IN BRIEF

PRO FOOTBALL

Favre reportedly tells Vikings he won't play

Apparently Brett Favre will remain retired -- for now.

Two days after reports surfaced that Vikings coach Brad Childress was going to meet with the future Hall of Fame quarterback, Favre reportedly told Childress he won't end his second retirement to play in Minnesota. Yahoo! Sports, which first reported the story Thursday on its Web site, cited a source close to the team as saying Favre delivered the news in a call that took place "sometime in the last day."

The call apparently is what caused Childress to cancel a trip to discuss the situation with Favre. Favre's agent, Bus Cook, told ESPN that Favre "is retired" and he doesn't know of any phone conversation or meeting with Childress.

Also: The Cincinnati Bengals signed safety Roy Williams to a one-year contract. He missed most of last season with the Dallas Cowboys after he broke his right forearm twice and was released March 5.

The Bengals also acquired running back Brian Leonard from the St. Louis Rams for reserve defensive tackle Orien Harris.

Former Detroit Lions president Matt Millen is joining ESPN as a football analyst for college games and on NFL studio shows.

The Miami Dolphins are renaming their home Landshark Stadium as part of a partnership with singer Jimmy Buffett.

HOCKEY

NHL wants Coyotes' bankruptcy filing tossed

The National Hockey League said it has been in control of the Phoenix Coyotes since November and is asking a federal judge to throw out the team's bankruptcy filing.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes signed documents giving control of the team to the league. Daly said the documents specifically prohibit Moyes from taking the franchise into bankruptcy.

Daly spoke after a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix on the franchise's filing for Chapter 11 reorganization on Tuesday. The filing, which came as a surprise to the NHL, includes a plan to sell the team to Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie for $212.5 million and move it to southern Ontario. The NHL wants to keep the team in Arizona.

Also: Pittsburgh police said they've traced an Internet death threat made against Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin to a 17-year-old boy. The posting on a hockey message board read: "I'm killing Ovechkin. I'll go to jail. I don't care anymore."

A police spokesman said the boy lives in Chambersburg, about 125 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh. State police have talked to the boy, but no charges were immediately filed, the spokesman said.

Canada defeated Latvia 4-2 and Sweden beat the Czech Republic 3-1 in the ice hockey world championship in Bern, Switzerland, setting up a semifinal matchup between the two for the fourth straight year. The United States will play defending champion and tournament favorite Russia in the other semifinal.

LOCAL COLLEGES

UNLV women golfers tied for 13th in regional

The UNLV women's golf team was tied for 13th after the first round of the NCAA West Regional at Tempe, Ariz.

The Rebels shot 11-over-par 299. Top-ranked Arizona State fired 15-under 273 to take a 15-stroke lead over Arizona, Texas and Texas A&M with two rounds left.

Freshman Bethany Glassford led UNLV with a 1-over 73. Belen Mozo of Southern California leads at 66.

Also: The Brigham Young baseball team jumped on UNLV starter Tanner Peters for 11 runs, seven earned, on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings en route to a 15-12 victory in Mountain West Conference play in Provo, Utah.

J.J. Sferra and Jesse Wight each had four hits for the Rebels (25-25, 9-10), who pulled within 13-12 in the seventh inning before Jordan Muir (1-2) came on to pitch 2 2/3 scoreless innings.

The College of Southern Nevada baseball team lost to College of Southern Idaho 3-2 in its first game of the NJCAA Region 18 tournament at Carson City. CSN (35-19) played without coach Tim Chambers, who was serving a one-game suspension after being ejected in a game May 1.

Daniel Higa was 1-for-3 with both RBIs for the Coyotes.

The CSN softball team split two games in the NJCAA Region 18 softball tournament at Salt Lake City. The Coyotes (32-24) opened with a 5-0 victory over Snow College, then lost to Salt Lake, 10-1.

MISCELLANEOUS

Smith, Mihtar headline boxing card at Plaza

Junior middleweight Ishe Smith (20-3) will face Brian Mihtar (10-1) in tonight's main event of a boxing card at the Plaza. The first bell is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Also scheduled to compete are super featherweight Sharif Bogere (6-0) and super featherweight Lonnie Smith Jr., son of former junior welterweight world champion "Lightning" Lonnie Smith.

Also: Lorena Ochoa shot a 7-under-par 64, firing eight birdies against one bogey, to take a one-stroke lead over Lindsey Wright after the first round of the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg, Va.

Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland shot a course-record 7-under 64 to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Italian Open in Turin.

Marco Andretti was the fastest of 32 drivers after the first full day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 with a lap of 225.478 mph.

Virginia police said former NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb, 31, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His body was found at a Richmond-area motel Wednesday.

Dinara Safina rallied to beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 and reach the Italian Open semifinals in Rome, and Venus Williams routed Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-1, 6-2. Two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 7-6 (3).