In Brief

GOLF

Woods' ex-caddie Williams
racially disparages former boss

Tiger Woods' former caddie caused another sensation, this time by using a racial slur to disparage his old boss during a caddies award roast Friday in Shanghai.

Steve Williams received a mock award for "Celebration of the Year" for his TV interview after former UNLV standout Adam Scott won the Bridgestone Invitational. That was the day Williams said it was "the best win of his life," despite being on the bag with Woods for 13 majors.

At an awards party filled with banter, Williams said of his interview, "It was my aim to shove it right up that black a------."

Williams was stunned to hear British tabloids had gone with the story because the awards night was supposed to be off the record. He later apologized. Woods' agent said the comment was regrettable.

Also: Fredrik Jacobson played bogey-free on an overcast day to shoot a 6-under-par 66 and take a one-shot lead at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

The Swede was at 11-under 133, tying the 36-hole tournament record, and was one shot ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and Adam Scott. PGA champion Keegan Bradley made two key par saves on the back round when his game started to get away from him and salvaged a 70 to stay in the picture just two shots behind.

Oosthuizen and Scott each birdied half of their holes and were flawless from tee to green. Oosthuizen avoided trouble and posted a tournament-best 63, while Scott had two bogeys in his round of 65.

Sixteen players were separated by five shots going into the weekend, a group that included Lee Westwood and Paul Casey, who lost his PGA Tour card in an injury-filled season and now has a chance to get it back by winning.

Michael Allen carded a 2-under 69 for a share of the second-round lead with Fred Couples and David Frost in the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Championship in San Francisco.

Second in the event last year, Allen saved par on the final hole after hitting his approach shot between the grandstands surrounding the green. He was given a free drop, chipped to 8 feet and made the putt.

Couples, tied for the first-round lead with Jay Haas after a 68, rallied for a 70 after a double bogey on the opening hole. Frost had a 69 to match Couples and Allen at 4 under 138.

Japan's Akane Iijima made five birdies on the back nine in a 6-under 66 that gave her a share of the first-round lead with South Korea's Ah Reum-hwang and Taiwan's Teresa Lu in the Mizuno Classic in Shima, Japan.

Japan's Momoko Ueda was one stroke back in fourth, followed by a group of seven, including Catriona Matthew of Britain and Stacy Lewis of the United States, in joint fifth at 4-under 68.

MOTOR SPORTS

Patrick's inaugural Sprint Cup
race to come in Daytona 500

Danica Patrick will make her Sprint Cup debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, her first of 10 races in NASCAR's highest division for Stewart-Haas Racing next season.

Patrick unveiled her limited Cup schedule and new car in Fort Worth,Texas, the site of Sunday's Cup race. She will drive the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. That is the same number she had in go-karts.

Team owner Tony Stewart said the team is set on eight of Patrick's 10 races. Her second scheduled race will be May 12 at Darlington, with the other six already set coming late in the season.

Patrick also will run a full Nationwide Series schedule for JR Motorsports in her transition from IndyCar to NASCAR full time.

Also: Richard Childress is bringing back the No. 3 car full time into the NASCAR Nationwide Series next season with his grandson Austin Dillon moving up from trucks.

Dillon has used No. 3 in the Camping World Truck Series, where he is the season points leader, but this will be the first time the No. 3 will be regularly used on a car since Cup champion Dale Earnhardt's death at the end of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Mark Martin will drive part time for Michael Waltrip Racing for at least the next two seasons, sharing the seat with the team owner.

In a deal completed over the past three weeks, Martin will drive 25 Sprint Cup races next season and again in 2013 in the No. 00 Toyota.

UNLV

Women's soccer team ousted
in conference tourney semis

A misplayed ball on a shot by New Mexico's Jennifer Williams in the 26th minute led to the game's only goal and sent the top-seeded Lobos to a 1-0 win over No. 4 seed UNLV in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Championship in Albuquerque, N.M.

Williams dribbled past a defender and unleashed a low shot toward Rebels goaltender Kylie Wassell from 20 yards out, and the ball slipped in under Wassell's arms and into the net for what proved to be the winning goal.

UNLV, which ended its season 8-10-3, managed just three shots -- only one on goal -- against New Mexico (11-4-4).

Also: The UNLV men's swimming and diving team beat Brigham Young 176-118 in a dual meet in Provo, Utah, while the Rebels women fell to the Cougars, 186-114.

Cody Roberts, Giacomo Gremizzi, Steven Nelms and Joe Riggert each were double-winners for the men (3-1), who captured all 14 swimming events, while Jessica Heim was the only double-winner for the women (0-4).

Aleksandra Josifoska posted one of the biggest upsets in the history of the UNLV women's tennis program when she stunned the nation's third-ranked singles player, Kristy Frilling of Notre Dame, 6-4, 6-4, in the first round of consolation play at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships in West Plains, N.Y.

MISCELLANEOUS

Wranglers fall to Steelheads
for second time this week

Idaho forward Kael Mouillierat scored 2:39 into overtime as the Steelheads won their second straight ECHL game over the Wranglers, 3-2 in Boise, Idaho.

Las Vegas (4-5-0-1, 9 points) lost to the Steelheads 6-2 on Wednesday. Two of Idaho's three wins this season have come against the Wranglers this week.

The two teams conclude the three-game series tonight.

Eric Lampe scored his league-leading 12th goal for the Wranglers in the first period, and Adam Miller tallied his fifth in the second.

Also: Faith Lutheran senior Renee Vogel and The Meadows senior Garrett Gosse have been named Nevada's winners of the Wendy's High School Heisman Award.

The two were selected from a pool of 48,000 applicants and will go on to compete for the national award, which recognizes achievement in athletics, academics and community leadership.

Vogel helped the Crusaders' girls tennis team to a third-place finish in the Northwest League this season. She also advanced to the round of 16 in the Sunset Region girls singles tournament.

Gosse, a quarterback and defensive back, has guided the Mustangs to a 7-2 record and the Southern League's No. 2 seed for the Class 2A state playoffs. He has thrown for 2,158 yards and 26 touchdowns this season.

Thirteen-time Professional Bowlers Association champion Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., survived three tension-filled matches to win the $45,000 jackpot in the winner-take-all PBA BowlersDeals.com All-In Showdown at South Point Bowling Center.

Jones defeated four-time PBA Tour titlist Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., 446-426 in the two-game final match.

Novak Djokovic fought back after losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals in Basel, Switzerland.

The top-ranked Serb stayed on course to meet hometown favorite Roger Federer in the final for a third straight year after the defending champion beat American Andy Roddick, 6-3, 6-2.

James Toney, a former world champion fighting at age 43, lost a unanimous decision to Denis Lebedev of Russia for the interim WBA cruiserweight title in Moscow.

Lebedev (23-1, 17 knockouts) won all 12 rounds against a quickly fading Toney (73-7-3) for a 120-108 shutout.