IN BRIEF

CYCLING

Leipheimer leads race; Armstrong bike found

Mark Cavendish won the mountainous fourth stage, and Levi Leipheimer moved closer to his third straight Tour of California title after finishing in the pack Wednesday.

Cavendish edged Tom Boonen by less than half a bike length in the 115.4-mile stage from Merced to Clovis, Calif.

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who began the day in fourth, also finished in the main field. Armstrong remained 30 seconds behind Leipheimer.

Leipheimer, of Santa Rosa, Calif., kept his 24-second advantage over Australian Michael Rogers. American David Zabriskie remained third overall, trailing by 28 seconds.

In a related matter, Armstrong's time-trial bike was found, four days after it disappeared from the Team Astana truck.

Sacramento police officers said a local resident brought the custom bike, worth about $10,000, to police headquarters. Officers wouldn't discuss how the resident came into possession of Armstrong's bicycle, citing an ongoing investigation.

COLLEGES

UNLV men's golf in 11th at Hawaii tournament

The UNLV men's golf team shot 1-under-par 287 to stand tied for 11th after the first round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Wahiawa, Hawaii.

The 21st-ranked Rebels were 11 shots back on a crowded leaderboard, with Arizona leading at 12-under 276 in the 17-team event. The Wildcats' Tarquin Macmanus had the individual lead after shooting 8-under 64.

UNLV's Eddie Olson and Brett Kanda both shot 71 and were tied for 32nd.

Also: UNLV men's tennis player Elliot Wronski was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week for a program-record sixth time.

Wronski helped UNLV beat UC Irvine, winning his match at No. 1 singles and teaming with Luca Barlocchi for a doubles win.

The UNLV men's swimming and diving team, which is 11-1 in dual meets, was ranked 24th nationally in the latest coaches poll, the second time the program has been ranked.

Indiana men's basketball coach Tom Crean said junior Devan Dumes will play at home against Wisconsin today.

Dumes, the Hoosiers' leading scorer at 13.8 points per game, was suspended for two games after throwing flagrant elbows in a game at then-No. 9 Michigan State.

MISCELLANEOUS

Wranglers waste lead, tumble to Idaho in OT

The Wranglers blew a 3-0 lead, losing to the Idaho Steelheads 4-3 in overtime in an ECHL game in Boise, Idaho.

Matt McKnight scored 1:13 into overtime to cap Idaho's rally.

Las Vegas (26-20-6) did all of its scoring in the first period, on two Peter Ferraro goals and a Hugo Carpentier goal.

Also: Undefeated WBC champion Timothy Bradley Jr. will face WBO titleholder Kendall Holt in a light welterweight unification bout in Montreal on April 4.

The fight between the two Americans will be the most significant boxing match held in the predominantly French-speaking city since Roberto Duran defeated Sugar Ray Leonard on June 20, 1980, to claim the welterweight title.

Mike Whitmarsh, a 1996 Olympic silver medalist in beach volleyball, killed himself through carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of a friend's home, officials said. He was 46.

His body was found Tuesday at a home in Solana Beach, Calif., just north of San Diego, said San Diego County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell. The medical examiner's office said an autopsy showed Whitmarsh committed suicide with carbon monoxide from car exhaust.

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia broke the women's 5,000-meter indoor world record by more than three seconds at the GE Gala in Stockholm.

Defar was timed in 14 minutes, 24.37 seconds.