Maggert builds a 3-shot lead when rain arrives
The wind was blowing hard enough to sweep sand out of the bunkers and knock down scores Friday at the PODS Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla.
Jeff Maggert used it to his advantage.
Starting his second round with the wind at his back, Maggert birdied three of his opening four holes and hung on long enough to be leading by three shots at the turn when play was suspended for the rest of the day because of storms.
Maggert was at 8-under par, three shots ahead of Kenny Perry and D.J. Trahan.
•At Newport Beach, Calif., Tim Simpson took the first-round lead in the Toshiba Classic with the best round of his Champions Tour career, a bogey-free, 8-under 63.
•Ted Robinson, a prolific golf course designer with numerous courses that bear his influence in the western United States, died Sunday at his home in Laguna Beach, Calif., after a 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 84.
College basketball
Murrell suspended
The Big Sky Conference suspended Portland State women’s coach Sherri Murrell for publicly criticizing officials.
Murrell, a former Washington State coach, will be suspended for the Vikings’ regular-season finale today against Montana.
•Sacramento State dismissed men’s coach Jerome Jenkins after eight seasons.
•Seattle University has self-reported a secondary violation in its men’s program to the NCAA, making the Redhawks ineligible for this year’s Division II tournament.
•John Wooden’s condition is improving and he should be released from the hospital in the next couple of days, his daughter said.
Miscellany
Chambers wins silver
American sprinter Dwain Chambers put his doping ban behind him and claimed a silver medal in the 60 meters at the World Indoor Championships at Valencia, Spain, behind Nigeria’s Olusoji Fasuba.
•Marion Jones began her six-month sentence in federal prison, punishment for lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs and her role in a check-fraud scam.
•At Cancun, Mexico, Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight for his 140-pound WBC eliminator bout to be held today, forcing the cancellation of another fight for a boxer with a long history of weighty problems.
•At Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Andy Roddick served his way past another top-five opponent, beating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (5), 6-3 to advance to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
In the other semifinal match, Feliciano Lopez won five straight games in the last set to beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
•At Alvor, Portugal, Lindsay Tarpley and Heather O’Reilly scored to lead the United States over Italy 2-0 for the Americans’ second straight win at the Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament.
•Arkansas State’s athletic teams will be called the Red Wolves starting this fall, ending nearly eight decades of being known as the Indians.