College Golf
Jags' Phillips takes 2nd at Harder Hall
In Sebring, Fla., Augusta State's Garrett Phillips had a final-round 6-over-par 78 to finish with 297 alone in second place at the Harder Hall Invitational.
Phillips moved up from 16th to second with a third-round 68. Arkansas' Stacy Lewis carded 73 for an 11-stroke victory.
Olympics
U.S. coach will go before judge today
In Elizabethtown, N.Y., suspended U.S. skeleton coach Tim Nardiello's plea for immediate reinstatement will go before a New York judge today, less than a week before his team competes at a key World Cup race in Germany.
Essex County Supreme Court Judge James Dawson could order the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation to allow Nardiello the chance to rejoin his team, or say the sport's governing body was justified in placing him on paid administrative leave.
The USBSF suspended Nardiello on Dec. 31, shortly after two claims of sexual harassment - one from an athlete, the other from the mother of 2002 Olympic gold medalist Tristan Gale - were filed against him. Nardiello has denied the accusations.
The U.S. Olympic Committee, which has the final say on which American athletes and coaches receive Olympic credentials, is conducting a separate investigation. It's possible the USOC may not decide until the end of January, when the Olympic roster must be set.
- In Adelboden, Switzerland, the International Ski Federation wants the U.S. ski team to address the latest controversy surrounding outspoken reigning overall World Cup champion Bode Miller.
United States Skiing and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt is expected to fly to next week's World Cup races in Switzerland to speak to Miller, who said in a 60 Minutes interview that partying affected his performance in the past.
U.S. alpine director Jesse Hunt, who was scheduled to join the team in Europe on Tuesday, moved his flight up a day.
Miller told the CBS Sunday night program, which released written excerpts Thursday, that "there have been times when I've been in really tough shape at the top of the course."
"Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy," Miller said. "Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your life at risk. ... It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing."
Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, the 28-year-old Miller replied, "No, I'm not saying that."
Miller, who last season became the first U.S. skier to win the overall World Cup title in 22 years, has argued the comments were taken out of context.
Miller has called anti-doping rules in skiing that he deems too strict "a joke." He also has threatened to launch a rebel ski tour.
Tennis
Ljubicic tops Moya at Chennai Open
In Madras, India, Ivan Ljubicic, of Croatia, captured the Chennai Open with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over Carlos Moya, who was trying to win the tournament for a third consecutive year.
Ljubicic, seeded first, completed his semifinal earlier in the day by beating Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6). That match had been disrupted by rain Saturday night.
Boxing
Pulley gets win at Silver Gloves event
Augusta's Roman Pulley boxed his way to an unanimous decision over Jarvis Carter, of South Carolina, at the East Coast Silver Gloves Boxing Championships.
Pulley, who boxes in the 12-13 age division, advances to a national Silver Gloves event.
- In New York, Carlos Baldomir upset champion Zab Judah on Saturday night, but is not the undisputed welterweight championship because he never paid the sanctioning fees to the WBA and the IBF.
Baldomir won only the WBC version of the title, a unanimous 12-round decision over Judah.