IN BRIEF

WINTER SPORTS

Miller gets first victory since leaving U.S. team

Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill in Bormio, Italy, on Saturday for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the U.S. ski team.

While the other favorites found trouble, Miller had a near-perfect run and covered the 2.03-mile course in 2 minutes, 0.57 seconds. The victory was the 26th of Miller's career, putting him within one win of matching Phil Mahre's record of 27 U.S. victories.

Andreas Buder of Austria was 0.45 seconds behind, and Jan Hudec of Canada was third, 0.54 back.

After clashing with the U.S. federation over team rules, Miller decided to train and race on his own this season. Complying with International Ski Federation rules, he still wears a U.S. uniform when he skis, but puts on his own jacket with his personal sponsors as soon as he takes off his skis.

Also: Chiara Costazza of Italy won the slalom race in Lienz, Austria, for her first career World Cup victory, and Lindsey Vonn of the United States finished 25th and lost her lead in the overall standings.

Costazza, who led after the first leg, finished her second run on the Hochstein course in 57.01 seconds for a combined time of 1 minute, 54.97 seconds.

Nicole Hosp of Austria took the lead in the overall standings with a second-place finish, 0.68 seconds behind Costazza. Tanja Poutiainen of Finland was third, 0.86 seconds behind.

MISCELLANEOUS

Oscar the Mayor grabs first horse racing win

A horse co-owned by Mayor Oscar Goodman -- appropriately named Oscar the Mayor -- won in its sixth start when it captured the eighth race at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Calif.

Oscar the Mayor, ridden by Chad Schvaneveldt and trained by Kristin Mulhall, won in a field of eight over six furlongs in a time of 1 minute, 9.09 seconds. The 3-year-old paid $6.60, $3.40 and $3.00.

Goodman owns the horse with prominent Southern Californian horseman Steve Taub.

Also: The captain of a Scottish Premier League soccer team died in Motherwell, collapsing during a game as he was about to leave the field for a substitute.

Phil O'Donnell, a 35-year-old midfielder for Motherwell, fell to the ground at Fir Park and was carried off on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Motherwell said its medical staff and that of Dundee United thought O'Donnell had a seizure.

Wayne State routed Temple Baptist 132-13 in a women's basketball game in Detroit, with the 119-point victory margin three points shy of the NCAA Division II record. West Texas A&M defeated National Christian 155-33 on Nov. 29, 2001.

The Warriors made 58 field goals, four shy of the NCAA record of 62 set by Norfolk State on Nov. 20, 1990, against Fayetteville (Ark.) State.

The Rams dressed only five players and committed 54 turnovers, which resulted in 92 points for Wayne State.