In Brief

GOLF

Biddle, Hahn fall in round of 16 at U.S. Amateur Championship

UNLV sophomore Blake Biddle and Las Vegas' John Hahn lost in the round of 16 Friday at the U.S. Amateur Championship in Erin, Wis.

Biddle fell in 23 holes to Kelly Kraft of Denton, Texas, and Hahn lost 3 and 2 to Jack Senior of England. Kraft and Senior then won their quarterfinal matches in the afternoon to advance to one of today's semifinal matches.

UCLA star Patrick Cantlay won two matches to reach the other semifinal, and defending champion Peter Uihlein dropped out in the quarterfinals.

Cantlay beat England's Tom Lewis 3 and 1, then edged Max Buckley in 19 holes. Jordan Russell beat Uihlein 2 and 1 to set up his semifinal match with Cantlay.

Also: Angela Stanford and Ai Miyazato took advantage of soft greens and calm conditions to top the leaderboard after the second round of the Canadian Women's Open in Mirabel, Quebec.

Stanford shot a 6-under-par 66 and Miyazato had a 68 to reach 11-under 133 on the tree-lined Hillsdale Golf Club course north of Montreal.

Song-Hee Kim was third at 9 under after a 68, with eight players another stroke back, including defending champion Michelle Wie, who shot a 69. Paula Creamer also was in the group after a 68.

Russ Cochran shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jeff Sluman after the first round of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.

Cochran, the Senior British Open winner last month, had an eagle, five birdies and a bogey at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Defending champion Bernhard Langer was two strokes back at 68 with Hale Irwin and Ted Schulz.

Ignacio Garrido shot a 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Johnnie Walker Championship in Gleneagles, Scotland.

The 39-year-old Spaniard rolled in his fifth birdie of the day at the par-3 No. 17. The 8-under 136 total left him a shot clear of five players that included Thomas Bjorn, who shot 69.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

LSU's Jefferson, Johns charged in connection with bar fight

Louisiana State quarterback Jordan Jefferson and teammate Joshua Johns were released on $5,000 bond each in connection with a bar fight that injured four people.

The two players turned themselves in after police obtained arrest warrants on felony charges of second-degree battery, stemming from their alleged roles in a fight outside Shady's bar in Baton Rouge on Aug. 19. The players also have been suspended indefinitely by the school.

"Today is a sad day for the city of Baton Rouge. Today is a sad day for Louisiana State University, the LSU alumni and the countless fans that follow the Tiger football program," Baton Rouge police chief Dewayne White said. "It is also a sad day for the Baton Rouge police department."

White said the evidence in the case would be forwarded to the East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney for review.

Also: The fate of eight Miami players is now in the hands of the NCAA.

Miami coach Al Golden said the university has asked the NCAA to decide the eligibility of a number of football players -- eight, a person with knowledge of the process told The Associated Press -- who are believed to have committed violations in dealings with former booster Nevin Shapiro.

The stakes couldn't be higher. Soon, those players deemed ineligible by the university will know if they will play for Miami this season.

"We've done our part," Golden said. "We're waiting."

The NCAA's decision is expected early next week, and it will shape the season for the Hurricanes. Some of Miami's top players are implicated in the scandal, including quarterback Jacory Harris, linebacker Sean Spence and receiver Travis Benjamin.

UNLV ATHLETICS

Rebels name Carter, Pointer captains; injured Saldi honored

UNLV players elected linebacker Nate Carter and cornerback Quinton Pointer as team captains for 2011.

Coach Bobby Hauck said the players were picked by their teammates for their leadership and roles on the team's defense.

Carter, a Las Vegas High product, already had been picked to wear No. 36, a jersey given to the player that best exemplifies the spirit of Nevada's slogan: "Battle born." Pointer missed nearly all last season because of injury.

The annual Tom Wiesner Award, given in honor of late Rebels booster Tom Wiesner, was given to linebacker Bryce Saldi, whose football-playing career ended with a skateboarding accident in July 2009.

The Rebels, who went 2-11 last year, open this season at 11th-ranked Wisconsin on Thursday.

In other UNLV football news, the Oct. 8 game against in-state rival UNR at Mackay Stadium has been moved back three hours to 4:05 p.m.

Also: The UNLV women's soccer team dropped its second straight 1-0 decision, a double-overtime decision to Portland State in Oregon.

The Rebels (1-2) fell to UC Santa Barbara 1-0 in Sunday's UNLV Rebel Classic.

UNLV had a 13-11 advantage in shots against the Vikings, including 4-1 in the two overtime periods. But it was Portland State's lone OT attempt, by Kayla Henningsen in the 107th minute, that provided the decisive goal.

The UNLV volleyball team dropped its first two matches of the season, losing to Colorado 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18) and Northern Colorado 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) in the Hampton Inn & Suites Classic in Greeley, Colo.

Elisa Brochado and Daryn Glenn had 11 kills each in the first match for the Rebels, and Makenzie Moea'i led UNLV in the second match with seven kills and eight digs.

MISCELLANEOUS

Police seek former NBA player Crittenton in fatal shooting

Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, who was once suspended by the league after an altercation with then-teammate Gilbert Arenas over guns in a team locker room, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman on an Atlanta street, police said.

Police have secured a murder warrant for the arrest of Crittenton, who played at Georgia Tech, in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Jullian Jones on Aug. 19, police spokesman Carlos Campos said.

Campos said Crittenton is not in custody and is wanted.

Jones, a mother of four, was walking with a group of people on the city's southwest side when a dark-colored SUV drove by and she was shot by someone inside the vehicle, police said. She was struck in the leg and died during surgery, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Two men walking with her fled the scene.

Investigators say they don't believe the woman was the intended target. The motive appears to be retaliation for a robbery in April, in which Crittenton was a victim, Campos said in a statement.

Also: Brigham Young reinstated junior center Brandon Davies after a six-month suspension from the basketball team and university.

University officials said in a statement Davies will be allowed to attend classes at BYU this fall.

Davies was suspended in March because of violations of the school's honor code. Students are prohibited from having premarital sex or drinking alcoholic beverages, among other rules.

Davies, who grew up in Provo, Utah, had started 26 of 29 games for the Cougars and averaged 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds before his suspension.

Barry Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction was upheld by a federal judge, who denied the former baseball star's motion for a new trial or acquittal on the charge.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston refused to overturn the only unanimous decision reached by the jury in her courtroom on April 13.

Jurors failed to reach a verdict on three counts charging the seven-time National League Most Valuable Player with making false statements to a grand jury in 2003, when he denied receiving steroids and human growth hormone from trainer Greg Anderson and said he allowed only doctors to inject him. Prosecutors have not said whether they plan to retry him on those counts.

Former pitcher Roger Clemens has asked a judge to punish prosecutors for their "egregious error" in his perjury trial by dismissing the case.

Clemens filed arguments in Washington federal court against prosecutors' claim they made a simple mistake in showing jurors inadmissible evidence and should be given another chance to convict him. Clemens is accused of lying under oath when he told congressional investigators he never used performance-enhancing drugs.

Three-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (2) 6-3 in the semifinals of the New Haven Open in New Haven, Conn.

Wozniacki will play Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska in today's final. Cetkovska, ranked No. 40, upset French Open champion Li Na of China in a dramatic third-set tiebreaker, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (9), to reach her first WTA final.

Fourth-seeded John Isner upset No. 1 seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (7), 6-4 in an all-American semifinal of the Winston-Salem Open in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The 28th-ranked Isner advances to today's final, where he will play French qualifier Julien Benneteau, who defeated 10th-seeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) in the second semifinal.

Ukraine's Viacheslav Senchenko retained his WBA welterweight title when he stopped Venezuelan veteran Marco Avendano in the sixth round in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Senchenko improved to 32-0 with 21 knockouts in his third title defense.