IN BRIEF

BOXING

Finally healthy, Pavlik returns to ring tonight against Espino

WBC and WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will defend his titles tonight against Miguel Espino in Youngstown, Ohio.

Pavlik (35-1, 31 knockouts) hasn't fought since February, the longest layoff of his career. He finally has recovered from a severe staph infection on his left hand that left him hospitalized and forced him to cancel two fights against Paul Williams.

Espino (20-2-1, 9 KOs) is best known for his brief stint on the first season of the TV reality show "The Contender."

Pavlik has a decided physical advantage. At 6 feet 3 inches and 160 pounds, he measured in Friday 4 inches taller and a pound heavier than Espino. His 78-inch reach is also 6 inches longer than Espino's.

MISCELLANEOUS

Timberlake PGA Tour event set for October at TPC Summerlin

The 2010 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals For Children Open will be played Oct. 21 to 24 at TPC Summerlin, the PGA Tour announced Friday. The tournament, which will have a purse of $4.3 million, will be the final leg of the Tour's Fall Series.

The PGA Tour will have 46 tournaments in 2010 compared with 47 this year and a $3.9 million drop in prize money. The difference primarily is the loss of the Milwaukee tournament and its $4 million purse.

Also: Fifth-ranked Florida reinstated defensive end Carlos Dunlap, less than three weeks after he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. He will play in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 against Cincinnati.

Dunlap, a junior, was the defensive Most Valuable Player of the Bowl Championship Series national title game in January. Many expect him to leave school after this season.

Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said he will give up his senior season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. He was a second-team All-American this season.

Bishop Gorman senior defensive lineman Ian Bobak gave an oral commitment to UNR on Thursday. He chose the Wolf Pack over Fresno State and UNLV.

On Tuesday, Cheyenne senior running back Jordan Butler committed to South Dakota.

Olek Czyz, a 6-foot-7-inch sophomore forward who played at Reno High School, is leaving Duke's basketball team and plans to transfer to another Division I school.

Czyz started the first two games this season. He averaged about 10 minutes in the six games he played, averaging 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds and shooting 58 percent from the field.

John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Fla., and Brenda Edwards of Mansfield, Texas, won the U.S. Bowling Congress Team USA Trials at Sunset Station.

Janawicz topped the men's field with a 36-game total of 8,168, an average of 226.8. Edwards finished with 7,890, an average of 219.1, to win the women's division.

Martin Brodeur set an NHL record for games played by a goaltender in the New Jersey Devils' 4-2 home victory over the Ottawa Senators. Brodeur, who had 27 saves and an assist, passed Patrick Roy with his 1,030th appearance.

The Wranglers lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Ontario Reign in an ECHL game in Ontario, Calif. Las Vegas (9-14-2) led 2-0 before allowing a pair of third-period goals.

Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly and helped the U.S. medley relay team break the world record, one of five the Americans set in taking a commanding lead at the Duel in the Pool in Manchester, England.

The Americans won 11 of 14 events to lead the European team 89-33 at the meet's halfway point.