IN BRIEF

BOXING

Writers vote Pacquiao sport's fighter of year

Manny Pacquiao was voted fighter of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America after a dominating win over Oscar De La Hoya.

Joe Calzaghe was runner-up, but he was voted manager of the year Tuesday for guiding his own career. The undefeated former super middleweight champion recently retired.

Pacquiao won three times in 2008, highlighted by his stoppage of De La Hoya last December at the MGM Grand Garden. Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, was voted trainer of the year, the third time he has won the award.

The super bantamweight rubber match between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez was chosen fight of the year. Vazquez won the fight by split decision.

The awards will be presented at the annual BWAA dinner June 12 in New York.

Also: Ex-world bantamweight champion Raul Macias has died from cancer at age 74.

Macias' son Arturo said his father died Monday at a hospital in Mexico City.

SOCCER

FIFA, European union lash out at WADA rules

Tension escalated between soccer's most powerful bodies and the World Anti-Doping Agency in a dispute over out-of-competition drug testing.

FIFA and the Union of European Football Associations called on WADA to reconsider its whereabouts rule, which took effect Jan. 1 and requires elite-level athletes in registered testing pools to give drug-testers three months' notice of their location for one hour each day.

WADA director general David Howman said the rule could not be negotiated until the end of the year and soccer would have to fall into line.

"The rules are in place, and if you don't follow the rules, then, of course, we have to report that information to our board," Howman told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

FIFA and UEFA say there are "fundamental differences" between individual athletes and players on teams. FIFA and UEFA said they "do not accept that controls be undertaken during the short holiday period of players, in order to respect their private life."

Also: Robinho is demanding a retraction and apology after Pele said the Brazilian striker had a drug problem.

Robinho, who plays for Manchester City in England's Premier League, threatened legal action if the soccer great does not comply. Pele also implicated Ronaldo, another Brazilian star, in his comments to a Brazilian radio station last week.

AC Milan will play Inter Milan in an exhibition game at Foxborough, Mass., on July 26 -- just the third meeting outside Italy between the city rivals.

The match at Gillette Stadium will come on the final day of the World Football Challenge, a four-team tournament that also includes England's Chelsea and Mexico's Club America.

AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani received a scare upon exiting the stadium when his car was attacked by Napoli fans after Sunday's 0-0 draw in Naples, Italy.

Fans sliced open the tires of the car and pounded the vehicle with kicks and punches.

"It was very scary, and it could have ended up worse if they broke the windows," Galliani said in Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport. "Luckily, police eventually intervened."

MISCELLANEOUS

Enberg to be honored with Vin Scully Award

Dick Enberg could only find two words to express his pleasure at learning he will be honored with the second Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting: "Oh, My."

Enberg, known for using his signature phrase at key moments in sporting events, began his broadcast career in Los Angeles in 1965. He worked for NBC for 25 years before joining CBS Sports in January 2000 as play-by-play announcer for the NFL, college basketball and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

Enberg will receive the award, named for the iconic Hall of Fame voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, on May 6 in New York.

Also: Lloyd Ruby, who raced in the Indianapolis 500 for 18 straight years and won the 24 Hours at Daytona in 1966, died Monday in Wichita Falls, Texas, at age 81.

Ruby's best finish at Indy was third in 1964. He was inducted into the Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame in 1991.

Astana rider Levi Leipheimer won the second stage of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon cycling race in Palencia, Spain, beating teammate Alberto Contador by 16 seconds.

Leipheimer, who won the Tour of California earlier this season, also leads Contador in the overall standings by 16 seconds.

The UNLV men's tennis team won its home finale, sweeping Idaho State 7-0 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels (11-7), swept the three doubles matches for the first point, then took all six singles matches. Elliot Wronski held off Javier Royo 7-6, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.

The UNLV baseball team lost to No. 17 Oklahoma State 8-2 in Stillwater, Okla.

The Rebels (13-9) allowed three runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth. J.J Sferra led UNLV, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Tickets to the 2009 NHL awards show, set for June 18 at the Palms' Pearl Concert Theater, are now on sale. Purchases can be made through ticketmaster.com or at the theater's box office.

Devin Uskoski had 20 points and 24 rebounds, and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) College won its first national championship in any sport by beating Columbia (Mo.) College 77-61 in the NAIA men's basketball title game in Kansas City, Mo.

Josephine Owino had 27 points and nine rebounds, leading Union (Tenn.) University to its fourth NAIA women's basketball championship with a 73-63 victory over rival Lambuth (Tenn.) University in Jackson, Tenn.

The last musher reached the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finish line. Rookie Timothy Hunt of Marquette, Mich., finished early Tuesday morning, the 52nd musher to arrive in Nome, Alaska.

Sixty-seven mushers started the race March 8 near Anchorage. Lance Mackey won the event March 18, and 15 mushers scratched or were withdrawn.