IN BRIEF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UCLA QB Olson suffers broken foot in practice

UCLA quarterback Ben Olson broke his foot and will be sidelined for at least two months.

Olson, whose career has been marked by injuries, broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during practice on Saturday, and X-rays taken Sunday revealed the fracture. He suffered the same injury during spring practice.

A decision on whether he will have surgery is expected to be made in a few days.

Kevin Craft, a junior college transfer, and redshirt freshman Chris Forcier are expected to compete for the Bruins' starting job.

Patrick Cowan, who took over when Olson was sidelined by injury last season and was set to be the No. 1 quarterback heading into the season, had surgery after hurting his knee in spring practice and will miss the season.

UCLA opens its season at home against Tennessee on Sept. 1.

GOLF

Ex-Bonanza star Piercy wins Nationwide event

Former Bonanza High School standout Scott Piercy won the Wichita Open for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with an even-par 71 for a two-stroke victory over Daniel Summerhays, Hunter Haas and Spencer Levin in Wichita, Kan.

The 29-year-old Piercy, who fired scores of 64-62-65 over the first three rounds, finished at 22-under 264.

He earned $94,500 to jump from 123rd on the money list to 35th with $118,749. The top 25 at the end of the season earn 2009 PGA Tour cards.

Also: Amy Yang of South Korea spoiled Annika Sorenstam's finale on home turf, tying the course record with a 9-under 63 for a six-shot victory at the Scandinavian TPC in Stockholm, Sweden.

Yang had a 14-under 202 total. Sorenstam, the tournament host, shot 72 and finished seven strokes back to tie for sixth.

Duke standout Amanda Blumenherst won the U.S. Women's Amateur, rallying to beat NCAA champion Azahara Munoz of Arizona State 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final in Eugene, Ore.

MISCELLANEOUS

Del Potro knocks off Roddick in L.A. final

Lanky teenager Juan Martin del Potro rolled to a 6-1, 7-6 (2) victory over Andy Roddick in the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles to win his third championship in less than a month.

Running his match victory string to 14 in a row, the 19-year-old Argentine broke Roddick's serve three times in the first set and did not allow a break in the match.

Roddick, who had not lost his serve in 24 games heading into the final, recovered to hold serve in the second set, but del Potro won the final five points of the tiebreaker.

Also: Tony Schumacher raced to his fourth straight Funny Car victory and ninth of the season, winning the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.

Schumacher powered his dragster to a time of 3.865 seconds at 310.05 mph to outrun Cory McClenathan in the final round.

Tony Pedregon (Funny Car), Kurt Johnson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won their respective divisions.

Connecticut police are still investigating the death of Anthony Hart, a 21-year-old motocross rider from Henderson who died Saturday after crashing during practice at a track in Stafford, Conn.

Hart, the younger brother of motocross star Carey Hart, was critically injured when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit an outer track barricade, police said. He died later Saturday at Hartford Hospital.

Henderson's Phil Goodwin won both Chargers features Saturday night in the NASCAR All-American Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring, and Jeff Connors won the Super Late Models title.

At the speedway's dragstrip, Rick Newport won the King of the Track title by beating Leo Shaver.