/4 lengths over Heelbolt. Trippi Toes finished third. Probation Ready, with Dominic Terry aboard for trainer Steve Asmussen, ran 6 furlongs on a fast but sealed track in 1:11.92.

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Oaklawn Park
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Kentucky Oaks preps
Trainer Todd Pletcher's assault on the Kentucky Derby hit a few bumps during the weekend as his horses were upset in two of three major prep races. One of Pletcher's top Kentucky Oaks prospects also was beaten in her final tuneup.

Other

Trio of pro athletes arrested in Florida

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Three athletes from two professional Florida teams were arrested separately early Monday morning in Miami Beach on a variety of charges.

The Miami Herald said that between the early morning hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., Miami Heat small forward James Posey was charged with drunk driving, while hockey goalie Ed Belfour and forward Ville Peltonen of the Florida Panthers were arrested outside a Miami Beach nightclub.

Peltonen was arrested after allegedly vandalizing a fire-rescue truck with a metal pole and was charged with criminal mischief.

Belfour allegedly acted increasingly belligerent to both club security guards and the police officers who arrested him.

The 38-year-old NHL veteran was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest.

Police later detained Posey, who was found sitting inside his 2007 Mercedes Benz, after an officer suspected he was intoxicated.

The newspaper said that the 30-year-old NBA player was jailed on a DUI charge.

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Tennis

Simon takes first-round win at Valencia

VALENCIA, Spain (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon rallied for a first-round victory Monday in the $470,000 Valencia Open tennis tournament in Spain.

Simon posted a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Teimuraz Gabashvili in one of three matches that opened the Valencia ATP stop. Simon is looking to return to the event finals for a second consecutive year. He dropped the title match to Nicolas Almagro last year.

In other matches Monday, Stefan Koubek swept past Oscar Hernandez, 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, and Sergio Roitman beat Jan Hernych, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).

Spaniards David Ferrer, Juan Carlos Ferrero Almagro and Fernando Verdasco are the top seeds for the Valencia Open.

Baseball

MLB: Boston 3, Texas 2

ARLINGTON, Texas (UPI) -- Curt Schilling gave up one earned run and just four hits Sunday night to help the Boston Red Sox edge Texas, 3-2.

David Ortiz drove in all of Boston's runs with two home runs -- a solo blast in the first and a two-run shot in the third that accounted for the eventual game-winning run. J.D. Drew had two hits for the Red Sox, who had lost the first two of the three-game series.

Schilling walked one batter and struck out six.

Closer Jonathan Papelbon struck out three in 1 2/3 innings of relief to earn his second save of the season.

Frank Catalanotto hit a solo home run and Nelson Cruz drove in a run for the Rangers, who fell to 2-4.

Loser Vicente Padilla (0-2) was charged with three earned runs and four hits in seven innings, with one walk and four strikeouts.

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MLB: San Diego 2, Colorado 1
MLB: Minnesota 3, Chi. White Sox 1
MLB: St. Louis 10, Houston 1
MLB: LA Dodgers 10, San Francisco 4
MLB: Oakland 2, LA Angels 1
MLB: Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 3
Yankees place Matsui on the DL
MLB: Milwaukee 9, Chi. Cubs 4
MLB: Florida 6, Philadelphia 4
MLB: Detroit 3, Kansas City 2
MLB: Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 3
MLB: Arizona 3, Washington 1

Basketball

NBA: Philadelphia 109, Atlanta 104 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Andre Iguodala scored 25 points Sunday to lead Philadelphia back from a 17-point deficit and a 109-104 overtime victory over Atlanta.

Philadelphia trailed, 64-47, with 8:03 left in the third quarter, but rallied for a 93-93 tie after the fourth.

In the overtime, Philadelphia outscored Atlanta, 16-11.

Joe Smith had 18 points and eight rebounds; Samuel Dalembert had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots; Willie Green scored 14 points; while Iguodala also had eight assists for the 76ers, who won for the eighth time in the last 10 meetings against the Hawks.

Tyronn Lue led Atlanta with 24 points, eight rebounds and nine assists.

Marvin Williams had 21 points and nine rebounds; Josh Smith had 16 points and three rebounds; while Slava Medvedenko added 14 points and five rebounds for the Hawks, who lost for the eighth time in their last nine games.

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NBA: Toronto 103, Chicago 89
NBA: Houston 112, Sacramento 106
NBA: Charlotte 111, Miami 103 (OT)
NBA: Phoenix 115, LA Lakers 107
NBA: Detroit 87, Cleveland 82

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, April 9

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

Detroit at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

LA Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

LA Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Baseball:

American League:

Detroit at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland (Game 1), 4:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland (Game 2), TBD

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 7:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

National League:

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Houston at Chi. Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Colorado at LA Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Florida, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at Houston

Women's Tennis:

Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C.

Golf

Zack Johnson wins the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) -- Zach Johnson captured his first major title Sunday, winning the Masters at Augusta National by two strokes over Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen and Rory Sabbatini.

Johnson shot 3-under 69 in Sunday's final round to finish at 1-over 289, matching the highest winning score in Masters history.

"This is unbelievable," an emotional Johnson said after getting the symbolic green jacket from 2006 winner Phil Mickelson. "I always thought I could win this tournament, but maybe not this year."

It was Johnson's second PGA Tour win. He captured at the 2004 BellSouth Classic.

The three runners-up closed at 3-over 291.

Goosen and Sabbatini shot 3-under 69s Sunday, and Woods shot even-par 72 -- to finish as a runner-up for the third time in a major championship. He was second at the 2002 PGA Championship and the 2005 U.S. Open.

Jerry Kelly (70) and Justin Rose (73) shared fifth at 4-over 292, and third-round leader Stuart Appleby (75) tied for seventh with Padraig Harrington at 5-over 293.

Hockey

NHL: Colorado 6, Calgary 3

DENVER (UPI) -- Joe Sakic had a goal and two assists and Jose Theodore stopped 29 shots Sunday night, as the Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary, 6-3.

Andrew Brunette, Ben Guite and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche in the NHL's final 2006-07 regular-season game.

Colorado closed out the season with five wins in its last six games, but is out of the playoffs for the first time since the 1993-94 season, when the franchise was still in Quebec.

Stephane Yelle had a goal and an assist and Jamie McLennan stopped 26 shots for the Flames, who lost their final four regular-season games but still managed to make the playoffs. Calgary will visit Detroit for a first-round playoff series against the Western Conference champion Red Wings.

The Flames were up, 3-2, late in the second period, but got the win when they scored four unanswered goals.

More in Hockey:

NHL: Phoenix 3, Vancouver 1
NHL: N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2 (SO)
NHL: Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 3
NHL: Dallas 3, Chicago 2

Soccer

MLS: Los Angeles 0, Houston 0 (tie)

HOUSTON (UPI) -- Goalie Pat Onstad made two saves for Houston Sunday, as the Dynamo opened up their defense of the MSL title with a 0-0 draw against Los Angeles.

New Galaxy forward Nate Jaqua had the first shot of the game, but hit it off the post. Landon Donovan got off a shot for the Galaxy 10 minutes later, but Onstad stopped him.

The Galaxy's new goalie, Joe Cannon -- acquired from Colorado during the off-season -- finished with four saves.

Tennis

Golovin titles at Amelia Island

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (UPI) -- Tatiana Golovin Sunday won her first WTA title, beating reigning champion Nadia Petrova in the final of the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla.

Golovin easily won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

"Today I knew I could beat Petrova," Golovin said. "I knew I had the weapons and I told myself to stay aggressive and use my forehand. I think it put a lot of pressure on her. When the last games came, I didn't get scared. Today was different from my other finals because I went out there feeling I was ready to win my first title. I worked hard for it and deserved it."

The 19-year-old Golovin, the eighth seed and a native of France, had been a runner-up in her first three Tour singles finals, and snapped Petrova's 14-match winning streak on green clay.

Baseball

Seattle at Cleveland, 2, ppd.

CLEVELAND (UPI) -- Sunday's scheduled doubleheader between the Seattle Mariners and the Indians in Cleveland was postponed due to inclement weather.

It marked the third straight day the Mariners and Indians were snowed out.

The teams will try to play a doubleheader Monday.

They fought through three snow delays to play 4 2/3 innings Friday night, but with Cleveland leading, 4-0, that contest was postponed.

All statistics from the day were wiped out.

Snow has fallen in the Cleveland area for several days, with more forecast Monday.

Jacobs Field was covered with snow Sunday afternoon.

More in Baseball:

MLB: Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 4
MLB: Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2

Soccer

MLS: Chicago 1, New England 0

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (UPI) -- Logan Pause scored in the fourth minute Saturday to give the MLS Chicago Fire a 1-0 home victory over the New England Revolution.

Goalie Matt Pickens made Pause's first career goal stand up by stopping all five New England shots.

In the 65th minute Fire midfielder Diego Gutierrez nearly doubled Chicago's lead, but his shot landed in the arms of Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis.

A 25-foot shot by former MLS MVP Taylor Twellman of New England banged off the crossbar. New England midfielder Andy Dorman had another chance five minutes later, but Pickens made a diving save.

It was the first season-opening victory in the five years Dave Sarachan has been Chicago's head coach.

The contest was played in 31 degree weather.

More in Soccer:

MLS: Chivas 2, Toronto 0

Tennis

Greg Rusedski retires from tennis

LONDON (UPI) -- England's Greg Rusedski has retired from the men's tennis tour.

The 33-year-old Rusedski announced his decision late Saturday after teaming with Jamie Murray on a 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5), doubles victory over Robin Haase and Rogier Wassen of Netherlands that gave England an insurmountable 3-0 lead in their quarterfinal Davis Cup battle.

"It was a proud moment considering this is going to be my last match," Rusedski told the BBC. "I'm retired now. I can enjoy life like everybody else. Now it's time to move on."

The 6-foot-4 inch left-hander, a native of Montreal, ends his career with 15 singles titles, 432 victories and nearly $10 million in prize money.

His career Davis Cup record was 30-13, and he won at least once in five straight years.

Baseball

MLB: LA Angels 2, Oakland 1

ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI) -- Vladimir Guerrero went 2-for-3 with an RBI Saturday night as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim edged Oakland, 2-1.

Garret Anderson went 2-for-4 and scored a run on a throwing error by Marco Scutaro; and Orlando Cabrera hit two doubles for the Angels, who have won five of their first six games.

Winning pitcher John Lackey (2-0) scattered one earned run and seven hits over seven innings with no walks and six strikeouts.

He improved to 10-2 lifetime against the Athletics.

Hector Carrasco pitched an inning of scoreless relief; and Scot Shields earned his first save of the season.

Mike Piazza, Eric Chavez, and Mark Ellis all had two hits; while Jason Kendall hit an RBI single for the Athletics, who lost two in a row.

Loser Dan Haren (0-2) gave up two runs -- one earned -- and six hits in seven innings with three walks and two strikeouts.

More in Baseball:

MLB: San Diego 3, Colorado 2
MLB: Texas 8, Boston 4
MLB: Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5
MLB: Florida 8, Philadelphia 5
MLB: Arizona 7, Washington 1
MLB: Houston 5, St. Louis 1
MLB: Chi. White Sox 3, Minnesota 0
MLB: LA Dodgers 4, San Francisco 1
MLB: Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 3
MLB: Detroit 6, Kansas City 5
MLB: Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 5
MLB: Seattle at Cleveland, ppd.
MLB: Chi. Cubs 6, Milwaukee 3

Basketball

NBA: San Antonio 112, Golden State 99

SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- Tim Duncan had 28 points and 15 rebounds Saturday night to lead San Antonio to a 112-99 win over Golden State.

It was San Antonio's 19th straight homecourt victory over the losers.

San Antonio had a 40-31 lead after the first period, but the contest was tied at 59 at halftime.

San Antonio outscored Golden State, 53-43, in the second half.

Reserve Manu Ginobili had 25 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists; Tony Parker had 18 points and seven assists; and Michael Finley had 15 points, five rebounds, and four assists for the Spurs, who are the third seed third in the Western Conference playoff race.

They were without guard Brent Barry (back spasms), forward Robert Horry (abdomen) and forward Melvin Ely (ankle).

Jason Richardson led Golden State with 23 points and six rebounds. Al Harrington had 22 points and seven rebounds; Baron Davis scored 17 points; while Stephen Jackson added 14 points, five rebounds, and five assists for the Warriors.

More in Basketball:

NBA: Denver 96, L.A. Clippers 93
NBA: Seattle 106, Utah 103
NBA: Dallas 96, Portland 74
NBA: New York 118, Milwaukee 113 (OT)
NBA: New Orleans 96, Minnesota 94
NBA: Indiana 105, Boston 98
NBA: Orlando 116, Memphis 89
NBA: New Jersey 120, Washington 114 (OT)

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, April 8

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Phoenix at LA Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 3:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Baseball:

American League:

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland (Game 1), 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland (Game 2), TBD

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Minnesota at Chi. White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

National League:

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m.

Arizona at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Chi. Cubs at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

LA Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Men's Golf:

PGA:

The Masters at Augusta, Ga.

Champions:

No event scheduled

European:

No event scheduled

Women's Golf:

No event scheduled

Men's Tennis:

No event scheduled

Women's Tennis:

Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla.

Soccer:

MLS:

Los Angeles at Houston, 5 p.m.

Auto Racing:

Nextel Cup:

No event scheduled

Formula One:

No event scheduled

Golf

Appleby leads the Masters by one shot

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) -- Stuart Appleby will carry a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Justin Rose into Sunday's final round of the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National.

Appleby maintained his lead despite a 1-over-par 73 in Saturday's third round. His 54-hole score is 2-over 218.

Only one player, Retief Goosen, broke par Saturday.

"Today there was an element of guessing going on," said Appleby, who bids to become the first Australian to win the Masters on golf's most difficult course. "You don't see that all the time."

Woods moved into contention with an even-par 72 Saturday.

"It's one of the hardest rounds we've played out here," Woods said. "If you make 18 pars, you're going to move up the board."

Rose (75) is tied with golf's top-ranked player at 3-over 219.

Woods will be in the final pairing with Appleby.

The Masters champion has come out of the final pairing every year since 1991.

Hockey

NHL: Edmonton 3, Calgary 2

CALGARY, Alberta (UPI) -- Patrick Thoresen's third-period goal turned out to be the game winner Saturday night, as the Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary, 3-2.

Ales Hemsky and Ladislav Smid scored and Dwayne Roloson stopped 28 shots for the Oilers, who closed out their season with their first win in seven games -- and finished with just two victories in their last 20.

Tony Amonte had a goal and an assist, Marcus Nilson scored and Miikka Kiprusoff made 26 saves for the Flames, who travel to Detroit for a first-round playoff series against the top-seeded Red Wings.

Calgary got the eighth seed in the West after Vancouver beat Colorado, 4-2, Saturday night.

More in Hockey:

NHL: Nashville 4, Colorado 2
NHL: Minnesota 5, St. Louis 1
NHL: Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 1
NHL: Anaheim 4, Columbus 3
NHL: Atlanta 3, Tampa Bay 2 (SO)
NHL: Toronto 6, Montreal 5
NHL: Ottawa 6, Boston 3
NHL: Carolina 5, Florida 4 (OT)
NHL: Vancouver 4, San Jose 3 (OT)
NHL: Vancouver 4, San Jose 3
NHL: Los Angeles 3, Phoenix 2
NHL: Detroit 7, Chicago 2
NHL: N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 2

Other

Toledo scandal ripples felt in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- The Nevada State Gaming Control Board said it had investigated "suspicious betting patterns" on two University of Toledo sporting events in 2005.

Chief Enforcement Officer Jerry Markling told USA Today the board concluded there were "no regulatory violations" by state casinos, although the board then contacted other "entities," which Markling declined to name.

Toledo running back Scooter McDougle was charged March 30 in Detroit with being part of a "point-shaving" scheme allegedly run by a Michigan gambler identified only as "Gary." McDougle, the federal indictment alleges, recruited both football and men's basketball players in exchange for cash, a car, cell phone and other items of value.

McDougle, 22, has admitted to the FBI that he accepted the goods and associated with "Gary," and that other players were offered various incentives, such as $10,000 to one player to sit out a particular game, the complaint alleged.

The NCAA said in a statement it is aware of the investigation and is in contact with the University of Toledo and law enforcement officials.

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America advances in Davis Cup play
Avid polo player dies after fall

Racing

Dave Edwards wins the latest Busch race

LEBANON, Tenn. (UPI) -- Carl Edwards won Saturday afternoon's Pepsi 300 Busch Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway.

The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford crossed the finish line 4.673 seconds ahead of David Reutimann.

The victory was Edwards' second in a row and 11th of his Busch career.

"I'm very fortunate to drive for Roush Racing," he said.

Edwards again built a big lead after a debris caution flag on lap 180 set everyone up for a final sprint to the checkered flag.

The only thing that could stop him from cruising to back-to-back victories was a caution flag or a mechanical problem.

"We didn't have anything for Carl," said Jason Leffler.

Dave Blaney, Leffler, and Regan Smith completed the top-five.

The win gives Edwards a 321-point lead over Blaney, who jumped past the idle Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch in the standings.

Soccer

MLS: N.Y. Red Bull 0, Columbus 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) -- Ronald Waterreus had five saves for Red Bull New York and Andy Gruenebaum had three for Columbus as the teams opened their 2007 MLS season with a 0-0 draw.

Claudio Reyna, former captain of the U.S. National Team, made his debut for Red Bull.

The Crew -- one of the worst teams in the league last year -- nevertheless battled to a season-opening draw in a game that featured just eight shots on goal.

More in Soccer:

MLS: Real Salt Lake 2, Dallas 2
MLS: Colorado 2, D.C. United 1

Tennis

Petrova, Golovin in Amelia Island final

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nadia Petrova and eighth seed Tatiana Golovin won their semifinal matches Saturday at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Fla.

Petrova, of Russia, beat 13th-seeded Austrian Sybille Bammer, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. France's Golovin beat sixth-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Golovin takes a one-sided advantage in career matches over Petrova into Sunday's final match -- with four victories in five meetings.

The winner will collect $88,260.

Baseball

MLB: N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 7

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Alex Rodriguez hit a walk-off grand slam Saturday afternoon to give the New York Yankees a 10-7 win over Baltimore.

The two-out, bottom-of-the-ninth homer off Baltimore closer Chris Ray (0-1) was Rodriguez' second of the contest. Rodriguez hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the first, and also doubled, walked and scored four runs.

The Yankees scored seven runs in the final two innings. Jason Giambi hit a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth to pull the Yankees within 7-6.

The late-game blasts spoiled a five-RBI day for Baltimore third baseman Melvin Mora, whose three-run double and two-run homer staked his team to an early 7-2 advantage.

The winning pitcher was Mariano Rivera (1-0).

Japanese left-hander Kei Igawa made his major league debut for New York and allowed seven runs -- all earned -- and eight hits in five innings.

Basketball

NBA: Sacramento 107, Utah 103

SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- Kevin Martin scored 21 points Friday night as Sacramento held off Utah, 107-103.

After an 82-75 deficit entering the fourth quarter, Sacramento began the final stanza with a 9-0 run to take an 84-82 lead.

Utah tied the contest at 87 with 6:15 to play, and had a 99-94 lead with 3:06 remaining before Sacramento went on a 9-1 spurt late in the game.

Reserve John Salmons had 17 points, four rebounds, and three assists; while Ron Artest and Ronnie Price scored 13 points apiece for the Kings, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Mehmet Okur led Utah with 24 points and eight rebounds.

Carlos Boozer had 17 points and six rebounds; Gordan Giricek scored 16 points; and both Derek Fisher and Matt Harpring scored 14 points for the Jazz, who have lost three of their last four games.

More in Basketball:

NBA: L.A. Lakers 112, Seattle 109
NBA: Denver 75, Dallas 71
NBA: Portland 85, Houston 78

Hockey

NHL: Buffalo 2, Washington 0

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Ryan Miller made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season Saturday afternoon as the Buffalo Sabres beat Washington, 2-0.

Buffalo wrapped up the Presidents' Trophy for most points in the season.

Miller got first-period goals from Derek Roy and Tim Connolly and turned aside seven shots in each of the first two periods.

He stopped 12 shots in the third to complete his third career shutout, and became the first Buffalo goaltender to reach 40 wins in a season.

The Sabres set a team record for wins in a season with 53 and tied a club mark with 113 points.

They close out the regular season Sunday at Philadelphia.

Buffalo's Daniel Briere was given a game misconduct for a spearing penalty early in the third period.

Olaf Kolzig made 22 saves on 24 shots for the Capitals, who finished their season with a record of 28-40-14, and came in last in the Southeast Division for the third consecutive season.

Other

Former Indian cricket coach hospitalized

MUMBAI (UPI) -- Greg Chappell was hospitalized Saturday in the Indian city of Mumbai mere days after resigning his position as coach of the Indian national cricket team.

A spokesman for Bombay Hospital told the Sydney Herald Sun that the former cricket captain of the Australian national cricket team was taken to the hospital for a routine checkup.

"He has come for a routine executive checkup," Ashish Tiwari said. "He came to the hospital at 11 a.m. and the tests will run for another four hours," the spokesman added. "He has no specific complaints."

Chappell had originally planned on returning to Australia on Friday, but called off the trip after feeling ill, the newspaper said.

The 58-year-old cricket official had reportedly complained of dehydration following a meeting Wednesday with the Indian cricket board over his decision to resign his post.

The Sun said the board has asked that he remain connected to the national team by helping train young players at the National Cricket Academy.

Basketball

COL BKB: Oregon 93, Washington 85

EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) -- Aaron Brooks scored 32 points Saturday night and No. 24 Oregon pulled away down the stretch to defeat Washington, 93-85.

The Ducks won their second straight after losing three in a row, to reaffirm their position as an almost-certain NCAA Tournament team. At one point this season Oregon was 18-1, but now has a 22-7 mark and is 10-7 in the Pac-10 Conference.

Oregon shot 54 percent from the floor Saturday night and made nine of 19 three-point attempts.

Washington (16-12, 6-10) was led by Ryan Appleby with 21 points.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, Feb. 25

(All times Eastern):

Auto Racing:

NASCAR:

Auto Club 500 at Fontana, Calif.

Basketball:

NBA:

Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Houston at Orlando, 2 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

LA Lakers at Golden State, 6 p.m.

New York at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Indiana, 8 p.m.

NCAA:

Houston at (7) Memphis, 2 p.m.

(17) Duke at St. John's, 2 p.m.

Kentucky at (21) Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

(2) Wisconsin at (1) Ohio State, 4 p.m.

(5) North Carolina at Maryland, 5:30 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

New Jersey at Washington, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Golf:

PGA:

Accenture Match Play Championship at Marana, Ariz.

Mayakoba Classic, PGA Tour at Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Champions:

ACE Group Classic, PGA Champions Tour at Naples, Fla.

Tennis:

Men's:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's:

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

Denver RB Damien Nash dead at 24

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Denver Broncos backup running back Damien Nash, 24, died Saturday shortly after serving as host of a charity basketball game.

"The Broncos family has suffered a great loss with the passing of Damien Nash," Denver Coach Mike Shanahan said in a statement released by the team. "I am stunned and deeply saddened by this tragedy and send my deepest condolences to Damien's family."

The cause of death was not immediately known.

The charity game was organized in honor of Nash's brother, the recipient of a heart transplant. Funds were being raised for the Darris Nash Find a Heart Foundation.

It was the second tragedy in less than two months for the Broncos organization. Cornerback Darrent Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a Denver night club on New Year's Day.

"The Denver Broncos organization is once again struck with profound sadness over the tragic loss of one of our players," said Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. "This is a tremendous tragedy and our hearts go out to the entire Nash family."

Golf

Prammanasudh wins second LPGA tourney

HONOLULU (UPI) -- Stacy Prammanasudh held off Jee Young Lee by a shot Saturday to win the Fields Open at Honolulu, her second LPGA Tour triumph.

Prammanasudh parred the final five holes to shoot a 4-under 68, leaving her with a 54-hole total of 14-under 202.

Lee also shot a 68, to finish at 203.

Third place was shared by Morgan Pressel, Angela Park and Ai Miyazato.

Paula Creamer, who won the tour's first full-field event of the year last week, tied for 10th.

Hockey

NHL: Los Angeles 6, Colorado 5 (SO)

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Dustin Brown scored in the sixth round of the shootout Saturday night as the Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado, 6-5.

Rob Blake's goal late in the third period forced overtime. Blake also had an assist, and Sean Burke finished with 25 saves for the Kings, who won for the second time in their last three games.

Andrew Brunette had three assists, Paul Stastny had two, and Peter Budaj gave up five goals on 39 shots for the Avalanche, who lost their second straight game.

The shootout was tied at 2-2 when Burke turned Brunette away, and then Brown beat Budaj with a shot through his pads.

Racing

Kenseth wins 300 Busch Series race

FONTANA, Calif. (UPI) -- Matt Kenseth won Saturday's Stater Bros. 300 Busch Series race at the California Speedway.

Kenseth, in a Ford, finished 0.484 seconds ahead of Casey Mears for Roush Racing's sixth Busch Series win at Fontana in 13 races.

The victory was Kenseth's first of the season and 22nd of his Busch career, tying him for fifth-place all-time with Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sam Ard and Tommy Ellis.

Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle completed the top-five. Defending series champion Kevin Harvick finished sixth.

Tennis

Roddick gains revenge in Memphis

MEMPHIS (UPI) -- Andy Roddick got some revenge against Andy Murray Saturday and set up a title match against Tommy Haas at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

Roddick lost to Murray last weekend in a semifinal match at the San Jose stop on the ATP Tour, but defeated Murray Saturday night, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Murray still holds an overall advantage over Roddick, having won three of their five meetings.

Haas, the defending champion of this event, reached the finals with a 6-3, 6-4, victory over Mardy Fish.

Haas, who reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, is looking for his first title of the season.

Basketball

COL BKB: Texas A&M 97, Baylor 87

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (UPI) -- Acie Law scored 31 points Saturday, leading the ninth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies to a 97-87 victory over the Baylor Bears.

Joseph Jones added 22 points, Dominique Kirk had 17 points and Josh Carter -- the best three-point percentage shooter in the country -- finished with 14 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting for Texas A&M (24-4, 12-2 Big 12).

Curtis Jerrells led Baylor (13-4, 3-11) with 27 points. Henry Dugat added 22 points and Aaron Bruce had 15.

Baylor trailed, 44-42, with 16:17 left to play, but the Aggies had a 16-6 run to open a 12-point lead. Kirk scored 12 of A&M's 16 points during that stretch.

Football

Car crash claims Tomlinson's father

WACO, Texas (UPI) -- The father and half brother of San Diego Chargers All-Pro running back LaDainian Tomlinson were killed in a car crash Friday near his hometown in Texas.

Oliver Tomlinson, 71, was riding in a truck driven by Ronald McClain, 49, when a tire on the vehicle blew out, causing the vehicle swerve off the road and flip over, killing Tomlinson at the scene, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. McClain died later at a hospital.

Jewel Tomlinson, Oliver's wife and L.T's stepmother, told the newspaper that her husband had been estranged from the NFL star for much of Tomlinson's life, however, LaDainian had contacted his father during his sophomore year in college and the pair happily reunited.

The San Diego Union-Tribune said the NFL's 2006 MVP was thought to have been on his way to Texas and was not available for comment.

Other

Trail conditions move Iditarod restart

WASILLA, Alaska (UPI) -- Organizers of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have moved the restart away from Wasilla for the fifth straight year because of poor trail conditions.

Chas St. George, a spokesman for the annual race, told the Anchorage Daily News there has been too little snow, leaving the trail just beyond the Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex packed hard by snowmobiles, making it dangerous for dog teams. The restart will be held in Willow, 30 miles up the Parks Highway, as it has been since 2004.

The restart marks the real beginning of the race after a ceremonial start in Anchorage. Dogs and sleds are trucked from Eagle River to the restart.

While mushers generally prefer Willow for the restart, the organizers like Wasilla because it is larger and logistics are easier. The restart has been moved every year since 2002. A severe snow shortage in 2003 forced organizers to move the restart to Fairbanks.

The Iditarod begins March 3 in Anchorage with the restart on March 4 in Willow.

Basketball

NBA: Utah 114, Denver 104

DENVER (UPI) -- Deron Williams had 26 points and 14 assists and Matt Harpring scored 22 Friday night as the Utah Jazz beat Denver, 114-104.

Paul Millsap finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for the Jazz, who won despite the absence of Mehmet Okur and Andre Kirilenko. Okur missed the game with a back injury, and Kirilenko came out the game early due to a bruised knee.

Carmelo Anthony had 36 points and Allen Iverson scored 33 for the Nuggets, who lost their third straight.

The Jazz led, 31-30, after the first quarter, but started to build a lead during the second. During the final three minutes of the first half, C.J. Miles hit a three and Harpring hit a jumper to run Utah's lead to eight points -- and the Jazz led, 57-48 at the intermission.

Utah ran its lead to 14 early in the third and finished the stanza with a commanding lead, 93-74. Denver used a 10-2 run to get with nine points with just under three minutes left, but Utah held the Nuggets off the rest of the way.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday, Feb. 24

(All times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

Golden State at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 9 p.m.

Boston at Utah, 9 p.m.

NCAA:

Baylor at (9) Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m.

(8) Pittsburgh at (12) Georgetown, 2 p.m.

(13) Air Force at TCU, 2 p.m.

Detroit at (15) Butler, 2 p.m.

(16) Marquette at (23) Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia Tech at (19) Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

(3) Florida at LSU, 3:45 p.m.

(20) Texas at Oklahoma, 4 p.m.

Auburn at (25) Alabama, 5 p.m.

Stanford at (4) UCLA, 6 p.m.

Iowa St. at (6) Kansas, 6 p.m.

(22) BYU at San Diego St., 6 p.m.

(11) Washington St. at Oregon St., 8 p.m.

Evansville at (14) Southern Illinois, 8:35 p.m.

(10) Nevada at Boise St., 9 p.m.

Washington at (24) Oregon, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Washington at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Golf:

PGA:

Accenture Match Play Championship at Marana, Ariz.

Mayakoba Classic, PGA Tour at Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Champions:

ACE Group Classic, PGA Champions Tour at Naples, Fla.

LPGA:

Fields Open, LPGA Tour at Honolulu

Tennis:

Men's:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

NFLPA may OK punishing lawbreakers

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -- The head of the NFL Players Association said in Indianapolis Friday he would consider a proposal to discipline players who repeatedly get in legal trouble.

Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFPLA, said players are "sort of moving in the direction" of adopting penalties similar to the NFL's three-strikes program for players who violate the NFL's drug policy, the Los Angeles Times reported.

A group of players suggested the idea Thursday during a meeting in Indianapolis with Commissioner Roger Goodell, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney and Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. The meeting was called to look at ways the league might deal with the increase in off-the-field behavioral problems involving players, the newspaper said.

"You can't continue to keep violating policies," said Upshaw. "You can't be in the wrong place three or four times. One time, two times maybe, but three or four times in the wrong place at the wrong time? They didn't like that."

An NFL player who tests positive for a banned substance is suspended for four games. A second failed test gets a player a one-year suspension.

Golf

Rain disrupts LPGA Tour event

HONOLULU (UPI) -- Stacy Prammanasudh owned a one-shot lead at the Field Open in Honolulu Friday when play was suspended due to darkness.

Heavy rain delayed play for two hours during the middle of the round, but Prammanasudh was able to complete play with a 4-under 68 that left her at 10-under 134 for 36 holes.

Jee Young Lee was at 9-under for the tournament through 14 holes and Angela Park was 9-under through eight when play was halted.

Morgan Pressel had completed play at 136, having fired a 65 Friday.

The second round will be completed early Saturday, after which the third and final round will be played.

Prammanasudh is looking for her second LPGA Tour victory.

Hockey

NHL: Dallas 4, Anaheim 1

DALLAS (UPI) -- Backup goalkeeper Mike Smith made 24 saves Friday night as the Dallas Stars moved closer to the lead in the Pacific Division with a 4-1 win over Anaheim.

Dallas won for the fifth time in seven games, with Jussi Jokinen and Krys Barch both producing a goal and an assist.

The Stars advanced to 75 points, five behind Anaheim for the division lead. San Jose is in second place in the division with 77 points. The Ducks have lost three in a row.

Dallas built a 4-0 lead before Corey Perry managed Anaheim's lone goal with less than five minutes to play.

The teams have split six meetings this year.

Racing

Jeff Gordon wins NASCAR pole

FONTANA, Calif. (UPI) -- Jeff Gordon won the 57th pole of his NASCAR career Friday, turning in the fastest qualifying time for Sunday's Auto Club 500 at California Speedway.

Gordon completed a lap around the track in 38.765 seconds. Kasey Kahne will start on the outside of the first row after a lap that was .045 of a second slower than Gordon's.

Friday's achievement leaves Gordon one pole win behind Bobby Allison, who is fifth on the all-time list. Gordon is the only driver to have won more than once at the California Speedway, having done so three times.

Mark Martin and Kevin Harvick qualified third and fourth. Harvick edged Martin last weekend to capture the Daytona 500.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified fifth and Nextel Cup rookie Juan Montoya was ninth.

Montoya moved to NASCAR this year from the Formula One series.

Tennis

Venus Williams reaches Memphis final

MEMPHIS (UPI) -- Venus Williams beat Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-3, 6-2, Friday night to reach the finals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis.

Williams -- making her first tournament appearance in four months -- will play Shahar Peer in the title match.

Peer defeated Meilen Tu in the other semifinal, 6-4, 7-5.

Williams had been out of action since October because of a wrist injury. She has not won a tournament since capturing Wimbledon in 2005.

Boxing

Muhammad Ali returning to Kentucky roots

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) -- Muhammad Ali is returning to his roots in Louisville, Ky., where the former three-time world heavyweight boxing champion was born 65 years ago.

Ali is moving back to a city where resentment over his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam war still lingers, the International Herald Tribune said Friday. Racial tensions still flare occasionally, as they did recently over a proposal to rename a Louisville street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

It has been 40 years since a draft board rejected Ali's bid for conscientious objector status. Times have changed and so has Ali, slowed by degenerative Parkinson's disease.

The champ, his wife, Lonnie, and their teenage son are moving into a $1.8 million house this spring in the East End, one of Louisville's wealthiest and whitest areas.

Football

Coin toss gives Browns No. 3 slot in draft

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -- The Cleveland Browns won a coin flip for the right to select third in this year's NFL draft, while regulating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the fourth spot.

The Browns and Buccaneers had tied for the third-worst regular-season record -- 4-12 -- and their opponents had identical winning percentages, leading the NFL to the coin flip tiebreaker.

Tampa Bay General Manager Bruce Allen called heads but the toss Friday came up tails.

The 2007 NFL draft is scheduled for April 28-29. The Oakland Raiders, who finished 2006 2-14, have the first selection followed by the Detroit Lions, who were 3-13.

Golf

Letzig leads at New Zealand Open

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (UPI) -- Michael Letzig owned the clubhouse lead but many players had their second rounds cut short Friday by rain at the New Zealand PGA Championship.

Letzig turned in a four-under-par 68 and is at seven-under 137. Peter Senior, Chez Reavie and Ryan Howison are also seven-under but were unable to complete their rounds Friday and are to return to the course early Saturday.

Play was stopped twice Friday at the Nationwide Tour event because of storms, the second time ending play for the day with some players -- including Howison -- only 10 holes into their rounds, That mean they'll have to play about 26 holes Saturday.

Letzig, a 26-year-old tour rookie, battled the weather and early problems -- bogeys on two of his first three holes -- to move to the lead. He answered each bogey with birdies and shot three-under 33 on his second nine to move into the lead.

Hockey

Carter moves NHL's Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- Forward Anson Carter was traded Friday from the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a 2008 fifth-round draft selection.

Carolina needed help on the front line after Erik Cole was placed on injured reserve with a hip injury that is expected to sideline Cole for several weeks.

Carter, 32, had 10 goals and 17 assists in 54 games for Columbus this season. Over 10 years and 664 games in the NHL, Carter has 201 goals and 219 games. He previously played with Washington, Boston, Edmonton, the New York Rangers, Vancouver and Columbus.

The Hurricanes on Friday also reassigned forward Ryan Bayda to Albany of the American Hockey League.

Other

L.A. Olympic bid includes stadium makeover

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Los Angeles civic leaders have unveiled plans to upgrade the historic Coliseum to further their bid to host the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.

Plans call for a $112 million temporary renovation of the 84-year-old facility, which because of its landmark status, cannot be permanently changed, the Los Angeles Times said Friday.

Installation of a $20 million running track is a major cost item. Among other things, the design suspends 204 luxury suites over the existing rim. Seating capacity would be cut from 92,000 to about 83,000.

The USOC will decide between Chicago and Los Angeles on April 14.

Los Angeles was host to the Games in 1932 and 1984. Chicago has never hosted the Olympics.

Tennis

Youzhny moves to Rotterdam semifinals

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (UPI) -- Unseeded Mikhail Youzhny was a straight-set winner Friday and earned a semifinal berth in the $1 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in The Netherlands.

Youzhny posted a solid 6-4, 6-2, victory over sixth-seeded David Ferrer and next goes against Novak Djokovic in Saturday's tournament semifinals.

Djokovic got his semifinal slot with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, upset of second-seeded Tommy Robredo.

The other semifinal pits top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko against third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic -- two players ranked in the top eight in the world. Davydenko rallied for a 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-4, quarterfinal victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber, while Ljubicic on Friday defeated Florida Mayer, 6-4, 6-2.

The winners of Saturday's semifinal matches play Sunday for the tournament title and a first-prize of $193,000.

Basketball

COL BKB: Oregon 64, Washington St. 59

EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) -- Tajuan Porter scored 21 points Thursday night as the 24th-ranked Oregon Ducks beat No. 11 Washington, 64-59.

Aaron Brooks scored 16 points and Maarty Leunen had 11 for the Ducks (21-7, 9-7 Pac-10), who won for the first time in their last four games.

Daven Harmeling scored 15 points and Kyle Weaver had 14 for the Cougars (22-5, 11-4), who had won five games prior to Thursday night's contest.

Washington State went up by 14 in the first half, but the Ducks chipped away at the lead and had it down to 30-25 at intermission.

Porter hit a pair of free throws with just under three minutes left, and Leunen tipped in a missed lay-up by Brooks with just under a minute to go.

Washington pulled to within a point, but failed to capitalize on a chance to tie the game -- turning the ball over instead in the final seconds.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Friday, Feb. 23

(All times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Seattle at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Boston at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA:

(No Top 25 teams scheduled)

Hockey:

NHL:

Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Golf:

PGA:

Accenture Match Play Championship at Marana, Ariz.

Mayakoba Classic at Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Champions:

ACE Group Classic at Naples, Fla.

LPGA:

Fields Open at Honolulu

Tennis:

Men's:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

Raiders release Aaron Brooks

OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) -- The Oakland Raiders Thursday released Aaron Brooks, who compiled an 0-8 record as the team's starting quarterback last season.

Brooks completed 57 percent of his throws in 2006 for 1,105 yards and three touchdowns along with eight interceptions.

Oakland went 2-14, the worst record in the NFL.

After starting the first two games of the season, Brooks suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out for half the campaign. His return to the lineup met with no success.

Brooks played six seasons with the New Orleans Saints before coming to Oakland.

Andrew Walter started the other eight games for the Raiders last season. If it chooses, Oakland will have its pick of top quarterbacks in the NFL Draft since the Raiders own the No. 1 selection.

Golf

Rookie shares LPGA lead

HONOLULU (UPI) -- Angela Park and Stacy Prammanasudh both shot 6-under 66 Thursday to open a one-shot lead after one round of the Fields Open in Honolulu.

Park, a rookie on the LPGA Tour, eagled the par-5 opening hole to get her round started. Prammanasudh, a one-time winner on the circuit, had four birdies in a row on her back nine.

Se Ri Pak was alone in third at 65 while Kyeong Bae and Meaghan Francella shared fourth place at 68.

Defending champion Meena Lee had a 71.

Hockey

NHL: Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Kevin Bieksa scored the game-winning goal with 3:56 remaining Thursday night, as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2.

Brendan Morrison and Trevor Linden scored, Markus Naslund had a pair of assists, and Roberto Luongo made 31 stops for the Canucks, who won their sixth straight game.

John Zeiler and Lubomir Visnovsky scored, and Mathieu Garon allowed three goals on 30 shots for the Kings, who lost for the third time in their last five games.

On the winning goal, Josh Green passed to Naslund in the right corner, and Naslund skated toward the net and dumped the puck in front of the goal -- where Bieksa picked it up and put it away for the decisive score.

Other

Lab may have mishandled Landis samples

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The French lab that analyzed U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis' Tour de France urine samples may have allowed improper access to the samples, it was reported.

Citing lab records, the Los Angeles Times reported that a number of errors could call into question the doping case against Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France but has been accused of using performance-enhancing testosterone during the race.

Lab records show that two technicians from LNDD -- which is owned by the French government -- were involved in the original urine analysis and in a second test that validated the first one.

It was not clear whether the technicians' involvement in the testing was significant enough to disqualify the lab's findings, but international testing standards prohibit technicians from taking part in both tests, to avoid putting them in a circumstance where they would validate their own findings, the newspaper said.

The same lab committed a similar error in 2005, leading to the dismissal of doping charges against Spanish cyclist Inigo Landaluze in December 2006, the newspaper said.

Tennis

Roddick battles into quarterfinals

MEMPHIS (UPI) -- No. 1 seed Andy Roddick fought off Benjamin Becker Thursday night to reach the quarterfinals at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

Roddick ousted Becker, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, setting up a meeting with Yen-Hsun Lu.

Defending champion Tommy Haas also advanced by outlasting Amer Delic, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5). Neither Haas nor Delic faced a break point all night.

Lu won the opening set in a 7-2 tiebreak and then gained his semifinal spot when sixth-seeded Jurgen Melzer retired with a stomach virus.

Haas will next play Sam Querrey, a 6-3, 6-4, winner over Julien Benneteau.

Baseball

Schilling looks to free agency after 2007

FORT MYERS, Fla. (UPI) -- Curt Schilling said he will file for free agency after the 2007 season because the Boston Red Sox didn't extend his contract during spring training.

Schilling, speaking with WEEI-AM radio in Boston, said he met with Red Sox officials and was told the team would not decide on whether to offer a new contract until after the season.

"We talked yesterday and they have decided they're going to go more from a business standpoint," Schilling told WEEI. "They're not going to offer me a contract until after the season. I'm going to play out the season and file for free agency at the end of the year."

Schilling, a right-handed starter for Boston, was 15-7 with a 3.95 earned run average last season. He joined the Red Sox in 2004 and was 21-6 with a 3.26 ERA in helping Boston win the World Series.

In addition to Boston, he pitched for Baltimore, Houston, Philadelphia and Arizona over a 19-year career. Schilling owns a 207-138 record and 3.44 ERA.

Basketball

Dixon headed to Toronto in NBA trade

TORONTO (UPI) -- Guard Juan Dixon has been traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors for forward/guard Fred Jones, the NBA teams announced Thursday.

Dixon posted career bests of 12.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2 assists a game for Portland last season but was averaging 8.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 55 games in 2006-07.

Jones was signed by Toronto as a free agent last July. He is averaging 7.6 points and 2.1 rebounds this season.

Football

Lovie Smith at odds with Chicago Bears

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Head Coach Lovie Smith took the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl last month but reports are circulating that Smith will be out after next season.

Smith, the lowest paid head coach in the NFL, said he was certain a long-term contract would be worked out but his agent told ESPN the issue is at a stalemate, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

Agent Frank Bauer said the two sides are "not close" in contract talks and at this point and "Lovie will be a free agent after next season."

Bauer and Ted Phillips, the team president, spoke on the matter this week but nothing concrete apparently has come of it.

Smith is scheduled to make $1.45 million in the 2007 season, the final year of a four-year deal. Talks reportedly began with a projected raise to $3 million, still below the norm.

Horseracing

Freak accident claims race horse

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Please Be Quick, a 4-year-old gelding, had to be euthanized at Belmont Park in New York after a freak accident involving a truck the race horse was riding in.

One of the horse's legs fell through the wooden floor of the truck causing torn tendons, track officials told the New York Post.

A passing motorist yelled to the driver that the horse's rear left leg was hanging through the floor of the truck.

Please Be Quick, who was being transported to Belmont Park from upstate Hudson, was in pain, the driver said, but he was able to lift his leg out of the hole in the floorboards on his own.

The horse, who won one of nine starts and finished in the money five of nine races, suffered an 11-inch gash on his leg. Veterinarians put him down about two hours later.

Other

Noted sports photographer dies

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (UPI) -- Dick Raphael, an outstanding Boston sports photographer who always knew where to be for that elusive "money shot," has died at 68.

Raphael died Saturday at the Marblehead, Mass., house where he lived his entire life, the Boston Globe said. He became ill Friday and collapsed at home the next evening.

Rafael was a fixture at Boston Garden where he covered the Celtics from Bill Russell to Larry Bird, sitting behind the net on his ever-present stool. His favorite shot was a photo of Russell blocking a shot by Wilt Chamberlain, the Globe said.

The Basketball Hall of Fame put together an exhibit of Raphael's pictures, calling him "the dean of Boston sports photographers and one of the premier photographers in the United States," the Globe said.

He covered every Super Bowl and for years all home games of the former Boston Patriots. His pictures were widely published.

Rafael is survived by his companion, Meralee Whitman, and a brother.

Top seeds advance at Bogota tennis

BOGOTA, Colombia (UPI) -- Top-seeded Tathiana Garbin claimed a straight-set victory and advanced to the quarterfinals of the $175,000 Copa Colsanitas Santander tournament in Colombia.

Six of the eight seeded players qualified for Friday's quarterfinals, with Garbin leading the way with a 6-3, 6-0 victory Thursday over Jorgelina Cravero. Second-seeded Flavia Pennetta defeated Mariana Duque Marino, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, and No. 3 Lourdes Dominguez Lino beat Greta Arn, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominguez Lino and Pennetta have met in the last two Copa Colsanitas finals, with Dominguez Lino winning in 2006 and Pennetta taking the 2005 event.

Eighth-seeded Hana Sromova was the only seeded player not to win Thursday, losing, 6-4, 6-3, to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.

Friday's quarterfinals pair Garbin against Zahlavova Strycova; Pennetta versus Nathalie Vierin; Dominguez Lino with seventh-seeded Klara Zakopalova and fourth-seeded Emilie Loit against No. 6 Roberta Vinci.

The tournament continues through Sunday, when the winner will claim $25,840.

Baseball

Washington reliever gets giant raise

VIERA, Fla. (UPI) -- Chad Cordero, who earned $525,000 last season as Washington's closer, was rewarded Wednesday with a $4.15 million salary for the 2007 campaign.

An arbitrator sided with Cordero in his dispute with the Nationals over how much he should be paid this year.

The Nationals had offered a $3.65 million contract, but the arbitrator decided Cordero should be paid his asking price. Cordero posted a 7-4 record with a 3.19 earned run average and 29 saves during 2006.

In 2005, Cordero had 47 saves.

Basketball

NBA: Golden State 118, Memphis 115 (OT)

OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) -- Stephen Jackson had 26 points and 12 assists Wednesday night, and the Golden State Warriors came from behind to beat Memphis, 118-115, in overtime.

Al Harrington and Monta Ellis scored 22 points each for the Warriors, who had lost two of their last three games. Andris Biedrins finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds and Jason Richardson -- in his first game back from a seven-week layoff due to a fractured right hand -- had 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Mike Miller hit nine three-pointers and finished with a career-high 45 points for Memphis, which lost for the fourth time in its last five games. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Rudy Gay put up 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The Warriors led, 115-113, with 1:02 left in overtime, when Gasol went to the line for two free throws -- and missed them both. After that Sarunas Jasikevicius made two free throws with 16.6 seconds left to put Golden State up, 117-113, and secure the victory.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Thursday, Feb. 22

(All times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m.

Miami at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA:

Rice at (7) Memphis, 7 p.m.

(11) Washington St. at (24) Oregon, 9 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago at (15) Butler, 9 p.m.

(17) Duke at Clemson, 9 p.m.

(10) Nevada at Idaho, 10:05 p.m.

California at (4) UCLA, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Golf:

PGA:

Accenture Match Play Championship at Marana, Ariz.

Tennis:

Men's:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Golf

Early birdies give Howison lead

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (UPI) -- Ryan Howison birdied four of his first five holes Thursday and took a one-stroke lead after one round of the New Zealand stop for the Nationwide golf tour.

Howison finished with a seven-under-par 65 and is just ahead of Peter Senior, who turned in a 66 Thursday. Chez Reavie was in third place at five-under 67. Five players, including Jason Caron whose double bogey on No. 18 dropped him out of second place, were tied for fourth at four-under-par 68.

Howison opened with a par but ran off four consecutive birdies to race to the top of the leader board. After four pars, he birdied 10 and 12. His lone flaw of the day came at No. 14 with a bogey but he rebounded with birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 to reach seven under.

Senior, who started his round on the back nine, was at one-under after nine holes but birdies three of his next four and also beat par at Nos. 6-7 to get to six under.

Hockey

NHL: Detroit 4, Chicago 2

DETROIT (UPI) -- Henrik Zetterberg scored twice in the third period Wednesday night as the Detroit Red Wings won their 13th straight home game, 4-2, over Chicago.

The Red Wings took over the lead in both the Central Division and Western Conference with 84 points -- one more than Nashville.

Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and an assist for Detroit, while Dominik Hasek made 26 saves. The Red Wings are one game shy of equaling their franchise record home winning streak, established 38 years ago.

Zetterberg broke a 2-2 tie with 6:22 remaining in the third period, and added an empty-netter with 38 seconds to go.

Horseracing

Overbrook Farm gets biggest breeding bonus

FRANKFORT, Ky. (UPI) -- Overbrook Farms has received the largest share of bonus money in the first year of a Kentucky program to help breeders of state-bred Thoroughbreds.

The home of Storm Cat produces about 75 foals a year and collects a stud fee of $500,000 for each foal sired by Storm Cat -- a descendant of Secretariat -- the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal reported Wednesday.

Overbrook Farms collected the biggest share of the $12.5 million awarded by the new Thoroughbred breeders' incentive fund, which bases the bonus payments on the number of races won by a breeder's horses in 2006.

Most of the incentive money is from the sales tax on stallion fees, the Courier-Journal said.

Tennis

Roddick wins opening-round match

MEMPHIS (UPI) -- Andy Roddick, the No. 1 seed and a former champion, moved into the second round Wednesday at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championship in Memphis.

Roddick, the winner here five years ago, defeated Thomas Johansson, 6-2, 7-5.

Third-seeded Andy Murray fought off Frank Dancevic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a service break down in the third set.

Second-round winners Wednesday included Teimuraz Gabashvili and Stefan Koubek.

Baseball

Mariners' Ichiro may become free agent

PEORIA, Ariz. (UPI) -- Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's flirtation with becoming a free agent after the 2007 season hopefully won't hurt the team.

"In 15 years of playing baseball, I've never filed for free agency," Ichiro told reporters Tuesday at spring training in Peoria, Ariz. "I've never had a choice before in the past. If you ask me, 'It is possible that I might become a free agent,' I would say yes, it is possible."

Tuesday was the first day of full squad workouts.

Ichiro said he had not sorted out his feelings on filing for free agency, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday. The superstar outfielder from Japan has been an All-Star in each of the six seasons with the Mariners and arguably is their top player.

Tony Attanasio, Ichiro's agent, said the Mariners might trade his client before his contract expires this fall, if they can't sign him to an extension. Ichiro is due to make $11 million this season, the last year of a four-year, $44 million contract.

Basketball

Nuggets Smith to have knee surgery

DENVER (UPI) -- Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith was scheduled for surgery for a knee injury that will keep him out of the lineup for at least three weeks.

Smith suffered what has been diagnosed as a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee in the second quarter of Denver's game Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. Team officials said he would undergo arthroscopic surgery and his expected recovery time is 3-4 weeks.

His career-best 15.4-point-per-game average is third on the Nuggets and his 39.3 percent shooting from three-point range tops the team.

Football

Holliday signs long-term deal with Miami

MIAMI (UPI) -- Defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday has signed a four-year contract with the Miami Dolphins, the NFL team announced Wednesday.

Holliday started all 16 games for a Miami defense that was ranked fourth in the league in 2006. He was fourth on the team with 66 tackles and seven sacks.

A one-time first-round draft pick of Green Bay, Holliday has played in 123 games with the Packers, Kansas City Chiefs and Dolphins, registering 475 tackles, 49 1/2 sacks, two interceptions, nine fumble recoveries and six forced fumbles.

"I'm happy we were able to sign Vonnie to this new contract ..." said Miami Coach Cam Cameron. "Not only has he been a major part of one of the league's top defensive units the last two years, but he also has been one of the key veteran leaders in the locker room."

Hockey

Rangers' Shanahan placed on injured list

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Left wing Brendan Shanahan was placed on injured reserve Wednesday by the New York Rangers after an on-ice hit that left him unconscious.

Shanahan collided with Philadelphia's Mike Knuble in the third period of the game Saturday night and was knocked out. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher and spent a night in a hospital.

Shanahan, 38, has 28 goals and 26 assists in 58 games this season.

The Rangers recalled forward Brad Isbister from Hartford the American Hockey League to take Shanahan's spot on the roster. Isbister has played in 42 American Hockey League games this season and has 14 goals and 13 assists.

Other

Mueller may resign as Norway skating coach

OSLO, Norway (UPI) -- The speed skating world in Norway was in disarray as a regional team called for the resignation of national squad coach, former U.S. skater Peter Mueller.

While Mueller has support from the national skating association and some regional teams, Aftenposten says that he is so frustrated he may quit coaching the Norwegian national team.

The conflict began last weekend after skater Mari Hemmer alleged Mueller called her "fat," prompting complaints from a regional speed skating team. Team Furumo said Mueller's hard training methods injured skater Reidar Borgersen and called for his resignation.

The attacks reportedly left Mueller considering ending his tenure with the national team he joined in 2004.

Aftenposten said members of the national skating association board and the national team have vowed to quit if Mueller resigns.

Tennis

Loit and Vinci reach Bogota quarterfinals

BOGOTA, Colombia (UPI) -- Emilie Loit and Roberta Vinci posted victories Wednesday and will meet in the quarterfinals of the $175,000 Copa Colsanitas Santander tournament in Colombia.

Loit, the tournament's No. 4 seed, dropped the middle set of a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Paola Suarez. Vinci had little trouble in a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Alize Cornet. Suarez, the sixth-seed, is looking to win an event she took in 1998 and 2001 and will meet Loit in Friday's quarterfinals.

In other second-round matches Wednesday, seventh-seeded Klara Zakopalova beat Pauline Parmentier, 6-2, 6-3, and Nathalie Vlerin stopped Conchita Martinez Granados, 6-2, 6-2.

The tournament's top-seeded players, including Flavia Pennetta and Lourdes Dominguez Lino, who have met in the event finals the last two years have their second-round matches Thursday.

The Copa Colsanitas winner collects $25,840.

Baseball

Zambrano, Cubs agree to one-year deal

MESA, Ariz. (UPI) -- Starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs avoided salary arbitration Tuesday by agreeing to a one-year contract worth a reported $12.4 million.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported the deal was reached just before the two sides were to enter into the arbitration hearing. Zambrano, a right-hander, was seeking $15.5 million, while the club was offering $11.025 million.

Zambrano, 25, is still looking to secure a long-term contract. He will be an unrestricted free agent after this year and last week voiced his displeasure about not being offered a long-term contract.

Zambrano was 16-7 with a 3.41 ERA in 33 starts last season. It was his fourth straight season with at least 31 starts. He topped 200 innings in each of those years.

Zambrano is 64-42 with a 3.29 ERA in 167 games, 146 of those starts. He has 865 career strikeouts in 977 innings.

Basketball

NHL: Sacramento 104, Boston 101

SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- Sacramento held off a late rally to defeat Boston, 104-101, Tuesday.

The Kings snapped a three-game losing streak as Kevin Martin scored 22 points and Ron Artest contributed 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals.

Paul Pierce had 26 points for Boston. Delonte West added 23 with six rebounds and seven assists, but his three-point shot at the buzzer came up short.

The Celtics ended a franchise-record 18- game losing streak with a win against Milwaukee last Wednesday, but couldn't overcome the Kings and lost their ninth straight on the road.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Wed., Feb. 21

(All Times Eastern):

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NCAA College Basketball:

(12) Georgetown at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

(14) Southern Illinois at Indiana State, 7:05 p.m.

(19) Virginia at Miami-Florida, 7:30 p.m.

South Carolina at (3) Florida, 8 p.m.

(25) Alabama at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

(21) Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.

Penn State at (1) Ohio State, 8 p.m.

North Carolina State at (5) North Carolina, 9 p.m.

(9) Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 9 p.m.

Colorado State at (22) B-Y-U, 10 p.m.

NBA Basketball

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 9 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Portland at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.,

NHL Hockey

San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's Tennis:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's Tennis:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

Mike McMahon signs with Toronto Argonauts

TORONTO (UPI) -- Mike McMahon, who most recently played with the Philadelphia Eagles, has signed a contract with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

McMahon picked the Argonauts over the Cleveland Browns, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported. He could be the team's starting quarterback next season.

As a fill-in for the Eagles' Donovan McNabb in the 2005, McMahon completed 94-of-207 passes for 1,158 yards and five touchdowns.

He was signed and then released by the Minnesota Vikings.

Earlier, McMahon spent four years with the Detroit Lions.

Hockey

NHL: Ottawa 4, Edmonton 3,

OTTAWA (UPI) -- Dean McAmmond scored the game-winning goal in the shootout as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3, Tuesday.

The Senators survived a late rally, giving up a 3-1 lead with under five minutes to play, only winning in the shootout. Ottawa now has won five straight games.

Dany Heatley, Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson scored in regulation for Ottawa, while Martin Gerber made 27 saves,

Petr Sykora scored twice and Tom Gilbert's first career goal tied the contest with 19.8 seconds to play for slumping Edmonton,

Tennis

Horna upsets Nalbandian in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES (UPI) -- Peru's Luis Horna, ranked 50th in the world, upset top seed David Nalbandian in his home country Tuesday at the Copa Telmex tennis tournament.

Horna posted a 6-4, 6-3 win in the round-robin tournament in the first meeting against his Argentine opponent.

In another round-robin upset, Spaniard Albert Montanes defeated third-seeded Argentine Agustin Calleri 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4.

Calleri, who was the runner-up here in 2002, beat Montanes last week in Costa do Sauipe

In other round-robin action, fourth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro beat Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello 7-5, 6-4; fifth-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya beat Italian Potito Starace, 6-4, 6-4; and Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti beat France's Nicolas Devilder 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Moya is the defending champion and also won in 2003 and was the runner-up in 2004.

Baseball

Blue Jays give manager contract extension

DUNEDIN, Fla. (UPI) -- Toronto Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons has signed a contract extension that covers the 2008 season.

Gibbons will be paid $650,000 of the last season of the deal, the Globe and Mail in Toronto reported.

Gibbons, 42, was named the Blue Jays' interim manager on Aug. 8, 2004. He was given a one-year contract after that season but that deal was extended shortly after the 2005 season began.

Toronto is 187-187 under Gibbons and finished second in the American League East with an 87-75 mark last year. That was the best finish for the team since the Blue Jays won the World Series in 1993.

Basketball

Lakers' Radmanovic out two months

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Los Angeles forward Vladimir Radmanovic was injured in a weekend fall on ice and will miss at least eight weeks of the Lakers' season.

Radmanovic slipped on ice last Saturday in Salt Lake City and separated his right shoulder, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Radmanovic underwent additional examinations Monday and the severity of the injured was confirmed.

Radmanovic averaged 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds a game over 52 games this season with Los Angeles, his first with the Lakers. He is a five-year NBA veteran, having played in 402 games with the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Clippers and the Lakers.

For his career, Radmanovic has averaged 9.7 points and 4.4 rebounds a game.

Football

Babich made Bears defensive coordinator

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Bob Babich, who was an assistant head coach for Chicago last season, has been tabbed the Bears' defensive coordinator, the NFL team said Tuesday.

Babich takes over for Ron Rivera, who was told Monday that he would no longer run the Chicago defense. He's since joined the San Diego Chargers as linebackers coach.

Babich has been an assistant with the Bears since 2004, starting as linebackers coach and moving to assistant head coach/linebackers last season. He has handled defensive play calling on the Chicago sideline.

He was the first coach to join the staff when Lovie Smith too over the Bears. Babich was linebacker coach while Smith was defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams.

Tennis

Top-seeded Garbin wins in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia (UPI) -- Top-seeded Tathiana Garbin earned a first-round victory Tuesday at the $175,000 Copa Colsanitas Santander tennis tournament in Colombia.

Garbin posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kathrin Woerle and moves into the second round against Jorgelina Cravero in the clay court tournament.

A pair of former Copa Colsanitas winners also won first-round matches Tuesday, although both were pushed to a third set. No. 2-seeded Flavia Pennetta ousted Tatjana Malek 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 and third-seeded Dominguez Lino defeated Sara Errani 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Lino beat Pennetta for the 2006 title and Pennetta defeated Lino in the 2005 final.

Sixth-seeded Roberta Vinci rallied to a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win over Katerina Bohmova; No. 7 Klara Zakopalova blitzed Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-2, 6-3 and eighth-seeded Hana Sromova beat Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-1, 6-2 in other matches Tuesday.

Also posting first-round wins Tuesday were Cravero, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Greta Arn, Pauline Parmentier and Alize Cornet.

The Copa Colsanitas champion takes home $25,840.

Basketball

COL BKB: Kansas 71, Kansas St 62

MANHATTAN, Kan. (UPI) -- Sherron Collins scored 20 points Monday as the sixth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks beat the Kansas State Wildcats, 71-62.

Mario Chalmers added 17 points and Darrell Arthur 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (24-4, 11-2 Big 12), who took a half-game lead over idle Texas A&M for first place in the conference.

Cartier Martin had 19 points and Clent Stewart had 11 points and five assists for Kansas State (19-9, 8-5), which dropped to 12-2 at home on the season.

The Wildcats held a 30-29 lead at halftime in an attempt to pick up their first win in Manhattan against the Jayhawks since 1984.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday, Feb. 20

(All Times Eastern):

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NCAA College Basketball:

(2) Wisconsin at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

(18) West Virginia at Providence, 7 p.m.

(13) Air Force at UNLV, 10 p.m.

NBA Basketball

Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit a Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

Memphis at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Hockey

Atlanta at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's Tennis:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's Tennis:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

Falcons defensive tackle arrested

ATLANTA (UPI) -- An Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle, Jonathan Babineaux, was arrested at his home and charged with animal abuse Monday.

Gwinnett County, Ga., authorities said he is being charged with one count of animal abuse, which is a felony, WSB-TV in Atlanta reported.

Police said there will be more details on the arrest available on Tuesday.

Hockey

NHL: Boston 6, Philadelphia 3

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Petr Tenkrat scored two goals Monday as the Boston Bruins posted a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Marc Savard added a goal and two assists and P.J. Axelsson a goal and one assist for the Bruins, who have won four of their last five.

Boston goalie Tim Thomas blocked 30 shots.

Scottie Upshall, one of the main figures in a trade that sent Peter Forsberg to Nashville last week, had his second goal in as many games for Philadelphia, which had won three of four coming in.

Upshall also had an assist and Jeff Carter and Kyle Calder had a goal and two assists for the Flyers.

Horseracing

Teuflesberg upsets Hard Spun

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (UPI) -- Teuflesberg, a 23-1 long shot, staged an upset Monday over Kentucky Derby hopeful Hard Spun to win the $250,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Hard Spun, a 1-2 odds-on favorite in the nine-horse field, took an undefeated record into the one mile race but trailed all the way.

Teuflesberg bobbled a bit coming out of the starting gate, but quickly took the lead on his way to 1 1/2 length triumph.

Hard Spun has been compared to Smarty Jones. Both were bred in Pennsylvania and won the Pennsylvania Nursery at Philadelphia Park. On Monday, Hard Spun, with Mario Pino riding, left the gate in good shape and settled about six lengths off the pace.

Finishing second was 12-1 long shot Officer Rocket with Forty Grams third. Hard Spun faded to fourth.

Tennis

Venus wins after four-month layoff

MEMPHIS (UPI) -- Venus Williams returned Monday after a four month layoff with a three-set win over Japan's Akiko Morigami in the opening of the Regions-Cellular South Cup.

Williams, who had been sidelined with a wrist injury and hadn't played at a tournament since appearing in Luxembourg last October, scored a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 victory.

Next up for the seventh-seeded Williams on Tuesday will be Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark who beat Stephanie Foretz, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

Third seed Marion Bartoli of France was upset Monday by American Laura Granville, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0.

Also Monday, fifth seed Nicole Pratt of Australia beat American Lilia Osterloh, 6-3, 6-0, and sixth-seeded American Shenay Perry dropped the first set before fighting back to beat Frenchwoman Youlia Fedossova 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 7-5.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, Feb. 19

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

No games scheduled

(All-star break)

NCAA:

Villanova at (16) Marquette, 7 p.m.

(8) Pittsburgh at Seton Hall, 8 p.m.

(15) Butler at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 8:05 p.m.

(6) Kansas at Kansas State, 9 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's Tennis:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's Tennis:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Football

Norv Turner to coach San Diego Chargers

SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- Norv Turner has been hired to be the head coach of the San Diego Chargers.

Turner replaces Marty Schottenheimer, who was fired a week ago after the Chargers went an NFL-best 14-2 in the regular season but lost their first playoff game.

Schottenheimer was given a one-year contract extension after the season but was let go apparently because of friction between the coach and Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith.

Turner was most recently offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers. The Chargers mark his third head coaching assignment, having led the Washington Redskins for seven seasons and the Oakland Raiders for two. He has a 58-82-1 record.

The Chargers interviewed six candidates to replace Schottenheimer, including Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, 49ers assistant Mike Singletary, Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, New Orleans defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs and Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer.

Hockey

Zetterberg again NHL player of the week

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Detroit left wing Henrik Zetterberg has earned his second consecutive top NHL player of the week honor.

The NHL selects three players each week as the league's players of the week. This week Zetterberg is joined by Anaheim right wing Teemu Selanne and Colorado center Joe Sakic for the awards, the league said Monday.

Zetterberg piled up eight points in helping the Red Wings to a 2-1 record last week. Detroit scored a total of eight goals during the week and Zetterberg, with four goals and four assists, was involved in all of them. He collected his first career hat trick last Wednesday during a 4-1 win over Dallas.

Selanne also had four goals and four assists, with all eight points coming in the last three Ducks' games of the week. He is 10th in the league in scoring with 36 goals and 35 assists for 71 points over 60 games.

Sakic also had eight points, with his coming on two goals and six assists. He had two goals and three assists in a 7-5 win over Calgary. One of those goals was the 600th of his career.

Horseracing

Sunland Park

Alfredo Juarez Jr. piloted Nice Inheritance between horses turning for home in Sunday's $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies and went on to win by 1/2 length over Berriestoheaven. Stealth Cat was third as the even-money favorite. Nice Inheritance, a Kentucky-bred filly by Pure Prize, got the 1 mile on a fast track in 1:38.11.

Other

Njenga at Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO (UPI) -- Masazumi Soejima, Daniel Njenga and Hitomi Miya were the three big winners at the 2007 Tokyo Marathon.

Soejima, 36, won the 10 kilometer race in the wheelchair category with a time of 1 hour 32 minutes and 21 seconds, while Njenga, a guest runner from Kenya, won the men's category with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 45 seconds, the Japan Times reported Monday.

Miya, an 18-year-old from Okayama Prefecture, beat out the rest of the women with a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes, 1 second.

The event had about 30,000 participants and even though it was raining, there were plenty of spectators along the course cheering the runners on.

Nearly 95,000 people applied to participate in the Tokyo Marathon, one of the largest in Asia.

The event showed Tokyo's ability to handle a large-scale sporting event, which is good since the city is Japan's candidate for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the newspaper said.

Racing

NASCAR to expand its romance novel status

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- One year after it began a partnership with a top romance novel publisher, NASCAR is set to expand on its literary status with a planned series of paperbacks.

While the earlier novels that sprung from the unusual partnership were only NASCAR-themed in nature, The New York Times said that the new series of 16 Harlequin paperback novels will fully embrace the sport.

The new romance series will not only feature NASCAR settings but the bookend entries of the Harlequin novels will offer real-life NASCAR driver Carl Edwards as a literary character.

The move could prove especially beneficial to NASCAR as nearly 55 percent of all mass-market fictional novels sold each year spring from the romance genre.

NASCAR Vice President of Licensing Mark Dyer recognized this fact and cited the increasing number of female racing fans as being a crucial factor in the partnership.

"Look at our stats. Forty percent of our fans are women, and among younger fans it's trending toward 50-50," he told the Times.

Tennis

Davydenko among first-day winners

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko was a straight-set winner Monday in his first match of the $1 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in The Netherlands.

Davydenko, ranked third in the world, swept past Michael Berrer, 6-3, 6-4 in an early match of the 32-player tournament.

Also Monday, third-seeded Novak Djokovic was pushed somewhat before he posted a 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 victory over Florent Serra.

In other winners on the tournament's first day were Olivier Rochus, Andrei Pavel and Robin Haase.

The champion of the Rotterdam tournament will collect $193,000.

Basketball

NBA All-Stars: West 153, East 132

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant had 31 points, six assists and six steals Sunday as the West easily beat the East, 153-132, in the 56th NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas.

Bryant's exhibition earned him game MVP honors, and the West posted an All-Star Game record 52 assists -- and just missed breaking the record for most points, 155 set four years ago -- in snapping a two-game losing streak in the annual showcase.

Amare Stoudemire had 29 points and nine rebounds for the West, Carmelo Anthony had 20 points and nine rebounds and Shawn Marion put up 18 points and eight rebounds.

LeBron James -- last year's All-Star Game MVP -- finished with 28 points, six rebounds and six assists for the East. Dwight Howard scored 20 and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds.

The West led, 39-31, after one quarter and then went on a second-quarter tear that saw the lead expand to 51-35 on a Dirk Nowitzki three-pointer with 9:44 left in the half.

A 7-0 run gave the West a 20-point lead, 59-39, with seven minutes left in the quarter, and the West came out hot after the break -- running the lead to 108-76 with a little over four minutes left in the third.

Bryant punctuated his MVP bid with an explosive, spinning slam dunk with 30 seconds left to play.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, Feb. 19

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

No games scheduled

(All-star break)

NCAA:

Villanova at (13) Marquette, 7 p.m.

(5) Pittsburgh at Seton Hall, 8 p.m.

(12) Butler at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 8:05 p.m.

(8) Kansas at Kansas State, 9 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Men's Tennis:

Copa Telmex Tournament at Buenos Aires

ABN/AMRO Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women's Tennis:

Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Copa Colsanitas Tournament at Bogota

Men's and Women's Tennis:

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis

Golf

Watson finally wins in Florida

LUTZ, Fla. (UPI) -- Tom Watson bagged the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am at Lutz, Fla., Sunday for his first-ever title in the state.

He trailed co-leaders Wayne Levi and Andy Bean by two shots in the final round, but went on to card a 1-underr 70 -- closing with pars on the final five holes -- and improved his career record in the state to 1-92.

Watson finished at 4-under 209 to collect a first-place check for $240,000.

"It was a difficult day," he said. "I started off and I really played a lot of good, quality shots, but didn't make any putts at all. I bogeyed eight and nine and said to myself 'this is not the way it's supposed to be. I was supposed to make a couple of those putts'".

Levi and Bean had to complete their second round early Sunday morning after play was suspended by darkness on Saturday.

Bean (72) shared second place with Jay Haas (69) at 3-under 210.

Hockey

NHL: Vancouver 5, Colorado 4

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (UPI) -- Brendan Morrison had two goals and an assist Sunday night, as the Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado, 5-4.

Matt Cooke had a goal and two assists, Henrik Sedin scored a goal and Roberto Luongo made 32 saves for the Canucks, who won their fourth straight game.

Andrew Brunette scored twice, and Jose Theodore surrendered five goals in 20 shots for the Avalanche, who lost their second straight.

The game was tied, 3-3, after two periods, when Vancouver scored twice within the opening four minutes of the third.

Sedin scored at 1:31, taking the puck from Colorado's Ken Klee in front of the goal and putting it into the net. Morrison made it 5-3 on his second goal of the game off a feed from Markus Naslund.

Colorado cut the lead to 5-4 at 6:04 on a goal by Ian Laperriere, but the Canucks held on the rest of the way for the victory.

Other

Survey: Sports may not build character

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Conventional wisdom holds that sports builds character, but a new survey suggests U.S. high school athletes cheat more than classmates who don't play sports.

The two-year study of high school athletes -- conducted by the Josephson Institute of Ethics in Los Angeles -- also found growing acceptance of cheating as a way to gain competitive advantage, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Michael Josephson, president and founder of the institute, told the newspaper the report -- based on interviews with 5,275 high school athletes across the United States -- found that many coaches are "teaching our kids to cheat and cut corners."

"There is reason to worry that the sports fields of America are becoming the training grounds for the next generation of corporate and political villains and thieves," said Josephson.

James Staunton, commissioner of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section -- the governing body for most high school sports in Southern California -- told the newspaper he "hopes" ethical deviance hasn't "gone that far."

"What this points out to me is that we still have a tremendous amount of work to do with our athletes, parents and coaches," Staunton said.

Racing

Harvick wins the Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Kevin Harvick came out of nowhere Sunday afternoon to beat Mark Martin and win the Nextel Cup's Daytona 500 at Daytona Beach, Fla.

The crash-filled race ended under a caution flag.

It was Harvick's first Daytona 500 victory, and the 11th win of his Nextel Cup career.

During the final two laps, Martin tried to fight off a challenge from Kyle Busch, and Harvick gained ground on the outside of the track. Harvick was able to avoid Busch, and with Matt Kenseth on his rear bumper, he caught Martin.

They were side-by-side as they hit the checkered flag, with Harvick edging Martin by about three feet.

"Kenseth just pushed the hell out of me," said a jubilant Harvick. "I can't believe it."

Jeff Burton, Mike Wallace and David Ragan completed the top five.

Defending champion Jimmie Johnson was one of a number of drivers eliminated by a multi-car crash on the race's 174th lap.

Tennis

Murray defends SAP Open title

SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPI) -- Andy Murray beat Ivo Karlovic, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), to win Sunday's final at the ATP Tour's SAP Open Tennis Tournament in San Jose, Calif.

The victory gave the third-seeded Englishman a successful title defense and his second career title. He took home a winner's check of $65,850.

Murray -- who beat Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in last year's title match -- had to overcome 26 aces by the 6-foot-10 inch Karlovic, who dropped just one of 51 games and had a tournament-best 87 aces heading into the final.

Murray's career record at San Jose rose to 10-0.

Basketball

COL BKB: Ohio State 85, Minnesota 67

MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -- Greg Oden had 19 points and nine rebounds Sunday afternoon to lead second-ranked Ohio State to an 85-67 rout of Minnesota and its 11th straight victory.

OSU spurted to a 17-8 advantage with 12:05 left in the first half and led, 43-31, at the break. The lead grew to 24 points in the final 20 minutes after Minnesota staged a brief rally.

Ron Lewis had 16 points and four rebounds, and Othello Hunter had 15 points and five rebounds for Ohio State. Ivan Harris had 14 points, four rebounds and two assists; and Mike Conley Jr. added six points and 10 assists for the Buckeyes (24-3, 12-1 Big Ten), who likely will be the nation's top-ranked team this week after current No. 1 Florida's 83-70 loss to Vanderbilt Saturday.

Lawrence McKenzie led the Golden Gophers with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Lawrence Westbrook had 11 points, two rebounds and two assists for Minnesota (9-18, 3-10), which has lost four straight.

Golf

Ilonen wins the Indonesian Open

JAKARTA (UPI) -- Finland's Mikko Ilonen Sunday won the European Tour's Indonesia Open Golf Tournament in Jakarta by one shot, despite a bogey on the last hole.

He shot a closing 1-under-par 70 to finish 9-under-par 275 overall, escaping with his first European Tour victory when rookie Andrew Tampion of Australia also bogeyed the tournament's 72nd and final hole.

The players had come to the 18th hole one-shot apart.

Tampion shot a final round of 2-under 69 and shared second place with third-round co-leader Frankie Minoza (71) of the Philippines and Shiv Kapur (67) of India at 8-under 276.

"I think it is a big thing for Finnish golf," said Ilonen, who is the first player from his country ever to win on the European Tour. "Golf is growing in Finland."

Ilonen had taken sole possession of the lead with a birdie at the par-three 12th hole, but Minoza tied him one hole later.

Hockey

NHL: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2

PITTSBURGH (UPI) -- Evgeni Malkin scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second period Sunday afternoon as Pittsburgh eased past the Washington Capitals, 3-2.

The winners led the contest, 3-1, entering the final period, but a goal by Alexander Semin put Washington in position to force overtime.

There was no more scoring.

Mark Recchi and Maxime Talbot also scored once each; Sergei Gonchar had two assists; and Jocelyn Thibault made 29 saves on 31 shots for the Penguins, who have won six games in a row, and raised their points-scoring streak to 16 straight.

Richard Zednik scored the other goal; and Brent Johnson allowed three goals on 26 shots for the Capitals, who have dropped three in a row and four of their last five games.

Recchi had the game's lone power play goal.

Tennis

Canas wins the Brazil Open

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (UPI) -- Guillermo Canas of Argentina surprised top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in straight sets Sunday to win the ATP Tour's Brazil Open at Costa do Sauipe.

The scores were 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

The victory gave Canas his seventh career title, and his first since the 2004 season.

He had served a 15-month ban after testing positive for a banned diuretic, and returned to the tour last September. An appeal in June 2005 led to a reduction from the original ban of two years.

"The match was really close with both of us playing very well (but) I played better the key points," Canas said.

Ferrero saw his losing streak in title matches grow to five, including events at Rotterdam, Vienna and Cincinnati.

This was just the second meeting between the two. Ferrero had won the first in three sets at the Miami Masters in 2005.

Basketball

COL BKB: North Carolina 77, Boston Col. 72

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (UPI) -- Tyler Hansbrough had 17 points and seven rebounds Saturday as No. 4 North Carolina beat No. 21 Boston College, 77-72, to take first place in the ACC.

Brandan Wright and Ty Lawson each added 13 points and Lawson had seven assists and six rebounds as the Tar Heels (23-4, 9-3 ACC) moved past Boston College (18-8, 9-4) into the top spot in the conference.

North Carolina beat Boston College for the first time since the 1975 NCAA Tournament.

Jared Dudley scored 22 points for the Eagles, but missed three consecutive free throws late in the second half that would have tied the game.

Tyrese Rice added 20 points for Boston College, which has dropped two in a row after a four-game winning streak.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, Feb. 18

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

All-Star game at Las Vegas, 6 p.m.

NCAA:

(2) Ohio State at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

(25) Virginia Tech at North Carolina State, 4 p.m.

(23) Southern California at Arizona State, 8 p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Montreal at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Auto Racing:

Nextel:

Daytona 500 at Daytona Beach, Fla.

Men's Golf:

PGA:

Nissan Open at Pacific Palisades, Calif.

European:

Indonesian Open at Jakarta

Women's Golf:

SBS Open at Kahuku, Hawaii

Men's Tennis:

SAP Open at San Jose, Calif.

Open 13 Tournament at Marseilles, France

Brasil Open at Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil

Women's Tennis:

Bangalore Open at Bangalore, India

Proximus Diamond Games at Antwerp, Belgium

Golf

Creamer got first LPGA win since 2005

HONOLULU (UPI) -- Paula Creamer won on the LPGA Tour Saturday for the first time since 2005, when she made a long birdie putt on the 17th hole at the SBS Open.

"It's a relief off my shoulders," said Creamer, who last won in her 2005 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year season.

Creamer posted a 2-under 70 Saturday to finish the 54-hole tournament at 9-under 207. That gave her a one-stroke victory over Julieta Granada.

Granada got into a share of the lead with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole. She was 8-under 208 while watching Creamer, playing in the final group, finish her final two holes.

Creamer placed her second shot 40 feet from the hole at 17, and then made the birdie putt to win $165,000.

Granada won $1 million at the ADT Championship at the end of 2006, then she helped Paraguay win the Women's World Cup of Golf.

Hockey

NHL: Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Corey Perry's fifth-round shootout goal lifted the Anaheim Ducks past the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2, at the Staples Center Saturday night.

Teemu Selanne had a goal and an assist and Jean-Sebastian Giguere made 30 saves in the Ducks' second consecutive win after a three-game skid.

Anze Kopitar posted a goal and an assist and Mathieu Garon ended with 32 saves for the Kings, who have dropped four of their last five and 13 of 16.

Down a goal late in the third period, Kopitar scored off a feed from Lubomir Visnovsky to make it 2-2 with 5:14 remaining.

Kopitar's penalty gave the Ducks a power play that carried over into overtime, but Garon held the Kings back.

After a scoreless five minutes, the teams went into shootout mode.

Kopitar and Ryan Getzlaf both missed in the first round then Michael Cammalleri scored for the Kings and Selanne answered the call for the Ducks.

Tom Kostopoulos came up empty and Andy McDonald fanned on a wide-open net. Giguere staved off Dustin Brown while Chris Kunitz and Alexander Frolov came up empty as well, and finally, Perry beat Garon for the Ducks' victory.

The teams meet again Sunday in Anaheim.

Other

Michael Phelps sets 200m butterfly record

COLUMBIA, Mo. (UPI) -- American swimmer Michael Phelps broke his own 200-meter butterfly world record Saturday night at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia, Mo.

Phelps posted a time of 1:53.71 -- improving on his record time of 1:53.80, set Aug. 17, 2006, at the Pan Pacific Championships.

Saturday night's performance was the fifth time Phelps set a 200-meter world record in the butterfly.

Phelps -- who won eight medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens -- is scheduled to swim the 200-meter butterfly in March at the World Championships in Melbourne.

"I hope to go faster in a month from now, but I still have a few events I need to get ready for here," Phelps said. "I'm pleased with the way it went right now, and I'm confident."

Tennis

Murray again beats Roddick at San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPI) -- No. 3 seed Andy Murray beat top-seeded Andy Roddick, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4, in Saturday night's semifinals at the ATP SAP Open Tennis Tournament in San Jose, Calif.

The victory gave the native of Britain his second straight semifinal victory against Roddick at the SAO Open. Murray beat Roddick in two sets last year, and went on to top Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in the final for his only career title.

In Saturday's other semifinal, big-serving Ivo Karlovic of Croatia surprised sixth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5.

Karlovic -- who is making a solid comeback from a knee injury that sidelined him for most of the second half of the 2006 season -- will face Murray for the first time in his career in Sunday's title match, and will be gunning for his first career title.

Basketball

COL BKB: Missouri 75, Oklahoma St. 64

STILLWATER, Okla. (UPI) -- Keon Lawrence scored 18 points Saturday as the Missouri Tigers knocked off the 20th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, 75-64.

Matt Lawrence added 15 points and Marshall Brown had 12 for Missouri (16-9, 5-7 Big 12), which has won three of its last four games.

Mario Boggan and Jameson Curry both scored 16 points for the Cowboys (19-7, 5-6), who lost at home for the first time this season.

The Cowboys have lost four of their last five games.

Keon Lawrence's three-pointer put Missouri up, 48-41, early in the second half. Missouri was able to stretch its lead to 53-43 following a Matt Lawrence three-pointer and a Leo Lyons dunk.

The Cowboys cut the deficit in half with five straight points, but the Tigers' lead was back to 62-52 after another Matt Lawrence three-pointer.

Football

Frank Broyles to retire at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UPI) -- Frank Broyles, the longtime athletic director at Arkansas, Saturday announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31, 2007.

The 82-year-old Broyles worked at Arkansas since taking the job as head football coach in 1957. He is a member of college football's Hall of Fame after compiling a 144-58-5 record in 19 seasons.

His lone national championship came in 1964. He was both the AD and football coach when he retired from coaching in 1976.

"For nearly 50 years, I have considered it a privilege to serve this university as a coach and an athletic administrator," he said. "It is the only job I have ever desired to have."

"We have been fortunate to have someone the caliber of Frank Broyles at the university for 50 years, guiding and leading the athletics program to national prominence," said Chancellor John A. White. "He remains a consummate example of class, integrity, and distinction, and will be greatly missed."

Golf

Minoza leads at Jakarta

JAKARTA (UPI) -- Frankie Minoza of the Philippines held on Saturday to a one-shot lead in the third round of the European Tour's Indonesia Open Golf Tournament in Jakarta.

The round was suspended by inclement weather.

When play was stopped for the day, Minoza was 5-under par through 17 holes, and 8-under overall.

He will have a 15-foot par putt at No. 18 when the round resumes Sunday morning.

"It's just part of the game," he said about the postponement. "I'm not frustrated. I hit a lot of good shots (Saturday) and have taken a lot of confidence from my win at the Philippines Open two weeks ago."

Korea's Jong-Yul Suk (No. 15) and Finland's Mikko Ilonen (No. 14) were one shot off the pace at 7-under when the horn sounded.

Tour rookie Andrew Tampion of Australia, who was a second round co-leader, was 3-over through 14 holes and had fallen to five-under overall.

Hockey

NHL: Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Rangers 3

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Simon Gagne and Geoff Sanderson each had a goal and an assist Saturday as Philadelphia topped the New York Rangers, 5-3.

Sanderson and R.J. Umberger sandwiched goals around one by New York's Marcel Hossa, as Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

Gagne's 31st goal of the season gave Philadelphia a 3-1 lead after two periods, and both teams scored twice in the third.

Umberger, Dimitry Afanasenkov and Scottie Upshall all scored once. Antero Niittymaki made 40 saves on 43 shots for the Flyers, who have won three of their last four games.

Petr Prucha and Matt Cullen scored goals, Daniel Girardi had two assists, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 14-of-17 shots before leaving after two periods. In relief, Stephen Valiquette made six saves on eight shots for the Rangers, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Prucha had the game's only power-play goal.

Other

Tour of California skipped tests for EPO

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- The Tour of California has acknowledged that cyclists last year were not tested for the most commonly abused drug in the sport.

The 640-mile race from San Francisco to Long Beach starts Sunday. This is its second year.

Organizers admit they did not test for EPO, an anti-anemia drug given to cancer and dialysis patients, The New York Times reported. The drug is used illicitly by athletes to boost performance.

The race is sponsored by Amgen, which manufactures a genetically engineered version of EPO. The company said it was using the race to educate the public on the risk of improper use of the drug.

"Our understanding going into the race was that the test would be included," said a company spokeswoman, Mary Klem. "And we were told afterward that no rider tested positive for EPO or for any banned substances."

Last year's winner of the Tour of California was Floyd Landis. He will not be competing this year as he fights allegations that he used testosterone to win the Tour de France.

Tennis

Mauresmo, Clijsters head for showdown

ANTWERP, Belgium (UPI) -- Amelie Mauresmo and Kim Clijsters won their semifinal matches Saturday at the WTA Tour's Proximus Diamond Games Tennis Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium.

The top-seeded Frenchwoman Mauresmo downed seventh-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Clijsters beat France's Tatiana Golovin, 6-4, 6-3.

If Mauresmo wins Sunday, it will be the second straight year she has beaten the former World No. 1 at the event -- and she can take home a $1.3 million diamond-studded tennis racket for winning it three times in a five-year span.

"Every match I win, the racket starts to be a little bit more on my mind,"

she said. "Being in the final will be the toughest match to win."

"It will be a very emotional day for me," said Clijsters, who will play her last match at Antwerp before she retires at the end of the season.

The pair will be gunning for a winner's check of $88,265.

Basketball

Ill. guard Jamar Smith out for the year

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (UPI) -- Illinois guard Jamar Smith will miss the rest of the season because of a concussion.

The 6-foot-3 inch sophomore was injured when the car he was driving hit a tree late Monday evening. He was transported to the Carle Foundation Hospital.

Freshman center Brian Carlwell also sustained a concussion, but was treated and later released.

"It has been mutually agreed upon between myself and Jamar Smith and his family, that he sit out the remainder of this season so that he can focus all of his attention on the physical, emotional, academic and other related issues he will face in the coming weeks," said Coach Bruce Weber. "As I said Wednesday, this is a very difficult time for Jamar. Our coaches, players and program will continue to support him as he deals with this situation."

In 18 games this season, the Peoria, Ill., native averaged 8.1 points and 1.5 assists.

Sports Calendar

UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday, Feb. 17

(All Times Eastern):

Basketball:

NBA:

No games scheduled (All-Star break)

NCAA:

(16) Georgetown at Villanova, noon

Penn State at (3) Wisconsin, 12:17 p.m.

(1) Florida at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.

(7) UCLA at (24) Arizona, 1 p.m.

Missouri at (20) Oklahoma State, 1:30 p.m.

Washington at (5) Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

(18) Kentucky at Alabama, 3 p.m.

(6) Texas A&M at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m.

Nebraska at (8) Kansas, 4 p.m.

(15) Southern Illinois at (12) Butler, 4 p.m.

(19) Indiana at Michigan, 4 p.m.

Seton Hall at (22) West Virginia, 4 p.m.

Colorado State at (14) Air Force, 5:30 p.m.

(9) Memphis at Gonzaga, 6 p.m.

Northern Iowa at (10) Nevada, 6 p.m.

(17) Oregon at Stanford, 8 p.m.

(4) North Carolina at (21) Boston College, 9 p.m.

Louisville at (13) Marquette, 9.p.m.

Hockey:

NHL:

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Montreal, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Men's Golf:

PGA:

Nissan Open at Pacific Palisades, Calif.

European:

Indonesian Open at Jakarta

Women's Golf:

SBS Open at Honolulu

Men's Tennis:

SAP Open at San Jose, Calif.

Open 13 Tournament at Marseilles, France

Brasil Open at Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil

Women's Tennis:

Bangalore Open at Bangalore, India

Golf

Pressel joins leaders at Kahuku

KAHUKU, Hawaii (UPI) -- Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, and Sherri Steinhauer share the lead after 36 holes of the LPGA's SBS Open Golf Tournament at Kahuku, Hawaii.

Creamer (70) and Steinhauer (70) had a piece of the lead after Thursday's opening round. Pressel joined the group at the top of the leaderboard with a 4-under 68 in Friday's second round.

All three are at 7-under 137.

Hee-Won Han (69) is fourth at 3-under 138. Three others -- Pat Hurst (68), Julieta Granada (71) and Janice Moodie (70) -- are tied for fifth at 5-under 139.

Paige MacKenzie, who had a share of the lead after the first round, ballooned to a 4-over 76 Friday, and is tied for 20th at 1-under 143.

Hockey

NHL: Vancouver 2, Chicago 1 (SO)

CHICAGO (UPI) -- A shootout goal by Brendan Morrison Friday night gave the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The contest was tied, 1-1, through regulation after Chicago's Patrick Sharp and Vancouver's Matt Cooke traded goals in the third period.

There were no goals in the subsequent overtime.

Robert Luongo allowed one goal on 35 shots for the Canucks, who have won three in a row.

Patrick Lalime made 28 saves on 29 shots for the Blackhawks, who have split their last four games.

In the penalty-filled contest, Chicago was 0-for-9 on the power play, and Vancouver was 0-for-5.

Other

Girls wrestling growing

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (UPI) -- Boys outnumber girls by at least 50-to-one in U.S. high school wrestling programs, but girls' wrestling is getting bigger, The New York Times reported.

About 5,000 high school girls wrestled last year, the National Federal of State High School Associations reported. That's a five-fold increase from 1995, and it probably understates the true number since many states did not report girls' wrestling participation, the newspaper said.

In any case, it doesn't come close to matching the number of high school boys -- 250,000 -- who participate in the sport.

Women's wrestling has been added as an Olympic sport and some colleges have added it as well.

One impediment to growth for girls' wrestling is a shortage of girls' teams. Without girls' teams, the sport may have trouble attracting girls to participate, and without girls' participation there won't be many girls' teams.

In a few cases, the Times reported, courts have ruled that girls should be permitted to join boys' teams if there are no girls' teams available to them.

Girls have teams in Texas and Hawaii, and in some California schools, the newspaper said.

Tennis

Roddick into semifinals in SanJose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPI) -- Top seed Andy Roddick fought off fellow American Vincent Spadea to move into the semifinals at the $416,000 SAP Open in San Jose, Calif.

Roddick, who titled here in 2004 and '05, topped the eighth-seeded Spadea, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 and has won 10 of his 11 matches this year.

Next up for Roddick is a rematch of last year's semifinal versus Brit Andy Murray. The third-seeded Murray outlasted seventh-seeded Korean Hyung-Taik Lee, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) Friday night.

Last year it was Murray who beat Roddick in two sets. Murray then beat Lleyton Hewitt in the final for his only career title.

Also Friday, sixth seed Benjamin Becker of Germany beat fourth-seeded Russian Marat Safin, 6-4, 6-3. Big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic landed in the semis by ousting fifth- seeded American Mardy Fish 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 at HP Pavilion. Fish was the 2004 San Jose runner-up to his good friend Roddick.

The 2007 SAP titlist will earn $65,850.

Baseball

Cubs' Kerry Wood hurt again

MESA, Ariz. (UPI) -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood will miss the start of spring training after he bruised his right side when he fell out of a hot tub at his Arizona home.

Wood said on the team's Web site that he will be sidelined at least four days.

The oft-injured Wood made only four starts last season because of shoulder problems, but is determined to be ready for the start of the season.

"I've got six weeks to get ready," he said from Mesa, Ariz. "I feel like I need 2 1/2 (weeks). I was ready to go. I'd like to show people I'm ready instead of getting ice packs and people asking me questions. I am ready to go, I will be ready to go."

In his career, the right-hander has a record of 71-56 with an ERA of 3.68 in 1,128 2/3 innings.

He has was walked 546 batters and stuck out 1,299.

Basketball

Basketball Hall of Fame finalists named

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale was among 15 finalists named for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Class of 2007 was unveiled Friday in Las Vegas, Nev., site of this weekend's NBA All-Star Game.

Also named were former Chicago Bulls and current Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson, former St. John's and NBA star Chris Mullin, former players Adrian Dantley and Richie Guerin; coaches Roy Williams, Eddie Sutton and Bob Hurley Sr.; owner Bill Davidson and the 1966 Texas Western NCAA championship team, which was college basketball's first national champion with five black starters.

Referee Mendy Rudolph, Yugoslavian coach Mirko Novosel, Spanish coach Pedro Ferrandiz, and former U.S. women's basketball coaches Van Chancellor and Harley Redin also received nominations.

Eighteen votes are required to enter the hall.

The inductees will be announced April 2 at the Final Four in Atlanta for the ceremonies in Springfield, Mass., Sept. 7.

Football

Cardinals' Davis to test free agency

TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) -- The Arizona Cardinals have decided to let offensive tackle Leonard Davis test the free agent waters.

The six-year veteran is due to become an unrestricted free agent March 2. The team noted on its Web site that his contract expired after the 2006 season.

"When we evaluated Leonard, we certainly see ability and as improvement, especially as last season went on," said new Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt. "But when you look at the situation on the whole and take everything into account, we don't feel that the investment that would be required to keep him is equal to the performance. We have needs at multiple positions, as well as for depth, and we want to be in the best position us to address those needs."

Davis was the second overall pick in the 2001 draft out of Texas behind Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick.

He was a guard at the start of his career and has played in 91 NFL games.

Golf

European Tour rookie leads in Indonesia

JAKARTA (UPI) -- European Tour rookie Andrew Tampion fired a five-under-par 66 Friday and has the lead after two rounds of the Indonesian Open.

Tampion had a 36-hole total of eight-under-par 134. Mikko Ilonen is also at eight-under but was on the course with three holes to play in his second round when play was suspended because of darkness. Lightning, which caused a delay in the first round, also affected play Friday.

Four players -- Jong-yul Suk, Chapchai Nirat, Young-woo Nam and Guarav Ghei (69) are tied in third place at five-under-par 137. Overnight leader Chawalit Plaphol struggled to a three-over-par 74 Friday and is part of a group tied for 10th place at three-under-par 139.

Tampion, 22 and playing in his fourth tournament as a professional, opened his second round with birdies at Nos. 1 and 4. He had a bogey at 6 but answered with another birdie at the eighth hole. He piled up three birdies in the first five holes of the back nine to get to eight under.

Hockey

Sabres' Afinogenov out with broken wrist

BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) -- Buffalo forward Maxim Afinogenov has a broken left wrist and will miss at least six weeks of the Sabres' schedule, the NHL team announced Friday.

Edmonton's Jason Smith knocked Afinogenov into the boards late in the second period of Thursday night's game and the Buffalo player fell to the ice. Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff said Afinogenov broke the scaphoid bone in his wrist when he fell and would be out a "minimum of six weeks"

Afinogenov is second on the Sabres in scoring with 23 goals and 34 assists in 53 games this season.

Buffalo, which leads the NHL Eastern Conference with 82 points, also said that forward Jiri Novotny will be sidelined indefinitely after aggravating a high-ankle sprain.

Other

China: No Olympic surcharge for Westerners

BEIJING (UPI) -- Chinese officials say tickets for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will be affordable and Westerners will not be charged more than anyone else.

"If Chinese and Westerners are charged different prices, it will not honor the Olympic spirit," Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Jingmin said in an interview aired on Beijing Television, China Daily reported.

More than 7 million tickets will go on sale this year.

Prices were published Nov. 29 on the official Web site of the Games. Seats for the opening ceremony will be priced as low as $22.50; and more than 58 percent of all tickets will be $13 or less, with the lowest ticket at $4.

Olympic officials are offering student tickets, about 14 percent of all tickets available in China, costing 64 cents for preliminaries and $1.28 for finals.

Racing

Gordon reacts to car inspection failure

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Jeff Gordon Friday said he accepts his fate with NASCAR officials after his Chevrolet failed a post-race inspection because of height violation.

Gordon won Thursday's second Gatorade qualifying run for this Sunday's Daytona 500, but during the inspection, his car was found to be an inch too low.

He was sent to the back, and will start the race from the 42nd position when he would have started fourth.

"I will challenge any person in this garage area that knows how these cars go around the racetrack to tell me that car had a competitive advantage," Gordon said on NASCAR.com. "The bottom line is, we were too low. We take full responsibility for that. I'm just mad that it happened."

There have been several penalties this week, including the indefinite suspension of Michael Waltrip crew chief David Hyder, and the deduction of 100 championship points from team owner Elizabeth Waltrip.

Tennis

Sharapova, Serena withdraw from Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams both withdrew Friday from next week's WTA Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Tennis Tournament, citing ailments.

Williams, who trounced Sharapova on Jan. 27 to win the Australian Open for her eighth Grand Slam title, has battled the flu in recent days.

The illness forced her to opt out of this week's Bangalore Open in India.

Sharapova has been hampered by a hamstring injury.

"I'm very disappointed to have to withdraw," Sharapova said in a statement. "The hamstring that I injured in Tokyo is not yet healed. I tried everything possible to be in condition to play, but unfortunately I'm not ready. I'm looking forward to continuing to recover as quickly as possible so that I can get back on the court competing."

Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Hingis will head the field at Dubai.

Baseball

Baseball approves Bonds' contract

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Major League Baseball Thursday approved the one-year contract between the San Francisco Giants and slugger Barry Bonds.

The deal, worked out last month, is for $15.8 million, with $4.2 million in incentives. It originally was rejected by baseball's front office.

The 42-year-old Bonds immediately was added the Giants' 40-man roster.

The team's position players are due to report to spring training at Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday.

"Barry has never been late (to spring training) in his 22 seasons as a Major League player and I don't expect him to be late this year," Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, told MLB.com.

Bonds, who has been plagued by knee problems in recent years -- and has been the subject of speculation about whether he has used performance enhancing substances -- will begin the 2007 season needing 22 home runs to become baseball's all-time leader in that category. Hank Aaron holds the record with 755.

Bonds batted .270 with 26 homers and 77 RBI in 2006.

Basketball

Tim Hardaway sorry for anti-gay tirade

MIAMI (UPI) -- Former Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway has been dropped as an NBA spokesman after telling a radio interviewer he hates homosexuals.

Hardaway, speaking on the Miami radio station 790 The Ticket, said that if he had been on a team with someone who came out as gay he would have asked for a trade either of the homosexual player or himself, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

"Well, you know, I hate gay people," Hardaway said. "I let it be known, I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people.

He released a brief apology through his agent, but said in another interview that he would not speak to any relatives he knew were gay.

Last week, John Amaechi, a former guard with the Utah Jazz, became the first NBA player to reveal he is gay. Amaechi, who now lives in his native England, is about to publish a book, "Man in the Middle."

Hardaway, who played with the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets, was part of the NBA'S Community Caravan for the All-Star Game.

"It is inappropriate for him to be representing us given the disparity between his views and ours," NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement.

Football

LSU athletic director to step down in 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (UPI) -- Louisiana State Athletic Director Skip Bertman has agreed to a contract extension and said he intends to retire when it expires next year.

The new deal allows Bertman to serve as athletic director emeritus of two years after his retirement, helping with fundraising among other duties. He would step down as LSU athletic director in June 2008.

Bertman became the school's athletic director in 2001 after serving as the head baseball coach since 1983. His teams won five NCAA championships.

"By the time I retire I will be 70 years old and will have spent the greatest 25 years of my life as an LSU Tiger," said Bertman. "The memories and the friends I will take with me will be cherished forever."

Golf

Plaphol leads at Indonesian Open

JAKARTA (UPI) -- Chawalit Plaphol turned in a bogey-free six-under-par 65 Thursday and has the first-round lead at the Indonesian Open stop of the European golf tour.

Mikko Ilonen was in second place, one stroke behind Plaphol, while Shiv Kapur and Mads Vibe-Hastrup were in third place at four-under-par 67. Twelve threesomes were not able to complete first-round play because of a heavy downpour.

Plaphol played in one of the earliest groups Thursday and carded six birdies and 12 pars at the par-71 Damai Indah Golf & Country Club.

"The key here is to keep it on the fairway because the wind tends to pick up in the afternoon so you have to strike it quite accurately off the tee," Plaphol said.

Ilonen had seven birdies in his round but also had two bogeys.

Hockey

Doan signs long-term deal with Phoenix

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Shane Doan and the Phoenix Coyotes have agreed to a five-year extension to the player's contract with the NHL team in a deal reportedly worth $23 million.

Doan, 31, the Coyotes' captain, has 19 goals and 16 assists in 48 games for Phoenix this season. Over his 11-year-career, he has 191 goals and 261 assists in 778 games -- all with Phoenix. He was the only active roster play to make the move when the Winnipeg Jets were shifted to Phoenix in 1996.

"I'm extremely excited to remain a Coyote," said Doan. "I was drafted by this organization and it means a great deal to me to be able to play with this franchise my entire career.

"I am very excited about our team, coaches and management and I am confident about our future. I chose to stay with the Coyotes because I love this city and our fans and I want to win here, not anywhere else."

Other

NCAA football eyes new time-saving rules

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI) -- The NCAA football rules committee this week proposed a series of time-saving measures intended to save up to 14 minutes in an average U.S. college game.

After similar changes implemented by the committee last season were criticized by college coaches and fans alike, USA Today said the NCAA reacted by introducing more subtle regulations in a session Wednesday.

With all of last year's changes discarded, the committee ruled that all kick-offs next season will be moved back five yards to the 30-yard-line to eliminate time-wasting touchbacks.

In addition, the committee proposed shortened timeouts for teams, limited play clocks after TV timeouts and a two-minute replay time limit.

If the proposed changes are passed by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel in March, they would be implemented next season.

"I think we've got a balance with the idea that we are attacking dead and elapsed time in a game while securing playing time not just for the players but for the fans," committee member and Division III coach Michael Clark told USA Today.

Racing

Waltrip speaks on Daytona 500 fiasco

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Michael Waltrip Thursday said he considered pulling out of the Daytona 500 qualifying race because of rules violations by crew chief David Hyder.

Waltrip's No. 55 Toyota was cited after last Sunday's Gatorade Duel qualifying runs.

NASCAR officials said there were three serious violations, including illegal car parts components and a gasoline additive.

Hyder has been suspended indefinitely.

Reports have said an unspecified substance was found in the intake manifold.

"I am ready to bear all responsibility for what happened," Waltrip said. "I am here today to apologize to the NASCAR fans, sponsors and other team owners. You can't hurt me any worse than I am right now. We haven't fired anyone nor do we plan on firing anyone until we know what happened. We are aggressively trying to find out what happened. What took place was the act of an individual or individuals and is not a reflection on our team."

Soccer

Ching returning to soccer's Houston Dynamo

HOUSTON (UPI) -- Brian Ching, the Major League Soccer Cup's most valuable player last season, Thursday agreed to a contract with the Houston Dynamo.

Terms of the deal were not released.

Ching, 28, tied for the team lead with 11 goals for Houston last season, including a bicycle kick score against D.C. United that sent the Dynamo into the MLS playoffs. That goal was voted the MLS goal of the year.

Houston went 11-8-13 in 2006 and won the MLS Cup by defeating the New England Revolution on penalty kicks. Ching had the lone Houston goal in regulation play that forced the penalty kick situation.

"I love this team, and want to continue playing in Houston," Ching said. "What we did last year was just a taste of what the Dynamo can accomplish in the future. I am looking forward to continuing to build on the success we showed in 2006."

Tennis

Santangelo advances at India tennis

BANGALORE, India (UPI) -- Defending champion Mara Santangelo rallied to claim a three-set victory Thursday in the second round of the Sony Ericsson International tournament in India.

Santangelo, the top seed in this week's event, dropped the first set and needed 12 games before claiming the second in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Akgul Amanmuradova.

No. 2 seeded Sania Mirza, a local favorite and the 2005 tournament champion, posted an identical 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 win in her match against Tatiana Poutchek.

Santangelo advanced to Friday's quarterfinals against Yurika Sema while Mirza next goes against Yaroslava Shvedova. The other quarterfinals matches send Jelena Kostanic Tosic against Olga Savchuk and Melinda Czink against Tzipora Obziler.

Savchuk Thursday beat Alicia Molik, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, and Czink topped Su-Wei Hsieh, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.

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