In Brief

BASEBALL

Tigers' Young arrested in N.Y. on hate-crime allegations

Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young apologized to his team and fans Friday, just before getting arraigned on a hate crime harassment charge for a fight at a New York hotel. During the fight, Young yelled anti-Semitic epithets, police say.

Young posted $5,000 at a hearing in a New York court and was released less than an hour before the Tigers' game against the Yankees. He faces a charge that entails targeting someone for his or her religious beliefs. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail.

Young said nothing during his arraignment. In a statement, however, Young said: "I sincerely regret what happened last night." He apologized to the Tigers owners and organization, his teammates, family and Detroit fans.

Young's jersey hung in his locker in the visitor's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium and his helmet was in the dugout rack Friday before the Tigers were to play the Yankees, but he was not in the lineup.

Also: The struggling Los Angeles Angels released slumping outfielder Bobby Abreu, and mlb.com reported that the team called up Mike Trout, the third big league stint for the highly touted 20-year-old prospect.

Abreu had been relegated to part-time duty and was batting .208 in 24 at-bats for the last-place Angels. The 38-year-old two-time All-Star is in the last season of a $27 million, three-year contract and is due $9 million this year.

GOLF

Dufner leads at Zurich Classic, looking for first PGA Tour win

Jason Dufner moved into position for another bid to win his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead in the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La.

Dufner, with three runner-up finishes in 163 starts on the PGA Tour, capped his bogey-free round with a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th to reach 12 under 132 at TPC Louisiana. Russell Knox, John Rollins and Ken Duke were tied for second at one shot back.

Also: Stacy Lewis birdied five of her final nine holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala.

Lewis had a 9-under-par 135 total on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex. Karin Sjodin tied the tournament course record with a 64 to finish a stroke back along with Lindsey Wright, So Yeon Ryu and rookie Sydnee Michaels.

Austria's Bernd Wiesberger shot a course-record 7-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Australia's Marcus Fraser after the second round of the Ballantine's Championship. Wiesberger had a 7-under 137 total on the Blackstone course in the event sanctioned by the European and Asian tours. Fraser shot a 67, ending with a 6-under 138.

LOCAL COLLEGES

UNLV baseball loses series opener at New Mexico

New Mexico scored eight runs in the seventh inning and rolled past UNLV 11-4 in the opener of a three-game Mountain West Conference series at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, N.M.

Rebels starter Erick Fedde (4-4) took the loss, allowing five runs, two earned, on eight hits in six innings.

The Rebels (20-22, 5-11 MWC) trailed 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh when the Lobos (24-19, 10-3) sent 12 men to the plate. In the seventh, the Lobos had six hits and two walks, and also capitalized on a UNLV error.

The Rebels got three runs in the top of the eighth to close the scoring. UNLV's first run came on Erik VanMeetren's one-out double, driving in Danny Higa from second.

Also: The UNLV men's golf team was fourth heading into today's final round of the PING Cougar Classic at Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah. The Rebels are at 4-over-par 580 and trail first-place Brigham Young University by six shots. The Cougars are at 2-under 574, and BYU's "B" team is one shot back at 1 under, followed by Colorado State in third at 2 over. UNLV's Kevin Penner is tied for fourth at 3-under 141, two shots off the lead.

The UNLV men's tennis team's season ended with a 4-1 loss to Texas Christian in the first round of the Mountain West Championships at the Aztec Tennis Center in San Diego. The fifth-seeded Rebels finished 7-16 overall and 1-4 in the Mountain West. UNLV earned a point at No. 2 doubles as Bernard Schoeman and Brian Kenyon won a tiebreaker for a 9-8 victory.

Colorado State's Shae Rodriguez hit a grand slam as the Rams broke open a scoreless game in the fifth inning and defeated UNLV 5-2 in softball at Eller Media Stadium. The Rebels (19-22, 0-4 Mountain West) suffered their sixth straight defeat. Stefany Valentino had an RBI for UNLV, which had beaten Colorado State eight straight times.

UNLV's Amanda Bingson finished fourth in the hammer and was the highest collegiate competitor at UC San Diego's Triton Invitational at Triton Track & Field Stadium. Bingson's throw of 222-2 was 7 feet 7 inches shorter than the winning toss of 229-9 by Nike's Jessica Cosby.

Chad Whiteaker and Sean McCracken homered, and Morgan Stotts went 4-for-6 with five RBIs as College of Southern Nevada defeated Colorado Northwestern 20-4 in the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader at Rangely, Colo.

In the nightcap, which CSN lost 7-0, Stotts tied the school single-season doubles record at 25 in the first inning. The Coyotes are 30-20, 17-17 SWAC.

College of Southern Nevada swept a SWAC softball doubleheader over Western Nevada, 10-3 and 7-0 at Carson City. Desiree Laswell pitched a complete-game four-hitter, and Alicia Firelein hit her 20th homer in the first game for CSN (23-31, 18-24 SWAC). Firelein, Brigit Godfrey and Andi Felise each had two hits in the second game.

MISCELLANEOUS

Judge considers dismissing Syracuse defamation lawsuit

A judge in Syracuse, N.Y., will decide within two weeks whether to grant a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against Syracuse University and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim.

Former team ballboys Bobby Davis and Mike Lang say Boeheim slandered them when he said they were out for money by accusing assistant coach Bernie Fine of sexually abusing them more than 20 years ago.

Lawyers for the coach and university say Davis and Lang are distorting Boeheim's statements by taking them out of context.

Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph said he will rule on the motion to dismiss within two weeks.

Also: Kurt Busch held on in a side-by-side,
last-lap duel with Denny Hamlin to win the Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway at Richmond, Va. Driving a car owned by brother Kyle, the Las Vegan passed Kevin Harvick on the 222nd lap after the green-flag stops. Kurt Busch was cruising to victory until Hamlin pulled up on his rear bumper and ducked inside him as they crossed the white line for the final lap. Busch held off Hamlin to win by a nose.

Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion, died of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81. Skowron helped the New York Yankees win four titles in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Nick Diaz has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Athletic Commission, claiming his due process rights have been violated.

The lawsuit, filed in Las Vegas by Diaz attorney Ross Goodman, alleges the NAC has violated two state statutes in dealing with the fighter's case after a post-fight drug test in February showed marijuana metabolites in his system.

The commission has exceeded the 45-day window during which an outcome must be determined for proceedings resulting from a summary suspension, says the lawsuit filed this week. Diaz seeks to lift his summary suspension and to prevent the NAC from pursuing any further punitive proceedings.

The Minnesota state Senate Taxes Committee has sent the $1 billion Vikings stadium bill to the floor of the Senate. It was the toughest test yet for the proposed stadium subsidy, which is primed for floor votes in both houses. Stadium critics on the panel zeroed in on the plan to cover the proposed $400 million subsidy. The plan calls for an expansion of gambling in bars and clubs, with the newly generated tax revenue going to the stadium.

The University of Texas System chancellor
announced that he will let a high-profile boxing match take place on the school's El Paso campus if law enforcement can ensure safety.

Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had canceled the June 16 fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Andy Lee at the Sun Bowl, citing a "higher than normal" security risk. A law enforcement official said a federal risk assessment had warned that leaders of warring Mexican drug cartels would attend.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola stepped down, bringing to a close a four-year reign of unprecedented soccer success. Guardiola announced in Barcelona, Spain, that he will leave the club at the end of the season. The demands of the job are too high and his energy too low, he said. Guardiola can add a 14th trophy when his team plays the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao on May 25 in his last game.

Rafael Nadal dispatched Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the Barcelona Open semifinals, and Milos Raonic served 14 aces and upset Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (3). Nadal faces Fernando Verdasco who advanced after Kei Nishikori was forced to retire with an injury. David Ferrer made the semifinals by defeating Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3.

Victoria Azarenka overcame Mona Barthel 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-5 for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals at Stuttgart, Germany. Azarenka will face Agnieszka Radwanska, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 winner over Li Na. Maria Sharapova rallied to outlast Sam Stosur of Australia 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5. Sharapova will face Petra Kvitova, who defeated Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4.