In Brief

MOTOR SPORTS

Kyle Busch refuses to comment
on incident with Childress

Kyle Busch said Wednesday that the $150,000 fine NASCAR levied against Richard Childress is the end of the matter for him.

Childress was fined Monday for assaulting the Las Vegas native after a NASCAR Trucks race at Kansas Speedway, the latest incident between the driver and Childress' race teams.

"NASCAR decided to make the decisions that they felt were necessary," Busch said. "It's pretty much the end of it. It's not my fight."

Busch, fifth in the Sprint Cup points race, has run in seven of eight truck races and has four victories this season.

NASCAR also placed Childress on probation through the end of the year, finding the team owner solely at fault for the incident Saturday. He apparently approached Busch after the race, placed him in a headlock and punched him several times.

Also: Clint Bowyer started on the pole and led wire-to-wire for his first victory in Tony Stewart's dirt-track charity race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Twenty-eight drivers, including 17 from the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, competed in late-model stock cars in the 30-lap event that benefited children's hospitals in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C.

Bowyer, ninth in the Sprint Cup standings, was pursued around the half-mile oval by second-place finisher J.J. Yeley for the entire race. Aric Almirola finished third, followed by Kyle Busch and Justin Allgaier.

COLLEGES

BYU, West Coast Conference
to get more games on ESPN

The West Coast Conference, with new member Brigham Young, will get more exposure for its men's basketball teams under its new contract with ESPN.

The two sides announced an eight-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

The conference will receive a minimum of 48 annual men's basketball appearances on ESPN networks starting this season. That's an increase from an average of 38 appearances over the last three years. Conference games count as two appearances.

The WCC is adding BYU as a member this season, making it an even more attractive conference for TV partners. Along with Gonzaga and Saint Mary's, the WCC will have three of the eight programs that have won at least 25 games in each of the last four seasons.

Also: Former Duke basketball player Thomas Emma fell from the 12th floor of the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan to his death in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 49.

Emma's body was found Tuesday on a second-floor landing of the building on Central Park South, where he was a member.

Emma was the captain for the 1983 Duke team that featured freshmen Jay Bilas, Johnny Dawkins and Mark Alarie, who all eventually led the Blue Devils to the 1986 Final Four.

UNLV pitcher Zack Hartman was named a freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball. The closer was 5-2 with eight saves and a 2.35 ERA in 22 appearances, including eight straight games in which he allowed no runs.

MISCELLANEOUS

Ex-boxing champ Hernandez
dies from rare form of cancer

Genaro Hernandez, a two-time world super featherweight champion, died in Mission Viejo, Calif., from a rare cancer. He was 45.

Hernandez's wife, Liliana Hernandez, said he died Tuesday at his home of rhabdomyosarcoma, which attacks muscle fibers.

Hernandez was born in South Central Los Angeles and began his professional boxing career in 1984. He was WBA super featherweight champion from 1991 to 1994 and WBC super featherweight champion in 1997 and 1998.

Also: Three days after winning the French Open for a sixth time, Rafael Nadal began his preparations for Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden in his opening match at Queen's Club in London.

Bryce Greeley shot par 72 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of a U.S. Amateur Public Links qualifier at Rio Secco Golf Club.

Greeley, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., leads Max Marsico of Las Vegas and Bryan Hogan of Bakersfield, Calif., who each shot 74. Thirty players are competing for one spot in the championships, set for June 27 through July 2 at Bandon Dunes Golf Club in Oregon.

The state of Kentucky moved closer to regulating betting services that allow people to make online or phone wagers on horse races -- a fast-growing business that includes Churchill Downs Inc. as a big player.

A proposed regulation approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission calls for state licensing of so-called advance deposit wagering operations that have Kentucky customers. The proposal now heads to a review by state lawmakers.