IN BRIEF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNLV lands two recruits, including top linebacker

The UNLV football team picked up two impressive oral commitments Wednesday.

Linebacker Jordan Barrett, a three-star prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com, orally committed to UNLV after also receiving scholarship offers from Notre Dame and Washington.

Barrett (6 feet 2 inches, 225 pounds), of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is rated by Scout as the nation's No. 12 strong-side linebacker. Rivals ranks him the country's No. 47 inside linebacker and No. 85 prospect in California.

Offensive tackle Thomas Kilgore (6-5, 305) of San Joaquin Memorial High in Fresno, Calif., chose the Rebels over UNR and San Diego State. He visited all three schools.

Kilgore, who visited UNLV last weekend, said the coaching staff made the difference, especially wide receivers coach Kris Cinkovich, who recruited him.

Also: Bobby Bowden signed a one-year contract to coach a 34th season at Florida State, prolonging his duel with Penn State's Joe Paterno to see who will retire as college football's all-time leader in wins.

BOXING

Margarito suspended due to glove incident

Boxer Antonio Margarito was temporarily suspended along with his trainer, Javier Capetillo, after the California State Athletic Commission announced it found a "foreign substance" in the boxer's hand wraps before his Saturday night loss to Shane Mosley at Staples Center, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Margarito and Capetillo have been ordered to appear at a Feb. 10 hearing.

Also: Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton formally agreed to fight for Hatton's 140-pound title on May 2, ending several weeks of negotiating and posturing.

Pacquiao, generally considered the world's top pound-for-pound fighter, will go after Hatton's IBO junior welterweight belt at the MGM Grand Garden.

MISCELLANEOUS

Ginn Resorts drops all golf sponsorships

Ginn Resorts is ending all golf sponsorships immediately, sending two tournaments into an uncertain future.

The real estate company said it no longer will host or produce its two remaining events -- the LPGA's Ginn Open and the Champions Tour Ginn Championship. It also will drop its sponsorship of Cristie Kerr, the last player wearing the company's apparel after Annika Sorenstam's retirement.

Ginn said late last year that it was dropping the PGA Tour's Sur Mer Classic because of the ailing real estate market.

Also: Colin Montgomerie was selected to be captain of Europe's team for next year's Ryder Cup in Wales.

The United States already has chosen Corey Pavin as its captain.

Investigators blamed NASCAR for a "tragic, unnecessary" plane crash in 2007 near Orlando, Fla., that killed five people -- two in the plane and three on the ground.

Investigators said the racing organization let one of its aircraft take off without checking an electrical problem reported the day before.

A.J. Allmendinger will drive the No. 44 Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports in the season-opening Budweiser Shootout and at least the first eight NASCAR Sprint Cup races this season.

The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings officially announced the signing of Henrik Zetterberg to the longest contract in team history, a 12-year, $73 million deal that could keep the star forward with the team until 2021.

Suspended University of Miami basketball player Edwin Rios was arrested and jailed on charges of burglary and grand theft, Miami-Dade County jail officials said.

Rios was booked early Wednesday on two counts of burglarizing an unoccupied dwelling and two counts of grand theft, according to the county's corrections department Web site.