In Brief

GOLF

Former Rebel Hoffman among seven tied for Texas Open lead

Former UNLV golfer Charley Hoffman was in a rare seven-way tie for the lead Friday after two rounds of the PGA Tour's Texas Open in San Antonio.

Hoffman shot a 1-over-par 73 and is at 3-under 141. He is tied with Rich Beem (70), Kevin Chappell (73), Geoff Ogilvy (72), Brandt Snedeker (72), Brendan Steele (72) and Kevin Sutherland (70).

Former Rebels standout and defending champion Adam Scott (74) and Las Vegas resident Dean Wilson (72) are in a group of four at 2 under.

The seven-way logjam is tied for the second-most crowded leaderboard on the PGA Tour after 36 holes since 1970. Strong winds prevented anyone from breaking out, and Friday's average round of 75.289 was the highest on the tour since the 2008 British Open.

Also: Russ Cochran shot a 7-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead over John Cook and Jay Don Blake after the first round of the Champions Tour's Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in Lutz, Fla. Cochran has finished in the top 10 in four of his five Champions Tour events this season and is fifth in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.

Rory McIlroy, who led last week's Masters for 63 holes before collapsing in the final nine holes, shot an 8-under 64 to grab a share of the lead with Alexander Noren after the rain-shortened second round of the PGA European's Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They are at 11-under 133.

HORSE RACING

Havre de Grace rallies down stretch, wins Apple Blossom

Using a furious closing kick, Havre de Grace overcame a four-length deficit in the final one-sixteenths of a mile to track down Switch and win the $500,000 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

It was the 4-year-old mare's first Grade 1 victory and her second win in two starts this year, after the Grade 3 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn last month.

Havre de Grace, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, sprinted the final one-sixteenths in 5.94 seconds for a three-quarters-length win in 1:42.19. Havre de Grace paid $3, $2.20 and $2.10. Switch paid $3 and $2.10, and Absinthe Minded paid $2.60 for third.

Also: Get Stormy romped to a victory in the $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile at Lexington, Ky., the first Grade 1 win for the 5-year-old. Get Stormy and jockey Javier Castellano led wire to wire while beating Workin for Hops by 2¾ lengths, finishing in 1:37.31 and paying $10.20, $5 and $3.40.

Workin for Hops paid $7.60 and $4.60. Society's Chairman nipped 7-5 favorite Court Vision at the wire and paid $3.20 for third.

MISCELLANEOUS

Melzer upsets Federer, reaches semis of Monte Carlo Masters

Second-seeded Roger Federer lost to seventh-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-4 in swirling wind in the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals at Monaco, his earliest tournament exit since Wimbledon last year.

Melzer, 1-3 against Federer, will meet fourth-seeded David Ferrer in today's semifinals. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal, the six-time defending champion, beat Ivan Ljubicic 6-1, 6-3 for his 35th straight win in the tournament and will face third-seeded Andy Murray.

Also: The NHL suspended Los Angeles Kings forward Jarret Stoll for today's second game of their playoff series against San Jose for his blindside hit that knocked Sharks defender Ian White out of Game 1. White is expected to miss at least today's game in San Jose, Calif.

Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg, the team's leading scorer this season, will miss today's home playoff game against Phoenix because of an injured left knee. Detroit leads the series 1-0 after defeating the Coyotes 4-2 Wednesday without Zetterberg.

Funny Car points leader Robert Hight had a run of 4.062 seconds at 313.07 mph to take the provisional No. 1 qualifying position in the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C. Doug Kalitta led Top Fuel with a 3.822-second pass at 322.04 mph, and Greg Anderson topped Pro Stock at 6.566 and 210.37.

Stanford won its fifth NCAA men's gymnastics title and the school's 100th national championship in all sports, totaling 363.450 points to hold off top-ranked Oklahoma (361.600) in Columbus, Ohio. Michigan's Sam Mikulak won the all-around title.

Washington State junior forward DeAngelo Casto, who averaged 12.0 points and 7.3 rebounds this past season, will declare for the NBA Draft. He was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection and was named to the all-defensive team.

A group of American investors led by Boston executive Thomas DiBenedetto has signed a deal to buy three-time Italian soccer champion Roma. The group will pay about $100 million for a 60 percent share of a new company that would own roughly two-thirds of the Serie A club. If the deal is approved by regulators, the four-man group would become the first foreign majority owners of a Serie A club.