In brief: Two tied at Nelson; teen makes cut

Golf: Cameron Beckman finished his delayed first round for a 69, then tied the course record at TPC Four Seasons with a 9-under-par 61 Friday and was tied for the 36-hole lead at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, with PGA Tour rookie Blake Adams.

Beckman and Adams, who shot a second-round 64, were at 10-under 130.

Jordan Speith, a 16-year-old high school junior, shot a second-round 69 and was at 3-under 137. He became the sixth-youngest player to make the cut at a PGA event.

Spokane’s Alex Prugh shot a 69 and was at 4-under 136 and in a tie for 19th.

•Wie advances easily: Michelle Wie easily advanced to the round of 16 in the Sybase Match Play Championship in Gladstone, N.J., beating Hee Young Park 5 and 4 at Hamilton Farm.

•Purdue wins first title: Purdue held off Southern California to win its first NCAA women’s golf team championship by one stroke, while Caroline Hedwall of Oklahoma State shot a 68 to win the individual title by four shots in Wilmington, N.C. The Boilermakers shot a 7-over 295 to finish at 1 over. Hedwall finished at 12-under 276.

Sixers hire ex-player Collins as coach

NBA: Doug Collins was hired to be coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, charged with reviving a franchise that went 27-55 last season and has the No. 2 overall pick in next month’s draft.

Collins played eight seasons with the 76ers after being drafted No. 1 overall in 1973. He went 332-287 in coaching stints with Chicago, Detroit and Washington.

Blood clots cost Vickers rest of season

Auto racing: Brian Vickers will miss the remainder of the NASCAR season because of blood clots in his lungs and left leg.

Vickers was hospitalized last week after feeling chest pains.

Testing revealed the clots, and Vickers missed last weekend’s race.

Vickers, 26, is being treated for a pulmonary embolism with the blood thinner Coumadin, and his physician couldn’t clear him to race because of the dangers of the driver being injured in a crash.

•Kyle Busch works late shift: Kyle Busch earned his second win of the season in the NASCAR Truck Series, holding off charging Todd Bodine to win a race that didn’t end until after midnight local time because of a lengthy rain delay.

•Qualifying rained out; Kurt Busch on pole: Qualifying for the NASCAR All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., was rained out, giving Kurt Busch the pole based on the qualifying draw. Joey Logano will start on the outside of the front row today in the 100-lap race that pays more than $1 million to the winner.

NASCAR also has canceled qualifying for today’s preliminary Sprint Cup showdown. That gave David Ragan the pole.

Armstrong responds further to Landis

Cycling: Floyd Landis ignored desperate pleas from his sponsor to avoid a public fight with Lance Armstrong, according to e-mails the seven-time Tour de France champion released in trying to prove the disgraced cyclist has “zero credibility.”

Armstrong released the messages in a second day of attacks on Landis, who accused cycling’s biggest star of doping, teaching other riders to cheat and paying off a top cycling official after allegedly testing positive in 2002. Armstrong has denied those allegations.

•Rogers retains lead: Michael Rogers has retained the overall lead in the Tour of California. Rogers finished third in the 15,000-foot climb through the San Bernardino Mountains, the first mountain stage in the race’s five-year history. Peter Sagan won the brutal mountain stage.

Sharapova rallies, in Strasbourg final

Tennis: Maria Sharapova reached the Strasbourg International final, rallying past Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Strasbourg, France, to earn a matchup with Kristina Barrois for the title. Barrois will play her first final on the WTA Tour after topping Vania King of the United States 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

•U.S. in World Team Cup final: The United States will face Argentina today in the final of the World Team Cup after Bob and Mike Bryan won the decisive doubles match against the Czech Republic in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Wittels’ hitting streak ties second-longest

Miscellany: FIU’s Garrett Wittels has matched the second-longest hitting streak in Division I baseball history, getting a hit in his 47th straight game, against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla.

Wittels tied Wichita State’s Phil Stephenson, who hit in 47 straight games in 1981. Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura holds the NCAA record with a 58-game streak in 1987.

•BCS against interference: BCS executive director Bill Hancock wants higher education officials to make the decisions about college football without interference from the U.S. government.

In a letter posted on the NCAA website, Hancock responded to questions posed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in March. They were seeking information about the Bowl Championship Series, its structure and governance and how television revenue is distributed among schools.

“While I appreciate your interest, I believe that decisions about college football should be made by university presidents, athletics directors, coaches and conference commissioners rather than by members of Congress,” Hancock wrote.