IN BRIEF

GOLF

Armour, Oberholser share Callaway lead

Defending champion Tommy Armour III eagled the 18th hole Friday at Spyglass Hill en route to a 1-under-par 71, joining Arron Oberholser in a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach (Calif.) Invitational.

Oberholser shot a 6-under 66 with seven birdies and one bogey -- the day's low round -- at Spyglass Hill. He and Armour were at 7-under 137.

John Cook, who also played at Spyglass Hill and held a three-stroke lead after an opening-round 62 at Del Monte, had a 76 and was among five players at 138.

Also: Louis Oosthuizen shot an 8-under 62 -- one shy of the course record -- to claim a share of the lead with English pair Oliver Wilson and Oliver Fisher and Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol after the second round at the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open.

The 26-year-old South African moved to a two-round total of 8-under 132 after sinking eight birdies with no bogeys in the European Tour and Asian Tour event.

Meanwhile, 14-year-old Jason Hak of Hong Kong became the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event, breaking the record set by Sergio Garcia.

Hak shot 70 in each of the first two rounds at his home tournament, just making the par 140 cut.

Garcia, currently No. 2 in the world, was 15 years, 46 days old when he made the cut at the 1995 Turespana Open Mediterrania in Valencia, Spain.

HORSE RACING

First-year stud fee for Curlin set at $75,000

Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will stand at stud next year at Lane's End, a Kentucky horse farm owned by a former U.S. ambassador to Britain.

Will Farish announced that the richest racehorse in North America will have a stud fee of $75,000 in his first year as a stallion. That is $10,000 more than the fee being charged for Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown.

Also: Betting is down at New York's horse tracks and Off-Track Betting parlors this year amid a weak economy.

The amount bet on races is down 4 percent to $527 million through October at New York's thoroughbred and harness tracks compared with last year.

LAW AND ORDER

Vick returns to Virginia to face state charges

Former NFL star Michael Vick returned to Richmond, Va., to plead guilty to state dogfighting charges, a move he hopes will expedite his return to society and, eventually, pro football.

The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is being held in protective custody at the Hopewell Regional Jail, superintendent Darnley Hodge said.

Vick, 28, is due to appear Tuesday in Surry County Circuit Court, where he's expected to plead guilty to two felony counts in a deal with prosecutors that calls for a suspended sentence and probation.

Also: Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara was hosting North Carolina in a men's basketball game in Santa Barbara, Calif.

The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, campus police said. No other details of the arrest were made available.

Florida backup quarterback Cameron Newton was arrested and charged with stealing a student's laptop computer.

Newton was suspended from the team, spokesman Steve McClain said, and was being held in the Alachua County jail in Gainesville, Fla. He was charged with felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstructing justice.

MISCELLANEOUS

Stars captain Morrow sidelined for season

Dallas Stars captain Brenden Morrow will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Morrow was hurt late in the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Also: Formula One driver Mark Webber suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car during a charity multisport race in Hobart, Tasmania, police said.

Webber, who drives for F1's Red Bull team, was cycling along a road near Port Arthur when he and a four-wheel drive vehicle collided.

The United States Bowling Congress has agreed to bring its open championship to Reno in 2011, a move tourism officials say will pump more than $100 million into the local economy.