IN BRIEF

BOXING

Former champion Bowe set to fight next month

Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe will fight for the first time in three years Dec. 13 on the undercard of the IBF title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman in Mannheim, Germany.

Bowe's opponent is yet to be determined, promoters said Thursday.

Bowe, 41, retired in 1996 and came back in 2004. He had another fight in 2005 and has not fought since.

Bowe's only loss in 43 fights was against Evander Holyfield, who at 46, is preparing to fight Nikolai Valuev next month for the WBA title.

Reports in German newspapers said Lennox Lewis, 42, was preparing for a comeback fight against Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir's older brother and the WBC champion. Bild newspaper said the fight could take place in the middle of next year.

GOLF

Cook takes three-shot lead at Pebble Beach

John Cook shot a 10-under 62 to take a three-stroke lead over Brad Martin after the first round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach (Calif.) Invitational.

Cook, 51, one of eight Champions Tour entrants in the tournament that features players from the four major tours, had 11 birdies and one bogey.

He played on the Del Monte Golf Course, one of three Monterey Peninsula courses used in the tournament.

Cook, whose first of 11 PGA Tour victories occurred in the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour in 2007 before joining the circuit for players age 50 and older this year.

Martin, 39, of Portland, Ore., a former assistant pro at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, had a bogey-free 65 on the Del Monte course, where eight of the top-10 first-round scores were posted.

Defending champion Tommy Armour III, one of eight former event titlists in the field, had an opening-round 66, also at Del Monte.

Also: John Daly put himself within four strokes of co-leaders Liang Wenchong of China and South African Richard Sterne, who both shot 6-under 64 in the first round of the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open.

Daly, a former British Open and PGA Championship winner now ranked No. 788 in the world, was 4 under after 15 holes, but bogeys on the last two holes cost him a share of fifth place in the jointly sanctioned European Tour and Asian Tour event.

MISCELLANEOUS

Green Valley's Phillips to return home today

Recovering Green Valley High School football and track athlete LaQuan Phillips will return to his home in Henderson today after being treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California in Sacramento, Calif., since Sept. 16.

Phillips, 17, is able to take "giant steps" using a walker and should be ready to return to school Dec. 1, his aunt and legal guardian, Delphine Lakes, said.

Phillips suffered partial paralysis related to a bruised spine caused in a collision during a football game Sept. 5.

Also: UNLV's men's swimming team won three events, including both relays, to take the lead after the first day of the UC Irvine Nike Cup at Long Beach, Calif.

Kier Maitland won the 500 freestyle in 4 minutes, 25.45 seconds, .01 ahead of teammate John Mendoza.

The Rebels also won the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay, with Calan Eldridge swimming on both foursomes.

In the women's meet, UNLV was in fifth place.

The Wranglers traded forward Chris Korchinski to the Elmira Jackals for veteran defenseman Chris St. Croix, and dealt defenseman Gerard Miller to the Reading Royals and goalie Martin Houle to the Cincinnati Cyclones for future considerations.

Goalie Kevin Lalande and defenseman Gord Baldwin also were reassigned from Quad City (American Hockey League) to Las Vegas for conditioning.

Las Vegas (5-6-2), which is winless on the road (0-4-2), plays at Utah tonight and Saturday, and at Phoenix on Nov. 29 before returning home to face Fresno on Dec. 1 and 2 at the Orleans Arena.

St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, out for the season after injuring his knee during a preseason team golf outing in September, had surgery to repair a damaged ligament.

Johnson, the first overall pick of the 2006 draft, is expected to be ready for training camp next season. He tore two ligaments when his foot got stuck in a golf cart.

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

He is expected to be sidelined about six months. Beauchemin was injured during a 4-3 overtime loss to Nashville on Nov. 14.

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo was selected the Canadian Football League's outstanding player for the second time in six seasons.

Calvillo, the former Utah State star who also won the 2003 award, threw a CFL-high 43 touchdown passes this season and led the Alouettes to the Grey Cup on Sunday against the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary quarterback Henry Burris was the other finalist.

Toronto Argonauts returner Dominique Dorsey, a former UNLV running back, was named the league's top special teams player.

Columbus Crew midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who was a longtime star in his native Argentina, won Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player award.

Schelotto, 35, had 19 assists and seven goals for Columbus as the Crew bounced back from a 9-11-10 record the previous year to finish with an MLS-best 17-7-6 mark.

He and his teammates face the New York Red Bulls on Sunday in Carson, Calif., for the MLS Cup.