In Brief

HORSE RACING

Dialed In wins Florida Derby,
enters Triple Crown picture

Nick Zito now has three Florida Derby wins. Soon, a third Kentucky Derby victory might be within the Hall of Fame trainer's reach.

Dialed In made a late charge -- his signature move -- and barely beat 60-1 long shot Shackleford to win the Grade 1 race at Gulfstream Park on Sunday in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Dialed In covered 1 1/8 miles in 1 minute, 50.07 seconds to take home $600,000 of the
$1 million purse.

Perhaps more importantly, Dialed In cemented himself as a major contender for the Triple Crown season that starts with the Kentucky Derby on May 7.

Ridden by Julien Leparoux, Dialed In has three wins in four career starts, with earnings of $879,206. His career began with a maiden win at Churchill Downs on Nov. 12, a race that started to build some buzz around the horse.

That'll continue for another five weeks, until he heads back to Churchill, perhaps as one of the favorites in the Run for the Roses.

Dialed In returned $7.80, $4.80 and $4. Shackleford, who went to the lead early and nearly stayed there until the end, was second and paid $36.60 and $15.20.

MISCELLANEOUS

UNLV women's tennis team
breezes to win over Air Force

The UNLV women's tennis team shut out Air Force 7-0 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in the last home match of the season for the Rebels.

UNLV (14-4, 3-0 Mountain West Conference) took all three doubles matches for the first point, then won all six singles matches in straight sets. Lucia Batta paced the Rebels with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Christen Monreal at No. 1 singles.

Aleksandra Josifoska (No. 2) and Anna Maskaljun (No. 6) posted 6-0, 6-0 wins.

Also: The UNLV baseball team's game against Utah was canceled due to poor weather in Salt Lake City. The game will not be rescheduled.

Bishop Gorman High School junior swingman Shabazz Muhammad came off the bench to score 17 points on
7-for-14 shooting to help the West team to a 107-104 victory over the East in the All-American Championship at the Campbell Center in Houston.

Muhammad also had four rebounds for the West, which led 87-67 in the fourth quarter before holding on to win.

The University of Texas unveiled the name of its new television network, keeping it simple by calling the channel the Longhorn Network, or LHN.

Texas struck a 20-year, $300 million deal with ESPN to create the network, which is scheduled to launch in August. Texas and ESPN have yet to sign a deal with cable or satellite distributors.

Las Vegan Dylan Kwasniewski, 15, won his first Super Late Model feature on Saturday night in the NASCAR All-American Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring.

Other winners were: M.K. Kanke, SRL Late Model Tour; Wade Pearson, Bombers; Vinny Raucci, Chargers; Justin Irwin, Legends Pro/Masters (20 laps); Clayton Weatherman, Legends Semi-Pro/Young Lions; and Chris Clyne, Thunder Cars.

An undefeated female boxer from Germany was shot in her dressing room by her stepfather before a title fight in Berlin, leaving her with injuries to her hand, knee and feet.

Rola El-Halabi was struck at close range by Roy El-Halabi, who was once her manager. The injuries to the 25-year-old boxer are not life-threatening but could imperil her career.

Rola El-Halabi was awaiting a bout with Irma Balijagic Adler of Bosnia for the vacant IBF lightweight title Friday night when her 44-year-old stepfather entered her dressing room and shot her.

He also shot two security guards before he was arrested, Berlin police said. The three victims were taken to a hospital for surgery.