IN BRIEF

MOTOR SPORTS

Dixon nets easy win in IRL's A.J. Foyt 225

Scott Dixon took advantage of heavy traffic to pass Ryan Briscoe and drive away to a victory Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis.

The reigning IndyCar Series champion darted past Briscoe 25 laps from the end of the A.J. Foyt 225 and was not challenged the rest of the way, beating last year's race winner by nearly half the front straightaway on the one-mile oval.

Also: Ron Capps raced to his third Funny Car victory of the season, beating No. 1 qualifier Ashley Force Hood in the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan.

Capps had a 4.265-second run at 286.07 mph in his Dodge Charger R/T to edge Hood.

Larry Dixon (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) also won their divisions in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing series event.

Steve Anderson was declared the winner of Saturday night's Super Late Models race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring after initial winner Dustin Ash was disqualified for having unapproved body modifications on his car.

Ash dominated the 40-lap race in the NASCAR All-American Series and beat Anderson to the finish line by 1.8 seconds. Postrace inspection determined Ash's right front fender extended too far outside of the tire.

Other winners were Darren Rollins (Chargers), Nick Parmelee (Thunder Roadsters), Dylan Kwasniewski (Legends) and Pete Meyer (Bombers).

MISCELLANEOUS

Local rugby club falls in national title match

The Las Vegas Blackjacks came up short in the title match of the USA Rugby Division I Club Championships in Glendale, Colo., losing 25-10 to Aspen, Colo.

Trailing 5-0 at halftime, Las Vegas made it 5-3 on a penalty kick early in the second half, but that was as close as the Blackjacks would get.

Aspen put up the next 20 points before Las Vegas notched a late score and conversion for the final margin.

The Blackjacks reached the final by coming back from a 28-0 deficit to beat Pearl City, Iowa, 42-33 on Saturday.

Also: Ali Gardiner hit the first walk-off grand slam in Women's College World Series history, lifting top-seeded Florida into the championship round with a 6-5 victory over Alabama in Oklahoma City.

The Gators (63-3) won for the 29th straight time and will face third-seeded Washington in the best-of-3 championship series beginning tonight.

Morroco's Khalid El Boumlili, who dropped out of the Los Angeles Marathon a week ago at mile 18 due to hamstring problems, came back and breezed to victory in the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.

El Boumlili, who finished third in the Boston Marathon in April, broke away from the pack at the seven-mile mark and finished the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 16 seconds.

Yuliya Gromova of Russia won the women's title for the second straight year with a personal best of 2:27:36.

Brett Hull and Les Jackson are out as co-general managers of the Dallas Stars, and in their place is another former star player, Joe Nieuwendyk.

The surprising change was announced Sunday. Nieuwendyk had been the special assistant to the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Carlo Ancelotti quit as coach of Italy's AC Milan soccer club, seemingly paving the way for him to take over at English Premier League club Chelsea.

Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said club director and former player Leonardo will replace Ancelotti.