In Brief

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former Gorman standout Chaisson leaves Oklahoma

Former Bishop Gorman High School All-American Justin Chaisson has withdrawn from school at Oklahoma, the Tulsa World reported Friday.

Sooners coach Bob Stoops did not provide details about why Chaisson, a redshirt freshman defensive end, decided to leave.

"He has withdrawn from class and is going to be home in Vegas," Stoops said. "He's a guy who just decided he didn't want to do it anymore."

Chaisson, who was listed behind starting end Frank Alexander on Oklahoma's depth chart, ran into legal trouble in Las Vegas in 2009, stemming from an incident with his former girlfriend. He was originally charged with four felonies but pleaded down to single counts of misdemeanor coercion and misdemeanor domestic battery and was given three years' probation.

Also: Virginia Tech on Saturday extended the contract of football coach Frank Beamer through the 2016 season. His current deal was set to expire at the end of 2012.

Beamer, 63, is entering his 24th season with the Hokies.

HORSE RACING

Debussy's rally keeps Gio Ponti from Arlington Million repeat

Irish-bred Debussy won the Arlington Million in suburban Chicago, rallying to beat 2009 champion Gio Ponti by a half-length.

Jockey William Buick steered Debussy along the rail from well back in the stretch run at Arlington Park. Debussy, owned by Darley Stud Management and trained by John Gosden, ran 1¼ miles on the turf course in 2:01.01.

Gio Ponti, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, was attempting to join John Henry (1981, 1984) as the only two-time winner.

Two other Grade I races were contested on the turf at Arlington Park: German-bred Eclair de Lune won the $750,000 Beverly D., with jockey Junior Alvarado on board, and Paddy O'Prado, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, won the $400,000 Secretariat Stakes.

Also: Blind Luck fought off Havre de Grace inside the sixteenth pole to win the $500,000 Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a neck at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Joel Rosario rode the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained filly to victory in the 1¼-mile race in 2:03.99.

Evening Jewel held off a late charge from Harmonious to claim the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks in Del Mar, Calif.

Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Evening Jewel sat third in a field of 10 for most of the Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-old fillies, cut inside to the rail and took the lead coming out of the second turn and hung on for the half-length victory over Mike Smith and Harmonious, covering 1 1-8 miles on the turf course in 1:47.27.

MISCELLANEOUS

Rain delay helps Fish regroup, advance to Cincinnati final

Mardy Fish turned a seven-minute rain delay in the second set into a rallying point at the Cincinnati Masters.

One game from a straight-set defeat, Fish pulled out a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over boyhood friend and high school teammate Andy Roddick in an all-American semifinal of the hardcourt event.

Fish will play second-ranked Roger Federer for the title today. Federer beat unseeded Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-3 in a semifinal that lasted only 70 minutes.

Also: Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki led Svetlana Kuznetsova 2-0 in the Rogers Cup semifinals in Montreal when rain forced the postponement of the matches until today.

In the second semifinal, eighth-seeded Vera Zvonareva will play Victoria Azarenka.

The final also is to be played today, but more rain is in the forecast.

Ryan Lochte earned his sixth gold medal at the Pan Pacific championships in Irvine, Calif., just missing lowering his world record in the 200-meter individual medley.

Lochte's time of 1 minute, 54.43 seconds erased Michael Phelps' meet record set four years ago. Phelps dropped out of the event to focus on the 400 medley relay, which the United States won in 3:32.48.

Kevin Durant scored 15 points, and the United States overcame a poor shooting start and early nerves to beat Lithuania 77-61 in Madrid in a warmup for the basketball world championships that start this week in Turkey.

NASCAR will cut the purses of its second-tier Nationwide Series by 20 percent next season to make hosting races more profitable for track operators. It's the second consecutive year the purse will be reduced in Nationwide.

ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles.

Officer Norma Eisenman said Mariotti, 51, was arrested in the police department's Pacific Division after a "domestic incident." Eisenman declined to provide further details.

The Sheriff's Department website confirms Mariotti was booked on an undisclosed felony charge at 5:45 a.m. He was released on $50,000 bail just after noon.

Serbian-born Marco Huck (30-1) stopped Matt Godfrey (20-2) of Rhode Island in the fifth round in Erfurt, Germany, to retain his WBO cruiserweight title.

Kyle Knox hit a two-run homer to help Columbus, Ga., beat Waipahu, Hawaii, 6-2 in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.

In other first-round games, Hamilton, Ohio, outslugged Toms River, N.J., 16-6; Vancover, British Columbia, beat Chitre, Panama, 4-2; and Kaoshiung, Taiwan, routed Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 18-0.

In an elimination game, Auburn, Wash., beat Plymouth, Minn., 5-2.