IN BRIEF

BASEBALL

Yankees lefty Pettitte files for free agency

Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte filed for free agency Sunday after repeatedly saying he hopes to return to the club next year.

Pettitte went 14-14 last season with a 4.54 ERA -- his highest ERA since 1999. General manager Brian Cashman said last week he wants Pettitte to return next season but the 36-year-old veteran said Friday night he hadn't heard from the team.

Pettitte likely would have to agree to a cut from his $16 million salary last season, when he was 2-7 with a 6.23 ERA in his final 11 starts, and missed his last turn because of a sore pitching shoulder. End-of-season tests failed to reveal significant issues.

Pettitte is the 169th free agent, and seven more are potentially eligible to file before Thursday's deadline.

UNLV

Clausen likely to start at QB against Wyoming

UNLV's football team won with Mike Clausen as its starting quarterback, and it appears the Rebels will have to do so again.

Usual starter Omar Clayton is doubtful for Thursday's 6 p.m. game against Wyoming at Sam Boyd Stadium as he continues to recover from a torn right medial collateral ligament. Clausen completed 17 of 34 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's 27-20 Mountain West Conference victory over New Mexico.

Wide receiver Phillip Payne and safety Lorenzo Bursey Jr. suffered concussions against the Lobos and are doubtful for Thursday's game. Linebacker Ronnie Paulo (ankle) is probable.

Also: For the second straight game on the road this weekend, the UNLV men's soccer team suffered a loss in overtime as Sacramento State's Matt Foy scored four minutes into the second extra period for a 1-0 victory.

The loss dropped the Rebels to 3-5 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play and 8-7-1 overall.

UNLV lost at San Jose State 2-1 in overtime on Friday.

MISCELLANEOUS

Williams Jr. captures 45th PBA Tour title

Walter Ray Williams Jr. earned his 45th career PBA Tour title, defeating Bill O'Neill 246-202 in the Lake County Indiana Golden Anniversary Championship in Hammond, Ind.

Williams, of Ocala, Fla., is also the career money leader with $4,030,116 in earnings.

Also: Lookin At Her upset favored Tall Poppi by five lengths in the Great White Way Stakes at Aqueduct in New York.

The Great White Way and the Fifth Avenue for fillies were both $100,000 New York Stallion Stakes for 2-year-olds run at six furlongs.

Cornelio Velasquez was aboard for trainer Ramon Hernandez as Lookin At Her got his second win in five starts. The time was 1:11.09.

The United States beat Canada 3-2 in the Four Nations Cup Final in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Erica McKenzie beat Charline Labonte in the sixth round of a shootout, and Jessie Vetter stopped Meghan Agosta with a glove save for the win.

The United States, which beat Canada in consecutive games in April to win the world championships, ended Canada's Four Nations title run at four.