IN BRIEF

HOCKEY

Penguins' Crosby sets All-Star vote record

With almost two weeks remaining, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby surpassed Jaromir Jagr's record for the most votes ever received by a player in NHL All-Star Game fan balloting.

At 9 a.m. PST Sunday, Crosby passed the 1,020,736-vote mark that Jagr set in 2000 while with the Penguins.

Crosby's Penguins teammate Evgeni Malkin was also poised to top the record -- as of the moment Crosby passed Jagr, Malkin was within 19,000 votes of doing the same.

Through Jan. 2, fans can vote online to select the starting lineups for the All-Star Game, set for Jan. 25 in Montreal.

Also: Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron, who missed most of last season with a concussion, was released from the hospital after being diagnosed with another concussion.

Bergeron spent the night at Massachusetts General Hospital and underwent extensive testing, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. Bergeron was placed on injured reserve, meaning he is out of action for a minimum of one week.

He was injured in Saturday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

GOLF

Singh ends big year with Chevron victory

Three months after winning the FedEx Cup, Vijay Singh padded his most lucrative year in golf by making a 10-foot birdie on the final hole for a 5-under 67 and a one-shot victory at the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Singh, 46, has not competed in stroke play since Sept. 28 at the Tour Championship, where he wrapped up the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Three months later, he ran off three straight birdies early on the back nine at Sherwood Country Club, then holed a 10-footer on the final hole to beat Steve Stricker (68) by one stroke.

Singh won $1.35 million, pushing his earnings for the year over $18 million. That includes the $10 million bonus from the FedEx Cup, and the $6.6 million on the PGA Tour to win the money title for the third time in six years.

He finished at 11-under 277 and won Tiger Woods' charity event for the first time.

MISCELLANEOUS

Vacare claims win in Hollywood Park finale

Vacare held off Gotta Have Her and In My Glory to score a one-length victory in the $150,000 Dahlia Handicap on the closing day at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif.

Vacare, the favorite, covered 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1 minute, 43.13 seconds and paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.40. Vacare's connections said the 5-year-old mare will be retired.

Also: Apolo Anton Ohno won two more individual events at the U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championships in Chesterfield, Mo., to capture his eighth consecutive national title.

Ohno, the defending world champion and a five-time Olympic medalist, won the 1,000 and 3,000 meters to take the overall title with 4,140 points -- nearly 300 more than J.R. Celski in second. Ohno has won every national title since 2001 and has 10 overall.

Daniel Albrecht of Switzerland won a World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy, ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic to take the lead in the discipline standings.

Defending World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety of Park City, Utah, was fourth. Fellow American Bode Miller fell during his second run.

Carlos Manuel Santiago, a star infielder in the Negro leagues during the 1940s, died Sunday. He was 82.

He died of cardiac failure at his home in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, son Carlos Manuel Santiago Feliciano said.

Shekinna Stricklen scored eight of her season-high 25 points in overtime, and No. 11 Tennessee beat No. 3 Stanford 79-69 in Knoxville, Tenn., in a rematch of the 2008 national championship game in women's basketball.