Golf

Golf

Honda Classic

PGA TOUR

At PGA National Resort and Spa, Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Purse: $5.5 million; Yardage: 7,241; Par: 70

Second Round

Failed to qualify

Skiing

Women’s World Cup

At Tarvisio, Italy; On the Prampero course;

Super-Combi (Downhill and slalom time in parentheses)

1. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 2 minutes, 10.15 seconds (1:26.86-43.29). 2. Julia Mancuso, United States, 2:10.47 (1:25.63-44.84). 3. Marlies Schild, Austria, 2:10.48 (1:25.69-44.79). 4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 2:10.55 (1:25.59-44.96). 5. Resi Stiegler, United States, 2:10.65 (1:27.26-43.39). Also: 11. Kaylin Richardson, United States, 2:12.16 (1:27.03-45.13). 16. Stacey Cook, United States, 2:12.70 (1:26.77-45.93).

Overall Standings (After 27 of 36 races)

1. Marlies Schild, Austria, 1,112 points. 2. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1,089. 3. Julia Mancuso, United States, 1,039. 4. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 1,019 5. Lindsey Kildow, United States, 808. Also: 19. Resi Stiegler, United States, 276.

Super-Combi Standings (After 3 of 3 races)

1. Marlies Schild, Austria, 220 points. 2. Julia Mancuso, United States, 195. 3. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 190. 4. Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, 152. 5. Resi Stiegler, United States, 119. Also: 7. Lindsey Kildow, United States, 80.

Softball

College

Husky Classic

Washington 15, Portland St. 0 (5)

Even, Taylor (2) and Scoggins, Miesbach; Lawrie and Matthews, Fleischman. W—Lawrie (9-1). L—Even (0-3).

HITS: Portland State—Segall. Washington—Charters, Koziol 2, Tyson 2, Reiten, Matthews, Greer 2, Lawrie, Stuart. 2B—Greer, Stuart. HR—Lawrie (3).

Tennis

Dubai Tennis Championships

ATP TOUR

At Dubai Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Purse: $1.43 million (Intl. Gold); Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles, Semifinals

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 7-5, 6-2.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Tommy Haas (5), Germany, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles, Semifinals

Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Paul Hanley, Australia, and Kevin Ullyett (2), Zimbabwe, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak.

Fabrice Santoro, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (3), Serbia, def. Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 tiebreak.

Qatar Total Open

WTA TOUR

At The Khalifa Tennis Centre, Doha, Qatar; Purse: $1.34 million (Tier II); Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles, Semifinals

Justine Henin (1), Belgium, def. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (2), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova (6), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles, Semifinals

Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Meghann Shaughnessy (2), United States, 6-2, 6-0.

Abierto Mexicano Telcel

ATP TOUR/WTA TOUR

At The Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Acapulco, Mexico; Purse: Men, $757,000 (Intl. Gold); Women, $180,000 (Tier III); Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Men, Semifinals

Juan Ignacio Chela (4), Argentina, def. Agustin Calleri (2), Argentina, 4-6, 5-5, retired.

Carlos Moya (8), Spain, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (1), Spain, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women, Semifinals

Emilie Loit, France, def. Julia Schruff, Germany, 0-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (5), Italy, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles

Men, Semifinals

Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner (1), Czech Republic, def. Jordan Kerr, Australia, and David Skoch, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 10-7 tiebreak.

Potito Starace, Italy, and Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, def. Jose Acasuso and Agustin Calleri, Argentina, walkover

Women, Semifinals

Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Eva Birnerova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 tiebreak.

Emilie Loit, France, and Nicole Pratt (2), Australia, def. Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (3), Italy, 6-2, 2-6, 10-6 tiebreak.

USTA Tennis Channel Open

ATP TOUR/WTA TOUR

At The Darling Tennis Center, Las Vegas; Purse: Men, $416,000 (Intl. Series); Women, $75,000 (Challenger); Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men, Quarterfinals

Evgeny Korolev, Russia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Marat Safin (3), Russia, def. Fernando Verdasco (5), Spain, 6-1, 6-4.

Jurgen Melzer (4), Austria, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Lleyton Hewitt (2), Australia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Women, Quarterfinals

Akiko Morigami (1), Japan, def. Alberta Brianti (6), Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

Jarmila Gajdosova (7), Slovakia, def. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-4, 6-3.

Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Bettina Jozami, Argentina, 6-1, 6-0.

Julia Vakulenko (4), Ukraine, def. Varvara Lepchenko (8), Uzbekistan, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

Women, Semifinals

Maret Ani, Estonia, and Alberta Brianti, Italy, def. Kristina Barrois and Tatiana Malek, Germany, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.

Viktoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek (4), Belarus, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, and Akiko Morigami (1), Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

College men

Northwest Conference

WHITWORTH 5, PUGET SOUND 4. No. 1 Singles–Ed Anegon (WC) def. Andrew Neal 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. No. 1 Doubles–Ed Anegon and Scott Donnell (WC) def. Jamie Hosmer and Sam McCullugh 8-6.

College women

Pacific-10 Conference

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7, WASHINGTON STATE 0. No 1. Singles–Lindsey Nelson (USC) def. Ekaterina Burduli 6-2, 6-0. No. 1 Doubles–Lindsey Nelson and Julie Smekodub (USC) def. Ekaterina Burduli and Marjolein van de Ven 8-2.

UCLA 7, WASHINGTON 0. No 1. Singles–Yasmin Schnack (UCLA) def. Mathilde Cor 6-2, 6-2. No. 1 Doubles–Alex McGoodwin and Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) def. Joyce Ardies and Mathilde Cor 8-7 (5).

Northwest Conference

PUGET SOUND 7, WHITWORTH 2. No 1. Singles–Courtney Dunham (UPS) def. Linh Aven 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). No. 1 Doubles–Courtney Dunham and Alyssa Sidoff (UPS) def. Linh Aven and Katie Troxell 8-3.

Moves

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Named Frank Robinson special advisor to the executive vice president, baseball operations, effective March 5.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with INF Josh Barfield, RHP Fausto Carmona, RHP Tom Mastny and LHP Rafael Perez on one-year contracts.

DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Durbin, RHP Zach Miner, RHP Jordan Tata, RHP Joel Zumaya, LHP Wilfredo Ledezma, INF Tony Giarratano, INF Chris Shelton, OF Brent Clevlen and OF Marcus Thames on one-year contracts. Renewed the contract of RHP Jason Grilli.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ken Ray and OF Shane Costa on one-year contracts and INF Michael Thompson on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with INF Erick Aybar, INF Maicer Izturis, RHP Greg Jones, INF Dallas McPherson, OF Tommy Murphy, C Mike Napoli, RHP Chris Resop, RHP Ervin Santana and OF Reggie Willits on one-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of LHP Joe Saunders and RHP Jered Weaver.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker, RHP Boof Bonser, LHP Ricky Barrett, RHP Julio DePaula, RHP J.D. Durbin, RHP Matt Garza, RHP Matt Guerrier, LHP Francisco Liriano, LHP Jose Mijares, RHP Pat Neshek, LHP Glen Perkins, LHP Errol Simonitsch, LHP Alexander Smit, RHP Oswaldo Sosa, C Chris Heintz, SS Jason Bartlett, INF Alexi Casilla, INF Alejandro Machado, OF Garrett Jones, OF Jason Kubel, OF Denard Span and OF Jason Tyner on one-year contracts.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Travis Blackley, RHP Sean Green, LHP Eric O’Flaherty, LHP George Sherrill, INF Jose Lopez, OF Mike Morse, OF Jeremy Reed, C Rene Rivera. Renewed the contract of RHP Felix Hernandez.

TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with SS Michael Young on a five-year contract extension through 2013.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with OF Chris Burke and OF Charlton Jimerson on one-year contracts.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with C JD Closser, OF Gabe Gross, OF Tony Gwynn, SS J.J. Hardy, OF Corey Hart on one-year contracts. Renewed the contract of 1B Prince Fielder.

NEW YORK METS—Renewed the contract of RHP Aaron Heilman. Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Adkins, RHP Ambiorix Burgos, RHP Marcos Carvajal, RHP John Maine, RHP Juan Padilla, RHP Alay Soler, LHP Adam Bostick, LHP Pedro Feliciano, LHP Jason Vargas, INF Anderson Hernandez, OF Carlos Gomez, OF Ben Johnson and OF Lastings Milledge on one-year contracts.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Renewed the contract of 1B Ryan Howard.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with RHP Clay Hensley, RHP Cla Meredith, RHP Heath Bell, RHP Scott Cassidy, RHP Mike Adams, RHP Mike Thompson, RHP Tim Stauffer, RHP Andrew Brown, RHP Kevin Cameron, RHP Leo Rosales, RHP Jared Wells, LHP Royce Ring, LHP Justin Hampson, LHP Ryan Ketchner, LHP Sean Thompson, C Rob Bowen, INF Kevin Kouzmanoff, INF Paul McAnulty, INF Luis Cruz, INF Craig Stansberry, OF Terrmel Sledge and OF Jack Cust on one-year contracts. Renewed the contract of INF Adrian Gonzalez.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kelyn Acosta, C Eliezer Alfonzo, RHP Vinnie Chulk, RHP Kevin Correia, OF Jason Ellison, INF Kevin Frandsen, RHP Brad Hennessey, INF Travis Ishikawa, OF Frederick Lewis, OF Todd Linden, RHP Osiris Matos, LHP Patrick Misch, RHP Scott Munter, INF Lance Niekro, OF Daniel Ortmeier, RHP Billy Sadler, LHP Jonathan Sanchez, OF Nate Schierholtz, LHP Jack Taschner, LHP Erick Threets, RHP Merkin Valdez, INF Eugenio Velez and RHP Brian Wilson on one-year contracts.

American Association

EL PASO DIABLOS—Agreed to terms with RHP Greg Wiltshire.

FORT WORTH CATS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Layfield.

SHREVEPORT SPORTS—Agreed to terms with C Nick Corbeil.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Traded LHP Anthony Boughner to Kansas City of the Northern League for a player to be named.

Atlantic League

NEWARK BEARS—Agreed to terms with INF Ramon Castro.

Can-Am League

ATLANTIC CITY SURF—Agreed to terms with RHP Mario Martinez.

WORCESTER TORNADOES—Agreed to terms with RHP John Birtwell and RHP Chris Gale.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed C Tom Pennino.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed RHP Andrew Himes.

KALAMAZOO KINGS—Signed RHP Cooper Eddy and RHP Dan Fyvie.

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Signed RHP Tanner Watson.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Assigned G Shannon Brown to Albuquerque of the NBADL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS—Released LB Edgerton Hartwell and LB Ike Reese.

BUFFALO BILLS—Agreed to terms with G Jason Whittle on a one-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Re-signed LB Na’il Diggs to a one-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS—Traded CB Dre’ Bly and a 2007 sixth-round pick to the Denver Broncos for RB Tatum Bell, OT George Foster and a 2007 fifth-round pick. Traded DE James Hall to the St. Louis Rams for a 2007 fifth-round draft pick. Re-signed C Don Muhlbach to a five-year contract. Released TE Marcus Pollard and DTs Marcus Bell and Tyoka Jackson.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named Rod Perry defensive backfield coach.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed OT Tony Pashos to a five-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Released DE Kevin Carter and G Jeno James.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released RB Corey Dillon.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed C Shaun O’Hara to a five-year contract.

NEW YORK JETS—Released QB Patrick Ramsey.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed DE Juqua Thomas to a five-year contract.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Re-signed RB Najeh Davenport to a two-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Re-signed CB Phillip Buchanon.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms DT Rien Long, OT Seth Wand and LB LeVar Woods.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Re-signed S Vernon Fox and signed G Randy Thomas and FB Mike Sellers to multiyear contract extensions.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed WR Tommy Manus and WR Jeremy Carter.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled F A dam Pineault from Syracuse of the AHL.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled G Jimmy Howard from Grand Rapids of ther AHL.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled LW Alexandre Giroux from Hershey of the AHL.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

CD CHIVAS USA—Signed M Jorge Barrera, D Eder Robles, D Cameron Dunn and M Mohammed Sethi.

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS—Signed D Jimmy Conrad to four-year contract.

COLLEGE

ALABAMA—Named Willie Carl Martin director of player development.

ALABAMA A&M—Named Kelly Austin athletic director.

FRESNO STATE—Named Jim McElwain offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Jeff Grady tight ends coach.

GARDNER-WEBB—Named John Windham co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

GEORGIA—Named Kevin Campbell women’s assistant volleyball coach and Mary Hock women’s volleyball program specialist.

KUTZTOWN—Named Erik Burstein women’s soccer coach.

UTAH—Announced the resignation of Ray Giacoletti, men’s basketball coach, effective at the end of the season.

Today’s odds

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NBA board, the Kings-Blazers circle is for Sacramento forward Ron Artest (questionable); the Clippers-Pacers circle is for Los Angeles guard Sam Cassell (questionable). On the college hoop board, the LSU-South Carolina circle is for LSU forward Glen Davis (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: On the college hoop board, ther are no lines on any of the Ivy League games since all teams played last night.

NBA

College Basketball