In Brief

PRO BASKETBALL

Grizzlies' Mayo: Energy drink
caused positive drug test

Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo said he thinks an "energy drink" he bought at a gas station contained the substance that led to his 10-game suspension for violating the NBA's drug policy.

Mayo was jovial and smiling Saturday while answering questions about his suspension for the first time before the Grizzlies' game against Washington.

But Mayo wouldn't get too specific.

"I didn't know it had any bad substances in it, and it caused a 10-game suspension," he said. "It's not like I went to a GNC and got some Muscle Armor or ordered some supplement off the Internet or anything. It was just a local gas station that kind of got me hemmed up."

Also: Atlanta's Marvin Williams was suspended two games and New York's Shawne Williams one game for throwing punches at each other late in the Hawks' 111-102 victory over the Knicks.

LOCAL COLLEGES

UNLV men's swimming claims
MWC regular-season crown

The UNLV men's swimming and diving team clinched the Mountain West Conference regular-season title by beating Utah 179.5-111.5 at Buchanan Natatorium.

The Rebels (9-1, 5-0 MWC) won 11 of 14 events against the Utes, with Kier Maitland claiming the 200-, 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle.

The UNLV women's team won four events but was beaten by Utah, 159-141.

Also: The UNLV women's tennis team beat Cal Poly 4-2 at the ITA Kickoff Weekend Playoff in Stanford, Calif. The 29th-ranked Rebels (4-1) lost the doubles point, but won four of six completed singles matches, led by Lucia Batta's 6-1, 6-4 win over Alexa Lee at the No. 1 slot.

The UNLV men's tennis team lost to Southern Methodist 4-3 in Fayetteville, Ark. The Rebels lost two of three doubles matches to fall behind 1-0, then split the six singles matches, getting wins from Johannes Markel (No. 2), Rene Ruegamer (No. 4) and Alex Bull (No. 6).

The UNLV track and field team's 4x400 relay unit took first at the Jacksons Invitational-New Balance West indoor meet in Nampa, Idaho. The foursome of Emily Blok, Lindsay Roach, Christine Lowe and Kelsey Williamson finished in 3 minutes, 49.64 seconds.

College of Southern Nevada's baseball team beat Cochise College of Douglas, Ariz., 9-8 at Morse Stadium. Kris Kaplan was 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Dalton Gust 2-for-3 with an RBI and John Pustay hit a solo homer for the Coyotes (1-1). Sam Wolff got the win, allowing three runs and striking out six in six innings.

College of Southern Nevada's softball team won one of three games in the CSN Kickoff Classic at Craig Park. The Coyotes (3-3) beat El Paso CC 4-3 after losing to Central Arizona 2-0 and No. 2-ranked Yavapai CC, 18-1.

MISCELLANEOUS

Wranglers' quick start, Huddy
key win over Salmon Kings

The Wranglers jumped to a 2-0 lead less than eight minutes in, then matched the Victoria Salmon Kings the rest of the way for a 4-2 ECHL win in Victoria, British Columbia.

Eddie DelGrosso and Tyler Mosienko scored in the first period for the Wranglers (27-11-3), and Ryan Huddy had second- and third-period goals.

Also: The ECHL issued 11 suspensions after several fights in the Alaska Aces' 5-4 home victory over the Bakersfield Condors on Friday. Three Aces received 11 games' worth of suspensions and coach Brent Thompson was suspended one game. Six Bakersfield players were assessed suspensions, along with a one-game suspension for coach Marty Raymond.

Alissa Czisny won her second title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, completing the performance of a lifetime to upstage fellow previous champions Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu in Greensboro, N.C.

With the top three beginning the night separated by one point, Czisny won in a landslide. She finished with 191.24 points, almost eight ahead of defending champ Flatt (183.38), with Nagasu a distant third at 177.26.

Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin won their first pairs title. In ice dance, Olympic and world silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their third straight crown.

Baltimore Orioles president Andy MacPhail confirmed the team made an offer to designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero, a free agent who last season hit .300 with 29 homers and 115 RBIs for the American League champion Texas Rangers.

The Texas Rangers agreed to terms on a $5.8 million contract with Mike Napoli, avoiding arbitration with the catcher-first baseman that the team just acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Paul Casey shot a 6-under-par 66 and Peter Hanson had a 67 to share the lead after the third round of the European PGA Tour's Volvo Champions in Riffa, Bahrain. Casey and Hanson were at 16-under 200.

Florida State's Christian Ponder threw two touchdown passes in the South's 24-10 Senior Bowl victory over the North in Mobile, Ala.