IN BRIEF

BASEBALL

Shortstop Wilson, Mariners agree on two-year extension

Shortstop Jack Wilson and the Seattle Mariners agreed Friday to a $10 million, two-year contract.

The 30-year-old was acquired from Pittsburgh on July 29 along with pitcher Ian Snell for infielder Ronny Cedeno, catcher Jeff Clement and three minor league pitchers. Wilson hit .224 with one home run in 31 games.

Also: The Colorado Rockies declined their $5 million option on right-hander Rafael Betancourt, a key setup man as the Rockies won the National League wild-card race.

The Milwaukee Brewers declined their $6.5 million mutual option on Braden Looper, electing to pay the pitcher a $1 million buyout.

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells had surgery on his left wrist and is expected to be ready for spring training.

GOLF

Leonard fires 64, takes lead in Disney World tournament

Justin Leonard shot an 8-under-par 64 in the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to surge to the top of the leaderboard in the final PGA Tour event of the season.

Leonard, at 12-under 132, had 11 birdies and three bogeys at Disney World. Justin Rose and George McNeill were two strokes back.

Former world No. 1 David Duval missed the cut and probably will lose his full status on the tour.

Also: The PGA Tour's first-ever suspension for violation of its anti-doping rules wound up in federal court, where attorneys for a 40-year-old journeyman tried to block the one-year ban.

Attorneys for Stephen Douglas Barron, a professional golfer from Memphis, Tenn., sought a temporary restraining order on his one-year suspension for testing positive for two banned substances last June.

Jiyai Shin shot a 6-under 66 for the second-round lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The South Korean was at 11-under 133, three strokes ahead of Americans Michelle Wie (66) and Paula Creamer (69).

Ochoa was seven strokes off the lead after shooting 69.

The last Southern Nevada Golf Association major of 2009 gets under way today with the Clark County Amateur at Boulder Creek Golf Club. The 36-hole, stroke-play event will have two divisions, scratch and net.

Josh Vornsand is the defending scratch division champion, and Mark Easton is the defending net champ.

The Clark County Senior Amateur concluded Friday with Brady Exber winning the scratch division with a two-day total of 139. Frank Acker won the senior net division with a two-day total of 142.

MOTOR SPORTS

Truex Jr. recovers from penalty to capture Phoenix race pole

Martin Truex Jr. bounced back from a midweek NASCAR penalty with a pole-winning run at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.

Truex turned a lap of 135.120 mph to qualify first in his No. 1 Chevrolet. It was a huge lift for his team, which failed post-race inspection last week at Texas to draw a 50-point penalty.

Kurt Busch qualified second for Sunday's race with a lap of 134.589 in his No. 2 Dodge. Defending three-time series champion Jimmie Johnson qualified third, followed by Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin.

Also: Ron Hornaday won a NASCAR-record fourth Trucks Series championship with a fourth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway.

The 51-year-old Hornaday started the race with a 197-point lead over Matt Crafton and needed only to finish ahead of Crafton to lock up the title.

Hornaday did it by overcoming an early pit road penalty, giving him his first championship since 2007.

The race was won by Kevin Harvick, owner of Hornaday's truck team. Kyle Busch finished second, snapping his streak of five wins in his last five starts.

Larry Dixon took a one-point lead over Tony Schumacher in the Top Fuel season standings, leading qualifying in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., to earn three bonus points.

Dixon had a pass of 3.801 seconds at 318.99 mph on the second of three days of qualifying.

John Force (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also topped their divisions.

MISCELLANEOUS

Freshman Thompson's scoring sparks Lady Rebels to victory

Freshman Kelli Thompson scored all 12 of her points over a three-minute span in the second half to key a 19-1 run as the UNLV women's basketball team opened its regular season with a 61-43 victory over Southern Utah in Cedar City.

Thompson converted a 3-point play followed by successive 3-pointers during the burst.

UNLV's Sandrine Nzeukou led all scorers with 13 points.

Also: The UNLV men's soccer team was eliminated from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament in Denver by top-seeded Sacramento State 1-0 in double overtime.

The sixth-seeded Rebels finished their season 8-7-4.

Iowa prep phenom Harrison Barnes announced he will play for North Carolina.

Barnes, a 6-foot-7-inch swingman from Ames, is widely regarded as the top player in the class of 2010.

Barnes was also considering Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA and Iowa State, his hometown school.

LeBron James wants NBA players to give up their No. 23s to honor Michael Jordan.

The Cavaliers superstar, who has worn 23 since he was a high school sophomore, thinks players should pay tribute to Jordan for the Hall of Famer's impact on the game.

He said he is willing to change to No. 6, his U.S. Olympic team number.

World champion Evan Lysacek easily won the short program at Skate America in Lake Placid, N.Y., with a powerful performance.

Lysacek, dressed in black from head to toe and sporting a couple day's growth of beard, scored 79.17 points to outdistance France's Florent Amodio by six points. American Brandon Mroz was third.

Earlier, China's Zhao Hongbo and Shen Xue won the pairs short program, and Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto took the dance compulsories.