In Brief

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Welterweight champ St. Pierre
pulls out of UFC 137 with injury

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre pulled out of next week's UFC 137 title fight against Carlos Condit at Mandalay Bay because of a knee injury suffered while sparring in Montreal on Tuesday morning.

UFC president Dana White announced the withdrawal on Twitter.

St. Pierre had been set to meet Condit on Oct. 29. Condit will wait for the next shot at St. Pierre when he gets healthy, which White indicated could be "in a couple months."

"I am greatly disappointed, for both myself and UFC fans, that I will no longer be fighting for the welterweight title at UFC 137, but I also understand that injuries are a part of this business," Condit said in a statement. "Georges is a great competitor, and I know that he will want to return to 100 percent health as soon as possible so that this fight can be rescheduled."

Condit said he will use the time to continue preparing for his ultimate goal.

"I have trained for over a decade in mixed martial arts with the clear goal of becoming the best fighter in the world at my weight class," Condit said. "I have worked this long to become the UFC welterweight champion. I will work a little longer."

A welterweight bout between BJ Penn and Nick Diaz will be promoted to the main event slot.

Diaz was originally slated to meet St. Pierre in the main event, but White dumped Diaz after he failed to show for publicity events in Toronto and Las Vegas.

MOTOR SPORTS

IndyCar's new Dallara chassis
to be named after Wheldon

IndyCar's new Dallara chassis will be named in honor of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

Wheldon, who was killed Sunday in a fiery, 15-car pileup at the season-ending race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, conducted most of the testing on the new 2012 IndyCar.

"Dan lives in the memory of everybody at Dallara," company president and founder Gianpaolo Dallara said in a statement. "We will honor his memory for the years to come by dedicating the Dallara IndyCar2012 in his name. He deserves that."

IndyCar is investigating the fatal crash. Formula One's governing body (FIA) and the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States, an umbrella organization of auto racing sanctioning bodies in the United States, will assist in the inquiry.

Also, IndyCar officials canceled this week's two-day test of the new 2012 car at Las Vegas. Testing, which would have included four-time series champion Dario Franchitti, was originally scheduled for today and Thursday.

MISCELLANEOUS

U.S. senators call on baseball
to ban use of chewing tobacco

U.S. senators and health officials are taking on a baseball tradition older than the World Series itself: chewing tobacco on the diamond.

With the Series set to begin tonight between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers -- a team that started life as the Washington Senators 50 years ago -- the senators, along with health officials from the teams' cities, want the players union to agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera. They made the pleas in separate letters, obtained by The Associated Press.

"When players use smokeless tobacco, they endanger not only their own health, but also the health of millions of children who follow their example," the senators wrote to union head Michael Weiner. The letter was signed by Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, and fellow Democrats Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senate health committee chairman Tom Harkin of Iowa.

Also: Cincinnati financier Carl Lindner Jr., who became controlling partner and chief executive officer of the Reds in a 1999 deal that ended Marge Schott's rocky 15-year reign as owner, died from causes related to age. He was 92.

In contrast to Schott's grandstanding, Lindner stayed in the background with the Reds, save for a lasting memory in 2000 when he picked up Ken Griffey Jr. at the airport in his Rolls-Royce following the blockbuster trade with the Seattle Mariners.

Rory McIlroy rattled off four birdies on the back nine to grab a share of the lead with Keegan Bradley at the PGA Grand Slam in Hamilton, Bermuda.

The pair finished the first round tied at 4-under 67, well ahead of Charl Schwartzel, who shot 74, and Darren Clarke (77).

Annika Sorenstam and Morgan Pressel will team up to compete against the men for the first time in the ADT Skills Challenge in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 7.

The three men's teams will be defending champions Nick Price and Mark O'Meara, Nick Faldo and Rocco Mediate, and Jerry Kelly and Zach Johnson.