IN BRIEF

DOPING AND SPORTS

FBI probe targets doctor with ties to Woods, Torres

A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and NFL players is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a newspaper report.

The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday night that Dr. Anthony Galea was found with human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, in his bag at the U.S.-Canada border in late September. He was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto by Canadian police. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.

The FBI has opened an investigation based on medical records found on Galea's computer relating to several pro athletes, people briefed on the inquiry told the Times on condition of anonymity.

Brian Greenspan, Galea's defense attorney, said his client will be vindicated.

Galea, who acknowledged he has used human growth hormone himself for 10 years, told the newspaper he never gave any athletes HGH.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Pennsylvania coach fired after shaky start

Pennsylvania fired men's basketball coach Glen Miller after a winless start to the season.

Athletic department officials announced the firing after the Quakers struggled to an 0-7 record. Assistant coach Jerome Allen will serve as interim coach. Miller was 45-52 overall since being hired in 2006 to replace the departed Fran Dunphy.

Also: Two Missouri women's basketball players suspended after an early morning fight at a party said they were defending a female friend from her aggressive male roommate.

Columbia, Mo., police released further details about the Friday fight that led to the arrests and suspensions of leading scorers Amanda Hanneman and Jessra Johnson.

According to police, Hanneman and Johnson said Missouri cheerleader Justin Short got into a fight with his female roommate and physically restrained her before they intervened. Johnson admitted pushing Short, and Hanneman admitted "slapping and punching" the cheerleader, police said. The unnamed female roommate gave investigators a similar account.

MISCELLANEOUS

Rockets forward Ariza suspended one game

Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza was suspended for one game by the NBA after he was ejected from Saturday's game in Toronto for throwing a forearm at Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan.

Ariza, averaging 17 points, will sit out today's game against Detroit.

Also: A Belgian court suspended the one-year doping bans given to tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.

Wickmayer's lawyers said they hope the injunction will allow the world's 16th-ranked woman receive a wild card for the Australian Open.

Bobsledder Todd Hays was forced to retire Monday after he was diagnosed with a serious head injury stemming from a crash last week in Germany.

Hays returned to the U.S. for treatment following the wreck Wednesday during training for a World Cup race. An MRI revealed blood in his brain after he was originally thought to have a concussion.

Stephen Colbert has joined the legions of athletes and swimsuit models to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated.

The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" appears on the front of the magazine's latest issue wearing an Olympic speedskating uniform. The issue is devoted to sports media.