In brief: Miller wins World Cup super-G championship

American Bode Miller, 29, clinched his second World Cup super-G title Thursday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, with a fourth-place finish in the event’s season finale. It is his sole piece of hardware from a trying season.

Almost immediately after becoming the first U.S. skier in 22 years to win the overall, Miller lost his magic touch. Last season he won just two races, failed to medal at the Turin Olympics and earned the label of Alpine skiing’s bad boy after saying he competed “wasted.”

“Anja Paerson of Sweden won the final super-G of the season at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, and Marlies Schild finished third to consolidate her lead atop the overall standings.

Football

Johnson jailed

Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail at Skokie, Ill., for violating probation in a 2005 gun case.

Johnson was taken into custody and will spend the next 120 days in the Cook County Jail. He could have been sentenced to up to a year behind bars. He also must pay a $2,500 fine after pleading guilty to violating his probation.

“Wide receiver Kevin Curtis agreed to a six-year contract with Philadelphia, giving the Eagles a potential replacement for Donte’ Stallworth.

Curtis’ deal could be worth up to $32 million and includes $9.5 million in guaranteed money.

“Lloyd Eaton, who coached Wyoming to three straight conference titles in the 1960s, has died. He was 88. He died Wednesday in Idaho, the school said.

Miscellany

Woods breaks 70

Ending a peculiar drought at a tournament he won four straight times, Tiger Woods shot 6-under-par 64 in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., for his first sub-70 round at Bay Hill in three years to share the lead with Vaughn Taylor and Paul Casey.

“Eleven World Cup veterans were picked for the U.S. roster for soccer exhibition games against Ecuador and Guatemala.

Among those selected were Landon Donovan, Eddie Johnson, DaMarcus Beasley, Clint Dempsey and former Gonzaga University and star Brian Ching.

“Five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia was released from the hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., after a three-day stay that began with an apparent cocaine overdose.

“The overall cost of staging the 2012 London Olympics will be more than $18 billion, three times the original estimate.

The costs of construction, regeneration, security and contingency funds have led to the soaring bill.