Marlins hit market, sign Heath Bell

Baseball: All-Star closer Heath Bell agreed to a $27 million, three-year contract with the Miami Marlins, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press

The person spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the deal had not yet been announced. The agreement, which is subject to a physical, is the first free-agent deal for the Marlins since they began courtships last month with several top players. The deal was first reported by ESPN.

Bell had more than 40 saves each of the past three seasons for the San Diego Padres. This year he had 43 in 48 chances with a 2.44 ERA.

• Dodgers sign Capuano: Left-hander Chris Capuano and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract.

After recovering from elbow-ligament replacement surgery, the 34-year-old was 11-12 with a 4.55 ERA for the New York Mets in 2011. He has a 57-64 record with a 4.39 ERA in seven big league seasons.

• Pena signs with Japan’s Softbank Hawks: Former Major League Baseball outfielder Wily Mo Pena has signed a two-year contract with the Japan Series champion Softbank Hawks.

Pena, from the Dominican Republic, played for the Seattle Mariners this year then became a free agent at the end of the season.

• Minaya joins Padres front office: Former New York Mets and Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya was hired as senior vice president of baseball operations by the San Diego Padres, where he’ll work for new GM Josh Byrnes.

Siva’s drive lifts Louisville to victory

College basketball: Peyton Siva drove through the middle of Vanderbilt’s defense for a layup with 1.4 seconds left in overtime to lift No. 6 Louisville to a 62-60 victory over the No. 20 Commodores at Louisville, Ky.

The Cardinals rallied from two big deficits – nine in the second half and five in overtime. Kyle Kuric’s 16-footer gave Louisville a 60-58 lead with 34 seconds left.

• Syracuse edges Florida: Fourth-ranked Syracuse remained unbeaten with a 72-68 win over No. 10 Florida at Syracuse, N.Y.

Brandon Triche had 20 points and Scoop Jardine finished with 16 and seven assists for the Orange. Kenny Boynton led Florida with 22 points.

Red Wings extend winning streak

NHL: Jimmy Howard made 27 saves, and the Detroit Red Wings stretched their winning streak to seven with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo, N.Y.

• In other games, Minnesota scored three goals on its first four shots and went on to defeat visiting New Jersey 4-2. … Jonathan Toews netted the only goal in the shootout, after posting a short-handed goal and assist in regulation, and Chicago outlasted the New York Islanders 5-4 at Chicago. … Claude Giroux scored 3:29 into overtime and Philadelphia rallied from a three-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the Ducks at Anaheim, Calif. … Ryan O’Reilly scored the tying goal and scored in the shootout to lift Colorado to a 3-2 win over St. Louis at Denver.

Spain takes 2-0 lead in Davis Cup final

Tennis: Rafael Nadal barely needed to break a sweat in another dominant performance on clay. David Ferrer then needed one of the best matches of his career to put Spain on the brink of a Davis Cup title.

Ferrer rallied for a grueling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Juan Martin del Potro to give the host Spaniards a 2-0 lead over Argentina in the final in Seville, Spain.

Nadal brushed aside Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Woods builds big lead at Chevron

Golf: Tiger Woods knows he’s playing better than he has in the last two years, and he has the leaderboard to prove it.

Woods hit a half-dozen extraordinary shots in the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on his way to a 5-under 67, giving him a three-shot lead over Matt Kuchar and K.J. Choi going into the weekend at Sherwood Country Club.

It was the second straight tournament that Woods had the 36-hole lead. Three weeks ago at the Australian Open, he was one shot ahead until a 75 in the third round.

Vonn wins another at Lake Louise

Skiing: Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup women’s downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta, for her ninth career victory at the resort.

The American star finished in 1 minute, 53.19 seconds to beat Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather by 1.95 seconds – the largest victory margin in Vonn’s downhill career.

Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin was third in 1:55.29.

Vonn has won at least one race at Lake Louise in eight straight years.

• Miller’s brash run leads to victory: Bode Miller turned a high-risk run into high reward as he captured a World Cup downhill on a difficult Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colo.

The U.S. skier held nothing back as he finished in a time 1 minute, 43.82 seconds, holding off Beat Feuz of Switzerland by 0.04 seconds. Klaus Kroell of Austria was third.

Miller took an aggressive line all the way down the hill and executed it perfectly to pick up his 33rd World Cup win. It also was his third downhill victory on this course.

Duke to meet Stanford in final

Miscellany: Mollie Pathman scored two second-half goals and Duke beat Wake Forest 4-1 to advance to the women’s College Cup final.

Stanford advanced with a 3-0 win over Florida State, getting a goal and an assist from freshman Chioma Ubogagu.

• Murray holds champion Sturm to draw: Felix Sturm retained the WBA middleweight title, fighting to a draw with British challenger Martin Murray inj Mannheim, Germany.

After an exciting fight to the end, judge Jean-Francois Toupin scored it 116-112 for the defending champion, Ted Gimza had it 115-113 for Murray, and Pasquale Procopio ruled it even at 114-114.

• Hansen beats Kitajima at Winter Nationals: Brendan Hansen won his first race against Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The 30-year-old American captured the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Winter Nationals in Atlanta with a time of 1 minute, 0.31 seconds. Kitajima, who didn’t shave and isn’t in peak racing form, settled for fifth in 1:01.18.

Hansen and Kitajima were big rivals at the last two Olympics.