In Brief

GOLF

Stricker, Kelly pair up to post victory in Shark Shootout

Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly won Greg Norman's Shark Shootout on Sunday in Naples, Fla., closing with a 13-under 59 in the final-round scramble for a one-stroke victory over three teams.

Stricker eagled the par-5 17th hole -- hitting the second shot and the putt -- to give the longtime Madison, Wis., friends the lead.

Kenny Perry and J.B. Holmes, who had been in the lead most of the day, both missed birdie putts on No. 18 that would have forced a playoff.

Kelly and Stricker, who entered the round with a one-stroke lead, finished at 26-under 190 on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort's Tiburon Golf Club course. They each earned $375,000 from the $3 million purse.

Perry and Holmes closed with a 59 to match the teams of former UNLV standout Chad Campbell and Tim Clark, and Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank at 191.

Also: Robert Allenby won the Australian PGA for the fourth time in his career and earned his second tournament title in two weeks, closing with a 5-under 66 to beat fellow Australians John Senden and Scott Strange by four strokes in Coolum, Australia.

Allenby, the Nedbank Challenge winner last week in South Africa, won the Australian PGA for the first time since 2005, when he swept all three tournaments in the so-called Australian Triple Crown -- the PGA, Open and Masters.

Spain's Pablo Martin became the first player to win on the European tour as an amateur and professional, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

PRO BASKETBALL

Nets' Douglas-Roberts has MRI on injured left knee

Coach Kiki Vandeweghe said the New Jersey Nets are awaiting results of an MRI on Chris Douglas-Roberts' left knee.

Vandeweghe wasn't sure how Douglas-Roberts, who scored seven points in 38 minutes of a 107-91 loss Friday at Indiana, was injured. Douglas-Roberts is averaging 16.2 points for the Nets, who are an NBA-worst 2-22.

Also: The New York Knicks signed free agent Jonathan Bender, marking the oft-injured forward's return to the NBA after a three-year absence.

The 7-foot Bender enjoyed his best season in 2001-02, when he averaged career highs of 7.4 points and 3.1 rebounds in 78 games. But injuries forced Bender to miss 172 games over the next three seasons before chronic knee pain sidelined him indefinitely in February 2006.

MISCELLANEOUS

Virginia edges Akron to claim NCAA men's soccer crown

Virginia beat Akron 3-2 on penalty kicks after a scoreless game to win the NCAA Men's College Cup Division I soccer title in Cary, N.C.

The Cavaliers (19-9-3) won the championship when Blair Gavin, who made the clinching penalty kick to help Akron (23-1-1) eliminate North Carolina in Friday's semifinals, sent the final shot high over the crossbar.

The second-seeded Cavaliers claimed their sixth College Cup championship and first since they won four straight national titles from 1991-94.

Also: The UNLV men's swimming and diving team netted three wins on the third day of the Finis Collegiate Invitational in Long Beach, Calif.

The Rebels posted victories in the 200-yard medley relay and 800 freestyle relay, and David Seiler won the 100 butterfly. UNLV is second in the eight-team meet behind UC Santa Barbara.

The UNLV women had five runner-up finishes, from Ana Dangalakova (400 individual medley), Marva Harpak (200 free), Katie Matulic (100 butterfly, and the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relay teams. The Rebels are second with 1,435 points, with UCSB in first at 1,486.5.

The meet concludes today.

Sandrine Aubert of France won her first World Cup race of the season by besting world champion Maria Riesch in the foggy second run of a women's slalom in Are, Sweden. Riesch finished second but still overtook Lindsey Vonn in the overall standings. The American finished eighth and is now 20 points behind Riesch.

Marcel Hirscher of Austria claimed his first World Cup victory, winning a giant slalom in Val d'Isere, France, that American star Bode Miller skipped after spraining his ankle playing volleyball.

Shani Davis claimed his second title in three days in Kearns, Utah, winning the 1,000 meters in the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.

The American skated the distance in 1 minute, 6.67 seconds at the Utah Olympic Oval, beating American rival Chad Hedrick, who was fifth.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jose Bautista to a one-year, $2.4 million deal. The infielder-outfielder hit .235 for the Blue Jays last season, with 13 home runs and 40 RBIs.