In Brief

golf

Former Clemson player Stanley
leads by one in Honda Classic

Kyle Stanley shot a 4-under-par 66 at a windy Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Rory Sabbatini, who tied the tournament record at PGA National with a 64.

Stanley had six birdies, including three in a row, to offset two bogeys and was at 6-under 134 in a bid for his first PGA Tour victory. Winds gusted to more than 20 mph for the second consecutive day but abated some in the afternoon, and Stanley's late tee time allowed him to take advantage.

Stanley, 23, played at Clemson, turned pro in 2009 and had a career-best 13th-place finish last week in the Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Defending champion Camilo Villegas missed the cut, shooting a 78 that put him at 17 over.

Also: Frank Chirkinian, the longtime golf producer for CBS who helped turn the Masters into one of the most watched events in sports television, died Friday at his home in North Palm Beach, Fla., of lung cancer. He was 84.

football

Ex-NFL receiver Burress to get
time off for good behavior

Former NFL star receiver Plaxico Burress will get out of prison June 6, after officials agreed to shave about three months off his time behind bars in a gun case.

A committee of prison-system staffers decided Burress, 33, was eligible for time off for good behavior. He will be freed after serving about 21 months of his two-year sentence at an upstate New York prison.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled that Burress would be reinstated and eligible to sign with a team upon completing his sentence. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said several teams had expressed interest in Burress.

Burress pleaded guilty in August 2009 to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He went to a Manhattan nightclub in November 2008 with a gun tucked in the waistband of his track pants, and it slipped down his leg and fired, injuring him in the thigh.

Also: Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy signed a new multiyear contract, less than a month after the Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in the Super Bowl. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the deal is for an additional three years -- through the 2015 season -- and will raise McCarthy's annual salary from $4 million to $5 million.

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle King Dunlap was charged with reckless driving and disorderly conduct for driving his Cadillac Escalade onto the plaza outside the arena hosting the Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament in Nashville, Tenn. Dunlap drove onto the sidewalk and parked near the front doors, then told officers he was picking up his father, who uses a wheelchair.

Former Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith and two other men have been charged with murder in the 2008 beating and shooting death of a 31-year-old man in northern Los Angeles County. Smith, 43, played for the Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders from 1991 to 1998.

The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas game will be played at 5 p.m. Dec. 22 at Sam Boyd Stadium. The ESPN-televised game, in its 20th year, will feature the top choice from the Mountain West Conference against the fifth pick from the new Pac-12 Conference, formerly the Pac-10.

local colleges

Peters, Thomas spark UNLV
to 9-0 baseball win at UNR

Tanner Peters pitched a five-hitter and Cash Thomas went 4-for-4 to lead UNLV to a 9-0 baseball victory at UNR.

Peters (3-0) struck out eight and walked three in pitching the Rebels (9-2) to their first victory in Reno since 2003. The Wolf Pack fell to 0-7.

Thomas scored twice and drove in one run, Rance Roundy went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, and Trent Cook and Brandon Bayardi each drove in two runs for UNLV.

Also: The host UNLV softball team went 1-1 on the first day of the Eller Media Stadium Classic, losing to San Diego 8-5, then rallying past Troy, 3-2.

Ashli Holland led the Rebels' offense by going 5-for-8 with two RBIs and two runs. Paige Emerson went 3-for-6, and Tayler Van Acker went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, including the game winner against Troy. Amanda Oliveto (6-3) got both decisions for UNLV (8-7).

The UNLV men's tennis team posted victories in five of six singles matches and defeated host Denver, 5-2.

A snowstorm forced the match to be moved indoors, where the Rebels (11-5) got victories from No. 1 Mehdi Bouras, No. 3 Tamas Batyi, No. 4 Rene Ruegamer, No. 5 Alex Bull and No. 6 Charlie Alvarado.

The UNLV women's tennis team won its sixth straight match, rallying for a 4-3 victory over Fresno State in Fresno, Calif.

The Lady Rebels (9-1) trailed 1-0 after the three doubles matches, then got singles victories from No. 3 Nives Pavlovic, No. 4 Adrienn Hidvegi, No. 5 Jana Albers and No. 6 Anna Maskaljun.

UNLV's Amanda Bingson recorded a hammer throw of 219 feet, 2 inches to set an outdoor school record in the UNLV Track Classic, surpassing her own record of 210-2, set last year. Chelsea Cassulo and Danielle Rios finished second and third for the Rebels.

The 17th-ranked College of Southern Nevada baseball team was swept by No. 11 Salt Lake Community College 2-0 and 9-2 in West Jordan, Utah.

CSN's Sam Wolff took a no-hitter into the bottom of the sixth inning in the first game, but an error by third baseman Christian Centrella led to two unearned runs.

In the second game, starter Chipper Smith allowed eight runs, seven earned, as the Coyotes fell to 11-7 overall and 0-2 in the Scenic West Athletic Conference.

A.J. Woodward homered three times and drove in seven runs and Monet Ormsby and Samantha Powell each tossed a two-hitter as the CSN softball team rolled to 8-0 and 11-0 victories over Colorado Northwestern Community College at the Russell Road Recreation Complex.

Woodward went 3-for-3 with four walks. Ormsby struck out nine and Powell seven for the Coyotes (12-16, 5-9 SWAC).

miscellaneous

Washington State basketball
star suspended for UCLA game

Washington State junior guard Klay Thompson, the Pac-10's leading scorer at 21.4 points per game, was suspended for today's home game against UCLA after being cited for suspicion of marijuana possession following the team's home victory over Southern California on Thursday night.

Thompson is the son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson.

Also: Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nate Robinson will miss four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The Thunder acquired Robinson on Feb. 24 from the Boston Celtics.

New York Islanders forward Trevor Gillies was suspended again by the NHL, getting a 10-game ban for a dangerous shot from behind in his first game back from a nine-game suspension. Gillies played only four shifts Wednesday before he was ejected for hitting Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck from behind during the Islanders' 4-1 home win.

Edmonton Oilers rookie star Taylor Hall will miss the rest of the season with a high ankle sprain sustained Thursday during his first NHL fight. The 19-year-old, the first overall pick in the June draft, had 22 goals and 20 assists in 65 games.

The Wranglers lost to the Idaho Steelheads 4-2 in an ECHL game at Boise, Idaho. Forward Josh Lunden scored twice in the second period for Las Vegas (33-19-5).

Michael Phelps took an early lead in the 200-meter butterfly, then fended off a late charge from Brazil's Kaio de Almeida for his third victory in two days at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Phelps finished in 1 minute, 55.34 seconds, and de Almeida touched at 1:55.85.

Lindsey Vonn retained her World Cup super-combined title in Tarvisio, Italy. The American star was second to Tina Maze of Slovenia in the season's third and final super-combined to finish with 220 points, with Maze second at 212.