IN BRIEF

GOLF

Kelly-Stricker fire 6-under 66, tied for lead of Shark Shootout

Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker were tied with Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank for the lead of the Shark Shootout at 6-under-par 66 after the first round Friday.

Kelly and Stricker birdied No. 5, eagled No. 6, birdied Nos. 7 through 9, then added another birdie on No. 12 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. They struggled after that, playing the final six holes in 1 over.

Leonard and Verplank did the opposite, with birdies on four of their final six holes in the tournament hosted by Greg Norman.

Tim Clark and former UNLV standout Chad Campbell were third, one back at 5 under, with Steve Flesch and Dustin Johnson.

Also: Matthew Griffin shot a 3-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby and Jason Norris after the second round of the Australian PGA in Coolum.

Griffin had a 7-under 135 total on the Hyatt Regency Resort course. Ogilvy made a 12-foot par putt on 18 for a 66. Appleby had a 69, and Norris shot 67.

In-Kyung Kim shot a 5-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead, and Michelle Wie dropped into a tie for fourth after three rounds of the Dubai Ladies Masters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Kim, who stands at 14-under 202 overall, leads Anna Nordqvist (65) by three shots and Maria Hjorth (67) by four at the Emirates Golf Club. Wie, second after Thursday's round, had a 71 and is six shots behind the leader.

Wie three-putted the par-5 10th hole for her only bogey.

MOTOR SPORTS

Appeals court rules NASCAR didn't violate antitrust laws

A federal appeals court in Louisville rejected claims by a Kentucky race track that NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. violated federal antitrust laws by keeping it off the premier racing circuit.

The decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ends, for now, Kentucky Speedway's legal efforts to force NASCAR to bring a Sprint Cup race to the track in Sparta, in northern Kentucky.

The panel said Kentucky Speedway failed to prove NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. worked together with other tracks to keep the Kentucky track from getting a Sprint Cup race.

Also: The World Motor Sport Council approved a new points system for the expanded 13-team Formula One championship from next season.

Race winners will get 25 points instead of 10, and the top 10 will receive points instead of eight.

The change, proposed by the F1 Commission and ratified by FIA, is to accommodate the three extra teams on the grid.

Second-place drivers will earn 20 points, then it will go 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2 and 1.

MISCELLANEOUS

Investment company to buy Coyotes, keep them in Phoenix

The Ice Edge Holdings investment group signed a letter of intent to purchase the financially foundering Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL with a long-term commitment to keep the team in Arizona.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement that much remains to be done before the sale closes but the league pledged to work closely with Ice Edge "to bring the sale to conclusion as expeditiously as possible."

Ice Edge chief executive officer Anthony LeBlanc said in a separate statement: "Ice Edge has committed to keep the Coyotes in Glendale for the remaining term of the original lease," which has 26 years remaining.

Also: The Wranglers dropped their second straight decision to the Victoria Salmon Kings, falling 4-2 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Ryan Weston and Francis Lemieux scored goals in the first and third periods for Las Vegas (9-14-1, 19 points).

Jockey Joel Rosario rode six winners at Hollywood Park, tying a track record originally set by Hall of Famer Bill Shoemaker in 1953.

Rosario rode five consecutive winners, sat out the seventh race, then won the eighth with Stockings to tie the mark Shoemaker set on June 20, 1953.

Shoemaker repeated the feat in 1970. Laffit Pincay Jr. equaled it in 1968, as did Kent Desormeaux in 1992.

Michael Phelps won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly before a packed crowd during the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's three-day holiday meet.

Phelps won the events just 15 minutes apart at the U.S. Naval Academy's Lejeune Hall.

The winner of 14 Olympic gold medals finished the 200 freestyle in 1 minute, 33.14 seconds, his second-fastest time and the best by an American this year. The time would have been good enough to win the U.S. short course championships.

Phelps appeared tired in his second race, unable to pull away from the pack. He finished in 47.28 seconds.

Former San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg donated $141,000 to the Aztecs' baseball program.

The donation will allow the school to upgrade the surface of Tony Gwynn Stadium, with new synthetic turf replacing the grass skirting from dugouts to baselines, and be used to operate the program.

The hard-throwing pitcher, the No. 1 pick overall in the June amateur draft, agreed to a record-setting contract worth $15.1 million for four years with the Washington Nationals.

Top-seeded Akron ousted North Carolina on penalty kicks in the semifinals of the men's College Cup in Cary, N.C.

Blair Gavin sent a shot into the lower left-hand corner of the net to give the Zips a 5-4 winning margin after neither team scored in regulation or the two 10-minute overtime periods.

Akron (23-0-1) will play Virginia (18-3-3) for the NCAA championship on Sunday, after the Cavaliers defeated Wake Forest 2-1 in overtime.