IN BRIEF

UNLV

Men's golf finishes eighth in PING tourney

The UNLV men's golf team tied for eighth in the 15-team PING/Golfweek Preview in Bremerton, Wash.

UNLV, ranked 13th, shot 17-over 305 Monday, dropping from a tie for sixth in the three-round tournament with a 39-over 903 total. Oklahoma State was the lone team to break par in the event, winning at 2-under 862, paced by individual winner Peter Uihlein (5-under 211).

Derek Ernst paced UNLV, shooting 1-under 71 in the final round to tie for 12th at 6-over 222.

Also: UNLV volleyball player Cursty Jackson was named Mountain West Conference co-player of the week, sharing the honor with Utah's Karolina Bartkowiak.

Jackson helped UNLV go 2-1 last week, totaling 45 kills, including 18 against both Wyoming and San Diego State.

FOOTBALL

New arena league set for launch in 2010

Arena football isn't dead yet.

Officials from what will be known as Arena Football 1 said they will have at least 16 teams ready to play in 2010, including four in former Arena Football League markets: Salt Lake City, Chicago, Phoenix and Orlando, Fla.

The league also will have teams from the AFL offshoot arenafootball2, as well as at least one team from another indoor league. It will be based in Tulsa. Commissioner Jerry Kurz said it would be a "brand-new league" not connected with the AFL or af2.

"There has been arena football before," said Kurz, a former af2 commissioner. "It's been done well, but not as good as it's going to be done this time."

Kurz said the league would use a schedule similar to that used by the AFL and af2, with games starting in late March or early April and running through the summer.

MISCELLANEOUS

Safina, Venus Williams tumble in Tokyo event

Defending champion Dinara Safina and Venus Williams were knocked out of the second round by qualifiers at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Chang Kai-chen, an 18-year-old from Taiwan, upset the top-ranked Safina, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5. Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova edged Williams 7-6 (6), 7-5 to reach the third round.

Also: Sam Querrey cut his right forearm in a freak accident after practicing for the Thailand Open in Bangkok and will be out at least four to six weeks, the U.S. Tennis Association said.

USTA spokesman Tim Curry said the 21-year-old Querrey sat on a glass table after practice and fell through, hurting his arm. The injury required emergency surgery.

Querrey is No. 25 in the ATP rankings.

NBC Sports said the Tour Championship earned a 3.3 overnight rating, an 83 percent increase from a year ago, when Tiger Woods wasn't playing and the FedEx Cup had already been decided.

Phil Mickelson rallied to win the Tour Championship with a 65 on Sunday in Atlanta, beating Woods by three shots. Woods, however, captured the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.

Churchill Downs will install permanent lights at the home of the Kentucky Derby in time for the 2010 spring meet.

Spokesman Kevin Flanery said the overwhelming success of night racing at the track last summer led to the decision. The track averaged more than 29,000 fans during three special night racing events in June and July.

Theo Fleury's career is ending in the place it began.

The 41-year-old forward gave up his comeback attempt, opting to retire as a member of the Calgary Flames.