Briefly
Jason White’s closely watched tryout ended with a quiet walk off the field and some advice from Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil.
Vermeil told the 2003 Heisman Trophy winner to consider the Arena League.
Roughly an hour after the rookie tryouts ended, White was told he wouldn’t be invited back for the team’s minicamp. Though he was considered a long shot to receive a contract, the quarterback from Oklahoma was the buzz of the three-day camp. Reporters from the two largest newspapers in Oklahoma rushed to Kansas City when White received the invite Thursday. White commanded more attention than the Chiefs’ first-round draft pick, linebacker Derrick Johnson.
White hit some passes, missed some receivers and impressed the Chiefs’ coaches with his smarts. But the bottom line was this: Kansas City drafted a quarterback in the seventh round last month and has three veteran quarterbacks on the roster. Oh, and this: White, apparently, needs some fine-tuning.
“What I recommended him to do, if he really wants a place in the NFL,” Vermeil said, “is to go to the Arena League, sharpen his skills and compete.
“I think he’s aware of where he is and what he needs to do.”
•Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. complained of chest pains after he was injured in a motorcycle accident in Cleveland, but the team said his injuries aren’t life-threatening.
Winslow was riding in a community college parking lot when he hit a curb at about 35 mph and was thrown from the motorcycle, police Lt. Ray Arcuri said.
The 21-year-old Winslow had minor visible injuries. He was wearing a helmet, but it wasn’t strapped on and flew off his head.
Hockey
Finland remains unbeaten
Ville Peltonen and Kimmo Timonen scored 3:25 apart in the second period to lift undefeated Finland into the second round of the world hockey championships with a 4-1 victory over winless Ukraine in Innsbruck, Austria.
Finland (2-0) is atop Group C with rival Sweden (2-0), which beat Denmark 7-0 and clinched a second-round berth.
Finland and Sweden will meet Wednesday in the final preliminary round game.
In a Group A matchup in Vienna, Viktor Kozlov of the New Jersey Devils netted a goal with 2:21 left to rally Russia into a 3-3 tie with Slovakia.
The U.S., which routed Slovenia 7-0 Sunday, will return to the ice today against Latvia.
College baseball
OU goes with interim coach
The University of Oklahoma will wait until after the season to begin seeking a replacement for baseball coach Larry Cochell, who resigned for using a racial slur while praising a black player.
Sunny Golloway, an assistant under Cochell, will act as interim head coach, associate athletic director Kenny Mossman said.
Cochell, who coached the Sooners for 14 years, submitted a letter of resignation Sunday.
Horse racing
Visa ends sponsorship
Visa is ending its 10-year sponsorship of the Triple Crown and will now back only the Kentucky Derby.
The new deal with Churchill Downs Inc. will begin next year. Financial terms of the five-year contract were not disclosed.
The credit-card company has sponsored the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes since 1996 and offered a $5 million bonus for any horse who swept all three races. It has never had to pay.
The Triple Crown bonus is still in effect this year, starting with Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
College football
Wisconsin back suspended
Wisconsin tailback Booker Stanley was suspended from the team following his arrest at a weekend street party.
He was charged with battery, disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer during the party Saturday near the campus, city police said. He was released on $950 bail, and a court appearance has not yet been scheduled. The university said Stanley could appeal the suspension.
The party drew about 20,000 people at its peak, and police said there were more than 200 arrests, most for underage drinking or possession of open containers of alcohol.
Auto racing
Injured crewman goes home
Josh Yost, a crewman on Jeff Burton’s team, was released from a Birmingham, Ala., hospital after being treated for torn ligaments and a severe cut on his right ankle that required 13 stitches.
Yost was injured Sunday during the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway when Rusty Wallace hit him during a pit stop.
A team spokesman said Yost flew home to Welcome, N.C., and is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair the ligaments today at a Winston-Salem, N.C., hospital.