In Brief
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Notre Dame wideout Floyd
eyes plea deal on DUI charge
Suspended Notre Dame star wide receiver Michael Floyd hopes to have a plea deal in place on his misdemeanor drunken driving charge before his next court appearance in June, his attorney said Monday.
Magistrate Brian Steinke entered a not guilty plea on Floyd's behalf in South Bend, Ind. Floyd was not present, and a status hearing was scheduled for June 7.
"I suspect we'll come up with a resolution. At the present time, I don't anticipate this is going to be set for trial," attorney William Stanley said.
Authorities say Floyd was arrested at 3:18 a.m. March 20 after running a stop sign a block from the school's main entrance. Prosecutors say a breathalyzer test showed Floyd had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than double Indiana's legal limit for driving. If found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor, Floyd faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail.
Coach Brian Kelly suspended Floyd after his arrest and said it would not be lifted until Floyd changes his behavior and both the legal and university discipline procedures ran their course.
Also: Oregon indefinitely suspended linebacker Kiko Alonso following his arrest on burglary and trespassing charges. Ducks coach Chip Kelly announced the suspension in a statement from the university that said there would no further comment while the case was pending.
The Register-Guard reported the 20-year-old junior was arrested early Sunday after a Eugene, Ore., woman called 911 to report a strange man pounding on her front door, demanding to be let inside. Alonso was released later Sunday from the Lane County Jail after he was charged with burglary, trespassing and criminal mischief.
He was suspended for the entire 2010 season after a driving while intoxicated citation.
GOLF
Simpson's bad luck in loss
could lead USGA to modify rule
Webb Simpson called it a "bad rule." He was penalized a stroke because the ball moved as he was addressing it on the green, costing him one stroke and perhaps his first PGA Tour victory.
The U.S. Golf Association appears to agree. Vice President Thomas O'Toole said there will be talks to modify the rule, with any change taking place at the start of 2012.
"If some other agency -- wind or gravity -- is known to cause that ball to move, no penalty would be applied," O'Toole said at the U.S. Open media day at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.
Simpson, leading by one shot, was less than a foot from the cup at the 15th hole on Sunday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans when the ball moved. Simpson said it was probably caused by wind, combined with dry and hard greens.
Regardless, the rule as currently written offers no leeway, and the one-stroke penalty proved vital when Simpson finished tied with Bubba Watson after 72 holes. Watson then won in a playoff.
MISCELLANEOUS
Australian driver Power earns
win in IndyCar's Sao Paulo 300
Will Power of Australia overcame a damaged car and a wet track to win IndyCar's Sao Paulo 300 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a day after the race was postponed because of heavy rain on the streets of South America's biggest city.
Graham Rahal was second and Ryan Briscoe third at the 2.5-mile, 11-turn Anhembi temporary street circuit.
Power, who started from the pole, drove to victory for Penske after Japan's Takuma Sato had to pit for fuel with about 10 minutes left. Sato led for 23 laps but finished eighth after his gamble failed.
Also: IOC President Jacques Rogge said security at next year's London Olympics remains the "top priority" and is not affected by the death of Osama bin Laden.
Rogge declined to comment on the killing of the al-Qaida leader by U.S. forces in Pakistan, calling it a "political issue." But he said the International Olympic Committee's security strategy has remained the same since the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Games.
Nick Palmieri scored twice as the United States got all its goals in the third period to beat Norway 4-2 and earn a spot to the second round of the hockey world championship in Kosice, Slovakia.
Americans Andy Roddick and Sam Querrey bowed out early in the Madrid Open, a clay-court tuneup for the French Open.
Flavio Cipolla of Italy defeated the 12th-seeded Roddick 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3, and France's Michael Llodra earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over Sam Querrey in Madrid, Spain.
On the women's side, Maria Sharapova beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in an all-Russian match to advance to the third round.
UNLV's Joe Robinson was named Mountain West Conference pitcher of the week after the junior right-hander threw a one-hitter Saturday against New Mexico. Robinson allowed only a third-inning single in the Rebels' 4-1 home victory over the Lobos.
