IN BRIEF

BOXING

Khan to take on Malignaggi
at Madison Square Garden

Amir Khan is ready to make a splash in the United States.

The exciting British silver medalist from the 2004 Olympics will defend his WBA 140-pound title against former champion Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 at Madison Square Garden, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told The Associated Press.

Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya was headed to England on Tuesday for a news conference to introduce the fight, with another news conference planned for next week in New York.

Khan (22-1, 16 knockouts) has been hoping to raise his profile by fighting in the U.S., splitting with veteran British promoter Frank Warren and signing with Los Angeles-based Golden Boy. He also began working with Freddie Roach, who trains pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

"Fighters like Naseem Hamed, Ricky Hatton -- if you want to capture the U.S. market, you really need to do it with statements," Schaefer said, referring to two British champions who have made their mark stateside. "So Amir Khan is coming to the United States to make his statement."

Also: Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Polish-born fighter Albert Sosnowski on May 29.

Klitschko's management group said the fight will take place at the Schalke stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Klitschko (39-2) said Sosnowski (45-2-1) is an experienced, fast and tough opponent who will try everything to deprive him of the title -- "but I won't allow that."

HOCKEY

Condors' big second period
too much for Wranglers in loss

The Wranglers gave up three second-period goals on the way to a 5-2 loss to the Bakersfield Condors in an ECHL game in Bakersfield, Calif.

After a scoreless first period, Bakersfield broke through midway through the second, ultimately scoring three times in less than nine minutes. Andrew Ianiero got the first goal, followed seven minutes later by Eric Regan, and Gino Guyer capped the run with 1:34 remaining in the period.

Adam Miller followed 41 seconds later with a power-play goal for Las Vegas (26-26-7), and Josh Prudden scored less than a minute into the third to make the score 3-2. But Guyer scored a goal midway through the final period, and the Condors later scored an empty-net goal.

Also: The nearly yearlong legal battle between the NHL and former Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes isn't over.

The NHL filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Moyes and his family on Friday, alleging that the trucking magnate violated a number of league agreements when he put the franchise in bankruptcy last year and attempted to sell it to Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie.

The bankruptcy filing caught the NHL by surprise and sparked months of bitter legal maneuvering that appeared to have ended in November, with Balsillie rejected as an owner and the league in control of the team.

In the new suit, filed in New York, the NHL said Moyes had agreed when he purchased the team in 2006 not to explore any sale that would move the Coyotes out of Phoenix.

MISCELLANEOUS

UNLV women's golf team leads
by 17 strokes in home tourney

The UNLV women's golf team stretched its lead to 17 strokes in its Spring Invitational at Boulder Creek Golf Club, shooting 2-under-par 286 in the second round.

The Rebels are the only team under par, with a 9-under 567 total, with Baylor second at 8-over 584 in the 18-team tournament.

UNLV has three players in the top five individually. Therese Koelbaek shot 1-under 71 for a 5-under 139 total to move into second place, one stroke behind Idaho's Kayla Montellaro.

Kristen Schelling also shot 71 for UNLV and was third at 140, and Natasha Krishna (72) was tied for fifth at 143.

The tournament will conclude today.

Also: Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller has called it a season, a week before the World Cup finals in Germany.

The U.S. skier ended his season early to rest a sore right ankle, and added that he hopes to discuss his future with U.S. men's coach Sasha Rearick.

Miller has not competed since the Vancouver Olympics, where he won the super-combined gold medal and claimed silver in the super-G and bronze in the downhill.

American Johnny Weir said he won't compete at the World Figure Skating Championships this month, but his career isn't done. Weir, who finished sixth at the Vancouver Olympics last month, said in a statement he wants time to "reassess" his strategies and goals.

He'll be replaced by Adam Rippon, winner of the last two junior world titles. Weir is the second U.S. man to drop out of the world championships in Turin, Italy. Olympic champion Evan Lysacek said last month he won't defend his world title.