In brief: Houston loses QB Keenum for season
College Football: Houston quarterback Case Keenum is out for the season after injuring his knee in a loss to UCLA.
The Cougars also lost Keenum’s backup, Cotton Turner, for the season Saturday night with a broken collarbone.
Keenum, the fifth-leading passer in NCAA history, tore his anterior cruciate ligament trying to make a tackle after an interception in the second quarter of the 31-13 loss.
The Cougars will likely go with freshman Terrance Broadway as starter.
Dixon gets 11th Top Fuel victory of year
Auto Racing: Larry Dixon raced to his 11th Top Fuel victory of year, beating Doug Kalitta in the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals in Concord, N.C., to remain perfect in final-round appearances this season.
Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won their divisions.
Djokovic, Tipsarevic send Serbia to final
Tennis: In Belgrade, Serbia kept a fairy tale Davis Cup season alive, completing a 3-2 weekend recovery to edge into the December final with France, thanks to wins from Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic.
The pair each won their reverse singles rubbers to insure a comeback over the Czech Republic.The Serbs will face France in Serbia in December thanks to a 5-0 sweep in Lyon for the nine-time champions over Argentina.
• Hewitt sidelined for 3 weeks: Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt may be sidelined for up to three weeks with a right hand injury that forced him to pull out of Australia’s Davis Cup World Group playoff against Belgium.
Cycling: In Madrid, Vincenzo Nibali won the Spanish Vuelta after Tyler Farrar of the United States sprinted to victory in the final stage just ahead of Britain’s Mark Cavendish.
Farrar crossed the line in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 24 seconds after a 52.8-mile ride from San Sebastian de los Reyes to Madrid. Nibali won the overall race in 87 hours, 18 minutes, 31 seconds.
• King uses fast start to win USA Cycling pro title: In Greenville, S.C., Benjamin King used a fast start to win the USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship by less than 2 minutes.
The 21-year-old from North Garden, Va., became the first rider under the age of 23 to win the 110-mile race. The member of the Trek-Livestrong team had a time of 4 hours, 44 minutes and 56 seconds.
• USA championships to stay put through 2012: USA Cycling says it will keep its professional championships in Greenville, S.C., through 2012.
USA Cycling chief executive Steve Johnson said that the event will be moved to Memorial Day weekend for the 2011 and 2012 championships.
Miscellany: Boston Bruins No. 2 overall pick Tyler Seguin had been projected to move from center to wing because of the Bruins’ depth down the middle. But with Marc Savard out indefinitely with post-concussion syndrome, Boston has been able to work out Seguin at center for his first couple days of training camp.
• Lawsuits seek to compensate college athletes: More than a dozen former student-athletes are suing the NCAA in an effort to compensate collegiate athletes.
Former basketball star Ed O’Bannon and quarterback Sam Keller filed two of the eight lawsuits consolidated into one action in San Francisco federal court. Legal analysts say the lawsuits are the most significant challenge the NCAA has faced over the compensation debate.
• Strike the Bell wins Belmont’s Noble Damsel: In New York, Strike the Bell rallied from eighth to beat Quiet Meadow by 1 1/4 lengths in the $100,000 Noble Damsel Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.
Ramon Dominguez was aboard for trainer David Donk as Strike the Bell ran the a mile in 1:34.58 on the course labeled good.
• Starship Angel wins Monmouth Park feature: Starship Angel overtook Debonair Darling in the closing strides to win the $75,000 Politely Stakes by a neck at Monmouth Park.